Patent ID: 7696666

Claim:
A dynamoelectric machine grommet, comprising: a body portion of the grommet sealably engagable with an opening in a housing of a dynamoelectric machine; at least one projection extending from the body portion and receptive to a conductor and providing electrical insulation thereto; wherein a cross section of the at least one projection is opened on at least one side to receive the conductor; the cross section of the at least one projection is substantially “C” shaped, forming a recessed portion in the at least one substantially “C” shaped projection; at least one portion of the open side of the cross section of the at least one substantially “C” shaped projection is smaller than the axial thickness of the conductor; wherein the at least one portion of the at least one projection that is smaller than an axial thickness of the conductor is near an end of the at least one projection opposite an end of the at least one projection that is near the body portion, and wherein the recessed portion in the at least one substantially “C” shaped projection continues in an uninterrupted fashion across the body portion.