Ingress protection assembly for a utility meter and meter arrangement comprising same

An ingress protection assembly for leading a wire in a sealed-up manner through a partition wall of an electrical device, the ingress protection assembly comprising

• a first wall section provided with a receiving slot extending through the first wall section in a lead-through direction and opening at an inlet facing in an assembly direction of the ingress protection assembly;
• and
• a second wall section provided with a counter slot extending through the second wall section in the lead-through direction and opening at a counter inlet facing against the assembly direction, wherein the second wall section has a root area provided with a curvature at least partially facing away from the first wall section, wherein
• at least in a fully assembled state of the ingress protection assembly, the first wall section and the second wall section are at least partially superimposed in a projection along the lead-through direction such that the receiving slot and the counter slot together form an aperture configured for tightly encompassing the wire.