Patent ID: 7842210

Claim:
A method of making a grommet for hermetically sealing a plurality of wires extending from a first end of said grommet to a second end of said grommet wherein one of said plurality of wires is made up of a plurality of strands configured into a bundle, said method comprising the steps of removing said cover from a portion of said one of said wires exposing said strands, applying a liquefied sealing agent to an outer portion of said bundle of strands of said one of said wires, compressing said bundle of strands of said one of said wires between a pair of opposing parallel surfaces wherein said parallel surfaces are generally parallel to said one of said wires, and applying a force across said opposing surfaces to displace said strands with respect to one another, moving one of said opposing surfaces in a linear direction parallel to a second of said surfaces and perpendicular to the axial length of said strands to displace said strands wherein a surface of all said strands becomes wetted, thereafter removing said strands from said opposing parallel surfaces wherein said strands are allowed to at least partially reposition, and thereafter encapsulating said portion of said one of said wires in a hermetically sealed body of said grommet.