Inlet box mounting structure of car
AssigneesToyota Shatai Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTeruaki Tamaoki, Yasuhiro Matsuda, Hiroshige Ikuta
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Abstract
A mounting structure of an inlet box of a car which includes an outer panel of the car having a hole, an inlet box inserted in the hole, a flange provided around the opening of the inlet box and an engaging claw provided on the outer peripheral surface of the inlet box. The flange is set around the hole from the outside onto the edge. The flange is screwed to the edge of the hole of the outer panel from the inside. The engaging claw engages the hole of the edge of the outer panel from the inside when the flange is set on the edge of the hole. The engaging claw is capable of disengaging from the edge of the hole by a disengagement operation occurring inside the outer panel.
Claims16
An inlet box mounting structure of a car, comprising:
- an outer panel of a car having a hole;
- an inlet box inserted into the hole along a curved insertion path;
- a flange provided around an opening of the inlet box,
- wherein the flange is set onto an edge of the hole from the outside and screwed to the edge of the hole of the outer panel from the inside;
- an engaging claw provided on an outer peripheral surface of the inlet box,
- wherein the engaging claw engages the edge of the hole of the outer panel from the inside when the flange is set on the edge of the hole, and
- wherein the engaging claw is capable of disengaging from the edge of the hole by a disengagement operation of the outer panel;
- a positioning hole provided on the edge of the hole of the outer panel;
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- a curved positioning pin provided in the flange of the inlet box;
- wherein the positioning pin is curved along the curved insertion path of the inlet box into the hole in the outer panel;
- further wherein the curved positioning pin is inserted into the positioning hole.
An inlet box mounting structure for a car, comprising:
- an inlet box adapted for insertion along a curved insertion path into a hole of an outer panel of a car, the inlet box defining an opening and having an outer peripheral surface;
- a flange provided around the opening of the inlet box, the flange adapted to be set onto an edge of the hole from the outside;
- an engaging claw provided on the outer peripheral surface of the inlet box, the engaging claw being adapted to engage the edge of the hole of the outer panel from the inside when the flange is set on the edge of the hole, further wherein the engaging claw is capable of disengaging from the edge of the hole;
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- a curved positioning pin provided in the flange of the inlet box, the curved positioning pin being adapted for insertion into a positioning hole provided on the edge of the hole of the outer panel;
- wherein the positioning pin is curved along the curved insertion path of the inlet box into the hole in the outer panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.