Patent ID: 7053305

Claim:
A device for mounting a door harness from a door inner panel toward a body panel in a vehicle, the door harness being mountable into a grommet, said door harness comprising: a portion of the door inner panel proximal to the body panel; a recessed portion in the proximal portion of the door inner panel; a grommet holding device in said recessed portion; wherein the grommet may be fixed into said recessed portion from outside the door inner panel, wherein the door inner panel includes an inward face confronting a compartment of the vehicle, wherein the grommet holding device includes a shouldered section formed in a periphery of the recessed portion, the shouldered section being fitted with a separate linking frame including ribbed or grooved guides, wherein the grommet includes a housing having a substantially flat rectangular shape including a first face, a second face, longitudinal side faces provided with respective grooved or ribbed guides, a first tubular portion disposed proximal to the body panel and projecting from the first face of the housing and a second tubular portion distal from the panel body, and wherein the grommet is fitted to the recessed portion in a folded condition, such that the grooved or ribbed guides of the grommet slidingly fit with the ribbed or grooved guides of the linking frame and the second tubular portion projects alone the inward face.