Patent ID: 8375513

Claim:
A grommet configured for mounting on a wire harness to be inserted into a through-hole in a vehicle body, and engaged with a vehicle body, said grommet being made of an elastic material and comprising: an inner tube for passing electrical cables in said wire harness in a close contact manner; and an outer tube coupled through an annular coupling section to an outer peripheral surface of said inner tube and provided with a slant wall section; wherein said outer tube is provided on a larger diameter end of said slant wall section with a larger thickness portion in parallel to an axial direction, an annular vehicle body latch recess is provided in an outer peripheral surface at a boundary area between said larger diameter end of said slant wall section and said larger thickness portion, and said slant wall section is provided on an outer peripheral surface with a plurality of stepped projecting ribs that extend radially from a smaller diameter end of said slant wall section to said larger diameter end and are separated apart from one another in a peripheral direction; and a distal end of each of said projecting ribs is disposed at a side surface end of said vehicle body latch recess, each of said projecting ribs is provided on a stepped top surface with a first slant surface that is inclined down to said side surface end of said vehicle body latch recess, and is provided on respective side surfaces with a second slant surface and a third slant surface that are inclined down from said top surface across said first slant surface, and said first, second, and third slant surfaces form a three-side-cut-away portion.