US 12,252,079 B2
Assembly for securing electrical wiring through a roof of a vehicle
Andrew Guy Menegazzo, Kilsyth (AU); James Kenneth Robert Luke, Kilsyth (AU); John Desmond Clark, Kilsyth (AU); and Andrew Harry Brown, Kilsyth (AU)
Assigned to ARB Corporation Limited, Kilsyth (AU)
Filed by ARB Corporation Limited, Kilsyth (AU)
Filed on Apr. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/713,276.
Claims priority of application No. 2021203576 (AU), filed on Jun. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0379825 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. B60R 16/02 (2006.01); B62D 25/06 (2006.01); H02G 3/04 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 16/0215 (2013.01) [B62D 25/06 (2013.01); H02G 3/0468 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An assembly for securing a bundle of electrical wiring through a roof of a vehicle, the bundle including a plurality of wires, the assembly including:
a body configured to be placed against an exterior surface of the roof and across a hole defined in the roof, the body defining a wiring aperture extending through the body;
a seal arranged at one side of the body;
a wiring insert configured to fit within the wiring aperture and be releasably secured to the body to seal the wiring aperture, at least a portion of the insert being formed around the bundle to cause the wires to be embedded in, and extend through, the wiring insert, the wires being spaced apart in the at least a portion of the wiring insert such that a portion of each wire is embedded in the wiring insert, and the wiring insert includes a cap defining a plurality of spaced apertures for receiving and spacing the plurality of wires, and a core molded against the cap and around the wires;
at least two fasteners carried by the body to extend from the one side of the body and past the seal; and
at least one receiving portion configured to be arranged about the hole and against an interior surface of the roof to allow receiving at least one of the fasteners, such that engaging the at least one fastener with the at least one receiving portion urges the body and seal against the exterior surface of the roof.