Part fixing system
AssigneesNissan Motor Co., Ltd., Nifco Inc.
InventorsTetuo Takegawa, Yoichi Kikuchi, Akira Mizusawa
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Abstract
Fixation of a rear combination lamp to an automobile body is accomplished by having a plurality of stud bolts planted in the fixing flange of the lamp, causing a retaining clip for determining the position of the lamp on the automobile body to be fastened to at least one of the aforementioned stud bolts, allowing a plurality of retaining clips for absorbing the positional deviation to be fastened to the remaining stud bolts and having the retaining clips pushed into the fixing holes bored in the automobile body.
Claims2
A part fixing system for fastening a part to an object, which part fixing system accomplishes the union between the part and the object by combined use of a plurality of bolts fixed on said part, comprising in combination with an object a plurality of retaining clips for absorbing positional deviation between the part and the object and at least one retaining clip for determining the position of the part, said plurality of retaining clips for absorbing positional deviation each comprising a nut adapted to be screw-fastened to the bolt and a plurality of deformable engaging pieces extended divergingly from the nut and provided at the leading ends thereof with grooves in resilient engagement with a fixing hole in the object, and said retaining clip for determining the position of the part comprising a nut adapted to be screw-fastened to the bolt, a cylinder joined to the nut, possessed of angular holes in the outer wall thereof and fitting intimately into a standard fixing hole in said object, and engaging claws extending from the nut sides of the angular holes of the cylinder within the angular holes and having the leading ends thereof in resilient engagement with the inner edge of the standard hole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.