Clip
AssigneeDaiwa Kasei Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorsHaruhisa Kamiya, Makoto Kato, Atsutoshi Kaji
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Abstract
Provided is a clip able to lock axial movement and circumferential movement thereof by employing a simple configuration. A hub of the clip can be inserted into an insertion hole formed in an undercover. In each elastic flap, a basal part is supported in a cantilever manner, and a free end part elastically deforms around the basal part which forms a fulcrum so as to approach or separate from an outer periphery. Each elastic flap spreads out from the basal part toward the free end part so as to increase in width in a circumferential direction. The clip is attached to the undercover such that axial movement and circumferential movement of the clip are locked.
Claims3
A clip attached to a member to be mounted such as an undercover for a vehicle, the clip comprising:
- a cylindrical or round-shaft-like hub able to be inserted into an insertion hole formed in the member to be mounted;
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- a plurality of elastic flaps each of which includes a free end part that spreads out from a basal part, located on an outer periphery of the hub at one end of the hub in an axial direction and supported in a cantilever manner, separating from the outer periphery toward the other end in the axial direction, and being elastically deformable so as to approach or separate from the outer periphery;
- wherein the elastic flaps are arranged separately in a circumferential direction of the hub, wherein the free end part of each elastic flap entirely or partially comes into contact with an inclined or step part formed on the member to be mounted so as to continuously or discontinuously decrease diametrically from one end in the axial direction thereof toward the insertion hole, and is locked out of its axial movement and cylindrical movement, and thus can be attached to the member to be mounted.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.