# US 2019/0244731 A1 · Grommet, electronic member and method of forming said grommet > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0244731 A1 - Document ID: US20190244731A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/258,732 - Filed: 2019-01-28 - Published: 2019-08-08 - Earliest claimed: 2018-02-08 - Assignees: Aptiv Technologies AG - Applicants: Aptiv Technologies Limited - Inventors: Gert Droesbeke; Tim-Arvid Schroedter; Andre Oeken; Jannik Renfordt; Stefan Dubbert; Andre Kleinhoeltig - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190244731A1 ## CPC - H01B 17/586: {with strain relief arrangements} - H01B 17/60: Composite insulating bodies - H01B 19/00: Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing insulators or insulating bodies {(manufacture of porcelain for electric insulation C04B33/26)} - H02G 3/0691: {Fixing tubing to casing by auxiliary means co-operating with indentations of the tubing, e.g. with tubing-convolutions} - H02G 3/088: {Dustproof, splashproof, drip-proof, waterproof, or flameproof casings or inlets} - H02G 15/007: Devices for relieving mechanical stress - H05K 5/069: {Other details of the casing, e.g. wall structure, passage for a connector, a cable, a shaft} - H01B: CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR CONDUCTIVE, INSULATING OR DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES (selection for magnetic properties H01F1/00; waveguides H01P {; printed circuits H05K}) - H02G: INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES - H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS ## Abstract A grommet configured to provide support for a cable exiting of a housing is presented herein. The grommet has a generally elongate shape extending along a longitudinal axis. The grommet includes a sealing part configured to interact with an inner wall of an exit point of the housing, a sleeve arranged around the longitudinal axis and configured to be arranged outside of the housing to act as a cable relief on the outside of the housing, the sealing part, and one or more reinforcement members provided in a transition region between the sealing part and the sleeve. An electronic member including an electric cable connected to an electronic component present within the housing of the electronic member and the grommet as well as a method of the forming grommet is also presented. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A grommet configured to provide support for a cable exiting of a housing, said grommet having a generally elongate shape extending along a longitudinal axis, said grommet comprising: a sealing part configured to interact with an inner wall of an exit point of the housing; a sleeve arranged around the longitudinal axis and configured to be arranged outside of the housing to act as a cable relief on the outside of the housing, the sealing part; and one or more reinforcement members provided in a transition region between the sealing part and the sleeve. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The grommet in accordance with claim 1, wherein the sealing part comprises an outer surface and the one or more reinforcement members are provided in the outer surface and the transition region. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The grommet in accordance with claim 2, wherein the outer surface of the sealing part comprises a planar surface region arranged between a wall of the sleeve and a sealing lip that is arranged furthest away from a housing end of the grommet. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The grommet in accordance with claim 3, wherein the one or more reinforcement members interact with the outer surface by projecting from the planar surface region in the transition region in order to act on the inner wall. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The grommet in accordance with claim 3, wherein a first material forming the sealing part and the sleeve is softer than a second material forming the one or more reinforcement members. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The grommet in accordance with claim 3, further comprising a skeleton, wherein the skeleton comprises one reinforcement member. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The grommet in accordance with claim 6, wherein said one reinforcement member is configured as a peripherally extending ring and wherein the peripherally extending ring extends from the skeleton and through the sealing part. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The grommet in accordance with claim 6, further comprising an attachment part on the housing end of the grommet, wherein the skeleton comprises a body portion arranged between the attachment part and said one reinforcement member. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The grommet in accordance with claim 8, wherein the skeleton is at least partly over-molded to form at least one of the sealing part and the sleeve. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The grommet in accordance with claim 8, wherein the attachment part comprises a peripheral ring recess. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The grommet in accordance with claim 8, wherein the sealing part is formed in an outer surface of the body portion. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The grommet in accordance with claim 8, wherein the attachment part is integrally formed with the skeleton. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The grommet in accordance with claim 8, wherein the body portion is characterized as having a generally cylindrical shape. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) An electronic member, comprising: an electric cable connected to an electronic component present within the housing of the electronic member; and the grommet according to claim 8, wherein the electric cable is guided to said electronic component within the housing via the grommet. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The electronic member in accordance with claim 14, wherein the grommet is attached and fixed in position relative to the housing via the attachment part. ### Claim 16 A method of forming a grommet, comprising the steps of providing a sleeve and a sealing part; providing one or more reinforcement members in a region of a transition between the sleeve and the sealing part, wherein at least one of the sleeve and the sealing part are made from a material that is softer than a material of said one or more reinforcement members.