Grommet for plurality of cable exits of an enclosure
US6265670A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 18, 1993 |
| Grant date | Jul 24, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 18, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH02G3/088
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A grommet (150) is securable to and along an edge (46) of a wall (36) of an enclosure (10) to provide sealing about lengths of cable extending through recesses (48) along the edge (46). Grommet (150) includes a cable-receiving section (152) having a diaphragm (168) traversing each of the recesses and includes a virtual slit (156) extending from a thick top edge portion (154) and through the diaphragm to the thick bottom edge portion (158). A cable (22) is insertable into the virtual slit (156) until seated in and through the diaphragm; stiff opposed portions (176) of the top edge (154) of the grommet close after being deflected temporarily as the cable is urged therepast; thin resilient opposed strips (170) of the diaphragm (168) similarly close upon said cable being urged therepast, while strips (170) adjacent the cable remain deflected by and biased against the cable. Upstanding wall sections (50,52) of the enclosure wall (36) are received through apertures (164) through the grommet and latch therewith.
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