Waterproof connector
The waterproof connector includes: a terminal having an electric wire; a housing body having a terminal insertion opening for inserting the terminal and a terminal receiving chamber for receiving the terminal; a waterproofing means having an electric wire insertion hole that is approximately coaxial with the terminal insertion opening of the housing body; and a rear holder which holds the waterproofing means and has a guide tube for guiding the terminal that is to be inserted into the terminal insertion opening, wherein a center axis of the guide tube is deviated from a center axis of the terminal insertion opening.
1. A waterproof connector comprising:
a terminal having an electric wire;
a housing body having a terminal insertion opening for inserting the terminal and a terminal receiving chamber for receiving the terminal;
a waterproofing means having an electric wire insertion hole that is approximately coaxial with the terminal insertion opening of the housing body; and
a rear holder which holds the waterproofing means and has a guide tube for guiding the terminal that is to be inserted into the terminal insertion opening,
wherein a center axis of the guide tube is deviated from a center axis of the terminal insertion opening.
2. The waterproof connector according to claim 1 , wherein the terminal includes: a tab for connecting the terminal to a female terminal in a mating connector by being inserted in the female terminal in the mating connector; and a box part situated on an electric wire fixing side of the tab, the tab being situated at an end part of the terminal in an insertion direction of the terminal into the housing body, wherein a center axis of the tab is out of alignment with a center axis of the box part in a plane perpendicular to the insertion direction of the terminal into the housing body.