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Grommet structure

  • US 4,839,937 A
  • Filed: 07/11/1988
  • Issued: 06/20/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/15/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A grommet for insertion in a hole in a panel comprising:

  • a soft grommet body, including a supporting portion, arranged such that an electric wire insertion hole is formed in an inner peripheral portion of a hollow disc-like base at one end of said soft grommet body, a peripheral wall crookedly formed along an outer periphery of said hollow disc-like base, and a tip portion of said peripheral wall being further bent inwards to provide said supporting portion;

    a hard resinous lock member comprising an angular pillar, including a bottom wall, having a substrate fitted in annular recess defined by said base, said peripheral wall and said supporting portion;

    said angular pillar also having a plurality of angular portions each adapted for fitting in said hole of said panel;

    stop members attached to the outer periphery of said bottom wall of said angular pillar for providing a locking force in said hole,wherein an inner periphery of said supporting portion of said soft grommet body assumes an angular configuration having a plurality of corners contiguous to said plurality of angular portions of said angular pillar.

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