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Abstract

The invention relates to a grommet for an electrical connector, an electrical connector assembly, and a method for manufacturing such a connector assembly. The grommet comprises an elastically expandable tube section and a cap-shaped housing section. The tube section comprises a cable receptacle for passing through an electrical cable connected to the electrical connector. The housing section comprises a connector receptacle connected to the cable receptacle for receiving the electrical connector. The grommet forms a seal which surrounds an opening of the housing section facing away from the tube section. The invention is based on the object of configuring the grommet such that the manufacture of the connector assembly, in which the electrical connector is disposed at least in sections in the connector receptacle and the electrical cable is disposed at least in sections in the cable receptacle, can be largely automated. This object is satisfied, firstly, in that the tube section in a mounting position is elastically expanded such that its inner diameter is at least twice the inner diameter in a force-free state. At least in the mounting position, the electrical connector should be insertable through the tube section into the housing section. This solution makes it possible to pre-assemble the electrical connector completely and in a fully automated manner and to insert it into the grommet in the pre-assembled state.

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