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US 12,589,706 B2Granted
Grommet and grommet attachment structure
AssigneesNifco Inc., Subaru Corporation
InventorsShohei Takahashi, Satoshi Kanou
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Abstract
A grommet includes: a pair of clamping bodies that clamp a wire harness; a hinge portion that openably and closably couples the pair of clamping bodies; and an engagement portion that is provided at the pair of clamping bodies and that engages with an attachment hole formed in an attachment panel in a state in which the wire harness and the hinge portion clamped by the pair of clamping bodies are inserted into the attachment hole.
Claims13
A grommet, comprising:
- a pair of clamping bodies that clamp a wire harness;
- a hinge portion that openably and closably couples the pair of clamping bodies;
- and
- an engagement portion that is provided at the pair of clamping bodies and that engages with an attachment hole formed in an attachment panel in a state in which the wire harness and the hinge portion clamped by the pair of clamping bodies are inserted into the attachment hole,
- wherein the hinge portion couples end portions of the pair of clamping bodies on a side of a direction of insertion into the attachment hole, and, in a state in which the wire harness is inserted together with the hinge portion into the attachment hole, the hinge portion is located further toward the side of the direction of insertion of the pair of clamping bodies into the attachment hole than the engagement portion.
2 more elements
A grommet attachment structure, comprising:
- an attachment panel in which an attachment hole is formed;
- and
- a grommet including:
- a pair of clamping bodies that clamp a wire harness;
- a hinge portion that openably and closably couples the pair of clamping bodies;
- and an engagement portion that is provided at the pair of clamping bodies and that engages with the attachment hole formed in the attachment panel in a state in which the wire harness and the hinge portion clamped by the pair of clamping bodies are inserted into the attachment hole,
- wherein the hinge portion couples end portions of the pair of clamping bodies on a side of a direction of insertion into the attachment hole, and, in a state in which the wire harness is inserted together with the hinge portion into the attachment hole, the hinge portion is located further toward the side of the direction of insertion of the pair of clamping bodies into the attachment hole than the engagement portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.