Grommet

Details Grommet Grommet

1992-12-03

1994-08-16

Cuda, Carmine

Miscellaneous hardware (e.g., bushing, carpet fastener, caster,

Bushing

Providing strain relief

174153G, B65D 5500, H01B 1726

Patent

active

053374479

ABSTRACT:
A grommet including an elastic grommet body and a clamp, the grommet body having a cylindrical portion for closely receiving an outer periphery of a wire bundle, a flange provided at one end of the cylindrical portion, an annular groove formed on an inner face of an outer peripheral portion of the flange and a seal lip projecting from a distal end of the annular groove such that a seal lip clamping portion of the clamp is fitted into the annular groove, the grommet body comprising: an outer peripheral wall which extends axially from an outer peripheral edge of the flange; and a wall portion which is bent radially inwardly from a distal end of the the outer peripheral wall such that the annular groove is defined by the flange, the outer peripheral wall and the wall portion; the seal lip projecting from a distal end of the wall portion; the flange having a large thickness, while the outer peripheral wall has a thickness smaller than that of the flange; wherein when the seal lip has been turned up over the flange, the flange acts as a stopper for maintaining a state in which the seal lip has been turned up over the flange.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4839937 (1989-06-01), Oikawa et al.
patent: 4912287 (1990-03-01), Ono et al.
patent: 4928349 (1990-05-01), Oikawa et al.
patent: 5144777 (1992-09-01), Fishel et al.

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