Clip and member mounting structure with same
AssigneePiolox, Inc.
InventorsHiroshi Nakazato, Nobuya Shinozaki
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Abstract
A member mounting structure joins together a first member which has a first mounting hole and a second member which has a second mounting hole. The member mounting structure is configured in such a manner that a pin has a shaft section and a radial protrusion section which protrudes in the radial direction from the shaft section. A clip, which is formed by punching and press-forming a metallic plate and which is used to grip the first member, has: a first plate section which has formed therein a first insertion hole into which the shaft section of the pin is inserted; a second plate section which faces the first plate section; and a connection section which connects the first plate section and the second plate section.
Claims8
A mounting structure for connecting a first member comprising a first mounting hole and a second member comprising a second mounting hole, the mounting structure comprising:
- a pin comprising a shaft portion and a radially-protruding portion that protrudes from the shaft portion in a radial direction;
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- a clip that is stamped out of one metallic plate and that is arranged to pinch the first member,
- wherein the clip comprises:
- a first plate portion comprising a first insertion hole into which the shaft portion of the pin is inserted;
- a second plate portion facing the first plate portion;
- and
- a connecting portion connecting the first plate portion and the second plate portion,
- wherein the second plate portion comprises a pin-locking portion comprising a second insertion hole into which the radially-protruding portion is insertable so that the radially-protruding portion can be locked,
- wherein the pin-locking portion comprises a rising portion that is inclined so as to be away from the first plate portion and a concave portion that is provided at a top of the pin-locking portion and that is dent toward the first plate portion, and is flexible,
- wherein, in a state where the radially-protruding portion has been inserted into the second insertion hole but the pin has not yet been rotated, a locked surface of the radially-protruding portion is located closer to the first plate portion as compared with a bottom surface of the concave portion,
- wherein when the pin is rotated to thereby rotate and lock the radially-protruding portion to the concave portion, the radially-protruding portion presses down an upper end of the concave portion toward the first plate portion to thereby climb over the upper end, and
- wherein, in a mounting state, the radially-protruding portion is locked by being accommodated into the concave portion.
A mounting structure, for connecting a first member comprising a first mounting hole and a second member comprising a second mounting hole, the mounting structure comprising:
- a pin comprising a shaft portion and a radially-protruding portion that protrudes from the shaft portion in a radial direction;
- and
- a clip that is stamped out of one metallic plate and that is arranged to pinch the first member,
- wherein the clip comprises:
- a first plate portion comprising a first insertion hole into which the shaft portion of the pin is inserted;
- a second plate portion facing the first plate portion;
- and
- a connecting portion connecting the first plate portion and the second plate portion,
- wherein the second plate portion comprises a pin-locking portion comprising a second insertion hole into which the radially-protruding portion is insertable so that the radially-protruding portion can be locked,
- wherein the pin-locking portion comprises a rising portion that is inclined so as to be away from the first plate portion and a concave portion that is provided at a top of the pin-locking portion and that is dent toward the first plate portion,
- wherein, in a mounting state, the radially-protruding portion is locked by being accommodated into the concave portion,
- wherein the pin comprises:
- a head portion having a flange shape at one end of the shaft portion;
- and
- a projection portion protruding from at least one of a back surface of the head portion and a periphery of the shaft portion on a side of the head portion, and
- wherein the first insertion hole of the first plate portion comprises a limiting portion arranged to limit a rotation of the projection portion.
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A clip that is stamped out of one metallic plate, that is to be mounted to an edge of a first member and that can lock a pin to which a second member is mounted, the clip comprising:
- a first plate portion comprising a first insertion hole into which a shaft portion of the pin is inserted;
- a second plate portion facing the first plate portion;
- and
- a connecting portion connecting the first plate portion and the second plate portion,
- wherein the second plate portion comprises a pin-locking portion comprising a second insertion hole into which a radially-protruding portion provided to the shaft portion of the pin is inserted so that the radially-protruding portion can be locked,
- wherein the pin-locking portion comprises a rising portion that is inclined so as to be away from the first plate portion and a concave portion that is provided at a top of the pin-locking portion and that is dent toward the first plate portion, and is flexible,
- wherein in a state where the radially-protruding portion has been inserted into the second insertion hole but the pin has not yet been rotated, a bottom surface of the concave portion is located far away from the first plate portion as compared with a locked surface of the radially-protruding portion,
- wherein, when the pin is rotated to thereby rotate and lock the radially-protruding portion to the concave portion, the upper end of the concave portion is pressed down by the radially-protruding portion toward the first plate portion, and
- wherein, in a mounting state, the radially-protruding portion is locked by being accommodated into the concave portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.