ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,437,903, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to YAZAKI Corp. (Tokyo).
"Grommet and wire harness" was invented by Hirotaka Kiyota (Makinohara, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A grommet includes: a base member, a waterstop member, and a holding mechanism. The base member includes: a flange that causes an outer peripheral edge to face the peripheral edge with a gap; a tubular body that protrudes from an inner peripheral edge of the flange and allows passage of a wiring member inside the body; and a cylindrical body that protrudes from the flange so as to be inserted through the through hole. The waterstop member includes: a first waterstop m...