IP Library Granted Patent US 6,933,439
Granted Patent B2
US 6,933,439 · App. 10/725,613 · Granted Aug 23, 2005

Waterproof grommet

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Patent No.
US 6,933,439
App. No.
10/725,613
Granted
Aug 23, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

For preventing clamping an elastic grommet main body at open/close, a waterproof grommet ( 25 ) has an elastic grommet main body ( 2 ) passing electric wires therethrough and a hold member ( 30 ) mounted on an outer surface of an intermediate portion in a lengthwise direction of the grommet main body. The hold member is mountable on a mounting part. The grommet main body ( 26 ) has a cylindrical portion ( 4 ) and bellows portions ( 2 ), ( 3 ) at the both side thereof. The hold member ( 30 ) is provided on the cylindrical portion. The hold member 30 includes a ring portion ( 14 ) and a holding portion ( 15 ) provided at the ring portion 14 . The ring portion ( 14 ) is lockable and capable of being opened and closed.

Claims (14)

1. A waterproof grommet comprising:

an elastic grommet main body, having a bellows portion, passing an electric wire therethrough and two opposed ends, a first end arranged to be fixed to a fixed structure and a second end arranged to be fixed to a movable structure; and

a hold member being disposed on an outer surface of said grommet main body at an intermediate portion in a lengthwise direction of said grommet main body, whereby said hold member is mountable on a mounting part.

2. A waterproof grommet comprising:

an elastic grommet main body passing an electric wire therethrough;

a hold member being disposed on an outer surface of said grommet main body at an intermediate portion in a lengthwise direction of said grommet main body, whereby said hold member is mountable on a mounting part;

wherein said grommet main body has a cylindrical portion and bellows portions at the both side thereof, and wherein said hold member is disposed on said cylindrical portion.

3. The waterproof grommet according to claim 2 , wherein said hold member comprises a ring portion and a hold portion provided at said ring portion, said ring portion capable of being opened and closed and capable of being locked.

4. The waterproof grommet according to claim 3 , wherein said hold portion comprises a pair of hook portions for holding a hinge link.

5. The waterproof grommet according to claim 4 , wherein said hold member is a rigid member.

6. The waterproof grommet according to claim 5 , wherein said cylindrical portion is continued to said bellows portion through a peripheral flange.

7. The waterproof grommet according to claim 3 , wherein said cylindrical portion is provided with a projecting portion, and said ring portion is provided with an engaging portion corresponding to said projecting portion.

8. The waterproof grommet according to claim 7 , wherein said cylindrical portion is provided with a pair of projecting portions, one of said pair being at each end of said cylindrical portion, and right-and-left side marks are provided respectively on said pair of projecting portions or in a vicinity of said pair of projecting portions, and a direction mark for pointing one of said right-and-left side marks is provided on said ring portion.

9. The waterproof grommet according to claim 8 , wherein a plurality of projections for preventing crushing and checking position is disposed together with said projecting portions on a same straight line at said bellows portion.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 5, 2023
From: YAZAKI CORPORATION
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
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