Patent ID: 6303869
Filing Date: 2001-10-16
Classification: B60R,F16L,H02G

Abstract:
The method of mounting an open-ended conduit for an electrical harness between a first panel having a first opening therein of predetermined size and shape and a second panel laterally spaced from said first panel and having a second opening therein of predetermined size and shape, comprising the steps of:(a) providing an open-ended conduit for an electrical harness in the shape of an elongated tubular section having opposite ends and made of a flexible, stretchable, compressible, twistable material having a first integral grommet at one end of said tubular section of the same size and shape as said first opening and a second integral grommet at the opposite end of said tubular section of the same size and shape as said second opening, said second opening and said second grommet being non-circular, said tubular section being of uniform wall thickness and formed with an integral, radially outwardly projecting screw-like, helical formation extending throughout substantially the full length thereof;(b) fitting said first grommet in said first opening;(c) aligning said second grommet with said second opening, and then twisting said conduit about its longitudinal axis in one direction such that the helical formation causes lengthening of the tubular section without kinking or in the opposite direction such that the helical formation causes shortening of the tubular section without kinking as needed to rotatably orient said second grommet to match the orientation of said second opening; and(d) while said conduit remains twisted and said second grommet remains aligned with said second opening and rotatably oriented to match the orientation of said second opening, fitting said second grommet in said second opening.