Clamp
AssigneePiolax, Inc.
InventorShigeo Okada
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Abstract
A clamp is provided having a synthetic clip and a metal plate spring. The clip includes a pair of side walls opposed each other at a certain distance, engaging shoulder portions each formed at an outer surface of each of the side walls and configured to be engaged with a peripheral edge of a mounting hole of a panel at the time of securing a mounting member to the panel. The spring is attached to one of the side walls of the clip. A press-fitting craw portion is formed at an inner surface of the other side wall and configured to be pressed against a boss portion of the mounting member. The spring includes a pull-out preventing tongue facing the craw portion and configured to bite into the boss portion of the mounting member at the time of securing the mounting member to the panel.
Claims13
A clamp for securing a mounting member to a panel having a mounting hole utilizing a boss portion protruded from a rear surface of the mounting member, the clamp comprising:
- a synthetic clip of a generally U-shape in cross-section;
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- a metal plate spring of a generally flat in cross-section,
- wherein the clip comprises a pair of side walls opposed each other at a certain distance, and engaging shoulder portions each formed at an outer surface of each of the side walls and configured to be engaged with a peripheral edge of the mounting hole of the panel at the time of securing the mounting member to the panel,
- wherein the metal plate spring is attached to one of the side walls of the clip,
- wherein a press-fitting craw portion is formed at an inner surface of the other side wall and configured to be pressed against the boss portion of the mounting member at the time of securing the mounting member to the panel, and
- wherein the plate spring includes a pull-out preventing tongue facing the press-fitting craw portion and configured to bite into the boss portion of the mounting member at the time of securing the mounting member to the panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.