Patent ID: 6442794
Filing Date: 2002-09-03
Classification: B60R,Y10T

Abstract:
A grommet configured to be mounted in tight contact with a through hole in an automobile body panel and an insertion hole in a sound insulator secured on a surface of the automobile body panel, said grommet comprising:a small-diameter portion in which a wire harness is insertable, said small-diameter portion being tightly contactable with the wire harness; a large-diameter portion that radially extends from an outer peripheral surface of said small-diameter portion intermediate a length in an axial direction of said small-diameter portion, an outer peripheral surface of said large-diameter portion having an engaging groove that is engageable with an inner peripheral edge of the through hole; an extending portion that extends past an end of said small-diameter portion along said axial direction; and a lip portion radially projecting from an outer peripheral surface of said extending portion, said lip portion tightly contacting an inner peripheral surface of the insertion hole in the sound insulator from inside when said grommet is mounted; wherein said lip portion includes a step portion at a peripheral edge of said lip portion, and said step portion includes a first face and a second face that are elastically tightly engageable with the inner peripheral surface and an outer surface adjacent to a peripheral edge of the insertion hole in the sound insulator.