Grommet with groove portion between pair of contact portions, and wire harness

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11508499-B2
Application number	US-202117172076-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 10, 2021
Priority date	Feb 18, 2020
Publication date	Nov 22, 2022
Grant date	Nov 22, 2022

Abstract

A grommet includes: a water stop portion that has an annular shape and is inserted to a through hole formed in an attachment panel for stopping water; and a first partition wall portion and a second partition wall portion that are unit arranged to project toward a radially inner side of the water stop portion. The water stop portion includes: a first contact portion that is capable of coming into contact with a first side surface of a circumference edge portion of the through hole; a second contact portion that is capable of coming into contact with the first side surface; a groove portion formed in an annular shape between the first contact portion and the second contact portion; and a recess/protrusion portion that is formed on a circumferential wall inside the groove portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A grommet comprising:
a water stop portion that has an annular shape and is inserted to a through hole formed in an attachment panel for stopping water; and
a closing portion that is arranged to project toward a radially inner side of the water stop portion to close the annular shape of the water stop portion, wherein
the water stop portion includes:
a first contact portion that is capable of coming into contact with a first side surface of a circumference edge portion of the through hole in an axial direction, and is formed in an annular shape;
a second contact portion that is provide on a radially outer side of the first contact portion, is capable of coming into contact with the first side surface of the circumferential edge portion, and is formed in an annular shape;
a groove portion formed in an annular shape between the first contact portion and the second contact portion;
a recess/protrusion portion that is formed on a circumferential wall inside the groove portion; and
an insertion portion that is capable of clamping a circumferential end of the through hole, the insertion portion is spaced away from the first contact portion in a radially inward direction of the water stop portion.

2. The grommet according to claim 1 , wherein
the recess/protrusion portion is formed by a recess portion extending toward the radially inner side of the water stop portion inside the groove portion.

3. The grommet according to claim 2 , wherein
the recess portion is formed along a groove bottom of the groove portion.

4. The grommet according to claim 1 , wherein
the recess/protrusion portion is formed in an annular shape along the annular shape of the groove portion.

5. The grommet according to claim 2 , wherein
the recess/protrusion portion is formed in an annular shape along the annular shape of the groove portion.

6. The grommet according to claim 3 , wherein
the recess/protrusion portion is formed in an annular shape along the annular shape of the groove portion.

7. The grommet according to of claim 1 , wherein
the water stop portion further includes a third contact portion that is capable of coming into contact with a second side surface of the circumference edge portion of the through hole in the axial direction, is formed in an annular shape, and faces the first contact portion in the axial direction.

8. The grommet according to of claim 2 , wherein
the water stop portion further includes a third contact portion that is capable of coming into contact with a second side surface of the circumference edge portion of the through hole in the axial direction, is formed in an annular shape, and faces the first contact portion in the axial direction.

9. The grommet according to of claim 3 , wherein
the water stop portion further includes a third contact portion that is capable of coming into contact with a second side surface of the circumference edge portion of the through hole in the axial direction, is formed in an annular shape, and faces the first contact portion in the axial direction.

10. The grommet according to of claim 4 , wherein
the water stop portion further includes a third contact portion that is capable of coming into contact with a second side surface of the circumference edge portion of the through hole in the axial direction, is formed in an annular shape, and faces the first contact portion in the axial direction.

11. The grommet according to of claim 5 , wherein
the water stop portion further includes a third contact portion that is capable of coming into contact with a second side surface of the circumference edge portion of the through hole in the axial direction, is formed in an annular shape, and faces the first contact portion in the axial direction.

12. The grommet according to of claim 6 , wherein
the water stop portion further includes a third contact portion that is capable of coming into contact with a second side surface of the circumference edge portion of the through hole in the axial direction, is formed in an annular shape, and faces the first contact portion in the axial direction.

13. A wire harness comprising:
a wiring material having conductivity; and
a grommet provided to the wiring material, wherein
the grommet includes:
a water stop portion that has an annular shape and is inserted to a through hole formed in an attachment panel for stopping water; and
a closing portion that is arranged to project toward a radially inner side of the water stop portion to close the annular shape of the water stop portion, and
the water stop portion includes:
a first contact portion that is capable of coming into contact with a first side surface of a circumference edge portion of the through hole in an axial direction, and is formed in an annular shape;
a second contact portion that is provide on a radially outer side of the first contact portion, is capable of coming into contact with the first side surface of the circumferential edge portion, and is formed in an annular shape;
a groove portion formed in an annular shape between the first contact portion and the second contact portion; and
a recess/protrusion portion that is formed on a circumferential wall inside the groove portion; and
an insertion portion that is capable of clamping a circumferential end of the through hole, the insertion portion is spaced away from the first contact portion in a radially inward direction of the water stop portion.

14. The grommet according to claim 1 , wherein
the insertion portion includes a pair of protrusions configured to come into contact with the circumferential end of the through hole.

15. The grommet according to claim 1 , wherein
the insertion portion includes an insertion recess and a pair of protrusions that are spaced away from the first contact portion by the recess, and
the protrusions are spaced away from each other by the insertion recess.

16. The grommet according to claim 7 , wherein
the insertion portion includes an insertion recess and a pair of protrusions that are spaced away from the first contact portion and the third contact portion by the recess, and
the protrusions are spaced away from each other by a portion of the insertion recess.

17. The grommet according to claim 1 , wherein
the second contact portion includes a lip portion extending from a distal end of the second contact portion.

Assignees

• Yazaki Corp

Inventors

• Kiyota Hirotaka
• Kiuchi Masaru
• Onoda Takeshi

Classifications

• H01B17/583

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• B60R16/0222 Primary

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