US 6,687,959 B2 · Clip attaching structure

Abstract

It is a clip attaching structure wherein the cost can be reduced, and the appearance is excellent, and furthermore, the spring action is good. The clip is made of a thin plate metal material, and has a base part to be inserted into an outer sleeve and a main body part to be extended outside the outer sleeve, and the main body part has an approximately U-shaped cross section made by bending downward both sides of the thin plate, and between the base part and the main body part, a closing part for closing the rear end opening of the inner sleeve is provided. The main body part side of the closing part has an approximately U-shaped cross section made by downward bending both sides thereof and the approximately U-shaped cross section from the main body part is continued, and the base part side of the closing part is shaped like a plate, and the downward bent portion of both sides of the closing part is inserted into the inner sleeve when the clip is not swung.

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Dependent claims

An attaching method for attaching an inner sleeve to an inside of a cylindrical outer sleeve, comprising the steps of:

inserting the inner sleeve into the outer sleeve from an one end opening of the outer sleeve which has a slit formed therein and extending toward an one end from an other end thereof and at least the other end portion of the outer sleeve includes a tapered part having an inside diameter gradually reduced from the one end side to the other end, said inner sleeve including a tapered part having an outside diameter following the inside diameter of the tapered part of the outer sleeve and an expanded diameter part located on the other end side of said tapered part of the inner sleeve and having an outside diameter larger than the inside diameter of the other end of the outer sleeve;
moving said expanded diameter part of the inner sleeve in the outer sleeve with forcibly widening the slit of said outer sleeve;
and
projecting said expanded diameter part from an other end opening of the outer sleeve to engage a step part formed between the expanded diameter part of the inner sleeve and the tapered part of the inner sleeve with an end surface of the other end opening of the outer sleeve.

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