IP Library Granted Patent US 12,374,475
Granted Patent B2
US 12,374,475 · App. 18/546,975 · Granted Jul 29, 2025

Grommet

Inventors: Yusuke Ando (Yokkaichi, JP); Kouichi Kurokawa (Atsugi, JP)
Assignees: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.; NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
H01B17/583B60R16/0222F16L5/02
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Patent No.
US 12,374,475
App. No.
18/546,975
Granted
Jul 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A grommet includes an umbrella-shaped member that is separate from a grommet body. The umbrella-shaped member has a covering portion that covers an insertion hole of a sound insulator provided on one surface of a vehicle body panel. The covering portion is inclined to increase in diameter toward the sound insulator. The grommet body has an engagement portion that axially locks to a front end of the covering portion, which is the front end of the umbrella-shaped member.

Claims (26)

1. A grommet interposed between a coupling hole of a vehicle body panel and a wire harness passed through the coupling hole, the grommet comprising:

a grommet body including a tube that surrounds a periphery of the wire harness in a state contacting the wire harness, and a sealing portion that is in contact with an edge of the coupling hole; and

an umbrella-shaped member that is separate from the grommet body, wherein

the umbrella-shaped member includes a covering portion that covers an insertion hole of a sound insulator arranged on one surface of the vehicle body panel,

the covering portion is inclined so as to increase in diameter toward the sound insulator,

the covering portion includes a large-diameter end that contacts a surface of the sound insulator, and the large-diameter end is a rear end of the umbrella-shaped member, and

the grommet body includes an engagement portion engaged, in an axial direction of the grommet body, with a front end of the umbrella-shaped member that is an end opposite the rear end of the umbrella-shaped member.

2. The grommet according to claim 1 , wherein:

the engagement portion is located radially outward from the tube; and

the engagement portion faces the tube with a gap in between.

3. The grommet according to claim 2 , wherein:

the grommet body includes an extension located at a radially outer side of the tube and extending in an axial direction of the tube;

the extension faces the tube with a gap in between; and

the engagement portion is arranged on the extension.

4. The grommet according to claim 1 , wherein:

the engagement portion includes a projection that projects toward the rear end of the umbrella-shaped member; and

the projection is located at a radially outer side of the umbrella-shaped member.

5. The grommet according to claim 4 , wherein the projection is located at a radially outer side of the covering portion of the umbrella-shaped member.

6. The grommet according to claim 1 , wherein the front end of the umbrella-shaped member is a small-diameter end of the covering portion.

7. The grommet according to claim 1 , wherein:

the grommet body includes an extension that is continuous with the engagement portion and has an extension length in the axial direction; and

the extension length of the extension of the grommet body allows the front end of the umbrella-shaped member to move in the axial direction along the extension.

8. The grommet according to claim 7 , wherein:

the extension includes a tubular outer circumferential surface having a first outer diameter;

the engagement portion projects radially outward from the extension so as to have a second outer diameter that is larger than the first outer diameter; and

the front end of the umbrella-shaped member includes an inner circumference edge having an inner diameter that is larger than the first outer diameter and smaller than the second outer diameter.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 20, 2023
From: ANDO, YUSUKE; KUROKAWA, KOUICHI
To: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.; NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064643/0618 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-027721 · Feb 24, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
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