Wire harness grommet
AssigneeToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
InventorsJosh Fraley, Scott Frederick, Mark Zeilinger
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Abstract
A wire harness grommet assembly includes a sheet metal panel having a speaker hole and a grommet for supporting a wire harness from an audio speaker disposed in the speaker hole. The sheet metal panel has an emboss formed along a peripheral edge of the speaker hole. The grommet has an extension portion and an attachment portion. The extension portion has a tube for supporting the wire harness therein. The attachment portion is disposed within the emboss so that an outer surface of the attachment portion is substantially continuous with an outer surface of the sheet metal panel.
Claims12
A wire harness grommet assembly comprising:
- a sheet metal panel having a speaker hole for supporting a speaker therein, the sheet metal panel having an emboss formed on a peripheral edge of the speaker hole;
- a grommet having an extension portion and an attachment portion, the extension portion having a tube for supporting therein a wire harness from the speaker, the attachment portion being disposed within tie emboss so that an outer surface of the attachment portion is substantially continuous with an outer surface of the sheet metal panel.
A wire harness grommet for supporting a wire harness from an audio speaker in a vehicle, wherein the speaker is disposed in a speaker hole formed in a sheet metal panel in the vehicle, said wire harness grommet comprising
- an extension portion having a tube that receives the wire harness from the audio speaker therethrough;
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- an attachment portion adapted to be secured along a peripheral edge of the speaker hole, the attachment portion having a pair of outwardly extending arms that extend between the sheet metal panel and the audio speaker to form a seal therebetween.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.