US 2015/0026933 A1Published application

Clips

AssigneeDaiwa Kasei Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

InventorsJun Komeno, Takahiro Sugiyama, Toshio Iwahara

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Abstract

A clip having a main clip body that is made of resin and has a shape in front view that is closed at one end and open at the other end. The main clip body has engaging arms and holding members positioned to the inside of the engaging arms. The engaging arms are configured so as to be elastically deformed when the main clip body passes through an installing hole of a partner panel and to engage with a rim of the hole when the engaging arms have been inserted. The holding members are configured so as to keep the main clip body fitted onto the clip seat of the mounted member. The engaging arms and the holding members are connected to assume a substantially diamond-shaped loop in front view, and are configured so that the positions thereof differ in side view, and overlap in front view, when elastically deformed.

Claims2

Dependent claims

A clip for attaching an attachment member to a corresponding panel by inserting it into a fixing hole of the corresponding panel in a state where the slip is attached to a clip seat of the attachment member, the clip comprising:

a clip main body made of a resin, the clip main body having a front view shape having a closed end portion and an open end portion;
wherein the clip main body comprises an engagement arm and a holding member positioned on an inner side of the engagement arm;
wherein the engagement arm is configured to be pressed when the clip main body penetrates through the fixing hole of the corresponding panel so as to be elastically deformed, and the engagement arm is configured to engage with an edge of the fixing hole when the engagement arm is inserted into the fixing hole;
wherein the holding member is configured to hold a state in which the clip main body is attached to the clip seat of the attachment member;
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wherein the engagement arm and the holding member are connected to each other substantially in a rhombic-loop shape from a front view, and the engagement arm and the holding member are disposed in different positions from a side view, and are configured to overlap each other as seen from the front view during an elastic deformation thereof.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/123,042Filed 8 Aug 2012
Priority: JP 2011-18253024 Aug 2011
Published: 29 Jan 2015
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

F16B 5/0621
Joining sheets or plates to each other: in parallel relationship
B60R 13/0206
Internal Trim mouldings ; Internal Ledges; Wall liners for passenger compartments; Roof liners: arrangements of fasteners and clips specially…
F16B 21/075
The socket having a resilient part on its inside: the socket having resilient parts on its inside and outside
F16B 5/065
In parallel relationship: the plates being one on top of the other and distanced from each other, e.g. by using protrusions to keep contact and…