Vehicle-side connector and mounting method therefor

摘要

An object of the present invention is to prevent the reverse flow of drained water by draining water having entered a vehicle-side connector to the outside of a vehicle. A vehicle-side connector 10 of the present invention includes a mounting plate 40 which is to be fixed to an outer panel P of a vehicle, an inner tube portion 20 which is so provided at the mounting plate as to penetrate through the mounting plate 40, an outer tube portion 30 which surrounds an outer peripheral side of the inner tube portion 20 over the entire circumference in such a manner as to project from the mounting plate 40 toward the inside of the vehicle and have an open projecting end, a rubber plug 80 which forms a sealed space 33 in the outer tube portion 30 by sealing between wires W pulled into the inside of the vehicle from the interior of the inner tube portion 20 and an opening of the outer tube portion 30, a rubber plug presser 90 which is mounted in the opening of the outer tube portion 30 to retain the rubber plug 80, an inclined surface 84 which is provided in the sealed space 33 and inclined downwardly toward the outside of the vehicle, a drain channel 32 and a drain port 42 which penetrates though the mounting plate 40 and drains water from the drain channel 32 to the outside of the vehicle.