Patent ID: 8628093

Claim:
A grommet to be mounted on a wire harness that is inserted into a burred through-hole in a vehicle body panel and to be fit to an inner peripheral surface of said through-hole, the grommet comprising: a grommet main body formed from an elastomer and having opposite first and second ends, a body side cylinder formed at the first end and configured for passing the wire harness, a substantially conical waterproof flange spaced from the body side cylinder and having a concave inner surface and a convex outer surface, the convex outer surface projecting out and toward the second end at a first acute angle to a plane normal to a longitudinal axis of the body side cylinder when the grommet main body is in an unbiased condition, an annular bent end projecting from an end of the conical waterproof flange opposite the body side cylinder and having an outer peripheral surface extending from the convex outer surface of the conical waterproof flange, the outer peripheral surface of the bent end being inclined at a second acute angle to the plane normal to the longitudinal axis of the body side cylinder when the grommet main body is in an unbiased condition, the second angle being greater than the first angle, and first acute and second acute annular sealing lips formed on an inner peripheral surface of the bent end that is opposite to the outer peripheral surface, the annular bent end being deformed outward by the vehicle body panel when the grommet is mounted on the vehicle body panel so that said first and second sealing lips are pressed onto a first surface of the vehicle body panel.