Wire harness water cut-off structure

• US 7,614,915 B2
• Filed: 07/06/2007
• Issued: 11/10/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/06/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
• Inventors: Murakami, Tomoyasu, Shishido, Hidetaka, Kamenoue, Masayoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Duverne; Jean F
• Application Number:
  US11/774,130
• Publication Number:
  US 20080009175A1
• Time in Patent Office: 858 Days
• Field of Search: 174/72.A, 174/72.R, 174/135, 174/71.R, 439623-624
• US Class Current: 439/623
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/0222 Grommets

Abstract

A main body portion of a grommet is mounted to a through hole of a dash panel partitioning an engine room and a vehicle compartment, a long tube is continuously provided to the main body portion, and the tube is arranged at inside of the engine room. A wire harness is inserted to the main body portion and an inner portion of the tube in an unbundled state, under the state, at least two stages of narrowed portions (first, second fixing portions) constituted by narrowing an inner diameter of the tube at a position proximate to a front end of the tube and a position proximate to the main body portion remote from the position. At the narrowed portion, by fastening a strap for fixing to an outer periphery of the tube, the inner diameter of the tube is narrowed. Wires are scattered by providing a bent portion at the wire harness coming out from the grommet.

Claims

1. A wire harness water cut-off structure comprising:

a grommet including a main body portion mounted to a through hole of a panel of a vehicle body, and a long tube continuously provided to the main body portion,

wherein a wire harness is inserted to the main body portion and an inner portion of the tube in an unbundled state,

in the unbundled state, at least two stages of narrowed portions constituted by narrowing an inner diameter of the tube are provided at a first position at a vicinity of a front end of the tube and a second position proximate to the main body portion remote from the first position; and

a plurality of wires constituting the wire harness are scattered at a stage disposed between the at least two stages of narrowed portions.

2. The wire harness water cut-off structure according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the at least two stages of narrowed portions narrows the inner diameter of the tube by projecting a rib at an inner periphery of the tube.

3. The wire harness water cut-off structure according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the at least two stages of narrowed portions narrows the inner diameter of the tube by fastening a strap to an outer periphery of the tube.

4. The wire harness water cut-off structure according to claim 1, wherein the front end of the tube is directed to a lower side and arranged at a position lower than a height of the main body portion.

5. The wire harness water cut-off structure according to claim 1, wherein by providing a bent portion at the wire harness from the narrowed portion provided at the second position proximate to the main body portion to a side of the main body portion in the at least two stages of narrowed portions, the plurality of wires constituting the wire harness are scattered between the narrowed portion and the bent portion.

6. The wire harness water cut-off structure according to claim 5, wherein the bent portion scattering the plurality of wires is formed at a vicinity of a position at which the wire harness comes out from the main body portion of the grommet by providing a portion of the wire harness fixed to the vehicle body at a vicinity of the position at which the wire harness comes out from the main body portion of the grommet.

7. The wire harness water cut-off structure according to claim 6, wherein the panel of the vehicle body is a dash panel partitioning an engine room and a vehicle compartment of an automobile, in a state of arranging the tube to a side of the engine room, the main body portion of the grommet is fitted to be attached to a through hole of the dash panel, and the portion of the wire harness fixed to the vehicle body is provided at a vicinity of the through hole of the dash panel to thereby arrange the bent portion to an inner side of the vehicle chamber.

8. The wire harness water cut-off structure according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of wires constituting the wire harness are scattered such that gaps are formed between the wires.

9. The wire harness water cut-off structure according to claim 8, wherein the plurality of wires constituting the wire harness are not scattered at the at least two stages of narrowed portions.