Cover unit
AssigneeSumitomo Riko Company Limited
InventorsHiroyuki Kondo, Kenneth Carrier, Koichiro Iwanaga
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Abstract
A cover unit includes a first divisional cover, and a second divisional cover. The first divisional cover and second divisional cover include a first locking portion and second locking portion, respectively. The first locking portion and second locking portion are made of an elastomer. The first locking portion and second locking portion lock to one another to couple the first divisional cover to the second divisional cover, or vice versa. The first locking portion includes a prong-shaped main tab. The second locking portion includes a main bore into which the main tab is insertable. The main tab includes a main claw disposed on the leading-end side, and locked to the main bore to inhibit the main tab from coming off from the main bore.
Claims13
A cover unit comprising:
- a first divisional cover that covers a first part of an object partially;
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- a second divisional cover that covers a second part of the object partially, and the second cover is coupled to the first cover;
- the first divisional cover including:
- a first cover body;
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- a first lock portion made of an elastomer, and formed integrally with the first cover body, the first lock portion having a base tab extending from an edge of the first cover body in a plane parallel to the edge of the first cover body, and a prong-shaped main tab extending from the base tab;
- the second divisional cover including:
- a second cover body;
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- a second lock portion made of an elastomer, formed integrally with the second cover body, the second lock portion having a base at an edge of the second cover body defining a main bore into which the main tab is insertable;
- the main tab further includes a main claw disposed on a leading-end side thereof, and locked to the main bore to inhibit the main tab from coming off from the main bore;
- wherein, when the main tab is received into the main bore, the base of the second lock portion rests against the base tab of the first lock portion, so that the edge of the first cover body is coplanar with the edge of the second cover body.
A cover unit comprising:
- a first divisional cover covering some of an object partially;
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- a second divisional cover not only covering another some of the object partially, but also coupled to the first cover;
- the first divisional cover including:
- a first cover body;
- and
- a first locking portion made of an elastomer, and formed integrally with the first cover body;
- the second divisional cover including:
- a second cover body;
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- a second locking portion made of an elastomer, formed integrally with the second cover body, and locking to the first locking portion to couple the first divisional cover to the second divisional cover;
- the first locking portion having a prong-shaped main tab;
- the second locking portion having a main bore into which the main tab is insertable;
- the main tab provided with a main claw disposed on a leading-end side thereof, and locked to the main bore to inhibit the main tab from coming off from the main bore;
- the second locking portion further has a sub-claw;
- the first locking portion further has a sub-recess not only locked to the sub-claw under such a condition that the main tab is inserted into the main bore, but also locked to the sub-claw to maintain the main claw under a condition of being locked to the main bore;
- the main bore penetrates in a direction perpendicular to a butting direction at a butting section between an edge of the first cover body and an edge of the second cover body, the butting direction being a direction in which the edge of the first cover body and the edge of the second cover body abut one another;
- the main claw locks to the main bore in the direction perpendicular to the butting direction;
- the sub-claw locks to the sub-recess in the butting direction;
- the first locking portion has:
- a base tab connected with the first cover body;
- a main-tab body connected with the base tab, inserted into the main bore, and serving as some of the main tab;
- the main claw disposed at a leading end of the main-tab body, and serving as some of the main tab;
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- the sub-recess not only formed between a root site of the main-tab body and the base tab, but also penetrating in the direction perpendicular to the butting direction;
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- the second locking portion has:
- the sub-claw not only protruding from a rim of the main bore in a penetration direction of the main bore, but also locking to the sub-recess in the butting direction under such a condition that the sub-claw gets into the sub-recess.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.