Grommet and wire harness

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11791069-B2
Application number	US-202117171991-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 9, 2021
Priority date	Feb 17, 2020
Publication date	Oct 17, 2023
Grant date	Oct 17, 2023

Abstract

A grommet includes a fitting body causing a circumferential edge portion of a through hole provided in a wall body to be fitted into a fitting groove provided in an outer wall, and a first cylinder and a second cylinder causing a harness body to be extracted through the cylinder. The fitting body includes a cylindrical portion, a plurality of ribs rising from an outer circumferential wall surface of the cylindrical portion and disposed on the outer circumferential wall surface at equal intervals in a circumferential direction, and a first support portion and a second support portion provided for each of the ribs. The first support portion and the second support portion project from the outer circumferential wall surface to be high enough to suppress elastic deformation of the rib in the circumferential direction toward the outer circumferential wall surface.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A grommet comprising:
a fitting body causing a circumferential edge portion of a through hole having a circular shape and provided in a wall body to be fitted into a fitting groove having an annular shape and provided in an outer wall, and causing a harness body routed along a hole axis of the through hole in a space in the outer wall to be extracted from the space through a first draw-out aperture having a circular shape and disposed at a first axial end and a second draw-out aperture having a circular shape and disposed at a second axial end;
a first cylinder having a cylinder axis coaxial with an axis of the fitting body, projecting outward from a circumferential edge portion of the first draw-out aperture, and causing the harness body in the space to be extracted through inside of the first cylinder; and
a second cylinder having a cylinder axis coaxial with the axis of the fitting body, projecting outward from a circumferential edge portion of the second draw-out aperture, and causing the harness body in the space to be extracted through inside of the second cylinder, wherein
the fitting body includes a cylindrical portion having an outer circumferential wall surface joined to the fitting groove at a position closer to the first cylinder than the fitting groove in the outer wall, and gradually reduced in diameter as being away coaxially from the fitting groove, a plurality of ribs rising from the outer circumferential wall surface of the cylindrical portion and disposed on the outer circumferential wall surface at equal intervals in a circumferential direction, and each extending on the outer circumferential wall surface at least from a position equal in diameter to the circumferential edge portion of the through hole to a radially outer end, a first support portion provided for each of the ribs and supporting a side, adjacent to the outer circumferential wall surface, of a first side wall of the rib on a first side in the circumferential direction, and a second support portion provided for each of the ribs and supporting a side, adjacent to the outer circumferential wall surface, of a second side wall of the rib on a second side in the circumferential direction,
the rib is shaped to enable elastic deformation in the circumferential direction, and
the first support portion and the second support portion project from the outer circumferential wall surface to be high enough to suppress elastic deformation of the rib in the circumferential direction toward the outer circumferential wall surface.

2. The grommet according to claim 1 , wherein
the rib is shaped to enable inclining deformation in the circumferential direction within an elastic region, and
the first support portion and the second support portion project from the outer circumferential wall surface to be high enough to suppress at least inclining deformation of the rib in the circumferential direction toward the outer circumferential wall surface.

3. The grommet according to claim 1 , wherein
the first support portion projects to the first side in the circumferential direction from the side, adjacent to the outer circumferential wall surface, of the first side wall, and
the second support portion projects to the second side in the circumferential direction from the side, adjacent to the outer circumferential wall surface, of the second side wall.

4. The grommet according to claim 2 , wherein
the first support portion projects to the first side in the circumferential direction from the side, adjacent to the outer circumferential wall surface, of the first side wall, and
the second support portion projects to the second side in the circumferential direction from the side, adjacent to the outer circumferential wall surface, of the second side wall.

5. The grommet according to claim 1 , wherein
the fitting body includes a locked portion that is disposed radially inside the ribs, rises from the outer circumferential wall surface for each of the ribs, is configured to be locked to an outer circumferential surface of the first cylinder when the first cylinder is shifted relatively to the fitting body along the cylinder axis toward the second cylinder, to suppress elastic deformation of the cylindrical portion or reduce elastic deformation.

6. The grommet according to claim 2 , wherein
the fitting body includes a locked portion that is disposed radially inside the ribs, rises from the outer circumferential wall surface for each of the ribs, is configured to be locked to an outer circumferential surface of the first cylinder when the first cylinder is shifted relatively to the fitting body along the cylinder axis toward the second cylinder, to suppress elastic deformation of the cylindrical portion or reduce elastic deformation.

7. The grommet according to claim 3 , wherein
the fitting body includes a locked portion that is disposed radially inside the ribs, rises from the outer circumferential wall surface for each of the ribs, is configured to be locked to an outer circumferential surface of the first cylinder when the first cylinder is shifted relatively to the fitting body along the cylinder axis toward the second cylinder, to suppress elastic deformation of the cylindrical portion or reduce elastic deformation.

8. The grommet according to claim 4 , wherein
the fitting body includes a locked portion that is disposed radially inside the ribs, rises from the outer circumferential wall surface for each of the ribs, is configured to be locked to an outer circumferential surface of the first cylinder when the first cylinder is shifted relatively to the fitting body along the cylinder axis toward the second cylinder, to suppress elastic deformation of the cylindrical portion or reduce elastic deformation.

9. A wire harness comprising:
a harness body; and
a grommet protecting the harness body, wherein
the grommet including:
a fitting body causing a circumferential edge portion of a through hole having a circular shape and provided in a wall body to be fitted into a fitting groove having an annular shape and provided in an outer wall, and causing the harness body routed along a hole axis of the through hole in a space in the outer wall to be extracted from the space through a first draw-out aperture having a circular shape and disposed at a first axial end and a second draw-out aperture having a circular shape and disposed at a second axial end;
a first cylinder having a cylinder axis coaxial with an axis of the fitting body, projecting outward from a circumferential edge portion of the first draw-out aperture, and causing the harness body in the space to be extracted through inside of the first cylinder; and
a second cylinder having a cylinder axis coaxial with the axis of the fitting body, projecting outward from a circumferential edge portion of the second draw-out aperture, and causing the harness body in the space to be extracted through inside of the second cylinder, wherein
the fitting body includes a cylindrical portion having an outer circumferential wall surface joined to the fitting groove at a position closer to the first cylinder than the fitting groove in the outer wall, and gradually reduced in diameter as being away coaxially from the fitting groove, a plurality of ribs rising from the outer circumferential wall surface of the cylindrical portion and disposed on the outer circumferential wall surface at equal intervals in a circumferential direction, and each extending on the outer circumferential wall surface at least from a position equal in diameter to the circumferential edge portion of the through hole to a radially outer end, a first support portion provided for each of the ribs and supporting a side, adjacent to the outer cir

Assignees

• Yazaki Corp

Inventors

• Kiyota Hirotaka
• Kiuchi Masaru
• Onoda Takeshi
• Kato Junya

Classifications

• H01B17/586 Primary

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