Grommet

A grommet configured to engage around an outer periphery of a wire harness and to be mounted in a through hole of an automobile body panel, the grommet comprising:

• a tubular portion;
• a tapered portion extending from one end of the tubular portion, the tapered portion including an automobile body engagement recess provided on an outer peripheral surface of the tapered portion to engage with the automobile body panel;
• a plurality of outer projecting strip portions provided on an outer peripheral surface of the tapered portion, the plurality of outer projecting strip portions extending from an end adjacent the tubular portion toward the engagement recess in an axial direction of the tapered portion and being spaced from each other in a circumferential direction;
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• a plurality of grooves provided on the outer projecting strip portions and extending in the circumferential direction, wherein the plurality of grooves are provided in the proximity of the engagement recess so that the grooves generate tactile sensation prior to completion of the mounting of the grommet into the through hole of the automobile body panel.

A grommet configured to engage around an outer periphery of a wire harness and to be mounted in a through hole of an automobile body panel, the grommet comprising:

• a tubular portion;
• a tapered portion extending from one end of the tubular portion, the tapered portion including an automobile body engagement recess provided on an outer peripheral surface of the tapered portion to engage with the automobile body panel;
• the recess being formed by a first wall provided around the tapered portion at a large-diameter end and a second wall provided around the tapered portion and located at a small-diameter side of the first wall, the second wall facing the first wall across the recess;
• a plurality of outer projecting strip portions provided on an outer peripheral surface of the tapered portion, the plurality of outer projecting strip portions extending in an axial direction of the tapered portion and being spaced from each other in a circumferential direction, the plurality of the outer projecting strip portions being arranged close to each other at a small-diameter end of the tapered portion and being radially spread apart toward a large-diameter end;
• the outer projecting strip portions being bent at a first point and a second point, the first point being located substantially at a position where an outer surface of the plurality of outer projecting strip portions first contacts an inner peripheral surface of the through hole when the grommet is inserted into the through hole from the side of the tubular portion, and the second point being located nearer to an edge of the second wall than the first point;
• a substantially planar surface formed on the outer surface of the plurality of outer projecting strip portions, the substantially planar surface extending from the second point to an edge of the second wall in a direction substantially parallel to the axial direction;
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• a plurality of grooves provided on the substantially planar surface and extending in the circumferential direction, wherein the plurality of grooves are configured to generate tactile sensation when the grommet is mounted into the through hole of the automobile body panel.