Patent ID: 8981228
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: B60R,F16L

Abstract:
1. A grommet for wire harness to be fit externally to a wire harness to be wired in a vehicle and mounted into a through hole of a vehicle-body panel, comprising: a small-diameter cylindrical portion molded of rubber or elastomer and through which the wire harness is tightly inserted; a radial projecting portion that is in the form of a bellows projecting radially outwardly from an outer peripheral position of an intermediate part of the small-diameter cylindrical portion in a longitudinal direction; and an outer peripheral tubular portion having a conical tubular shape with a large diameter end, a small diameter end and an intermediate position between the large and small diameter ends in a longitudinal direction thereof, the intermediate position of the outer peripheral tubular portion being connected to an outer peripheral end of the radial projecting portion, an annular vehicle-body locking recess being provided on an outer peripheral surface of the outer peripheral tubular portion in proximity to the large-diameter end of the outer peripheral tubular portion, and areas of the outer peripheral tubular portion substantially adjacent the small-diameter end defining a thick portion that is thicker than the radial projecting portion.