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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 22, 1998
Hiroomi Nakata, Hiroshima, JP;
Toru Makabe, Hiroshima, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A grommet including a cylindrical wire fitting portion for fitting on and holding a wire harness passing therethrough, and a panel fitting portion of a substantially oval tubular shape for being elastically deformed to be fitted in a through-hole of an oval shape formed through a panel. Straight portions of an abutment flange portion of the panel fitting portion are convex to be larger in thickness than arcuate portions of the abutment flange portion. The panel fitting portion includes a slanting guide portion to be guided to the through-hole in the panel, a fitting groove to be fitted in the through-hole, and the abutment flange portion to be abutted against that portion of the panel around the through-hole, and straight portions of a distal end portion of the slanting guide portion are outwardly convex to be larger in thickness than arcuate portions of the distal end portion, and the straight portions of the abutment flange portion are outwardly convex to be larger in thickness than the arcuate portions of the abutment flange portion. The straight portions of the abutment flange portion are further inwardly convex to be further larger in thickness than the arcuate portions of the abutment flange portion.
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