Abstract: A buffer includes a grommet having a tube portion, an attaching portion and an elastic engaging piece projecting inside the tube portion; an engaging member having an engaging step portion provided on an outer surface thereof for engaging the elastic engaging piece to prevent the engaging member from coming out in a counter-insertion direction when the engaging member is inserted into the tube portion in an insertion direction; and a damper main member having an abutting portion provided in a middle in a longitudinal direction for abutting against the engaging member when the damper main member is inserted into the engaging member. A projecting length adjustable device is formed for moving the damper main member in the counter-insertion direction and for fixing a projecting length of the damper main member projecting from the grommet.

Abstract: A brass washer is mounted on a cable at one end portion of the cable by being staked to a skin of the cable. The skin of the cable is coated with polytetrafluoroethylene or PTFE. Subsequently, a bushing member is integrally molded on the washer to the cable by injection molding. The bushing member is made of polyvinyl chloride or PVC. Thereby, a cable bush is mounted on the cable such that the cable bush is securely fixed to the cable.

Abstract: A grommet for holding a wire harness includes a plurality of wires on which an adhesive tape is wound. The wire harness has a water-stop portion. A water-stop agent is filled in interstices between the plurality of wires at the water-stop portion. The grommet includes a first division member and a second division member. The first division member has a convex portion formed on an outer face thereof. The second division member has a concave portion for receiving the water-stop portion. The concave portion has a shape corresponding to a cross-sectional shape of the wire harness. An inner face of the first division member is pressed against the water-stop portion of the wire harness when the convex portion of the first division member is pressed toward the second division member.

Abstract: A grommet through which a long member is passed and mounted on a fixing hole of a fixing plate, includes an outer member and an inner member. The outer member includes a cylindrical insertion portion, through which the long member is passed, a brim-shaped close contact portion, extending outward from the insertion portion and having a mounting groove engaging with an edge of the fixing hole and an inner groove, formed on an inside face of the close contact portion. The inner member include a periphery edge portion, substantially shaped into a disc shape having a central opening, and inserted in the inner groove and a projection, extended from the periphery edge portion.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fitting for a liquid-tight cable leadthrough in an opening (1) in a solid surface (2), which solid surface can be gripped from the back, wherein said fitting comprises an upper boundary plate (4) that covers the opening (1), an elastic moulded element (3) that flatly contacts and is connected to the upper boundary plate (4) and can be at least partially inserted into the opening (1), a lower boundary plate (8) that can be lead through the opening (1), wherein the lower boundary plate flatly contacts and is connected to the elastic moulded element (3) on the opposite side of the elastic moulded element (3) referred to the upper boundary plate (4), a locking plate (9) that can be moved relative to the lower boundary plate (8) and is providable with at least two pivoted locking elements (17), wherein said locking elements are supported between pairs of mounting limbs (20) by element of a bolt (22) and can be pivoted between a position in which the locking plate (9) can be lead through

Abstract: A bush for holding first and second members includes a shaft portion having two ends, and a flange integrally formed on one of the two ends of the shaft portion to extend radially outwardly therefrom. The flange has at least one first pressing portion capable of deforming in an axial direction of the shaft portion for elastically pressing one of the two second member toward the other.

Abstract: A fuel tank for motor vehicles, for example an LPG fuel tank, contains inside it at least one electrical component and has a wall or a plate bearing at least one connector for connection of the electrical component with an electrical line external to the tank. The electrical connector has a body made of synthetic material or of elastomer material directly moulded on one or more conductor pins so as to guarantee hermetic sealing of the tank even in the presence of a pressure jump between the internal cavity of the tank and the external environment. In the case where the body of the connector is made of synthetic material, it bears seats for seal rings made of elastomer material. In the case where it is made of elastomer material, it guarantees directly the function of tightness. In either case, there are provided means for exerting an axial compressive force on the part that performs the tightness function.

Abstract: A one-piece, molded elastomeric grommet for mounting in a hole that extends through a support panel for passing a member through the support panel has an elongate tubular portion defining a passage that extends from an inlet at one end of the tubular portion to an exit at an opposite end of the tubular portion. An umbrella portion surrounds the tubular portion and has a forward end that is integrally attached to the tubular portion so as to form an open ended acoustic chamber outwardly of the tubular portion. A mounting portion at a rearward end of the umbrella portion comprising a forward mounting flange and the umbrella portion includes a collapsible wall having a substantially uniform thickness and an undulate shape in a circumferential direction to facilitate insertion of the forward mounting flange through an undersized hole in a support panel.

Abstract: By providing an integrated base member and cover member, with the cover member being easily arcuately pivotable along one edge and easily fastened to the base member along the opposed edge, an easily manufactured and easily assembled conduit/cable connector is realized. Furthermore, by employing the conduit/cable connector of the present invention, any desired flexible metal conduit and/or armored or metal clad cable is quickly and easily secured to the connector for mounting thereof to an outlet box or junction box at right angles, with complete assurance that the entire mounting operation can be achieved by a single operator quickly and easily.

Abstract: A grommet assembly for use in providing a weatherproof conduit for electrical and/or pneumatic lines between, for example, an automotive body structure and the interior of a door hingedly mounted on the vehicle body structure. The grommet is made of a soft material and is provided with opposed open ends, each of which receives a retainer made of a harder plastic material. At least one end of the grommet is provided with a retainer groove and opposed pairs of receptacles which create raised details on the outside surface of the grommet end structure. The retainer is provided with arrowhead-shaped protrusions which, when the retainer is properly disposed within the end structure of the grommet body, fit into and enlarge the receptacles to provide both visual and tactile indications that the grommet retainer is properly installed.

Abstract: A system for passing a cable, a conduit, a pipe or the like sealingly through an opening in a wall, comprising a sealing device made of an elastic material, such as rubber, which includes at least one lead-through channel having a smooth inner wall, wherein the sealing device is externally provided with axially spaced-apart, circular, at least substantially inflexible, compressible ribs lying in (imaginary) radial planes, whose outside diameter is larger than the inside diameter of the opening, and wherein the system furthermore includes at least one grommet to be fitted round the cable, the conduit, the pipe or the like that is to be passed through, which grommet can be fitted sealingly in said lead-through channel, which grommet, which has a smooth outer side, includes a bore whose wall is provided with axially spaced-apart, circular, at least substantially inflexible, compressible ribs lying in (imaginary) radial planes, whose inside diameter is at least substantially identical to the outside diameter of t

Abstract: A wire sealing assembly provides sealing to a panel opening member with grommet housing, a wire seal, and a panel seal. The grommet housing has a cylindrical wall defining a wire receiving area. A wire alignment tab extends from the cylindrical wall into the wire receiving area and a locking projection extends outward from the cylindrical wall. One or more wires are positioned on the wire alignment tab and an overmolded wire seal is applied surrounding the wire(s) substantially filling the wire receiving area and being chemically bonded to the cylindrical wall. A panel seal is applied between the grommet hosing and a panel opening member and the locking projection serves to secure the grommet housing to the panel opening member.

Abstract: A double wire seal has a first grommet for sealing a conductor relative to a substrate having opposite sides and an opening therethrough for a conductor. The first grommet has axially opposite ends. A second grommet for sealing the conductor relative to a door panel having opposite ends and an opening therethrough for the conductor. The second grommet has axially opposite ends. The first grommet secures the conductor to the substrate. The second grommet secures the conductor to the door panel.

Abstract: A low insertion force seating grommet assembly (10a) has a hollow body (12) arrayed along a longitudinal axis (14). The body (12) has a wide end (16) and a narrow end (18) connected by an intermediate portion (20). The narrow end (18) has a cylindrical aperture (18a) and the wide end (16) has a cup-shaped aperture (16a). A flange (22) surrounds the wide end (16) and is provided with a wall-opening engaging portion (24). Longitudinally extending relief grooves (26) are formed on the internal surface (28) of the cup-shaped aperture (18a). A cable (32) is frictionally engaged in the cylindrical aperture and penetrates the cup-shaped aperture. A cover (30) closes the cup-shaped aperture. The cable enters the cover along the longitudinal axis and exits the cover at an angle of 90 degrees relative to the longitudinal axis.

Abstract: A bypass duct sealing grommet, for sealing between an opening in a gas turbine engine bypass duct wall and the external surface of a projection extending through the opening, where the grommet has an annular body with a central aperture having an interior periphery adapted to sealingly engage the external surface of the projection. A first flange and second flanges define an external slot about an exterior periphery of the body adapted to receive and seal the bypass duct wall between the flanges.

Abstract: A laminated bushing is formed from a metal sheet having resilient material disposed on one side by spirally winding the metal sheet about a longitudinal axis to form a spirally shaped cavity. The resilient material is disposed within the spirally shaped cavity and the metal sheet forming the spiral shaped cavity either mechanically compresses the resilient material disposed within the cavities, or the resilient material is vulcanized once the laminated bushing is formed. The spirally wound laminated bushing includes inner and outer sleeves concentric about the longitudinal axis that are movable relative to one another in direct proportion to the material deformation properties of the resilient material.

Abstract: A tubular grommet for sealing a conductor relative to a substrate having opposite sides and an opening therethrough for the conductor has axially opposite ends, one of which sealing engages with the conductor and the other of which is radially spaced from the conductor, diametrically larger than the opening through the substrate, and includes a radially outwardly extending peripheral flange for engaging against the substrate when the grommet is mounted thereon. A wall between the ends includes first and second re-entrant wall portions facing the one end, and the grommet can be provided with a recess in the wall adjacent the flange for receiving the peripheral edge of the opening through the substrate and/or can be adhesively bonded to the substrate by an adhesive interposed between the flange and substrate.

Abstract: A locking claw (23a) to be locked to a through-hole (H) projects outwardly from a peripheral wall (21) of a resinous inner member (20). At least one pair of locking holes (24) is formed on a locking flange part (22) projecting from the peripheral wall (21). An annular concavity (12a) (13a), on which the locking flange part (22) fits, is formed on an inner peripheral surface of a large-diameter cylindrical part (12, 13). Locking projections (12a-1, 13a-1) project from a leading end of a side wall of the annular concavity (12a, 13a). The locking projections (12a-1, 13a-1) are inserted into and locked with the locking holes (24). Locking claws (123a-126a) project from the resinous inner member (120) and are locked to a through-hole (H1) of the body panel (P1).

Abstract: A press-fit feed-through device has one or more sets of laterally protruding and symmetrically distributed teeth that are laterally aligned and cut through the material of a bulkhead as the feed-through is inserted into a bulkhead opening. Lateral grooves disposed immediately inboard of each set of teeth receive the bulkhead material cut by the respective set of teeth. In feed-through devices having more than one set of teeth, the additional sets of teeth are located successively outboard of, and in axial alignment with, the first set of teeth, and cut successively deeper into the bulkhead as the feed-through is inserted into the opening.

Abstract: A wire management grommet includes an outer peripheral member and an inner perforate member. The outer peripheral member is constructed and arranged to frictionally engage a planar surface, usually a desk or tabletop. The outer peripheral member is formed from a first rigid material having sufficient mechanical stiffness for effective frictional engagement with the planar surface and the cooperating aperture. The inner perforate member is formed from a second flexible material and is overmolded using conventional injection molding techniques to the said outer peripheral member to form a unitary grommet. The second flexible material is chosen to have sufficient flexibility to permit passage of disparate cable combinations through the inner perforate member.

Abstract: The grommet having a longitudinal axis includes a funnel shaped portion having a flared end, a narrowed end and a conical wall with external and internal conical faces. The external conical face includes an external circular groove having a groove base. The grommet further includes a tubular portion extending outwardly from a circular joint section formed at the narrowed end of the funnel shaped portion. The grommet is configured to mount a wire harness for vehicles containing a water-trapping zone, and to be installed into a through-hole formed in a body panel of a vehicle.

Abstract: A door wire routing system for efficiently routing wiring from a door jam to a swinging door in a concealed and protective manner. The door wire routing system includes a flexible tubular member that receives and protects a wire, and a pair of guide members that slidably receive the tubular member. One of the guide members is installed within an opening within a doorjamb and the other guide member is installed within an opening within an inner edge of a door member. The wire is extended through the tubular member for providing electrical power and data communications to the door member. When the door member is opened or closed, the tubular member slides within the guide members while protecting the wire from damage or sabotage.

Abstract: The invention relates to a waterproof grommet having a first member (20) and a second member (30). The first member (20) has a first sealing part (22) formed on the inner surface of a through-hole (21) through which an electrical wire connected to a contact is passed. The first sealing part (22) adheres tightly to the electrical wire. The second member (30) has a second sealing part (32) formed on the outer surface of the through-holes (21) that adheres tightly to the connector housing (40). The first member (20) is formed from an elastic material that has a lower hardness than that of the second member (30). As a result, splitting of the inner surface of the through-holes (21) is prevented without causing any deterioration of the waterproof properties of the joint between the connector housing and the waterproof grommet.

Abstract: The “Protector Sleeve For Wires And Pipes In Wood Frame Construction” is a cylindrical grommet/bushing, that looks like a short length of pipe, that fits snugly in any hole drilled through a stud or joist in wood frame construction and which has anchors on both sides to keep it in place. When the “Protector Sleeve” is in place it shields the hole that was drilled and thereby protects the wire or pipe that the hole was drilled for from being punctured by any screw or nail that might be driven through the wall and into the stud. The “Protector Sleeve” also serves to provide a smooth surface for wires to pass through as they are being pulled through several studs at a time towards their end point. The “Protector Sleeve” also reinforces the stud where it was weakened by the hole that was drilled.

Abstract: A grommet having a longitudinal slot formed through the head and body thereof to expose a bore formed entirely through the body of the grommet may be assembled with a pin extending from the undersurface of a primary panel by addressing the slot formed through the body of the grommet to the pin and applying pressure to the body of the grommet opposite the slot. A detent structure extending inwardly from the body of the grommet into the bore formed therethrough is constructed and arranged to engage a flat formed into the base of the pin and to thereby prevent the longitudinal extraction of the pin from the grommet. The pre-assembled pin and grommet may then be inserted into a bore formed through a secondary panel to effect a blind connection between the primary and secondary panels. Retaining mechanisms on the exterior of the body retain the grommet within the bore formed in the secondary panel and may be adapted to accommodate varying thickness in the secondary panel.

Abstract: A bypass duct sealing grommet, for sealing between an opening in a gas turbine engine bypass duct wall and the external surface of a projection extending through the opening. Conventionally, the intersection between the projection and the sheet metal bypass duct requires accurate fitting and welding, but cannot then accommodate thermal expansion and contraction. The grommet enables an oversized opening for relative thermal motion and simplifies manufacture. The grommet has an annular body with a central aperture adapted to seal against the external surface of the projection and two flanges defining an external slot about an exterior periphery of the body to contain and seal the bypass duct wall between the flanges.

Abstract: By providing two integrated components, an outer housing and an inner sleeve member having cable engaging arms, with the inner sleeve member being securely mounted to the outer housing in a manner which prevents its separation from the housing, an efficient, easily manufactured and assembled cable connector is realized. In one preferred embodiment, the inner sleeve member incorporates a plurality of locking members which extend through portals formed in the housing to enable the fully assembled cable connector to be quickly and easily lockingly engaged and securely mounted in a receiving hole of a junction or outlet box. If desired, the sleeve member may also incorporate radially extending curved grounding/conductivity tabs mounted to the sleeve member and constructed for extending through additional portals formed in the housing.

Abstract: A grommet includes a first cylindrical portion 21 for passing a wire harness therethrough, a second cylindrical portion 22 for fitting in a mounting hole 12 in a panel 11, and a connecting portion 23 interconnecting the first and second cylindrical portions 21 and 22. The second cylindrical portion 22 is turned inside out, and flange portions 25, formed on the second cylindrical portion 22, are passed through the mounting hole 12. Subsequently, the second cylindrical portion 22 is restored into its initial shape by its own restoring force, thereby mounting the grommet in a predetermined position. Ribs 30 are formed on an inner peripheral surface of the connecting portion 30, and the position of folding of the connecting portion 23 is determined by these ribs, thereby preventing the grommet from being excessively reversed, and by doing so, the restoration of the grommet into its initial shape can be easily started.

Abstract: A wire separator capable of maintaining wires in a fixed bundle. The wire separator has an inner member having a plurality of apertures into which wires may be positioned via a plurality of gaps in the inner member. The wire separator also has an outer member capable of attaching to the inner member. Furthermore, the outer member has a slot. When the outer member is in a first position, the slot misaligns with the gaps, thereby maintaining the wires in the inner member and inhibiting wires from inadvertently falling out. In a second position, the slot aligns with at least one of the gaps to thereby facilitate quick removal or insertion of a wire into the wire separator while the other wires remain securely enclosed within the wire separator. Also, the same outer member can attach to different inner members with different numbers of apertures to advantageously reduce costs.

Abstract: A construction for preventing water from penetrating between electric wires (W) inserted into an electric wire insertion portion (10c) of a grommet (10) has a foamed sheet (11) with independent cells. The foamed sheet (11) has an adhesive layer (11b) formed on its upper surface and an adhesive layer (11c) formed on its lower surface. A plurality of the electric wires (W) are disposed parallel with one another at required intervals on the foamed sheet (11). The electric wires are positioned in a region whose area is approximately half of the total area of the adhesive layer (11b) formed on the upper surface of the foamed sheet (11). The foamed sheet (11) is folded upon itself to sandwich the electric wires (W) between the adhesive layer (11b) formed on the upper surface. Thereafter the folded foamed sheet (11) is rolled to dispose the plurality of the electric wires (W) at required intervals in the foamed sheet. The adhesive layer formed on the lower surface of the foamed sheet is bonded to itself.

Abstract: A one-motion grommet (10) is provided with a reduced insertion force. The grommet (10) has a small-diameter tube (11) and jaw (12) that projects back from the outer circumference of the front end of the small-diameter tube (11). The jaw (12) has a slanted outer surface (12a) with an outer diameter that increases toward the back. A body locking recess (13) is formed in or adjacent the slanted outer surface (12a) of the jaw (12). The jaw (12) is joined unitarily to the small-diameter tube (11) at a thin annular root (12c). The inner circumferential surface (11b) of the front side of the small-diameter tube (11) is flared to increase its diameter toward the front end. Thus, a gradually widening clearance is defined between the front side of the small-diameter tube (11) and the bundle of wires (W).

Abstract: A compounded injection molded plastic grommet including a rigid core and a soft elastomeric overmold defining a body portion with a soft elastomeric tube surrounding a portion of the wiring harness and exposed rigid plastic attachment tabs both fore and aft of the grommet body. The grommet and tube are split to allow side entry of the wiring harness and undercuts are provided at the top and bottom of the grommet for secure attachment to an automotive body structure. Final assembly involves putting the grommet in place and securing the wiring harness to the fore and aft attachment tabs by tape or plastic tie straps or the like.

Abstract: A wheel mounting system is comprised of a bearing that is adapted to be positioned between a wheel and the foot tube of a bed. The bearing is comprised of two halve split bearings that are adapted to be fit together to make the complete bearing. The split bearings are adapted to be forced into the wheel and held onto the foot tube by the wheel. A method for mounting a wheel to the foot tube of a bed is comprised of the step of positioning split bearings on the end of a foot tube of the bed with a rib on an interior surface of the split bearings in alignment with an annular groove in the end of the foot tube. The foot tube is then held in a fixture with a backup surface of the fixture abutting the flange of two split bearings.

Abstract: An electric wire is inserted through a through hole formed with a housing body. A first terminal fitting is provided with a first clamper which clamps a portion of the electric wire situated inside of the housing body to electrically connect therewith. A second terminal fitting is provided with a second clamper which clamps a portion of the electric wire situated outside of the housing body. A grommet made of an elastic material has a cylindrical shape such that the electric wire is passed through an inner periphery thereof and an outer periphery thereof is fitted into the through hole of the housing body. A reinforcing spacer is provided on a part of the outer periphery of the grommet so as to abut against at least one of a first edge of the through hole at an outer face of the housing body and a second edge of the through hole at an inner face of the housing body. The reinforcing spacer is made of a material having greater hardness than the elastic material forming the grommet.

Abstract: A water-proof grommet is provided which includes a plate-shaped head, a polygonal grommet body, and at least two latch pawls connected at lower ends to the grommet body and arranged on an outside surface of a substantially central portion of the grommet body. The head is substantially flat at a back surface thereof, and the latch pawls are provided at tip end portions with at least one inclined surface inclined outward and downward from the grommet body and at least one adjacent flat portion. The grommet body is adapted to expand radially as a screw is threaded therein, so as to cause an outer surface of the grommet body to deform the latch pawls radially outward and thereby cause at least one of the inclined surface and the adjacent flat portion of the latch pawls to press a member being mounted toward the back surface of the head.

Abstract: The grommet includes a base and a slider. The base includes a rectangular slot which receives an extended screw boss of the slider. The extended screw boss can slide linearly within the rectangular slot with a single degree of freedom. The base includes guide tracks and inwardly extending protrusions between which lateral guide tracks of the slider are slidably engaged.

Abstract: To provide electronic device, which is easily assembled and disassembled. A cup-shaped introduction tube made of a rubber type member is inserted in an introduction hole provided in a watch case. On an outer peripheral surface of the introduction tube, a convex portion having a uniform semi-arch shape in cross-section in an axial direction is integrally formed. A metal pipe is inserted into the introduction tube, and an outer diameter of the metal pipe and an inner diameter of the introduction tube have a relationship of close fit before insertion. Furthermore, at an end portion of the metal pipe, a brim-shaped edge portion is formed. A ring groove is formed on a cup bottom surface of the introduction tube. In the ring groove, an annular O-ring made of a rubber type member is sandwiched. The O-ring has substantially the same inner diameter as the diameter of a shield line, and the O-ring forms a seal surface among the shield line, the metal pipe, and the ring groove in a crushed state.

Abstract: An invertible side insertion trap is designed to be inserted into an opening in an electrical box and to accommodate at least two different sizes of cable or wire depending on an orientation of the trap. The trap includes a base, a first arm and a second arm. The first arm extends from the base and includes a first mating portion for mating with a first side of the opening in the electrical box. The second arm extends from the base. The arms create a passage having a first width for permitting insertion of a first cable or wire size between the arms when the trap is oriented in a first orientation with the first mating portion aligned with the first side of the opening. The passage has a second width for permitting insertion of a second cable or wire size between the arms when the trap is oriented in a second direction with the first mating portion aligned with a second side of the opening.

Abstract: A one-motion grommet (10) has opposite front and rear small-diameter tubes (11, 12) and a widened tube (13) therebetween. The front small diameter tube (11) is dimensioned to pass into a through hole (9) in a body panel (8). A cut-away portion (15) extends forward from the rear end of the widened tube (13). The widened tube (13) is branched into an outer tube (13c) and an inner tube (13d) that is continuous with the second small-diameter tube (12). Front and rear walls (16a; 16b) project from the outer circumferential surface of a portion of the outer tube (13c) located more backward than the forward end of the cut-away portion (15) and are opposed to each other to form a body locking recess (16). The front end of the cut-away portion (15) is located more radially inward than the base end of the front wall (16a), and an opening side of the cut-away portion (15) is located radially inwardly of the rear wall (16b).

Abstract: A sealing mechanism for establishing a seal between a barrier material and a conduit that extends there through. The mechanism includes a specially configured opening formed in the barrier material and a grommet component that is inserted into the opening and locked in place by a slight rotation thereof.

Abstract: A bushing for a hole in a structural member includes a flange with an aperture there through. A plurality of tabs are hinged to the flange at locations around the aperture. During installation of the bushing, the plurality of tabs are inserted into the hole with the flange being located on one side of the structural member. The plurality of tabs then are flared outward on the opposite side of the structural member to prevent the bushing from being extracted from the hole. A plurality of latches retain the tabs in the flared position.

Abstract: An arrangement is provided for passing an electrical signal between a first area having a first pressure, and a second area having a second pressure, wherein the first pressure is normally greater than the second pressure. The arrangement includes a body disposable between the first and second areas. The body has a first surface disposable adjacent the first area, and an aperture extending from the first surface. A sleeve is non-threadingly engaged with the body and defines a passage. The sleeve further has a first portion disposed adjacent the first surface, and a second portion disposed in the aperture. The arrangement further includes an electrically conductive element disposed at least partially in the passage. When the sleeve is exposed to the first pressure, the first portion is urged toward the first surface of the body.

Abstract: A grommet for a wire harness is provided that includes a small-diameter portion into which a wire harness is insertable and which is tightly contactable with the wire harness, a large-diameter portion having an engaging groove engageable with an inner peripheral edge of an automobile body panel, an extending portion extending past an end of the small-diameter portion along an axial direction thereof, and a lip portion radially projecting from an outer peripheral surface of the extending portion. The lip portion tightly contacts an inner peripheral surface of the insertion hole from inside when the grommet is mounted. The lip portion has a step portion including a first face and a second face respectively engageable with the inner peripheral surface and an outer surface adjacent to a peripheral edge of the insertion hole. Thus, the tightness of the seal between the grommet and a sound insulator secured on the automobile body panel is improved.

Abstract: By providing two integrated components, an outer housing and an inner sleeve member, with the inner sleeve member being securely mounted to the outer housing in a manner which prevents its separation from the housing, an efficient, easily manufactured and assembled cable connector is realized. In the preferred embodiment, the inner sleeve member is press fitted into the housing in order to provide the desired secure, integrated affixation of these components. Furthermore, the inner sleeve member is constructed in a generally hollow cylindrical shape with at least two arm members integrally formed therewith, each of which angularly slopes inwardly from the cylindrical wall of the sleeve member, and includes a distal end portion which is angularly disposed relative to the arm member in at least one direction and preferably in two directions.

Abstract: A seal kit for assembly into a system for sealing an elongate heating cable from ambient essentially includes a cone-shaped elastomeric grommet, several molded plastic parts, and a compression spring. The compression grommet forms a sealing interface between itself and a molded plastic enclosure body and between itself and an outer jacket of a heating cable. Cable ends are sealed within a sealed interior space of the enclosure body. A cup-shaped surface of a molded plastic part adjacently facing a congruent cone-shaped surface of the elastomeric grommet forms a slip-plane. The compression spring transfers energy to compress the elastomeric grommet and to cause it to expand radially against an interior wall of the enclosure body and against an outer jacket of the electrical cable and prevents that region of the grommet from becoming bonded over a high temperature operating interval to the inside wall of the enclosure body.

Abstract: An attachment device for the fastening or connecting of electrical conductors to a unit in a higher position. The attachment device has a sleeve-shaped contact piece (1) and a cap (9) connected thereto. The contact piece (1) is connected by positive material locking to the unit in a higher position with the connecting region (2). The contact piece (1) at least near the attachment face (6) has an external contour that corresponds to a polygon in cross-section. The cap (9) at least partially closes the orifice (4) in the vicinity of the connecting region (2).

Abstract: A pivot bushing for a suspension system has an inner metal and an outer metal with an elastomeric bushing disposed between the metals. The outer metal has one end which is partially closed by an inwardly curved portion and one end which is open. The assembly of the bushing is through the open end. Once assembled the open end is closed by placing a cover over the open end and crimping the cover to a flange formed at the open end. In another embodiment, the cover is inserted into the outer metal and the outer metal is crimped to secure the cover in place.

Abstract: A sealing grommet is provided that includes a grommet body with a sealant reservoir and a sealant drain portion. The grommet body has an outer peripheral wall, a panel engagement recess formed on the outer peripheral surface of the outer peripheral wall, and an inner peripheral wall extending inwardly of the outer peripheral wall and defining a wire harness insertion aperture inwardly thereof. The sealant reservoir is provided between the inner and outer peripheral walls, and is configured to temporarily store a sealant therein. The sealant drain portion is provided on the inner peripheral wall, and is configured to open upon deformation of the grommet body, thereby permitting the sealant to drain into the wire harness insertion aperture from the reservoir. With the above construction, the sealant can easily permeate between wires of the wire harness provided within the wire harness insertion aperture.

Abstract: A modular office system incorporating tubular beams forming the structure of the furniture and facilitating the running of electrical, phone and computer wiring through the tubular beams. In order to provide entry and exit from the tubular beams for the wiring, plastic grommets are mounted within openings in the tubular members. The grommet includes a frame mounted to the tubular member and having an oval opening. A closure member is mounted within the opening of the frame. The closure includes a pair of flaps which selectively facilitate passing of wire through the grommet. The flaps are connected to a center portion by a living hinge allowing the flaps to be moved inwardly to open a portion of the grommet opening.

Abstract: A water heater has a cold water inlet bushing which screws into a threaded boss in the side wall of a hot water tank near its bottom. Cold water is injected through a pipe into the inlet bushing. A blind passageway is formed within the inlet bushing which extends radially inwardly from the tank outer wall. An outlet port intersects the blind passageway at 90 degrees, and is positioned tangent to the circular outer wall of the hot water tank at the point the tank is penetrated by the inlet bushing. The inlet bushing creates a jet of water which results in the water within the tank rotating. When turbulent mixing and circulation are created by the inlet water jet, smaller particles of sediment which are placed into suspension can be removed from the hot water tank along with the hot water.