Patent ID: 6779243
Filing Date: 2004-08-24
Classification: B60R,Y10T

Abstract:
A grommet that is insertable into a penetration hole of a car body panel of an automobile, comprising:a resin inner sleeve which is adapted to receive a connector that is installed on a wire harness; the inner sleeve comprising a peripheral wall having a bottom face and a car body hooking hook that is arranged on an outer face of a peripheral wall, the inner sleeve being stored and fixed in an enlarged tubular portion; a grommet main body made of an elastomer and including the enlarged tubular portion located at one end of a small diameter tubular portion which is adapted to receive electric wires; a connector receiving cavity being defined in the inner sleeve and including a terminal insertion face, whereby the connector receiving cavity is adapted to receive a connector; the bottom face of the peripheral wall abutting on a bottom wall of the enlarged tubular portion; and a large space being provided between the terminal insertion face and the bottom wall of the enlarged tubular portion, whereby the grommet is installable on the automobile in a manner in which no load is applied to the electric wires which are inserted through the small diameter tubular portion when the bottom wall of the enlarged tubular portion experiences a pressing force.