Clip
AssigneesNifco Inc., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsShohei Takahashi, Kota Shimosato
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Abstract
A purpose of the present disclosure is to provide a clip including a grommet and a pin, which does not degrade design quality and allows the clip to be removed easily from members to be attached without causing damage. The grommet is configured to be inserted into attachment holes of the members to be attached, and includes a grommet hole into which a pin is to be inserted. Depending on an insertion position of the pin relative to the grommet, the grommet undergoes elastic deformation to allow the members to be attached to each other or detached from each other. A flange portion of the grommet has an engagement hole so that the clip can be removed from the members by engaging a tool with the engagement hole.
Claims6
A clip for attaching at least two members to each other, comprising:
- a grommet including a body portion configured to be inserted into an attachment hole provided in each of the at least two members, a flange portion provided on a base end side of the body portion with respect to an axial direction, and a grommet hole including a flange recess provided in the base end side of the flange portion and an insertion hole extending from a bottom of the flange recess to a tip end of the body portion;
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- a pin including a shaft portion configured to be inserted into the insertion hole and a head portion provided on the base end side of the shaft portion,
- wherein the body portion has at least two elastic pieces extending in the axial direction so as to be capable of engaging a peripheral edge of the attachment hole by elastic deformation,
- the pin is configured to be capable of advancing relative to the grommet from an engagement position where the elastic pieces are caused to undergo elastic deformation to engage the peripheral edge of the attachment hole to a release position where engagement of the elastic piece with the peripheral edge of the attachment hole is released, and
- an inner circumferential surface of the grommet hole is provided with an engagement portion that can be engaged by a tool to apply a force in a removing direction in the release position, and the head portion is located on a tip end side of at least a part of the engagement portion with respect to the axial direction in the release position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.