Patent ID: 6444908
Filing Date: 2002-09-03
Classification: H01R,H02G,Y10T

Abstract:
An apparatus having a mains cable and having a housing lead-through through which the mains cable is passed, and having a cable grommet in the area of the housing lead-through, through which cable grommet the mains cable is passed and which cable grommet has a first grommet portion and a second grommet portion, of which two grommet portions the first grommet portion is attached to the housing in the area of the housing lead-through and is designed to have a comparatively low flexibility relative to the second grommet portion and of which the second grommet portion extends from the first grommet portion up to the free end of the cable grommet and is designed to have a comparatively high flexibility relative to the first grommet portion and is formed with grommet apertures in order to achieve the comparatively high flexibility, which grommet apertures are arranged after one another in a grommet direction (15) which extends from the first grommet portion to the second grommet portion, characterized in that the grommet apertures have at least one aperture dimension (h1, h2) which increases in the grommet direction.