A waterproof connector includes a housing having a fitting portion to be fitted into a mounting hole of a mating member. A packing mounting surface is provided on an outer peripheral surface of the fitting portion. The waterproof connector further includes a first packing mounted on a rear end side of the packing mounting surface in a fitting direction of the fitting portion, a second packing mounted on a front end side of the packing mounting surface in the fitting direction of the fitting portion, and a retainer provided between the first packing and the second packing and locked to a locking portion provided on the outer peripheral surface of the fitting portion.

A connector assembly includes a cover assembly and a feedthrough assembly that couples with the cover assembly. The cover assembly receives a connector end of a lead having lead contacts, and aligns the lead contacts with pockets or apertures of the cover assembly. The feedthrough assembly may include feedthrough contacts in the form of feedthrough pins at or above a surface of a feedthrough substrate, or conductive vias on the surface of the substrate. Electrical contacts configured as leaf spring contact assemblies, torsion spring contacts, or torsion spring contact assemblies are permanently attached to the feedthrough contacts. When the cover assembly and feedthrough assembly are coupled, contact tabs of the electrical contacts are positioned in the pockets or apertures of the cover assembly. Upon complete seating of the cover assembly and feedthrough assembly, the contact tabs are compressed into contact with the lead contacts.

A connector includes a housing including a terminal reception chamber in which a terminal can be received, and a front holder that is attached to the housing so as to double-lock the terminal in the terminal reception chamber, wherein the front holder includes a plate-like rib portion extending in a direction crossing a fitting direction of the front holder, the housing includes a groove portion and a mountain-like protrusion portion in a mounting position where the front holder is mounted, the groove portion being recessed into a shape that can receive the rib portion while supporting the rib portion, the groove portion extending in a direction in which the rib portion extends, the protrusion portion protruding in an extension direction of the groove portion and extending in the fitting direction of the front holder.

A connector (F) includes a housing (10), terminal fittings (72) fixed to front end parts of wires (71) and inserted into the housing (10) from behind and a slack holding portion (43) formed on the housing (10) and configured to hold the wires (71) drawn out backward from the housing (10) in a slackened state. If the wire (71) vibrates behind the housing (10), the wire (71) held in the slackened state by the slack holding portion (43) is resiliently deformed to change a curvature thereof near the housing (10). Vibration energy of the wire (71) is attenuated by the wire (71) itself being resiliently deformed.

A connector (F) includes an inner housing (11). Terminal fittings (72) are fixed to front end parts of wires (71) and are inserted into the inner housing (11) from behind. An outer housing (37) is held out of contact with the terminal fittings (72) and is mounted relatively displaceably with respect to the inner housing (11). Vibration damping rings (64) are fit externally on the wires (71) in a state out of contact with the inner housing (11), and are held resiliently in contact with the outer housing (37).

A connector is provided with a connecting terminal, a connecting housing, and a front holder. The connecting housing includes a connecting terminal storing chamber, and a lance which is elastically deformable in order to store the connecting terminal into the terminal storing chamber and which is engageable with the connecting terminal in order to prevent the connecting terminal from removing when recovered from an elastic deformation. The front holder is supported to be movable to back and forth along the insertion direction and locked on a front end of the terminal storing chamber. The front holder is moved in the opposite direction to the insertion direction to be actually locked by pressure in a state that the front holder is temporarily locked and contacted with the connecting terminal to hold in a state that the front holder is actually locked.

A connector includes a female housing and a male housing. An arm portion of the female housing engages with an engagement projection of the male housing. In a state where the engagement projection is fitted to an opening of the arm portion, a gap for insertion of a jig exists in the opening at a lateral side of the engagement projection. A groove-shaped release operation portion is formed on the male housing at a lateral side of the engagement projection. An inclined surface is formed at a rear end of the release operation portion, and a wall portion is formed on a rear side of the inclined surface. The arm portion engaged with the engagement projection can be released with a simple operation including inserting the jig into the release operation portion from the gap in the opening and pushing the jig in the same direction as the insertion direction.

Disclosed are a connector and a manufacturing method thereof. The connector includes a female housing, one or more first female terminals installed in the female housing, a plurality of second female terminals installed side by side with the first female terminals in the female housing and connected to wires, a first terminal holder having a plurality of terminal grooves to allow the one or more first female terminals to be selectively coupled thereto, the first terminal holder being fastened to the female housing in a state in which the first female terminals are coupled, and a bus bar installed in the first terminal holder to allow one of the one or more first female terminals installed in the plurality of terminal grooves and the second female terminals to be connected thereto.

An alignment device for use in an electrical connector or electrical connector assembly having coaxial terminals. The alignment device includes a planar plate portion having a first wall and an oppositely facing second wall. A plurality of coaxial terminal receiving openings extend through the plate portion. The coaxial terminal receiving openings are configured to receive mating ends of the coaxial terminals. Alignment members extend from the second wall of the plate portion in a direction away from the first wall, the alignment members are positioned proximate the coaxial terminal receiving openings.

An electrical connector assembly includes a female connector, which includes a female connector housing defining a cavity having an hourglass shape and a first array of electrically-conductive pins disposed within the cavity. The electrical connector assembly further includes a male connector that includes a male connector housing having an hourglass-shaped protrusion dimensioned to be inserted into and fit tightly within the cavity and a second array of electrically-conductive sockets, which are contained within the protrusion and are dimensioned and aligned so that upon insertion of the protrusion into the cavity, each of the pins is introduced into and makes electrical contact with a respective one of the sockets.