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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 10, 1997
Manabu Katou, Hamamatsu, JP;
Tatsuya Suzuki, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Asmo Co., Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
A waterproofing member for a wire harness connecting portion of a motor for driving a window regulator of a vehicle is constructed such that it includes an opening being provided at each axial direction end portion of the waterproofing member, a mounting portion provided at one of the axial direction end portions of the waterproofing member, and fixed to the wire harness connecting portion so as to seal the wire harness connecting portion; a press-fit portion provided at the other of the axial direction end portions of the waterproofing member, and press-fit against a peripheral wall of the through-hole of the door panel so as to seal the through-hole; and further includes an elastic portion which is formed at an axial direction intermediate portion between the mounting portion and the press-fit portion and is formed so as to be elastically deformable along an axial direction of the waterproofing member, which elastic portion being able to change relative positions of the mounting portion and the press-fit portion by deforming elastically.