Lens mounting clips
AssigneeTRW Inc.
InventorsBarry Roger Michael Barnett, Gerald Francis Alley, Brian Arthur Saunders
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Abstract
A clip for mounting a disc in an aperture in a panel. The clip has a tubular body portion which can be inserted in the aperture in the panel. Projections on the body portion limit insertion of the clip through the aperture while additional projections spaced from the first mentioned projections are adapted to engage the panel and retain the clip in position. The disc is retained within the body portion of the clip.
Claims5
A clip for mounting a disc in an aperture in a panel, comprising a tubular body portion which can be inserted through the aperture in the panel, and external abutment on said tubular body portion adapted to limit insertion of said body portion of the clip through the aperture, resiliently, radially compressible external projections on said body portion spaced from said external abutment and adapted to engage the panel and retain the clip in position, an internal rib on said body portion, and a plurality of resilient tongues extending from the internal surface of the body portion, each tongue having a free end face spaced from and facing the rib, the disc being trapped, in use, between the rib and the end faces of the tongues, said rib being disposed in a plane lying between the plane of the end faces of the resilient tongues and the plane of the external abutment.
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