Grommet and attachment member with grommet

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9376069-B2
Application number	US-201314427762-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 14, 2013
Priority date	Sep 18, 2012
Publication date	Jun 28, 2016
Grant date	Jun 28, 2016

Abstract

At the end portion of a wire harness that is connected through a through hole of a casing, a shielding shell is fixed to the casing and covers a connector for a harness attached to the end portion of the wire harness. A grommet covers the outside of the shielding shell. The grommet includes a main portion and a band-fastened portion, and a skirt portion extends from the band-fastened portion. A bundling band fastens the outer circumferential surface of the connecting portion via the band-fastened portion, and the skirt portion is brought into intimate contact with the outer circumferential surface of a step portion that is continuous with the connecting portion. Sealing lips that receive fastening force by the bundling band and come into intimate contact with the outer circumferential surface of the connecting portion in a squeezed state are formed on the inner circumferential surface of the band-fastened portion.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A grommet having a main portion for covering a tubular connecting portion of an attachment member in a condition in which electric wires are inserted through an opening, the attachment member including the connecting portion having the opening at one end and a step portion formed to be continuous with the other end of the connecting portion and to have a larger diameter than the connecting portion, the grommet comprising:
a band-fastened portion that extends from the main portion and is configured to be brought into intimate contact with the connecting portion; and
a skirt portion that extends from the band-fastened portion and is for covering the step portion in an intimate contact condition; and
wherein the band-fastened portion is formed in a recess groove shape in a circumferential direction and connects the main portion and the skirt portion, the band-fastened portion configured to be fastened by a bundling band from an outside.

2. The grommet according to claim 1 , wherein the band-fastened portion is provided with projecting portions that project from the inner circumferential surface and are configured to be brought into intimate contact with the connecting portion by being fastened by the bundling band.

3. The grommet according to claim 2 , wherein auxiliary projecting portions project from the inner circumferential surface of regions outside the region that is to be fastened by the bundling band in the band-fastened portion.

4. The grommet according to claim 1 , wherein a cut-out portion is formed in a partial region of an opening edge of the skirt portion by cutting out that region toward the one end, and ribs are formed in regions outside the cut-out portion to extend from the one end side to the other end side.

5. An attachment member with a grommet comprising:
an attachment member including a tubular connecting portion having an opening at one end and a step portion formed to be continuous with the other end of the connecting portion and to have a larger diameter than the connecting portion; and
a grommet having a main portion for covering the connecting portion in a condition in which electric wires are inserted through the opening,
wherein the grommet comprises:
a skirt portion that extends from the main portion and is for covering the step portion; and
a band-fastened portion that is formed in a recess groove shape and connects the main portion and the skirt portion, and has an inner circumferential surface configured to be brought into intimate contact with the connecting portion by being fastened by a bundling band from an outside.

6. The attachment member with a grommet according to claim 5 , wherein the band-fastened portion is provided with projecting portions that project from the inner circumferential surface and are configured to be brought into intimate contact with the connecting portion by being fastened by the bundling band.

7. The attachment member with a grommet according to claim 6 , wherein auxiliary projecting portions project from the inner circumferential surface of regions outside the region that is to be fastened by the bundling band in the band-fastened portion.

8. The attachment member with a grommet according to claim 5 , wherein a cut-out portion is formed in a partial region of an opening edge of the skirt portion by cutting out that region toward the one end, and ribs are formed in regions outside the cut-out portion to extend from the one end side to the other end side.

Assignees

• Sumitomo Wiring Systems

Inventors

• Nakai Hirokazu
• Sawada Masashi
• Yabashi Tomohiro

Classifications

• B60R16/02 Primary

  electric {constitutive elements} · CPC title

• H01R13/6592

  the conductive member being a shielded cable · CPC title

• B60R16/0222 Primary

  Grommets · CPC title

• H01R13/52

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

• H01R13/6581

  Shield structure · CPC title