JP2002021830A - Clip for temporary holding - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a clip capable of temporarily holding two plates materials with a space till both the two plates are finally fixed. SOLUTION: This clip for temporary holding is formed of two parts of a male member 11 and a female member 12. The male member has a flange part 2 and a shaft part 3, and the female member has a flange part 12 and a hollow barrel part 13. The shaft part of the male member is pushed into the hollow barrel part of the female member to be fitted in fitting holes H1 and H2 of the plate materials P1 and P2. In the clip for temporary holding with this structure, deflection of the female member inward of the hollow barrel part is regulated by pushing the shaft part of the male member into the hollow barrel part of the female member. On the other hand, a first projection 15 having a diameter larger than that of the fitting holes of the plate materials in the free condition is formed at a peripheral position separated from the flange part of the hollow barrel part of the female member by the plate thickness of the two plate materials, and a second projection 16 having a diameter larger than that of the fitting holes of the plate materials is formed at a peripheral position separated from the flange part of the hollow barrel part of the female member by a distance more than the plate thickness of the two plate materials.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a clip capable of temporarily holding two plate members apart from each other until the two plate members are finally fixed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, Japanese Unexamined Utility Model Publication No. Hei. 3-11115 and Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. H8-4720 disclose a final fixing clip for fixing two plate members in a superposed state. Although these conventional fixing clips have some differences in structure, they are basically composed of a pin-shaped male member and a grommet-shaped female member, and the former male member has a flange portion. The female member has a shaft portion, and the latter female member has a flange portion and a hollow body portion, and the hollow body portion is divided by a slit.

When actually fixing two plate members to each other, a state in which the hollow body of the female member is fitted into the mounting hole formed in each plate member is obtained, and the shaft portion of the male member is obtained. Is pushed into the hollow body, the hollow body divided by the shaft is expanded outward, so that the two plate members are fixed in a superposed state.

[0004]

Therefore, under the conventional fixing clip, there is an advantage that the two plate members can be securely fixed in a superposed state only by using the male member and the female member. However, for example, in a case where the vehicle trim is fixed to the body panel via a large number of clips, in order to align the individual clips,
In some cases, it is necessary to temporarily hold the vehicle trim in a state of being separated from the vehicle body panel. However, since the conventional final fixing clip merely provides the fixing of the plate material, it does not have a temporary holding function at such a time, and thus the above-mentioned request cannot be satisfied. .

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been developed to meet such a demand in the art, and the invention according to claim 1 comprises two parts, a male member and a female member. The female member has a flange portion and a hollow body portion, and pushes the male member shaft portion into the hollow body portion of the female member fitted into the mounting holes of the two plate members. A clip for temporary holding having a configuration, wherein the shaft of the male member is pushed into the hollow body of the female member to restrict the inward bending of the hollow body of the female member, while the flange of the hollow body of the female member is restricted. A first projection having a diameter larger than the mounting hole of the plate member in the free state is formed at an outer peripheral position separated by the plate thickness of the two plate members from the portion, and two first protrusions are formed from the flange portion of the hollow body of the female member. A second protrusion having a diameter larger than the mounting hole of the plate material is provided at an outer peripheral position further than the thickness of the plate material. It adopted a configuration in which formed.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, based on the first aspect, when the shaft of the male member is pushed into the hollow body of the female member, the diameter of the portion corresponding to the first projection of the shaft is reduced. The configuration was adopted.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, based on the first aspect, a recess is formed at a position corresponding to the second projection of the shaft when the shaft of the male member is pushed into the hollow body of the female member. Then, a configuration is employed in which a convex portion engaging with the concave portion is formed on the corresponding inner periphery of the second projection.

Therefore, in the invention according to claim 1,
When the hollow body of the female member to which the male member is temporarily assembled is fitted into the mounting holes of the two plates, and the shaft of the male member is pushed into the hollow body, the upper plate becomes the flange of the hollow body. The lower plate material descends along the hollow body and is received by the second protrusion of the female member, so that the two plate materials can be temporarily held in a separated state. Becomes And, under such a temporary holding state,
After performing necessary work, when the lower plate is pushed up together with the clip, the two plates are superimposed and fixed by another fixing means. Finally, when the female member is pushed until the flange portion of the female member comes into contact with the upper plate member, the first projection of the hollow body portion is engaged with the hole edge of the mounting hole of the lower plate member. Stop to prevent the clip itself from lifting.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, even if the first projection has a larger diameter than the mounting hole of the plate in the free state, the corresponding portion of the shaft portion of the male member is reduced. Because of the diameter, when the first projection passes through the mounting hole, the first protrusion bends inward by using the above-mentioned reduced diameter portion, so that the first projection can easily pass through the mounting hole of the plate material. According to the third aspect of the present invention, when the two plate members are temporarily held, the concave portion on the shaft portion and the convex portion on the hollow body portion are strongly engaged by the weight of the lower plate material. The side plate material is reliably received by the second projection, and does not drop downward from the second projection.

[0010]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to a preferred embodiment. As shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 1, the male member 1 is composed of a pin-shaped male member 1 and a grommet-shaped female member 11. The former male member 1 has a flange portion 2 and a shaft portion 3. It is premised on a configuration having a flange portion 12 and a hollow body portion 13.

As shown in FIG. 2, for the male member 1, the middle of the shaft 3 is reduced in diameter over a certain range, and a pair of opposite edges of the reduced diameter portion 4 are provided. The stopper piece 5 is formed, and an annular concave portion 6 is formed on the tip end side of the shaft portion 3.

As shown in FIG. 3, the hollow body 13 of the female member 11 is divided into four parts by four slits 14 to reduce the diameter of the male member 1 of each divided body 13a. At the outer peripheral position corresponding to the above, in other words, at the outer peripheral position separated by the thickness of the two plate materials to be fixed from the flange portion 12,
In the free state, the first projection 15 having a diameter larger than the mounting hole of the plate member is formed, while the outer circumferential position of each divided body portion 13a corresponding to the annular concave portion 6 of the male member 1, in other words, the flange portion 12 is formed.
A second projection 16 having a diameter larger than the mounting hole of the plate material is formed at an outer peripheral position of the tip farther than the plate thickness of the two plate materials to be fixed from each other, and an inner periphery of each second projection 16 is formed. The projections 17 that engage with the annular recesses 6 of the male member 1 are respectively formed on the surfaces.

Therefore, under the present embodiment, the male member 1
Is slightly pushed into the hollow body 13 of the female member 11 and the pair of stopper pieces 5 on the shaft 3 side are pushed into the corresponding slits 14 on the hollow body 13 side. The member 11 is temporarily assembled without being detached.

Accordingly, the male member 1 and the female member 1
1 and two plate members P fixed by another fixing means.
When temporarily holding the first and second P2s, first, as shown in FIG. 4, each of the mounting holes H1 and H2 between the two plate members P1 and P2.
And the hollow body 13 of the female member 11 in which the male member 1 is temporarily assembled in each of the mounting holes H1 and H2.
After the male member 1 is inserted into the hollow body portion 13 of the female member 11,
When the shaft portion 3 is completely pushed in, as shown in FIG. 5, each convex portion 17 on the female member 11 engages with the annular concave portion 6 on the male member 1 side. And prevents the distal end side of the hollow body 13 of the female member 11 from bending inward.

The hollow body 13 of the female member 11 is connected to a plate P1.
When fitting into the mounting holes H1 and H2 of P2, the first
Although the second projections 15 and 16 have a larger diameter than the mounting holes H1 and H2, the first and second projections 15 and 16 pass through the mounting holes H1 and H2 while being bent inward by the slits 14. There is no risk of interfering work. Further, at this time, the two plate members P1 and P2 are in a superposed state because the operator presses them by hand.

Next, when the pressing of the plate members P1 and P2 is released, the upper plate member P1 such as the vehicle body panel remains at the same position as shown in FIG. 6, but the lower plate member P2 such as the car trim has its own weight. The hollow body 13 of the female member 11
, And is received by the second protrusion 16, whereby the two plate members P1 and P2 are temporarily held in a separated state. Therefore, after that, it is only necessary to positively use the temporary holding state, for example, to perform the work of aligning the final fixing clips and the like.

When the lower plate P2 descends, the first
Although the presence of the protrusion 15 is an obstacle, the diameter-reduced portion 4 of the male member 1
Because the gap S is defined between the hollow body portion 13 and the shaft portion 3 due to the presence of the first protrusion 15, the first protrusion 15 bends inward by using the gap S to allow the lower plate material P <b> 2 to descend. . Further, as described above, the second protrusion 16 receiving the weight of the lower plate member P2 pushes the shaft portion 3 of the male member 1 into the hollow body portion 13 of the female member 11 so that the annular concave portion 6 and the convex portion are formed. Since the portion 17 is engaged and the inward bending is restricted, the lower plate material P2
Does not fall over the second protrusion 16.

Then, when the lower plate P2 is pushed up, the two plates P1 and P2 are superimposed and fixed via another fixing means (not shown). Since the first protrusion 15 of the female member 11 is in elastic contact with the inner peripheral surface of the mounting hole H2 of the lower plate member P2, as shown in FIG.
The clip itself moves together with the lower plate material P2 being pushed up, so that the flange portion 2 side of the female member 11 becomes the upper plate material P.
1 will protrude upward.

[0019] Therefore, the appearance is bad if left unattended,
As shown in FIG. 8, when the flange portion 12 of the female member 11 is pressed down together with the flange portion 2 of the male member 1, the first
The projection 15 is bent inward by using the gap S, and the lower plate material P
2 and returns to the free state and is locked to the hole edge of the mounting hole H2, thereby making it possible to effectively prevent the temporary holding clip from rising.

In this embodiment, the female member 11
, The male member 1 is temporarily assembled in advance, and the female member 11 is attached together with the male member 1 to the mounting holes H1 and H2 of the two plate members P1 and P2.
However, the present invention is not limited to this. First, the female member 11 is independently fitted into the mounting holes H1 and H2 of the two plate members P1 and P2, and thereafter, Even when the shaft 3 of the male member 1 is pushed into the hollow body 13 of the female member 11, the same effect can be obtained.
However, in this case, the temporary assembly is not required, so the stopper piece 5 on the male member 1 side is not required.

[0021]

As described above, according to the present invention, by adopting the above structure, the hollow torso of the female member to which the male member is temporarily attached is fitted into the mounting holes of the two plates, and When the shaft of the male member is pushed in, the upper plate material remains on the flange portion side of the hollow body, but the lower plate material descends along the hollow body and is received by the second protrusion of the female member. This makes it possible to temporarily hold the two plate members in a state where they are separated from each other. Then, after performing necessary work under such a temporary holding state, when the lower plate is pushed up together with the clip, the two plates are superimposed and fixed by another fixing means. At this time, since the flange portion side of the female member protrudes above the upper plate material, finally, the female member is pushed until the flange portion contacts the upper plate material. The first projection of the hollow body is locked to the edge to prevent the clip itself from rising.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a temporary holding clip according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

3A is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG. 1, and FIG.
It is CC sectional view taken on the line of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a main part showing a state in which a hollow body of a female member, in which a male member is temporarily assembled in advance, is fitted into a mounting hole of two plate members;

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a main part showing a state where the shaft of the male member is completely pushed into the hollow body of the female member.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view of a main part showing a temporary holding state of two plate members.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of a main part showing a state where two plate members are superposed and fixed.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of a main part showing a state where the clip itself is pushed in.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Male member 2 Flange part 3 Shaft part 4 Reduced diameter part 5 Stopper piece 6 Annular concave part 11 Female member 12 Flange part 13 Hollow body part 13a Split body part 14 Slit 15 First protrusion 16 Second protrusion 17 Convex part P1 Upper plate P2 Lower plate H1 Mounting hole H2 Mounting hole S Void

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Claims (3)

[Claims] A male member has a flange portion and a shaft portion, and a female member has a flange portion and a hollow body portion, and is attached to two plate members. A temporary holding clip configured to push a shaft of a male member into a hollow body of a female member to be fitted into the hole, wherein the pushing of the shaft of the male member into the hollow body of the female member causes the hollow body of the female member to be pushed. A first portion having a diameter larger than a mounting hole of the plate member in a free state is provided at an outer peripheral position separated from the flange portion of the hollow body portion of the female member by the thickness of the two plate members while restricting the inward bending of the portion. In addition to forming the projection, a second projection having a diameter larger than the mounting hole of the plate is formed at an outer peripheral position more than the thickness of the two plates from the flange portion of the hollow body of the female member. Temporary holding clip. 2. The provisional holding device according to claim 1, wherein a diameter of a portion corresponding to the first projection of the shaft is reduced while the shaft of the male member is pushed into the hollow body of the female member. clip. 3. A concave portion is formed at a position corresponding to the second projection of the shaft portion when the shaft portion of the male member is pressed into the hollow body portion of the female member, and the concave portion is formed at a corresponding inner periphery of the second protrusion. 2. The temporary holding clip according to claim 1, wherein a convex portion is formed to engage with the clip.