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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2018
Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Yokkaichi, Mie, JP;
Tomohiro Yabashi, Mie, JP;
Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Yokkaichi, Mie, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a grommet and a grommet attachment structure configured to prevent a foreign object from entering. The grommet is externally mounted to a bundle of wires, and to a through hole formed in a panel disposed between a waterproof region and a non-waterproof region, the grommet includes a body portion fitted to the through hole; a waterproof-side protruding portion protrudes from the body portion to the waterproof region side; and a non-waterproof-side protruding portion protrudes from the body portion to the non-waterproof region side. The non-waterproof-side protruding portion includes a tubular portion surrounding the bundle of wires, and a projecting piece portion disposed along a portion of an outer circumference of the bundle of wires.