ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,639, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).
"Grommet and method of installation on a vehicle" was invented by Douglas Christian Lipp (Ann Arbor, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A grommet for a wiring hole comprising an extendable body that is configured in a first sized ring and extendable into a second sized ring larger than the first sized ring, a lip extending around the extendable body and configured to engage a wiring hole for passing one or more wires, and one or more snap locks for locking the extendable body in the extended configuration disposed within the wiring hole on a vehic...