Seal structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10041595-B2
Application number	US-201214349889-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 13, 2012
Priority date	Oct 6, 2011
Publication date	Aug 7, 2018
Grant date	Aug 7, 2018

Abstract

In order to prevent gaps from occurring in corner sections in a section where three surfaces are joined together, comprising the combination of a housing, grommet and cover, or the like, thereby improve sealing, a seal structure, which is provided with a housing in which a notch-shaped grommet-mounting section is disposed, a grommet, a cover and a metal substrate gasket, is provided, wherein the grommet is provided with a seal projection, and the seal projection forms a protruding section due to a portion of the seal projection protruding toward the metal substrate gasket when the seal projection makes intimate contact with the inner surface of the grommet-mounting section. The metal substrate gasket is provided with two seal lines and a groove-shaped recess between the seal lines. When nipped, the protruding section of the seal projection is tightly compressed inside the groove-shaped recess in the metal substrate gasket.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A seal structure comprising:
a casing which is provided in its wall portion with a notch-like grommet installation portion;
a grommet which is installed to said grommet installation portion;
a cover which is put on said wall portion and the grommet; and
a metal base plate gasket which is installed between said wall portion and the grommet, and said cover,
wherein said grommet is provided with a seal projection at least on a surface which faces to an inner surface of said grommet installation portion,
wherein said seal projection seals between said wall portion and the grommet by coming into close contact with the inner surface of said grommet installation portion, and is provided with a protruding portion generated by a protrusion of a part of said seal projection toward said metal base plate gasket in the case that the seal projection comes into close contact with the inner surface of said grommet installation portion,
wherein said metal base plate gasket is provided with two seal lines which are parallel to each other, the two seal lines being provided on a surface that faces toward said wall portion and continuously extend to face said grommet, and is further provided with a groove-like concave portion between said two seal lines,
wherein the protruding portion in said seal projection is closely compressed within the groove-like concave portion in said metal base plate gasket,
wherein said grommet installation portion is provided with a chamfer portion at an edge of the inner surface, and
wherein said seal projection is enlarged little by little to correspond to a shape of said chamfer portion.

Assignees

• Takao Yuki
• Miyake Kuniaki
• Nakaoka Shinya
• Shinbo Noriyuki
• Nok Corp

Inventors

• Takao Yuki
• Miyake Kuniaki
• Nakaoka Shinya
• Shinbo Noriyuki

Classifications

• F16J2015/0856

  with a non-metallic coating or strip · CPC title

• H02G3/088

  Dustproof, splashproof, drip-proof, waterproof, or flameproof casings or inlets · CPC title

• H05K5/069

  Other details of the casing, e.g. wall structure, passage for a connector, a cable, a shaft · CPC title

• F16J15/08 Primary

  with exclusively metal packing · CPC title

• F16J2015/085

  without fold over · CPC title