JP2562606Y2 - Clip connection structure - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a clip connecting structure, and more particularly, to connecting a clip at a required interval to attach a wire harness for an automobile to a vehicle body panel, so that the pitch of the clip can be easily adjusted. It is like that.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In order to wire a wire harness along a required position on a vehicle body panel, for example, as shown in FIG. 7, a band 1 for binding a wire harness W is connected to a panel fixing stem (locking portion). The stem 2a is engaged with a mounting hole of a vehicle body panel (not shown) by fitting the stem 2a into the projecting clip 2. (See Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 63-158608).

As described above, if the clips 2 are individually mounted on the wire harness W, the positions of the clips 2 will be displaced during transportation or mounting after assembly, and the pitch between the clips will be reduced by the mounting holes in the vehicle body panel. Often does not match the pitch. Also, when attaching a large number of clips at close positions, it takes time and effort to bind the wire harness with the binding band attached to each clip,
In some cases, it is not necessary to bind the wire harness at the close position.

In view of the above, as shown in FIGS. 8 (A) and 8 (B), a long connecting plate 3 for positioning and holding a clip is provided. 3a, a clip 2 'shown in a clip mounting hole 3a at an appropriate position is attached, and the connecting plate 3 is fixed to a wire harness by a tape or the like.

[0005]

When the above-mentioned connecting plate 3 is used, the pitch P1 between the attached clips 2 'can be maintained at the time of assembling, but the clip mounting hole formed in the connecting plate is provided. If the pitch P2 of 3a is large, the pitch P1 between the clips 2 'may not be able to match the pitch P3 of the mounting hole 4a of the panel 4.

Therefore, if the pitch P2 of the clip mounting holes 3a formed in the connecting plate 3 is reduced, the pitch P1 between the clips can be made equal to the panel mounting hole pitch P3. However, the minimum pitch was also limited due to the length of the zipper portion of the clip head 2'a of the clip 2 '. Normally, the shortest pitch P2 of the clip mounting holes 3a is 20 mm.

Therefore, fine adjustment cannot be performed at an interval smaller than the shortest pitch, and even if there is a slight displacement between the clip and the panel mounting hole, the clip cannot be mounted. Therefore, the pitch between the clips can be further finely adjusted. It was requested to do so.

The present invention satisfies the above-mentioned demand, and allows fine adjustment of a clip mounting position to be easily performed, and a clip connection that can exactly match a pitch of a vehicle body panel mounting hole with a pitch between clips. It does not provide a structure.

[0009]

That is, in the present invention, a plurality of panel fixing clips are continuously attached to a wire harness at required intervals, and are attached to and detached from the wire harness along a length direction. Providing a long connecting plate that can be freely attached, while forming a locking portion consisting of serrated irregularities on both side surfaces in the longitudinal direction of the connecting plate continuously in the longitudinal direction,
Each clip attached to the connecting plate is provided with a main body protruding a clip head to be locked in a panel mounting hole, and a wire harness binding band detachably or integrally attached to the main body. It is another object of the present invention to provide a clip connecting structure, wherein a through hole of the connecting plate is provided, and locking pieces for locking the locking portion are provided on both inner side surfaces of the through hole.

[0010] The connecting plate may be fixed to the wire harness on both sides thereof with a tape, or if the connecting plate is long, it may be fixed to the wire harness with a tape at an appropriate intermediate position. good.

Further, a band for binding a wire harness may be detachably or integrally attached to the main body of the clip, and the connecting plate may be fixed to the wire harness while binding the wire harness with the band. When a clip is used for detachably attaching the band, when the clips are arranged in close proximity, the band may be attached to the clip attached to both ends of the connecting plate or the middle of an appropriate position, and the band may be fixed with the band. There is no need to attach a band to the clip to secure the wire harness.

[0012]

As described above, in the case where the locking portion having the saw-toothed unevenness is provided, the pitch of the locking portion, that is, the pitch of the concave portion, is the clip head including the clip panel fixing stem and the locking brim portion. The length between the clips can be made arbitrarily short without being limited by the size of the zipper portion, and the pitch between the clips can be made to match the pitch between the vehicle body panel mounting holes.

[0013] When the wire harness binding band is detachably or integrally attached to the clip, the binding of the wire harness and the fixing of the connecting plate can be performed simultaneously.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings. In the first embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, reference numeral 10 denotes a connecting plate, and reference numeral 11 denotes a clip to be attached to a required portion of the connecting plate. In the drawing, only one clip 11 is shown. The clips 11 are attached to the connecting plate 10 at a required pitch. The required pitch is a pitch that matches the pitch of the clip mounting holes of the vehicle body panel to be mounted.

The connecting plate 10 is made of a resin-molded thin long plate, has elasticity as a whole, can be bent and bent according to the wiring location of the wire harness, and is roll-shaped and inexpensive. To be manufactured. At both ends in the longitudinal direction of the connecting plate 10, locking portions 12 each having a saw-toothed unevenness are provided. Recess 1 of locking portion 12
The depth 2a and the pitch P4 between the recesses 12a can be arbitrarily set, but the pitch P4 is minimized within a range in which a locking piece 15 described later can be securely locked in the recess 12a.

The clip 11 has a vehicle body panel fixing clip head 17 projecting from the center of the upper surface of a box-shaped main body 16. The clip head 17 includes a stem 17a vertically projecting from the upper surface of the main body 15, and a locking portion 17b formed by bending downward from the upper end of the stem 17a. As shown in FIG. 2, the main body 16 is provided with a rectangular through hole 18 through which the connecting plate 10 can pass.
The locking piece 15 is provided so as to be inclined and protruded in a direction closer to each other than the lower ends of the right and left inner surfaces of the inner surface 8.

With the connecting plate 10 and the clip 11 having the above-described configuration, a plurality of clips 11, for example, three clips 11 to be attached to the connecting plate 10 are continuously inserted into the through holes 18 through the continuous plate 10. Attach.
The clip 11 attached to the connecting plate 10 is moved to a required position along the connecting plate 10 so that the pitch between adjacent clips 11 matches the pitch of the panel mounting holes. At this time, the protrusions 12b of the both-side locking portions 12 of the connecting plate 10
The locking pieces 15 projecting from the inner surface of the through-hole are locked, and the locking pieces 15 are pulled by pulling the clip 11 with a strong force.
At a required position, the locking piece 15 and the convex portion 12b are locked, and the locking piece 15 is inserted into the concave portion 12a between the adjacent convex portions 12b, as shown in FIG. Hold and fix.

After fixing the clip 11 at the required position of the connecting plate 10 as described above, the connecting plate 10 is fixed to the required position of the wire harness 19 with the tape 20 as shown in FIG.

The length of the connecting plate of the first embodiment can be set to any length according to the number of clips to be continuously attached and the pitch between them. That is, the connecting plate may be manufactured continuously in the form of a roll as described above, and may be cut to a required length.

FIG. 5 shows a second embodiment, in which the clip 1 is used.
A band through hole 26 for attaching a wire harness binding band 25 is provided in one main body 16. The band through-hole 16 is formed in the lower part of the connection plate through-hole 18 in a direction orthogonal to the partition wall 17.

As described above, when the wire harness bundling band 25 is attached to the clip 11, the clip 11 is fixed to a required position of the connecting plate 10 and then bound by the wire harness 19 by the band 15 attached to the clip 11. At the same time, the connecting plate 10 can be fixed to the wire harness 19.

FIG. 6 shows a third embodiment, in which the clip 1
A wire harness bundling band 25 'is integrally formed and provided on the main body 16 of FIG. That is, while the connecting plate through hole 18 is formed inside the main body 16,
Bands 25'a and 25'b protrude from both left and right side surfaces of the band. When the clip 11 is used, the fixing of the connecting plate to the wire harness and the binding of the wire harness can be performed simultaneously as in the second embodiment.

[0023]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, the clip which needs to be continuously mounted at a position close to the wire harness by using the continuous plate can be attached to the vehicle body panel mounting hole. The pitch can be accurately matched to the pitch and can be securely attached. In addition, since the locking portion provided on the connecting plate is formed with a sawtooth-shaped unevenness and is set at a small pitch, the clip mounting position can be set to a desired pitch, and it can correspond to a large number of inter-clip pitches. Can be done.

If a wire harness binding band is attached to the clip attached to the connecting plate, the binding of the wire harness and the fixing of the clip connecting plate to the wire harness can be performed at the same time.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the clip of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a locking portion between the clip and the connecting plate of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a state in which the clip connecting plate of the first embodiment is attached to a wire harness.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a second embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view of a third embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a conventional example.

FIGS. 8A and 8B are a front view and a plan view showing a state in which a clip is attached to a conventional connecting plate.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Connecting plate 11 Clip 12 Locking part 12a Concave part 12b Convex part 15 Locking piece 16 Main body part 17 Clip head 18 Through hole 19 Wire harness 20 Tape 25 Wire harness binding band

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Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A long connecting plate for attaching a plurality of panel fixing clips to a wire harness continuously at required intervals, wherein the clip is detachably attached to the wire harness along a length direction. Are formed on both side surfaces in the longitudinal direction of the connecting plate in the longitudinal direction, and the engaging portions made of serrated irregularities are continuously formed in the longitudinal direction, while the clips attached to the connecting plate are engaged with the panel mounting holes. A body for projecting a clip head, a band for attaching and detaching a wire harness detachably or integrally attached to the body, a through hole for the connection plate provided in the body, and both inner side surfaces of the through hole A clip connecting structure for projecting a locking piece for locking the locking portion.