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Wire harness mounting structure for motor vehicle door

  • US 5,092,647 A
  • Filed: 01/03/1990
  • Issued: 03/03/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/20/1984
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a wiring system including a wire harness mountable on the frame of a hinge-mounted motor vehicle door and terminating at the hinge mounting end of the door frame in a bundled leading-out portion, said door frame having an inner side surface joined to a hinge mounting end which has internal and external side surfaces which with said inner side surface defines a corner portion, structure for fixing the leading-out portion of the wire harness to the hinge mounting end of said door frame comprising:

  • an opening formed in said inner side surface of said door frame which communicates with a groove formed in said hinge mounting end at said corner portion of said door frame, anda waterproof grommet having first and second external flanges and an integral groove portion between said flanges dimensioned to be received in the groove formed in said hinge mounting end, said grommet surrounding said leading-out portion of the wire harness and being supported on its groove portion in the groove formed in said hinge mounting end and by said first and second flanges engaging said internal and external side surfaces, respectively, of said hinge mounting end thereby to fix the leading-out portion of the wire harness to the door frame at its hinge mounting end.

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