Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Accordion-style grommet with shape-influencing stiffeners
- Patent Title (中): 具有形状影响的扶手的手风琴式索环
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Application No.: US13348840Application Date: 2012-01-12
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Publication No.: US08648259B2Publication Date: 2014-02-11
- Inventor: Michael J. Gniewek , Takeshi Takahashi , Seiji Ito
- Applicant: Michael J. Gniewek , Takeshi Takahashi , Seiji Ito
- Applicant Address: US MI Canton
- Assignee: Yazaki North America, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Yazaki North America, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Canton
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Main IPC: H01B17/58
- IPC: H01B17/58

Abstract:
A grommet for housing electrical wires constructed in accordance with the teachings of the present disclosure includes a mounting structure, a tube, and a plurality of stiffeners. The mounting structure is configured to mount to a panel of a vehicle, the mounting structure defining a first passage extending therethrough. The tube extends from the mounting structure and defines a second passage in communication with the first passage. The tube includes a corrugated portion having a plurality of ridges and a plurality of grooves interposed between the plurality of ridges. The stiffeners are interposed between those of the plurality of ridges that are disposed within a zone of the corrugated portion. The stiffeners extend partially around a circumference of the tube.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130180759A1 ACCORDION-STYLE GROMMET WITH SHAPE-INFLUENCING STIFFENERS Public/Granted day:2013-07-18
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