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

• Current Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
• Inventors: Fujita, Akihiko, Oikawa, Ryuetsu
• Primary Examiner(s): NOT, DEFINED
• Assistant Examiner(s): Brown, Edward A.
• Application Number:
  US07/217,029
• Time in Patent Office: 344 Days
• Field of Search: 16/2, 16/DIG. 27, 16/121, 16/DIG. 30, 16/DIG. 39, 16/122, 174/65 G, 174/152 G, 174/153 G, 74/553, 74/556, 248/56
• US Class Current: 174/153.00G
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 5/02 Sealing
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/0616 Joints for connecting tubing to casing
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/083 Inlets

Abstract

A grommet comprises 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 is crookedly formed along an outer periphery of said hollow disc-like base, and a tip portion of said peripheral wall is further bent inwards to provide said supporting portion. The grommet has an angular pillar. The pillar has a substrate fitted in an annular recess defined by the substrate, the peripheral wall and the supporting portion. The pillar also has a plurality of angular portions each fitted in a hole of a panel. The grommet has a hard resinous lock member having stop members for providing a locking force in the hole. An inner periphery of the supporting portion assumes an angular configuration having a plurality of corners contiguous to the plurality of angular portions of the angular pillar.

Claims

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.

2. The grommet according to claim 1, wherein the number of said plurality of corners of said supporting portion is four.

3. The grommet according to claim 1, wherein the number of said plurality of corners of said supporting portion is three.

4. The grommet according to claim 1, further comprising a wire fixing means for fixing said angular pillar to said electric wire, said wire fixing means comprising a planar member integrally formed with said angular pillar.

5. The grommet according to claim 1, further comprising a wire fixing means for fixing said angular pillar to said electric wire, said wire fixing means comprising a planar member integrally formed with said substrate, said planar member having a stop for engagement with a peripheral edge of said lock member.