JP2810325B2 - clip - 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 which is inserted into a mounting hole of a panel and fixed to the mounting hole.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 6 is a sectional view of a conventional clip similar to that described in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 61-126107, Japanese Utility Model Laid-open No. 60-130686, and the like.

[0003] The clip 1 comprises a main body 3 and the main body 3.
And a support bar 7 having an arrowhead shape extending obliquely from the tip of the support column 7 toward the main body 3 and inserted into the mounting hole Pa of the panel P to lock the free end to the peripheral edge of the mounting hole Pa. The panel includes a flexible blade 9 and a panel pressing piece 5 that extends from the main body 3 toward the blade 9 and is elastically deformed by being pressed by the panel P. At the inner position of the end surface 11 of the free end of the blade 9, an engagement piece 13 that engages with the periphery of the mounting hole Pa of the panel P is provided.

When the clip 1 is fitted into the mounting hole Pa of the panel P, the head of the clip 1 is inserted into the mounting hole Pa. Then, as the blade is inserted, the blade 9 comes into contact with the periphery of the mounting hole Pa and becomes small and narrowed. When the free end of the blade 9 passes through the mounting hole Pa in this state, the blade 9 expands,
The engagement piece 13 hits the inner periphery of the mounting hole Pa and stops. In this state, the end surface 11 of the free end of the blade 9 hits the surface on the opposite side of the panel P, and the panel pressing piece 5 is pressed against the front surface of the panel P while being elastically deformed. Thereby, the clip 1 is engaged with the mounting hole Pa without play.

[0005]

By the way, in the conventional clip 1, when the clip 1 is fitted into the mounting hole Pa of the panel P, the edge of the mounting hole Pa is attached to the blade 9 of the clip 1.
As a result, the blade 9 is inserted while being scraped (the portion indicated by A in the figure), and there is a problem that the insertion resistance increases.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above circumstances, and has as its object to provide a clip that can be inserted with a small force when inserted into a mounting hole of a panel.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a main body, a support standing upright on the main body, and extending obliquely from a tip of the support toward the main body and inserted into a mounting hole of a panel. A clip comprising a barbed flexible blade having a free end locked to a peripheral edge of the mounting hole, and a panel pressing piece extending from the main body toward the blade and elastically deformed by being pressed by the panel. Wherein the panel pressing piece is provided with a temporary fixing piece which can hold the blade in an inner position in a free state and releases the holding when pressed by the panel.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the clip according to the first aspect, wherein the temporary fixing piece protrudes from an upper surface of the panel retainer and a peripheral edge of a mounting hole of the panel is formed at a free end of the blade. Is provided, and the engaging piece is configured to be able to engage with the temporary fixing piece.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the clip according to the second aspect, wherein the blade is bent to an inner position on at least one of the opposing surfaces of the engaging piece and the temporary fixing piece. An inclined surface is formed to bend the holding piece in a direction of elastic deformation.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the clip according to any one of the first to third aspects, wherein the size of the blade is smaller than the size of the mounting hole when the clip is at the inner position. The position of the piece is set.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the clip according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, wherein the clip is integrated with the electric wire fixture.

[0012]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the blades are inserted into the mounting holes of the panel, the blades are held at the inner positions by the temporary fixing pieces and inserted, whereby the contact with the edges of the mounting holes can be reduced. Therefore, the insertion can be made with a small resistance. Also,
Once inserted, the panel retainer is elastically deformed by pressing against the panel to release the blade, so that the blade engages the periphery of the mounting hole.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the blade can be held at the inner position by engaging the engaging piece with the temporary fixing piece.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the engaging piece can be easily engaged with the temporary fixing piece by the action of the inclined surface by pinching and bending the blade to the inward position. Can be held.

According to the fourth aspect of the invention, by inserting the blade into the mounting hole of the panel while holding the blade at the inner position, the blade can be inserted while avoiding contact between the edge of the mounting hole and the blade.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the electric wire can be fixed to the panel by engaging the clip with the mounting hole of the panel.

[0017]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a main part. The clip 21 of this embodiment is integrated with an electric wire fixture 20 which is a resin molded product. The electric wire fixing device 20 has a band-shaped main body 23, and a protruding portion 23 a is provided at an end portion so that the inside thereof has a tape winding portion 2.
3b. The clip 21 protrudes from the center of the main body 23 in the longitudinal direction.

The clip 21 has the main body 23, the support 8 and the blades 9. These have substantially the same shape as the conventional example of FIG. The clip 21 has a panel holding piece 25 integrated on the surface of the main body 23. The blades 9 are provided as a pair symmetrically along the longitudinal direction of the main body 23.
The panel holding piece 25 is provided in a pair corresponding to the blade 9, the base end portion is integrated with the main body 23 by the vertical rising portion 25 a, the middle portion projects outward by the horizontal portion 25 b, and the tip end portion is inclined. The portion 25c extends outward obliquely upward.

A temporary fixing piece 27 protrudes from the upper surface of the horizontal portion 25b of the panel pressing piece 25. The temporary fixing piece 27 is a free end of the blade 9 when the panel pressing piece 25 and the blade 9 are in a free state. Than the engagement piece 13 protruding from the end face 11 of
It is at the inner position (closer to column 7). Further, the upper end position of the temporary fixing piece 25 is located above the lower end position of the engaging piece 13.

Therefore, the engaging piece 13 is provided inside the temporary fixing piece 25.
Can be engaged with each other.
At that time, the width between the outermost 9a of the left and right blades 9 is
The position of the temporary fixing piece 27 is determined so as to be smaller than the mounting hole Pa of the panel P. In addition, inclined surfaces 13a and 27a that bend the panel pressing piece 25 and the blade 9 in a direction away from each other when they come into contact with each other are formed on the opposing surfaces of the temporary fixing piece 27 and the engaging piece 13.

Next, the operation will be described.

The clip 21 is attached to the mounting hole Pa of the panel P.
When inserted into the blade 9, as shown by an arrow B in FIG.
And forcibly bend it to the inner position. Then, due to the inward displacement of the engagement piece 13, the engagement piece 13 gets over the temporary fixing piece 27 and is engaged therein. At this time, while the inclined surfaces 13a and 27a are in sliding contact with each other, the blade 9 is bent and the panel pressing piece 25 is bent, while the engaging piece 13 rides over the temporary fixing piece 27 and the temporary fixing piece 2
7 is engaged. In this state, the blade 9 is held at the inner position, and the width of the outermost 9a of the blade 9 is smaller than the diameter of the mounting hole Pa.

FIG. 3 shows this state. When the blade 9 is inserted into the mounting hole Pa of the panel P, in this state, the blade 9 is inserted into the mounting hole Pa of the panel P as shown in FIG. At this time, since the blade 9 is held in a folded shape inside, the blade 9 can be inserted into the mounting hole Pa without contacting the edge of the mounting hole Pa. Therefore, the clip 21 can be easily inserted into the mounting hole Pa without any resistance.

Further, as the blade 9 is inserted, the tip of the panel pressing piece 25 hits the panel P as shown in FIG. 4B, and is elastically deformed so as to open outward. Then, the engagement between the engaging piece 13 and the temporary fixing piece 27 is thereby released, and the blade 9 is free to expand outward as shown by the arrow C, and FIG.
As shown in the figure, the engaging piece 13 at the free end of the blade 9
Stops on the inner circumference of a. Thereby, the clip 1 is engaged with the mounting hole Pa without play.

The clip 21 is integrated with the electric wire fixing device 20 and is used as shown in FIG. That is, the tape winding portion 23b provided on the main body 23 is connected to the wire harness W
Is attached to the wire harness W by winding it with a tape T together with the wire harness W. Then, in that state, the clip 21
Is inserted into the mounting hole Pa of the panel P, thereby fixing the wire harness W to the panel P.

The clip 21 may of course be provided other than the wire fixing device. Further, in the above embodiment, when the blade 9 is held at the inner position, the blade 9 is made smaller than the mounting hole Pa of the panel P. However, even if the blade 9 is formed to be slightly larger than the mounting hole Pa, Some effect can be expected. Further, the inclined surfaces 13a and 27a do not necessarily have to be provided. Further, the mounting position and the shape of the temporary fixing piece 27 can be arbitrarily changed according to the shape and the like of the panel pressing piece 25.

[0028]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the blade can be folded when the panel is inserted into the mounting hole, so that the insertion force of the blade can be reduced. it can. Further, when the blade is once inserted, the pressing of the blade is automatically canceled, so that the blade can be directly engaged with the mounting hole.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the blade can be easily held at the inner position by engaging the engaging piece with the temporary fixing piece.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the engaging piece can be easily engaged with the temporary fixing piece by pinching and bending the blade to the inner position, and the blade is held at the inner position. be able to.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the blade can be inserted into the mounting hole without hitting the edge of the mounting hole, little insertion force is applied.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the electric wire can be easily fixed to the panel simply by engaging the clip with the mounting hole of the panel.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view of a main part of one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which an embodiment of the present invention is set in a mounting hole.

FIGS. 4A to 4C are cross-sectional views showing an operation of the present invention when inserted into a mounting hole.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where one embodiment of the present invention is inserted into a mounting hole.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view of a conventional clip.

[Explanation of symbols]

 7 Prop 9 Blade 13 Engagement piece 13a Inclined surface 20 Wire fixing tool 21 Clip 23 Main body 25 Panel holding piece 27 Temporary fixing piece 27a Inclined surface

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Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] 1. A main body, and a column erected on the main body,
An arrowhead-shaped flexible blade extending obliquely from the tip of the support column toward the main body, inserted into a mounting hole of the panel, and having a free end locked to a peripheral edge of the mounting hole; And a panel holding piece that elastically deforms by being pushed by the panel, when the panel holding piece can hold the blade in an inward position in a free state and is pressed by the panel. A clip provided with a temporary fixing piece for releasing the holding. 2. The clip according to claim 1, wherein the temporary fixing piece projects from an upper surface of the panel retainer and engages a free end of the blade with a peripheral edge of a mounting hole of the panel. A clip provided with a mating piece, wherein the engaging piece is configured to be able to engage with the temporary fixing piece. 3. The clip according to claim 2, wherein the panel holding piece is elastically deformed when at least one of the engaging piece and the temporary fixing piece opposes the blade inwardly. A clip characterized in that an inclined surface that bends in a direction in which the clip is bent is formed. 4. The clip according to claim 1, wherein a position of the temporary fixing piece is set such that a size of the blade is smaller than the mounting hole when the clip is at the inner position. A clip characterized by being made. 5. The clip according to claim 1, wherein the clip is integrated with an electric wire fixing device.