JP6618339B2 - Grommet and wire harness with grommet - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention, for example, a grommet disposed between a through hole of a body panel (such as a dash panel or a rear panel) of an automobile and a wire harness inserted through the through hole, and a wire harness with the grommet About.

  For example, when a wire harness (wire bundle) is routed through a vehicle body panel (dash panel, rear panel, etc.) that partitions the outside of the vehicle interior (engine room, trunk room, etc.) and the interior of the vehicle interior, A grommet made of an elastic material such as rubber is attached between the through hole provided in the wire harness and the wire harness. By attaching the grommet in this way, the panel penetration part of the wire harness can be protected, and airtightness and quietness in the vehicle compartment can be secured by closing the through hole with the grommet.

  Recently, quietness in the passenger compartment has been strongly demanded, and grommets with improved sound insulation performance have been developed. As an example of a grommet with improved sound insulation performance, a grommet is known in which an air layer (air chamber) is secured inside and a sound insulation wall (partition wall) is provided inside the air layer (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  In this type of grommet, the internal air layer absorbs sound transmitted through the grommet and the sound insulating wall is provided inside the air layer, so that the sound insulating performance can be improved.

JP 2005-324613 A

  By the way, in the conventional grommet mentioned above, although the sound insulation wall was provided in the grommet in order to improve sound insulation performance, it did not consider at all about the vibration of a wire harness. Therefore, when one end of the wire harness is routed in the engine room, there is a possibility that the vibration input to the wire harness from the engine room or the like is greatly transmitted to the vehicle interior side. In particular, when the vibration input to the wire harness is close to the natural frequency of the wire harness supported by the grommet, there is a high possibility that the wire harness will resonate. There was a risk of being transmitted to.

  This invention is made | formed in view of the situation mentioned above, The objective is to provide the grommet which can suppress the vibration transmitted to a wire harness, and a wire harness with the grommet.

In order to achieve the above-described object, the grommet and the wire harness with a grommet according to the present invention are characterized by the following (1) to ( 4 ).
(1) A grommet that supports the wire harness on the panel by being fixed to the outer periphery of the wire harness that is inserted into the through hole of the panel and being held in the through hole.
A large-diameter cylindrical portion fixed to the through hole;
A peripheral wall extending from the large-diameter cylindrical portion to reduce the diameter in the axial direction;
An annular space formed inside the large-diameter cylindrical portion and the peripheral wall and formed around the wire harness;
Wherein provided in the annular space, the outer peripheral end, coupled to said inner periphery of the large diameter tubular portion or the peripheral wall and have a, and suppresses the partition wall the natural frequency of the wire harness,
Setting the rigidity of the partition based on the mass of the panel .
(2) In the grommet of the above Paragraph (1),
An inner peripheral end of the partition wall is installed at an axial center of the wire harness in the annular space.
( 3 ) In the grommet configured as described in (1) or (2 ) above,
The partition wall is formed as a corrugated wall having an uneven wall surface.
( 4 ) In the wire harness, the grommet having any one of the constitutions (1) to ( 3 ) is attached.

According to the configuration of (1) above, the vibration system (secondary system) composed of a partition wall (spring and attenuator) and a panel (mass body) provided on the inner periphery of the grommet is a vibration system (mainly a wire harness) ( Therefore, the natural vibration of the wire harness can be suppressed by the grommet partition walls. Therefore, even when the frequency of vibration propagating from one end of the wire harness supported by the grommet to the other end is close to the natural frequency of the wire harness and resonance occurs in the wire harness, the resonance of the wire harness is suppressed. Thus, vibration isolation of the wire harness can be achieved.
Furthermore, according to the configuration of ( 1 ) above, the effect of the partition wall as a damper can be enhanced. That is, since the partition functions as a spring and an attenuator, the function as a dynamic damper can be enhanced by setting the rigidity based on the mass of the panel.
According to the configuration of ( 2 ) above, the inner peripheral end of the partition wall is installed at a position where the amplitude of the wire harness is maximized, and the vibration of the wire harness can be effectively reduced.
According to the configuration of ( 3 ) above, the anti-vibration effect can be exhibited regardless of the vibration direction of the wire harness.
According to the configuration of ( 4 ), it is possible to provide a wire harness that suppresses vibration even when wired in a vibration environment.

  According to the present invention, vibration transmitted to the wire harness can be suppressed.

  The present invention has been briefly described above. Furthermore, the details of the present invention will be further clarified by reading through a mode for carrying out the invention described below (hereinafter referred to as “embodiment”) with reference to the accompanying drawings. .

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a grommet according to an embodiment of the present invention. Drawing 2 is a mimetic diagram showing a vibration model at the time of supporting a wire harness using a grommet concerning an embodiment of the present invention. Drawing 3 is a schematic diagram seen from the direction of an axis showing other examples of a partition provided in a grommet concerning an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a schematic view seen from the axial direction showing still another example of the partition provided in the grommet according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Specific embodiments relating to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a grommet according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing a vibration model when a wire harness is supported using the grommet.

  As shown in FIG. 1, this grommet 10 has a through hole Pa provided in a vehicle body panel (hereinafter simply referred to as “panel”) P such as a dash panel or a rear panel that partitions a vehicle interior side IN and a vehicle exterior side OUT. The wire harness WH is fixed to the outer periphery of the wire harness WH inserted into the panel P, and is held in the through hole Pa of the panel P, thereby supporting the wire harness WH on the panel P and integrally formed with an elastic material such as rubber or elastomer. Has been.

  The grommet 10 has a large-diameter cylindrical portion 11 fixed to the through-hole Pa of the panel P, and two tapered cylindrical shapes extending from the large-diameter cylindrical portion 11 so as to gradually reduce the diameter toward both sides in the axial direction. An annular space S formed inside the peripheral walls 12 and 13, the large-diameter cylindrical portion 11 and the tapered cylindrical peripheral walls 12 and 13 and formed around the wire harness WH, and provided in the annular space S. The outer peripheral end 20a is connected to the inner periphery of the large-diameter cylindrical portion 11 or the tapered cylindrical peripheral walls 12 and 13, so that the natural vibration of the wire harness WH is suppressed, and the inner periphery of the partition 20 The end 20b is connected, and the wire harness WH is inserted into the inside, and has a small-diameter inner cylinder portion 16 that is tightly fixed to the outer periphery of the wire harness WH.

  An annular panel engaging groove (panel engaging portion) 11 a that engages with the inner peripheral edge of the through hole Pa of the panel P is continuously formed on the outer periphery of the large diameter cylindrical portion 11 over the entire periphery. The partition wall 20 is provided on the inner peripheral side of the large-diameter cylindrical portion 11 along a direction intersecting the wire harness WH (a direction orthogonal to the axial direction).

  The two tapered cylindrical peripheral walls 12 and 13 on both sides of the large-diameter cylindrical portion 11 have an outer peripheral end connected to the large-diameter cylindrical portion 11 and gradually decrease in diameter as the outer peripheral end is separated from the connected large-diameter cylindrical portion 11. Thus, small-diameter cylindrical portions 14 and 15 are provided at the inner peripheral ends having the minimum diameter, respectively. The small diameter cylindrical portions 14 and 15 are portions that are arranged close to or in close contact with the outer periphery of the wire harness WH. An annular space S as a sound insulation space is secured around the wire harness WH by the large diameter cylindrical portion 11 and the two tapered cylindrical peripheral walls 12 and 13.

  The small-diameter inner cylindrical portion 16 to which the inner peripheral end 20b of the partition wall 20 is coupled includes the small-diameter cylindrical portion 14 at the inner peripheral end of the tapered cylindrical peripheral wall 12 on the vehicle exterior side OUT, and the tapered cylindrical peripheral wall on the vehicle interior side IN. 13 has a long cylindrical shape exceeding the distance between the inner peripheral end and the small-diameter cylindrical portion 15, and the one end portion 16 a of the vehicle interior outside OUT and the one end portion 16 b of the vehicle interior side IN are respectively small cylinders The annular portions 17 and 18 are inserted through the inner peripheral sides of the portions 14 and 15.

  Further, as described above, since the inner peripheral end 20b of the partition wall 20 is coupled to the outer periphery of the small-diameter inner cylinder portion 16, the annular space S is divided into two sound insulating spaces S1 and S2 arranged in the axial direction. Yes.

  What is important here is that the partition wall 20 provided inside the grommet 10 is designed to exhibit an effective damper function by being interposed between the wire harness WH and the panel P. .

  That is, as shown in FIG. 2, by knowing the mass m of the panel P (for example, a dash panel) in advance, the rigidity of the partition wall 20 of the grommet 10 is set based on the mass m of the panel P. Has been. The shape (including thickness) of the partition wall 20 having the functions of a spring and an attenuator is designed so that a dynamic damper composed of a mass body, a spring, and an attenuator is established.

  For example, m is the mass of the panel P as a secondary mass body that establishes the dynamic damper, k is the spring constant of the partition wall 20 of the grommet 10, c is the damping constant of the partition wall 20 of the grommet 10, and the wire is supported by the grommet 10. If the natural frequency of the harness WH (main system) is f and the damping ratio (value representing the damping effect) by the dynamic damper is ζ, the following equation is established from the vibration model of the dynamic damper.

    f = [√ (k / m)] / 2π (1)

    ζ = c / [2√ (mk)] (2)

  Therefore, based on the equations (1) and (2), k and c are calculated based on the mass m of the panel P and the material and shape of the grommet 10, and the shape of the partition 20 is determined. Thereby, the vibration of the wire harness WH can be reduced by the action of the dynamic damper.

  In this case, the partition wall 20 designed to have a damper function is installed at the center in the extending direction of the wire harness WH. As a result, when the wire harness WH resonates, it is possible to suppress the portion of the belly where the vibration is greatest, thereby improving the anti-vibration effect.

  The partition wall 20 is formed as an annular corrugated wall. The corrugated wall is formed by forming an annular wall plate into a concentric corrugated shape to make the wall surface uneven. The corrugated wall includes a bellows-shaped partition wall.

  The grommet 10 having the above configuration is attached to the wire harness WH as follows. That is, the wire harness WH is passed through the inside of the small-diameter inner cylinder portion 16, and the small-diameter cylinder portion 14 on the vehicle interior outside OUT and the small-diameter cylinder portion 15 on the vehicle interior side IN are connected to the wire harness WH together with the small-diameter inner cylinder portion 16 Wrap and fix with tape 31 or the like.

  With the wire harness with grommet created as described above, the large-diameter cylindrical portion 11 of the grommet 10 is fitted into the through hole Pa of the panel P, and the panel engagement groove 11a is engaged with the hole edge of the through hole Pa. Attach to panel P. Thereby, the wire harness WH can be supported on the panel P by the grommet 10. And by inserting the grommet 10 into the through hole Pa of the panel P in this way, the through hole Pa can be sealed with the grommet 10.

  According to the grommet 10 and the wire harness with the grommet configured as described above, the vibration system (secondary system) including the partition wall 20 (spring and attenuator) and the panel P (mass body) provided on the inner periphery of the grommet 10 is provided. Since it functions as a dynamic damper of the vibration system (main system) mainly composed of the wire harness WH, the natural vibration of the wire harness WH can be suppressed by the partition wall 20 of the grommet 10. Accordingly, even in a situation where the frequency of the vibration H propagating from one end of the wire harness WH supported by the grommet 10 to the other end is close to the natural frequency of the wire harness WH and resonance occurs in the wire harness WH, the wire harness The resonance of WH can be suppressed, and the vibration of the wire harness WH can be achieved. As a result, it is possible to reduce the burden due to vibration transmission to the connector portion that connects the wire harness WH and the device or the device itself. For example, the effect of preventing terminal wear of the connector portion can be expected.

  Moreover, since the rigidity of the partition 20 of the grommet 10 is set based on the mass of the panel P, the effect of the partition 20 as a damper can be enhanced. That is, since the partition wall 20 functions as a spring and an attenuator, the function as a dynamic damper can be enhanced by setting the rigidity based on the mass of the panel P.

  In addition, since the partition wall 20 designed to have a damper function is disposed at the center in the extending direction of the wire harness WH supported by the grommet 10, the vibration is the most when the wire harness WH resonates. You can hold the belly that grows. As a result, the anti-vibration effect can be improved.

  Moreover, since the partition wall 20 comprises the corrugated wall, it is possible to exert a vibration isolation effect regardless of the vibration direction of the wire harness WH.

  Next, as for soundproofing, this grommet 10 has sound insulation spaces S1 and S2 inside and further has a partition wall 20. Therefore, from the engine room (outside of the vehicle compartment OUT) on the left side of the panel P in the drawing. Noise transmitted through the grommet 10 to the vehicle interior side IN on the right side of the panel P in the drawing can be reduced by the two peripheral walls 12 and 13, the partition wall 20, and the sound insulation spaces S1 and S2.

  In particular, in this embodiment, the outer peripheral end 20a and the inner peripheral end 20b of the partition wall 20 are coupled to the inner periphery of the large-diameter cylindrical portion 11 and the outer periphery of the small-diameter inner cylindrical portion 16, respectively. The sound can be divided into two sound insulation spaces S1 and S2 while being maintained, and the leakage of transmitted sound between the two sound insulation spaces S1 and S2 can be surely prevented. It can be further increased.

  Further, the small-diameter inner cylindrical portion 16 and the small-diameter cylindrical portions 14 and 15 provided at the inner peripheral ends of the tapered cylindrical peripheral walls 12 and 13 are closely attached by winding a tie band or a tape 31 or the like. Since the sound insulation space S1 and the sound insulation space S2 on the vehicle interior side IN can be sealed, the sound insulation can be further improved.

  Further, since the partition wall 20 is formed as an annular corrugated wall, the incident sound hitting the corrugated wall is reflected while being diffused. Therefore, the cancellation of the waves of the incident sound and the reflected sound becomes active and the sound insulation is improved. Moreover, since the partition 20 is arrange | positioned in the panel fitting position of the center of the grommet 10 for which the transmitted sound always passes, reliable soundproof performance can be exhibited.

  The small-diameter cylindrical portions 14 and 15 provided at the inner peripheral ends of the two tapered cylindrical peripheral walls 12 and 13 are not necessarily restricted by the tie band or the tape 31. That is, in the state where the grommet 10 is mounted on the wire harness WH, the annular gaps 17 and 18 may be left between the small diameter cylindrical portions 14 and 15 and the small diameter inner cylindrical portion 16. Further, the length of both ends or one end of the small-diameter inner cylindrical portion 16 is shortened, and at least one of the small-diameter cylindrical portions 14 and 15 provided at the inner peripheral ends of the two tapered cylindrical peripheral walls 12 and 13 The end of the cylindrical portion 16 that is set to be short may be directly wound around and fixed to the outer periphery of the wire harness WH with a tie band or tape 31.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and modifications, improvements, etc. can be made as appropriate. In addition, the material, shape, dimensions, number, arrangement location, and the like of each component in the above-described embodiment are arbitrary and are not limited as long as the present invention can be achieved.

  For example, the length of the small-diameter inner cylindrical portion 20 is a length exceeding the distance between both inner peripheral ends (small-diameter cylindrical portions 14, 15) of the two tapered cylindrical peripheral walls 12, 13 as described above. It does not have to be set. That is, it may be half the length of the embodiment in FIG. 1, can be set to an arbitrary length, and the position can be a position where the inner peripheral end 20 b of the partition wall 20 can be joined. If it does not specifically limit.

  Further, the small diameter inner cylinder portion 16 can be omitted. In that case, as described above, the small-diameter cylindrical portions 14 and 15 at the inner peripheral ends of the tapered cylindrical peripheral walls 12 and 13 are directly wound around and fixed to the outer periphery of the wire harness WH by a tie band or tape 31. Is good. Further, when the small-diameter inner cylinder portion 16 is omitted, the inner peripheral end 20b of the partition wall 20 is brought into direct contact with the outer periphery of the wire harness WH, and the supporting force is directly applied to the wire harness WH from the inner peripheral end 20b of the partition wall 20. Must be exerted.

  Further, the shape of the partition wall 20 is not limited to the corrugated wall, and may be an annular wall that is flat on both sides. Further, in order to mainly adjust the rigidity, as shown in FIG. 3, an arbitrary number of through holes 24 are opened, or as shown in FIG. 4, fan-shaped openings 26 are opened and the beam portions 25 are radially formed. Or leave it. That is, the partition wall 20 does not necessarily have to be a wall that completely partitions the two sound insulation spaces S1 and S2. Even in such a case, at least, a small diameter inner cylindrical portion 16 (regardless of the length) through which the wire harness WH is inserted is provided. The end 20a needs to be connected.

  Moreover, although the case where the corrugated shape was formed in the partition 20 formed as a corrugated wall was shown in the said embodiment, it does not necessarily need to form a corrugated shape in a concentric shape. For example, the magnitude of vibration differs in the first direction and the second direction orthogonal to each other in the wall surface direction of the partition wall 20 (for example, when the first direction is the up-down direction, the second direction is the left-right direction). In this case, the partition 20 itself may be formed in an elliptical shape or the waveform may be formed in an elliptical shape according to the magnitude of vibration. Alternatively, thick and thin portions may be appropriately provided on the corrugated or flat wall-shaped partition wall 20 to form regions having different rigidity.

Here, the features of the above-described embodiments of the grommet and the wire harness with a grommet according to the present invention are summarized and listed in the following [1] to [5], respectively.
[1] The wire harness is fixed to the outer periphery of the wire harness (WH) inserted through the through hole (Pa) of the panel (P) and held in the through hole (Pa), so that the wire harness is attached to the panel (P). A grommet (10) for supporting (WH),
A large diameter cylindrical portion (11) fixed to the through hole (Pa);
Peripheral walls (12, 13) extending from the large-diameter cylindrical portion (11) to reduce the diameter in the axial direction;
An annular space (S) formed inside the large-diameter cylindrical portion (11) and the peripheral walls (12, 13) and formed around the wire harness (WH);
Provided in the annular space (S), the outer peripheral end (20a) is connected to the inner periphery of the large-diameter cylindrical portion (11) or the peripheral wall (12, 13), and the wire harness (WH) A grommet (10) having a partition wall (20) for suppressing natural vibration.
[2] The grommet (10) according to [1], wherein the rigidity of the partition wall (20) is set based on the mass of the panel (P).
[3] The inner peripheral end (20b) of the partition wall (20) is installed at the center in the axial direction of the wire harness (WH) in the annular space (S) [1] or [ 2] The grommet (10) according to item 2.
[4] The grommet (10) according to any one of [1] to [3], wherein the partition wall (20) is formed as a corrugated wall having an uneven surface.
[5] A wire harness (WH) with a grommet to which the grommet (10) according to any one of [1] to [4] is mounted.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Grommet 11 Large diameter cylinder part 12, 13 Tapered cylindrical peripheral wall 20 Partition 20a Outer peripheral end 20b Inner peripheral end P Panel Pa Through hole WH Wire harness S Annular space

Claims (4)

A grommet that supports the wire harness on the panel by being fixed to the outer periphery of the wire harness inserted into the through-hole of the panel and being held in the through-hole,
A large-diameter cylindrical portion fixed to the through hole;
A peripheral wall extending from the large-diameter cylindrical portion to reduce the diameter in the axial direction;
An annular space formed inside the large diameter cylindrical portion and the peripheral wall, and formed around the wire harness;
Wherein provided in the annular space, the outer peripheral end, coupled to said inner periphery of the large diameter tubular portion or the peripheral wall and have a, and suppresses the partition wall the natural frequency of the wire harness,
The grommet characterized by setting the rigidity of the partition based on the mass of the panel . Grommet according to claim 1, the inner peripheral end of the partition wall, characterized in that it is installed in the center in the axial direction of the wire harness in the said annular space. The septum grommet according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that it is formed as a corrugated wall which wall has no an uneven. A wire harness with a grommet to which the grommet according to any one of claims 1 to 3 is mounted.

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