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US 12,759,452 B2Granted
Vehicle part retaining structure
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMasayuki Tado, Yusuke Yamamoto
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Abstract
A vehicle part retaining structure for retaining an assist grip to a center console includes an elongated hole provided in a right panel portion and a clip provided in the assist grip, and the clip includes a retaining claw that, when moved downward after being inserted into the elongated hole, retains to a peripheral edge of a lower short side portion of the elongated hole on a back surface of the right panel portion.
Claims3
A vehicle part retaining structure for retaining a part on a vehicle interior component, the vehicle part retaining structure comprising:
- an elongated hole in a panel portion of the vehicle interior component;
- and
- a clip provided in the part, wherein
- the clip includes a retaining claw that is retained by a peripheral edge of a short side portion of the elongated hole on a back surface of the panel portion when the clip is moved in a longitudinal direction of the elongated hole after being inserted through the elongated hole,
- the clip further includes a body portion in a shape of a plate, and an elastic member that covers both surfaces of the body portion and whose protruding portion engages with peripheral edges of long side portions of the elongated hole when the clip is inserted through the elongated hole, and
- the retaining claw is provided in the body portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.