IP Library Granted Patent US 11,242,017
Granted Patent B2
US 11,242,017 · App. 17/071,160 · Granted Feb 8, 2022

Grommet

Inventor: Yusuke Ando (Mie, JP)
Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
B60R16/0222
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Patent No.
US 11,242,017
App. No.
17/071,160
Granted
Feb 8, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A first grommet 11 includes a ring-shaped seal portion 15 into which a peripheral edge of an attachment hole Pa is fit, and a joining piece 23 serving as a first joining portion. A second grommet 12 includes a holding portion 33 serving as a second joining portion that is joined to the joining piece 23 . The seal portion 15 includes a brim portion 21 serving as a first flange portion that is engaged with a side surface Pc of a vehicle body panel P, and a lip portion 22 serving as a second flange portion that is engaged with a side surface Pb of the vehicle body panel P. Also, the joining piece 23 is formed on the inner side in the radial direction of the lip portion 22.

Claims (25)

1. A grommet comprising;

a first grommet and a second grommet that are separate from each other, the first grommet and the second grommet being interposed between an attachment hole provided in a vehicle body panel and a wire harness passed through the attachment hole,

wherein the first grommet includes a first tube-shaped portion for covering an outer periphery of the wire harness, a ring-shaped seal portion into which a peripheral edge of the attachment hole is to be fit, and a first joining portion,

the second grommet includes a second tube-shaped portion for covering the outer periphery of the wire harness and a second joining portion that is joined to the first joining portion,

the first tube-shaped portion is located on a first side surface side of the vehicle body panel with respect to the vehicle body panel,

the second tube-shaped portion is located on a second side surface side of the vehicle body panel with respect to the vehicle body panel,

the seal portion includes a first flange portion that is engaged with the first side surface and a second flange portion that is engaged with the second side surface of the vehicle body panel,

the first joining portion is formed on an inner side in a radial direction of the second flange portion, and

a gap is formed between the second joining portion and the first flange portion in the radial direction.

2. The grommet according to claim 1 , wherein

the first joining portion is extended inward in the radial direction from the inner peripheral surface of the seal portion, and

the second joining portion holds the first joining portion such that the first joining portion is sandwiched in the axial direction.

3. The grommet according to claim 1 , wherein

the attachment hole includes a protruding portion that protrudes toward the second side surface from a peripheral edge of the attachment hole, and

the second flange portion is extended to the outer side in the radial direction of the protruding portion.

4. The grommet according to claim 1 , wherein

the second grommet includes a closing portion that is extended toward the outer periphery from the second tube-shaped portion,

the closing portion closes an opening on the seal portion side of the first grommet in the axial direction, and

the second joining portion is formed on the outer peripheral edge of the closing portion.

5. The grommet according to claim 1 , wherein

the second joining portion includes a first brim portion that is located on a frontward side in an axis direction of the first joining portion, and a second brim portion that is located on a rearward side in the axis direction of the first joining portion, and

the first joining portion of the first grommet is fit between the first and second brim portions.

6. The grommet according to claim 5 , wherein

a first protruding portion that protrudes frontward in an axis direction is formed on an inner peripheral edge of the first joining portion, and

a second protruding portion that protrudes rearward in the axis direction is formed on an outer peripheral edge of the first brim portion and located on an outer side in a radial direction of the first protruding portion of the first joining portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 15, 2020
From: ANDO, YUSUKE
To: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 054063/0112 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-197305 · Oct 30, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210129773A1 · May 6, 2021
Cited By (2)
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