Patent ID: 6495767
Filing Date: 2002-12-17
Classification: B60R,Y10T

Abstract:
A grommet configured to engage around an outer periphery of a wire harness and to be mounted in a through hole of an automobile body panel, the grommet comprising:a generally cylindrical portion; a tapered portion extending from one end of the generally cylindrical portion, the tapered portion including an automobile body engagement recessed portion provided on an outer peripheral surface of the tapered portion to engage with the automobile body panel; and a plurality of projecting strip portions provided on an outer peripheral surface of the tapered portion, the plurality of projecting strip portions extending in an axial direction of the tapered portion and being spaced from each other in a circumferential direction, wherein a projection amount of the plurality of projecting strip portions is changed at a contact point in the axial direction so that a first projection amount between the contact point and a large diameter side end of the plurality of projecting strip portions is smaller than a second projection amount of the plurality of projecting strip portions between the contact point and a small diameter side end of the plurality of projecting strip portions, wherein the contact point is located substantially at a position where an outer surface of the plurality of projecting strip portions first contacts an inner peripheral surface of the through hole when the grommet is inserted into the through hole from the end of the grommet having the generally cylindrical portion.