Vehicle connector
A connector includes: a connector housing including a connector fitting chamber to which a mating connector is fitted, in which a terminal is arranged in a projecting state in the connector fitting chamber; a rear case that is assembled to the connector housing through intermediation of a packing; a water drainage passage provided in the connector housing, which allows water that has entered a front side of the connector housing to flow into an inside of the rear case; a drainage port provided in the rear case; a terminal accommodating portion that holds the terminal in the projecting state in the connector fitting chamber and has an opening portion on a back side of the rear case; and an O-ring interposed between an inner peripheral surface of the terminal accommodating portion on a side of the rear case and an outer peripheral surface of the terminal.
1. A connector comprising:
a connector housing including a connector fitting chamber to which a mating connector is fitted, in which a terminal is arranged in a projecting state in the connector fitting chamber;
a rear case that covers a back side of the connector housing opposite to a side on which the mating connector is fitted, and is assembled to the connector housing through intermediation of a first waterproof member;
a water drainage passage provided in the connector housing, which allows water that has entered the side of the connector housing on which the mating connector is fitted to flow into an inside of the rear case;
a drainage port provided in the rear case, which drains water inside the rear case to an outside;
a terminal accommodating portion that holds the terminal in the projecting state in the connector fitting chamber and has an opening portion on a back side of the rear case; and
a second waterproof member interposed between an inner peripheral surface of the terminal accommodating portion on a side of the rear case and an outer peripheral surface of the terminal,
wherein the terminal is configured to be inserted at the opening portion of the rear case into the terminal accommodating portion, and the terminal has an elastic member that engages with a terminal holding wall of the rear case.
2. The connector according to claim 1 ,
wherein a drain hose is connected to the drainage port.
3. The connector according to claim 1 ,
wherein the terminal accommodating portion includes a terminal protection wall provided in the connector housing and protruding to the connector fitting chamber, and a terminal holding wall provided in the rear case and holding the terminal, and
a third waterproof member is interposed between an inner peripheral surface of the terminal holding wall and an outer peripheral surface of a cable connected to the terminal.
4. The connector according to claim 2 ,
wherein the terminal accommodating portion includes a terminal protection wall provided in the connector housing and protruding to the connector fitting chamber, and a terminal holding wall provided in the rear case and holding the terminal, and
a third waterproof member is interposed between an inner peripheral surface of the terminal holding wall and an outer peripheral surface of a cable connected to the terminal.
5. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the elastic member comprises a C-ring.