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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2000
Naoto Sugie, Shizuoka, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a waterproof connector,of the present invention, female terminals,, each having a box-like electrical contact portion,, are received respectively in terminal receiving chambers,in a housing,, and a mat seal,, having a plurality of wire-sealing insertion holes,, is provided at rear ends of the terminal receiving chambers,. The box-like electrical contact portion,of a square cross-sectional shape is formed into such a modified polygonal cross-sectional shape that one of a pair of opposed sides of the square cross-sectional shape is smaller in length than the other. A mat seal cover,, cooperating with the housing,to hold the mat seal,therebetween, has a plurality of terminal insertion holes,, and the terminal insertion hole,has a shape which is analogous to and slightly larger than the modified polygonal cross-sectional shape.