US 2015/0318680 A1 · ELECTRICAL WIRE SEALING ASEMBLY AND METHOD

Abstract

A seal assembly includes a circular resilient grommet-type seal having one or more through axial openings equal in number to the wires which pass through the seal and a rigid wire channel or guide which is received within a complementary pocket aligned with the seal between the seal and a reaction surface. The rigid wire channel or guide is retained in the pocket and carries any force exerted on the seal by pressure within the device to the aligned reaction surface. A method of installation includes the steps of mounting an electrical device within a component, routing the electrical wires leading from the device through an opening, routing the wires through corresponding openings in a grommet-type seal, pressing the seal into the opening, routing the wires through passageways in the rigid wire channel or guide and installing the guide in a complementary pocket which is aligned with the seal at one end and includes a reaction surface at the other end.

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Dependent claims

A sealing assembly comprising, in combination,

a resilient grommet having an end, a periphery, at least one opening in said end, extending through said grommet and adapted to receive a conductor and at least one circumferential rib extending about said periphery of said grommet, and
a rigid guide having a first end and a second end, at least one open channel extending from said first end along said guide, said first end adapted to contact said end of said grommet with said channel in alignment with said through opening and said second end adapted to contact a reaction surface to maintain said grommet in an aperture.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Electrical wire sealing asembly and method

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Electrical wire sealing asembly and method

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Abstract

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