Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Clip
- Patent Title (中): 夹
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Application No.: US11825076Application Date: 2007-07-02
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Publication No.: US08113756B2Publication Date: 2012-02-14
- Inventor: Yasuki Wakabayashi , Hirotatsu Matsuo , Kiyotaka Itou , Tetsutaro Nakagawa , Yusuke Arai , Naoki Aizawa
- Applicant: Yasuki Wakabayashi , Hirotatsu Matsuo , Kiyotaka Itou , Tetsutaro Nakagawa , Yusuke Arai , Naoki Aizawa
- Applicant Address: JP Yokohama-shi JP Yokohama-shi
- Assignee: Piolax Inc.,Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Piolax Inc.,Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Yokohama-shi JP Yokohama-shi
- Agency: Holtz, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC
- Priority: JP2006-185332 20060705; JP2006-305969 20061110
- Main IPC: F16B19/00
- IPC: F16B19/00

Abstract:
Provided is a clip which can be easily detached from a mounting hole solely by pulling a base portion thereof in any one direction. A clip (10) is equipped with a base portion (20) to engage with a front-side peripheral edge of a mounting hole (5), and a locking leg (30) to engage with a back-side peripheral edge of the mounting hole (5). The locking leg (30) has a stem portion (40) and a pair of elastic engagement members (50) extending in an anchor-fluke-like fashion from the forward ends of the stem portion (40) and having at their forward ends engagement portions (51) to engage with the back-side peripheral edge of the mounting hole (5). An axis (C) of the stem portion (30) and a line (L) connecting the centers of the engagement portions (51) of the pair of elastic engagement members (50) are offset from each other as seen in an axial direction of the stem portion (40). When the base portion (20) is pulled strongly, the stem portion (40) gradually leaves the mounting hole (5) while warped in an arch, with the elastic engagement members (50) and the stem portion (40) opening in a V-shape, thus making it possible to detach the clip (10) from the mounting hole (5) relatively easily.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080008560A1 Clip Public/Granted day:2008-01-10
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