Grommet and grommet-equipped wire harness

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10574046-B2
Application number	US-201716073610-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 22, 2017
Priority date	Mar 1, 2016
Publication date	Feb 25, 2020
Grant date	Feb 25, 2020

Abstract

A grommet includes a grommet main body made of an elastic material and an inner member. The grommet main body includes a cylinder portion and a large diameter portion that is formed so as to extend toward the outer circumference side from the cylinder portion, a ring-shaped portion that can be arranged on the inner circumference side of the attachment hole being formed on the outer circumferential portion. The grommet main body is fit into the attachment hole from one end side in the attachment direction of the large diameter portion.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A grommet configured to be attached to an attachment hole formed in a panel, comprising:
a grommet main body configured to be fit into the attachment hole from one end side in an axial direction and including: a cylinder portion made of an elastic material and having an insertion hole through which a wire harness is to be inserted; and a large diameter portion which extends toward an external circumference side from the cylinder portion, and has an outer circumferential portion including a ring-shaped portion that can be arranged on an inner circumference side of the attachment hole; and
an inner member arranged inside of the ring-shaped portion and configured to change from an initial state to a diameter expansion state causing the ring-shaped portion to elastically perform diameter expansion,
wherein the inner member includes a pressing portion configured to elastically deform the ring-shaped portion so as to press the ring-shaped portion into an inner circumferential edge portion of the attachment hole in the diameter expansion state, and
the ring-shaped portion includes a ring-shaped seal portion that is formed so as to protrude in a ring shape, and is pressed into the inner circumferential edge portion of the attachment hole in the axial direction of the attachment hole at a partial location.

2. A grommet configured to be attached to an attachment hole formed in a panel, comprising:
a grommet main body configured to be fit into the attachment hole from one end side in an axial direction and including: a cylinder portion made of an elastic material and having an insertion hole through which a wire harness is to be inserted; and a large diameter portion which extends toward an external circumference side from the cylinder portion, and has an outer circumferential portion including a ring-shaped portion that can be arranged on an inner circumference side of the attachment hole; and
an inner member arranged inside of the ring-shaped portion and configured to change from an initial state to a diameter expansion state causing the ring-shaped portion to elastically perform diameter expansion,
wherein the inner member includes an inner member-side locking protrusion configured to, in the diameter expansion state, cause the ring-shaped portion to elastically deform such that the ring-shaped portion locks onto a circumferential edge portion of the attachment hole from one surface side of the panel.

3. The grommet according to claim 2 , wherein
the large diameter portion includes a grommet main body-side locking protrusion that is next to the ring-shaped portion, significantly protrudes with respect to the ring-shaped portion, and locks onto the circumferential edge portion of the attachment hole from another surface side of the panel.

4. The grommet according to claim 2 , comprising,
at a portion of the ring-shaped portion that is elastically deformed by the inner member-side locking protrusion, a temporary locking protrusion that temporarily locks onto the circumferential edge portion of the attachment hole from the one surface side of the panel in a state prior to the elastic deformation.

5. A grommet configured to be attached to an attachment hole formed in a panel, comprising:
a grommet main body configured to be fit into the attachment hole from one end side in an axial direction and including: a cylinder portion made of an elastic material and having an insertion hole through which a wire harness is to be inserted; and a large diameter portion which extends toward an external circumference side from the cylinder portion, and has an outer circumferential portion including a ring-shaped portion that can be arranged on an inner circumference side of the attachment hole; and
an inner member arranged inside of the ring-shaped portion and configured to change from an initial state to a diameter expansion state causing the ring-shaped portion to elastically perform diameter expansion,
wherein the inner member includes: an inner main body portion that includes a C-shaped diameter expansion deformation portion, a divided portion being formed on a portion in a circumferential direction of the diameter expansion deformation portion; and a diameter expansion portion that opens the divided portion by being inserted in the divided portion, causes the diameter expansion deformation portion to perform diameter expansion, and keeps the diameter expansion deformation portion in a diameter expansion state.

6. The grommet according to claim 5 , wherein
the inner main body portion includes a guiding portion configured to guide the diameter expansion portion from a standby position withdrawn from the divided portion, to an insertion position inserted into the divided portion.

7. The grommet according to claim 6 , wherein
a standby position holding protrusion that restricts movement of the diameter expansion portion from the standby position in a falling-out direction is formed on at least one of the inner member and the diameter expansion portion.

8. The grommet according to claim 6 , wherein
an insertion position holding protrusion that restricts movement to the standby position in a state in which the diameter expansion portion has moved to the insertion position is included on at least one of the inner member and the diameter expansion portion.

9. The grommet according to claim 5 , wherein
the grommet main body includes an inner member holding portion that holds the inner member equipped on the grommet main body.

10. The grommet according to claim 9 , wherein
the inner member holding portion is formed into a shape that protrudes along the axial direction of the large diameter portion from another end portion, and protrudes toward an outer circumference side at its leading end side,
the inner main body portion includes a locked portion that is openably and closably supported by the outer circumference side of the diameter expansion deformation portion,
when the inner member is equipped on the grommet main body, in a state in which the locked portion is open, the locked portion is arranged at a position avoiding interference with the inner member holding portion, and
when the locked portion is closed with the inner member equipped on the grommet main body, the inner member holding portion retains and locks onto the locked portion.

11. The grommet according to claim 5 , wherein
the inner main body portion includes:
a pressing piece that is extended toward an outer circumference side of the diameter expansion deformation portion and presses an other end portion of the large diameter portion toward the panel; and
an interposed portion that is extended from a portion of an outer circumferential portion of the diameter expansion deformation portion, along the outer circumferential portion, and with an interval provided with respect to the outer circumferential portion, and is interposed between the other end portion of the large diameter portion and the pressing piece.

12. A grommet-equipped wire harness comprising:
the grommet according to claim 1 ; and
a wire harness inserted through the cylinder portion.

13. A grommet-equipped wire harness comprising:
the grommet according to claim 2 ; and
a wire harness inserted through the cylinder portion.

14. A grommet-equipped wire harness comprising:
the grommet according to claim 5 ; and
a wire harness inserted through the cylinder portion.

Assignees

• Sumitomo Wiring Systems

Inventors

• Okuhara Takashi

Classifications

• B60R16/0222

  Grommets · CPC title

• H02G3/22 Primary

  Installations of cables or lines through walls, floors or ceilings, e.g. into buildings · CPC title

• H01B7/0045

  Cable-harnesses · CPC title

• H01B17/26

  Lead-in insulators; Lead-through insulators · CPC title

• F16B21/183

  internal, i.e. with spreading action · CPC title