Patent ID: 8281457

Claim:
A grommet assembly for installation in an opening of a vehicle body component, the opening being dimensioned to receive a pipe therethrough, the grommet assembly comprising: a first relatively stiff component having retention elements formed therewith to secure the pipe to the first component and the grommet assembly, the first component including a first end wall, a second end wall and an outer surface; and a second relatively flexible component sized to be securely mounted in the body component opening, the second component including a first end and a second end and is at least partially overmolded onto the outer surface of the first component such that the second component is non-removably connected to the first component, and an axial length measured from the first end to the second end of the second component is less than an axial length measured from the first end wall to the second end wall of the first component such that at least one of the first and second end walls of the first component project outwardly from at least one of the first and second ends of the second component, wherein the grommet assembly is pre-mounted on the pipe and is configured to keep the pipe generally centered in the body component opening.