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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:
Aug. 15, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 26, 1999
Hiroyasu Furuya, Shizuoka, JP;
Keiichiro Soma, Shizuoka, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a conventional grommet, that portion of a tapering, reduced-diameter portion, extending from an insertion hole of a minimum diameter to an insertion hole of a maximum diameter, is linearly varying. Therefore, when enlarging the diameter of the reduced-diameter portion, a large diameter-enlarging force is required, and the efficiency of the operation is low. A grommet 21 of the invention includes a mounting base portion 27 of a different-diameter tubular shape having a larger outer-diameter portion 23 at one end thereof and a smaller outer-diameter portion 25 at the other end thereof, and an annular groove 31 for fitting on a peripheral edge of a hole, formed through a panel of a vehicle, is formed in an outer peripheral surface of the larger outer-diameter portion 23, and the interior of the mounting base portion 27 defines a passage space 29 for a wire harness. A cylindrical portion 33 is formed on and extends continuously from the smaller outer-diameter portion 25 of the mounting base portion 27, and an inner periphery of the cylindrical portion corresponds to a wire harness having a maximum outer diameter. A truncated cone-shaped portion 37 is formed on and extends continuously from a distal end of the cylindrical portion 33, and the truncated cone-shaped portion has an open distal end corresponding to a wire harness having a minimum outer diameter.
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