Grommet and wire harness

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9481329-B2
Application number	US-201514687150-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 15, 2015
Priority date	Apr 16, 2014
Publication date	Nov 1, 2016
Grant date	Nov 1, 2016

Abstract

A grommet includes: a grommet body including a lip portion which contacts a water stopped surface defining an accommodation recess portion in a state in which the grommet body is attached to the accommodation recess portion; an outer which presses the lip portion toward the water stopped surface in a state in which the grommet body is sandwiched between the outer and the water stopped surface; and a rigid body portion which is interposed between the outer and the lip portion with respect to a pressing direction of the outer and which has rigidity higher than that of the lip portion. At least a part of the lip portion is placed in a pressed region pressed by the outer.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A grommet comprising:
a grommet body formed of an elastic body and comprising a lip portion, wherein in a state in which an electric wire of a wire harness is passed inside the grommet body and the grommet body is attached to an accommodation recess portion formed on an attachment panel, the lip portion contacts a water stopped surface defining the accommodation recess portion to stop water between the grommet body and the water stopped surface;
an outer which presses the lip portion toward the water stopped surface and which fixes the grommet body to the attachment panel in a state in which the grommet body is sandwiched between the outer and the water stopped surface; and
a rigid body portion which is formed of a rigid body having rigidity higher than that of the lip portion, and which is interposed between the outer and the lip portion with respect to a pressing direction of the outer defined by the direction along the pressing by the outer,
wherein at least a part of the lip portion is placed in a pressed region pressed by the outer.

2. The grommet according to claim 1 ,
wherein the outer comprises a pair of fixing portions which sandwich the grommet body with respect to a width direction perpendicular to the pressing direction, and the outer is fixed to the attachment panel through the pair of fixing portions, and
wherein the lip portion is placed in an area within the pressed region and between the pair of fixing portions with respect to the width direction.

3. The grommet according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a protector which is formed of a rigid body having rigidity higher than that of the grommet body, which is accommodated in an accommodation space portion formed in the grommet body in a state in which the electric wire is passed, and which constitutes the rigid body portion,
wherein the protector is interposed between the outer and the lip portion with respect to the pressing direction, and forms a layer structure together with the grommet body.

4. The grommet according to claim 1 ,
wherein the grommet body comprises a grommet base portion attachable to the accommodation recess portion in which the electric wire is passed and which is formed on the attachment panel, and
wherein the lip portion comprises:
a first lip portion which is formed to protrude from a water stopping surface of the grommet base portion which opposes the water stopped surface in a state in which the grommet base portion is attached to the accommodation recess portion, wherein an entire part of the first lip portion is placed in the pressed region; and
a second lip portion formed to protrude from the water stopping surface, wherein at least a part of the second lip portion is placed in the pressed region and another part of the second lip portion is placed in a placement region of a weather strip provided on the attachment panel across the grommet body.

5. The grommet according to claim 1 ,
wherein the rigid body portion comprises a protector which is formed of a rigid body having rigidity higher than that of the grommet body and which is accommodated in an accommodation space portion formed in the grommet body in a state in which the electric wire is passed,
wherein the outer presses the lip portion toward the water stopped surface and fixes the grommet body to the attachment panel in a state in which the grommet body and the protector are sandwiched between the outer and the water stopped surface,
wherein the grommet body comprises:
a first grommet body side recess portion formed on a side of the accommodation space portion; and
a second grommet body side recess portion formed on an outer surface of the grommet body so as to be adjacent to the first grommet body side recess portion,

wherein the protector comprises a protector side protruding portion fitted in the first grommet body side recess portion in a state in which the protector is accommodated in the accommodation space portion, and
wherein the outer comprises an outer side protruding portion fitted in the second grommet body side recess portion in a state in which the grommet body is fixed to the attachment panel.

6. The grommet according to claim 5 ,
wherein the protector side protruding portion is formed along the pressing direction of the outer,
wherein the outer side protruding portion is formed along the width direction perpendicular to the pressing direction, and
wherein the protector side protruding portion and the outer side protruding portion are adjacent to each other with a part of the grommet body interposed therebetween along the pressing direction and a direction perpendicular to the width direction in a state in which the protector is accommodated in the accommodation space portion and the grommet body is fixed to the attachment panel by the outer.

7. The grommet according to claim 5 ,
wherein the outer comprises:
a body portion which is formed along the width direction perpendicular to the pressing direction and which sandwiches the grommet body and the protector between the outer and the water stopped surface; and
a pair of fixing portions which sandwich the grommet body with respect to the width direction and which are provided on both end portions of the body portion with respect to the width direction,

wherein the outer side protruding portion is provided on the fixing portion, and
wherein the protector side protruding portion and the first grommet body side recess portion are situated between the outer side protruding portion and the body portion in a state in which the grommet body is fixed to the attachment panel by the outer.

8. The grommet according to claim 5 ,
wherein the grommet body has an insertion opening which allows the protector to be inserted into the accommodation space portion from one side, and
wherein the protector comprises a positioning abutment portion which is allowed to abut on an inner part of the accommodation space portion on a side opposite to the insertion opening in a position where the protector side protruding portion is fitted in the first grommet body side recess portion.

9. The grommet according to claim 1 ,
wherein the outer is structured separately from the grommet body, and
wherein the outer comprises a pair of fixing portions which sandwich the grommet body with respect to the width direction perpendicular to the pressing direction, and the outer is fixed to the attachment panel through the pair of fixing portions.

10. The grommet according to claim 9 ,
wherein the pair of fixing portions are situated outside the lip portion with respect to the width direction in a state in which the grommet body is fixed to the attachment panel by the outer.

11. The grommet according to claim 9 ,
wherein at least a part of the lip portion is placed in an area within the pressed region pressed by the outer and between the pair of fixing portions with respect to the width direction.

12. The grommet according to claim 1 ,
wherein the rigid body portion comprises a protector which is formed of a rigid body having rigidity higher than that of the grommet body and which is accommodated in the accommodation space portion formed inside the grommet body in a state in which the electric wire is passed,
wherein the outer presses the lip portion toward the water stopped surface and fixes the grommet body to the attachment panel in a state in which the grommet body and the protector are sandwiched between the outer and the water stopped surface, and
wherein the protector comprises:
a protector base portion which forms a base surface of a shape along the water stopped surface; and
a protector cover portion which forms a wir

Assignees

• Yazaki Corp

Inventors

• Yoshimura Katsuya
• Yokoyama Satoshi
• Yanagihashi Takaaki
• Kawakami Hiroki

Classifications

• H01B17/583

  Grommets; Bushings · CPC title

• H02G3/22

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

• B60J5/0418

  Water or sound barrier, e.g. watershields or seals between dry/wet compartment, sound or vibration dampers · CPC title

• Y10T16/063

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• B60R16/0222 Primary

  Grommets · CPC title