Grommet

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11971104-B2
Application number	US-202217826556-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 27, 2022
Priority date	May 31, 2021
Publication date	Apr 30, 2024
Grant date	Apr 30, 2024

Abstract

A grommet G according to the present invention is provided with, on the outer side of a second flexible portion 22 , a padding portion 4 . With this, of a pressing force F which acts from the cylindrical base part 1 side to the seal portion 3 side, a panel parallel component F 1 parallel to a dash panel DP is hardly transmitted. On the other hand, a panel vertical component F 2 vertical to the dash panel DP is easily transmitted. Consequently, the panel vertical component F 2 becomes relatively large, and even if the seal portion 3 is brought into contact with the dash panel DP by acting the pressing force F from the oblique direction, the rolling-up caused by the occurrence of the inclination of the seal portion 3 can be suppressed.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A grommet comprising:
a cylindrical base part having a cylindrical shape which covers an outer peripheral side of a steering shaft passing through a shaft through hole formed by penetrating a dash panel of a vehicle body which partitions between a vehicle cabin and an engine room;
a flexible part provided so as to be expanded outward in a radial direction of the cylindrical base part from an axial end portion of the cylindrical base part, so as to be axially and flexibly deformed; and
a seal portion provided to a distal end portion of the flexible part so as to come in contact with a vehicle outside hole edge of the shaft through hole in a state of being attached to the vehicle body,
wherein the flexible part includes a first flexible portion provided so as to extend outward in the radial direction of the cylindrical base part from the axial end portion of the cylindrical base part, and a second flexible portion provided so as to extend in a curved shape on a seal portion side from the first flexible portion, and having a bending portion which is axially bendable,
wherein a padding portion is provided on an outer side of the second flexible portion such that a thickness of the second flexible portion is thicker than that of the first flexible portion,
wherein the grommet is attached such that the seal portion obliquely comes in contact with the dash panel, and
wherein, in a circumferential area of the second flexible portion, the padding portion is provided only in an area located on a grommet attachment direction side from a grommet attachment direction orthogonal line which passes through a center of the seal portion and which is orthogonal to a grommet attachment direction.

2. The grommet according to claim 1 , wherein, in a free state of the grommet, the padding portion is formed such that an axial end portion on a cylindrical base part side of the padding portion extends up to an axial end portion on a cylindrical base side of the second flexible portion.

3. The grommet according to claim 1 , wherein the padding portion is provided so as to extend to a position at which, even if an inner peripheral side of the seal portion is inclined in a direction away from the dash panel when the grommet is attached, an axial end portion on the seal portion side of the padding portion does not come in contact with the dash panel.

Assignees

• Kinugawa Rubber Ind
• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kaji Yasuhisa
• Takahashi Hayato
• Katayama Hiroko
• Hamamoto Yuya

Classifications

• F16J15/3204 Primary

  with at least one lip · CPC title

• B62D1/20 Primary

  Connecting steering column to steering gear · CPC title

• F16J15/52

  by means of sealing bellows or diaphragms (connection of valves to inflatable elastic bodies B60C29/00) · CPC title