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Two-part grommet

  • US 6,815,615 B1
  • Filed: 08/29/2003
  • Issued: 11/09/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A snap-in grommet assembly for installation in an automotive bodywork aperture comprising:

  • a first relatively flexible component having an elongate conduit portion and an integral bell-shaped portion of a diameter which is greater than the diameter of the conduit portion and which has an open mouth, the bell-shaped portion having an annular retainer portion defined by parallel spaced first and second annular walls defining an interior annular retainer volume therebetween; and

    a second relatively stiff component comprising an annular exterior flange sized to fit complementally into the annular retainer volume, and a smaller diameter locking portion for snapping into the bodywork aperture, the locking portion extending axially from the flange therefrom so as to extend through the open mouth and be external of the bell-shaped portion when the flange is installed in the retainer volume;

    said flange and at least one of the annular walls defining said volume having complemental retention elements formed therewith to secure the second component within the first component.

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