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US 12,565,907 B2Granted
Fixing mechanism and electrical junction box
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorsKiyofumi Kawaguchi, Takumi Ejima
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Abstract
A mount provided with a nut includes at least one pair of pinchers that pinch the nut, in which the paired pinchers are disposed to oppose each other and are deformable in an opposing direction thereof.
Claims12
A fixing mechanism receiving a nut, wherein the nut is rectangular and includes a long side and a short side, comprising:
- a first pair of pinchers and a second pair of pinchers, both configured to pinch the nut,
- wherein each of the first pair of pinchers and the second pair of pinchers are disposed to oppose each other and are deformable in an opposing direction thereof, and wherein each of the first pair of pinchers includes a protrusion disposed at a distal end that protrudes towards the nut, and each of the second pair of pinchers having a thickness that is uniform and extends substantially along a height of the pair of second pinchers that are uniform to each other, and wherein the first pair of pinchers are configured to pinch the nut along the short side and the second pair of pinchers are configured to pinch the nut along the long side.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.