ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,660, issued on March 11, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).
"Grommet apparatus" was invented by Albert Sbongk (Niederstetten, Germany) and Gerit Vollmer (Linden, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A grommet apparatus for cable passage is provided at a component opening. It includes a radially circumferential connecting portion for connecting the grommet apparatus to an edge region of a component opening in an assembly direction and a cable passage portion."
The patent was filed on Sept. 15, 2021, under Application No. 17/475,734.
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