Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sealed pass-through grommet system and method
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Application No.: US16773467Application Date: 2020-01-27
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Publication No.: US11859749B2Publication Date: 2024-01-02
- Inventor: Mark Owen Lepper , Eric David Kendall
- Applicant: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IL Glenview
- Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Current Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Glenview
- Agency: Quarles & Brady LLP
- Main IPC: F16L5/02
- IPC: F16L5/02 ; F16L5/10 ; H02G3/22 ; B60R16/02

Abstract:
A grommet assembly is configured to be installed within an opening and includes a grommet, a primary seal, and a lock ring. The grommet includes a platform, a panel portion extending from a first surface, and a ring portion extending from a second surface. The ring portion defines a passageway extending through the grommet and includes a plurality of grommet clamping features arranged around the ring portion. The primary seal extends around a periphery of the grommet. The lock ring includes a central hub having a plurality of ring clamping features arranged around the central hub. The displacement of the lock ring relative to the grommet engages each one of the plurality of ring clamping features with a corresponding one of the plurality of grommet clamping features to fasten the lock ring to the grommet to form a secondary seal between the grommet and the lock ring.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200263811A1 Sealed Pass-Through Grommet System and Method Public/Granted day:2020-08-20
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