JP5620803B2 - clip - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a clip suitable for supporting an article that is detachably mounted in a mounting hole provided in a panel.

  FIG. 8 shows a clip structure disclosed in Patent Document 1. This structure particularly improves the operability of mounting on the panel, and includes a base member 11, a metal clip 21 assembled to the base member 11, and an engaging member that integrates the clip 21 with the base member 11. 31.

  Here, the base member 11 projects along the back surface side of the base portion 12 with the flange portion 15 disposed along the panel 61 and the base portion 12 and is inserted into the mounting hole (locking hole) 61 a of the panel 61. The protrusion 13, the support wall 16 provided on the surface side of the base 12 and supporting the assist grip 41, and a pair of through holes penetrating the base 12. The clip 21 is substantially U-shaped, and is inserted into the base member 11 from the through hole and protrudes from the back side to the front side, and is engaged with the panel mounting hole 61a. The engaging portion 24, a portion of each first engaging portion 23 that protrudes to the front side of the base member, a through hole 23a in a direction orthogonal to the insertion direction, a base side through hole into which the protruding portion 13 of the base member is inserted have. The engaging member 31 includes an engaging portion 32 that is inserted into the through hole 23 a and prevents the clip 21 from coming off from the base member 11, a cover 33 that covers the front side of the base member, and a removal operation portion 35. .

Japanese Patent No. 4106307

  In the structure of the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, the base member 11 is engaged and fixed to the panel 61 by a pressing operation to the mounting hole 61a by the clip 21 integrated through the engaging member 31, and an installation tool or jig is required. The mounting operability is excellent. In addition, since a metal clip is used, as an example of application, the cover 33 is the first on the clip side in that it is difficult to be destroyed even if it is subjected to an impact caused by an explosion of a vehicle airbag or a stepping stone from the road surface. There is also an advantage that the appearance can be maintained because the engaging portion 23 is covered.

  However, in this structure, first, the engagement fixing force with respect to the panel-side mounting hole is proportional to the inclination angle of the elastic piece, which is the second engagement portion 24 that cuts and raises a part of the first engagement portion 23. If the engagement fixing force is increased by changing the inclination angle, the insertion force into the mounting hole becomes excessive and the mounting operability is impaired. In addition, the hook 21 is inserted into the panel side mounting hole 61a with the clip 21 mounted on the base member 11, and the hook-like elastic piece 24 is inserted and engaged therewith. Hard to add.

  The object of the present invention is to solve the problems as described above, and is excellent in mounting operability as in Patent Document 1, and in addition to the advantage that the engagement portion with respect to the panel is difficult to be destroyed by the metal cover, the mounting operability is impaired. It is intended to make it possible to reliably increase the engagement fixing force without making it possible, or to make it possible to temporarily fix the panel so as to improve the mounting procedure. Other purposes will be clarified in the description below.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is specified by referring to an embodiment, and in the clip 4 detachably mounted in the mounting hole 7a provided in the panel 7, a flange disposed on the surface side of the panel 7 Part 10, a plurality of elastic legs 15 protruding from the lower surface of the flange part and inserted into the mounting hole so as to be temporarily fixable, and a gap S between the elastic legs penetrating the flange part A female member 1 having an opening 14, an operation part 20 covering the opening 14, and an insertion part 25 projecting from the lower surface of the operation part. The insertion part 25 extends from the opening. The male member 2 that can prevent the elastic legs 15 from being deformed in the approaching direction while being inserted and held in the gap S, and the elastic legs 15 that are attached to the female member 1 in an attached state. This consists of a metal cover 3 that covers a part. It is characterized in.

The present invention as described above is more preferably embodied as specified in claims 2-6.
(A) The elastic leg 15 and the metal cover 3 can be deformed in a direction in which the elastic legs 15 approach each other by the convex part 16 provided on one side and the concave part 34 provided on the other side. It is the structure fitted in the state (Claim 2).
(A) The female member 1 press-holds the male member 2 in the middle of the insertion portion 25 being inserted into the gap S between the elastic legs 15 from the opening 13, and in the press-contact holding state, the panel 7, the elastic leg 15 is temporarily fixed by being inserted into the mounting hole 7a and engaged, and the insertion portion 25 is further inserted and is finally fixed by being pressed against the elastic leg 15. (Claim 3).

(C) The metal cover 3 includes covering portions 30 to 32 that cover the tips and outer surface portions of the elastic legs 15, and a folded piece portion that extends from a portion of the covering portion and contacts the flange portion. 33 (Claim 4).
(D) The metal cover 3 is configured to maintain a buffer space 8 between the ends of the elastic legs 15 in an attached state fitted to the female member 1 (Claims). 5).
(E) At least one of the female member 1 and the male member 2 is provided with a jig insertion space 20a into which a jig for releasing the holding state of the male member 2 with respect to the female member 1 is inserted. It is a structure (Claim 6).

  In the invention of claim 1, as illustrated in FIG. 2, after the female member has inserted the male member into the opening and inserted the elastic leg into the mounting hole and engaged with the panel, When the male member is pushed in, if the insertion part is inserted and held in the gap between the elastic legs, the elastic legs are prevented from being deformed in the direction of approaching each other, and are thus engaged so as not to be released. Fixed. For this reason, this structure is excellent in mounting operability as in Patent Document 1, and in addition to the advantage that the elastic legs and the like can be hardly broken by the metal cover, the engagement fixing force is reliably increased without impairing the mounting operability. it can.

  In the invention of claim 2, as illustrated in FIG. 1, the elastic leg and the metal cover on the female member side are fitted in a state in which each elastic leg can be deformed in a direction approaching each other via the convex part and the concave part. Therefore, for example, as shown in FIG. 5A, the metal cover can be handled in a state in which the metal cover is previously attached to the elastic legs, thereby further improving the handling property and the mounting operability to the panel.

  In the invention of claim 3, with the female member holding the male member in pressure contact, the elastic leg is inserted into the mounting hole and engaged with the panel to be temporarily fixed, and the insertion portion is further inserted into the elastic leg. It is stopped by press-contacting from the inside. For this reason, in this structure, for example, a plurality of clips can be temporarily fixed to the panel, and they can be permanently fixed at the same time. From this point, the mounting work procedure can be improved, and pulling operation can be performed on the panel. The property can be further improved.

  In the invention of claim 4, the tip and outer surface of each elastic leg are covered and protected by the cover part of the cover, and the folded piece is brought into contact with the flange part on the female member side so that a stepping stone or the like is formed on the cover part. By making it difficult to deform even if it hits, the protective function of the metal cover can be fully exhibited.

  In the invention of claim 5, if the cover forms a buffering space between the ends of the elastic legs, for example, when a stepping stone hits the covering portion, the shock can be relaxed and absorbed by the buffering action of the space. To.

  In the invention of claim 6, for example, when the clip is disassembled, a screwdriver or the like is inserted into the jig insertion space and the male member is forcibly pulled out from the female member so that the clip can be easily disassembled.

The state where the clip of the form example was temporarily fixed to the attachment hole of the panel is shown, (a) is a side view, and (b) is the figure seen from the lower surface side of the panel. (A) And (b) is sectional drawing which showed the state which temporarily fastened the said clip to the attachment hole of the panel, and the state fastened finally along the AA line of the said FIG.1 (b). (A) And (b) is sectional drawing which showed the state which temporarily fixed | fastened the said clip to the attachment hole of the panel, and the state fastened finally along the BB line of the said Fig.1 (a). It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the structure of the said clip. (A) And (b) is the schematic perspective view shown by the temporary fix | stop state of the said clip with respect to a panel, and a final stop state. The female member single article is shown, (a) is a top view, (b) is a side view, and (c) is a front view. The male member single goods are shown, (a) is a side view, (b) is a front view, (c) is a bottom view. The structure of patent document 1 is shown, (a) is sectional drawing of a clip, (b) is a side view in the use condition with which the panel was mounted | worn.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In this description, the structure of the clip, assembly, and mounting operation to the panel will be described in detail.

(Structure) As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the clip 4 of the embodiment is detachably mounted in a rectangular mounting hole 7 a provided in the panel 7 and rotatably supports the assist grip 5 and the like. It is a three-point configuration of a female member 1 and a male member 2 made of resin and a cover 3 made of metal. Each member has the following schematic configuration. That is, the female member 1 includes a flange portion 10 disposed on the surface side of the panel 7, a support wall portion 11 that protrudes from the upper surface of the flange portion 10 and supports the assist grip 5 via the pivot 6, and a flange portion A plurality of (in this example, two) elastic legs 15 projecting from the lower surface of 10 and inserted into the mounting hole 7a so as to be temporarily fixed, and a gap S between the elastic legs 15 penetrating the flange portion 10. And an opening 14 communicating therewith. The male member 2 has an operation portion 20 that covers the opening 14 and an insertion portion 25 that projects from the lower surface of the operation portion 20, and the insertion portion 25 is inserted and held in the gap S from the opening 14. The elastic legs 15 can be prevented from being deformed in the direction in which they approach each other. The cover 3 includes covering portions 30 to 32 that cover the tip portions of the respective elastic legs 15, and a folded piece portion 33 that extends from a portion of the covering portion 32 and contacts the flange portion 10. Hereinafter, details of each member will be clarified.

  First, the female member 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. The flange portion 10 has a substantially rectangular plate shape. The opening 14 is inside the support wall portion 11 and penetrates the front and back sides, the slit 14a is between each side wall 12 and penetrates the front and back sides, and each slit 14a and the opening 41. Are formed with a thin elastic piece 10a. Further, on the back surface of the flange portion 10, a pedestal 19 and an abutting portion 19 a protruding from the front and rear portions of the pedestal 19 are provided. In this example, the abutting portion 19a is in contact with the surface of the panel 7 with the female member 1 engaged and fixed to the panel 7 as shown in FIG. However, the interior material may be attached to the panel 7 as in Patent Document 1. In that case, for example, the pedestal 19 is arranged along the interior material, and the contact portion 19a is brought into contact with the panel 7 through a hole provided in the interior material.

  The support wall portion 11 has a substantially U shape due to both side walls 12 and an intermediate wall 13 connecting the both side walls 12. Each side wall 12 has an upper portion displaced further to the opposite side of the opening 14 than the intermediate wall 13, and has a shaft hole 12a provided on the coaxial line at the displaced position. In this example, the assist grip 5 is pivotally supported with respect to the two clips 4 engaged and fixed to the panel 7 via pivots 6 inserted into the respective shaft holes 12a (this support structure). (See Patent Document 1 and Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-225613).

  The two elastic legs 15 protrude from the lateral edge portion of the opening 14 so as to face each other. Each elastic leg 15 has a substantially rectangular plate shape, and is formed such that the gap S between the legs is narrower on the protruding end side than on the base end side. Each elastic leg 15 includes a protruding portion 15a that protrudes one step inside the distal end, an engaging portion 15b that is an upper step of an inclined surface that is provided on the outer surface and gradually protrudes from the distal end toward the proximal end, And claw portions 16 provided on both side surfaces on the distal end side. Each overhanging part 15a is a part which contacts the insertion part 25 of a male member. The engaging portion 15b is a portion that is elastically engaged with the edge of the mounting hole 7a. The claw portion 16 is a place to be fitted to the cover 3.

  The female member 1 is inserted into the panel mounting hole 7a while reducing the diameter while the male member 2 is pressed and held as shown in FIG. 2A. By being restored to the original shape, the engaging portion 15b is engaged to be in a temporarily fixed state. When the female member 1 is further pushed from the temporarily fixed state as shown in FIG. 2B and the insertion portion 25 is press-fitted between the elastic legs 15 from the temporarily fixed state, the elastic legs 15 are connected to each other. It is switched to the final stop state where it cannot be deformed in the direction of diameter reduction.

  Next, the male member 2 will be described with reference to FIGS. The operation portion 20 corresponds to the head of the insertion portion 25, is partitioned by the upper curved operation surface 21, both side surfaces 22, the lower surface 23, and the back surface 24, and is large enough to fit within the U shape of the support wall portion 11. It has become. The operation surface 21 and the lower surface 23 are provided with a space 20a for inserting a jig. That is, the space 20a is a place where a jig 6 such as a screwdriver for releasing the holding state of the male member 2 with respect to the female member 1 is inserted as shown in FIG.

  The insertion portion 25 has a substantially rectangular plate shape, and the tip 25a is slightly thinner. The insertion portion 25 includes slits 26 and 26 provided on the inner side of both side surfaces and extending in parallel with the side surfaces, a total of four concave portions 27 provided between the slits on the front and rear surfaces, It has a convex portion 28 on the front end side and a protruding portion 29 on the base end side provided on the surface. Each slit 26 makes the convex part 28 and the overhang | projection part 29 of a corresponding side surface elastically deformable. The concave portion 27 is intended for lacking thickness, that is, for weight reduction, but may be omitted. Between the convex part 28 and the overhang | projection part 29, it is set to the recessed part 25b for temporary assembly.

  Next, the cover 3 will be described with reference to FIGS. The cover 3 is a breath product, and includes a bottom surface side covering portion 30 that covers the front end surface side of each elastic leg 15, a front and back surface side covering portion 31 that covers the front end side outer surface of each elastic leg 15, and the front end of each elastic leg 15. It has the both end side coating | coated part 32 which covers a side surface, and the folding | turning piece part 33 which extended the both end surface side coating | coated part 32 upwards. Moreover, the recessed part 34 which is a rectangular hole is provided in the both end side coating | coated part 32, respectively. The tip 33a of each folded piece 33 is bent outward.

(Assembly) Each member described above is assembled in the temporarily assembled state shown in FIG. In this assembly, the cover 3 and the male member 1 are temporarily assembled to the female member 1. Here, an example in which the male member 1 is assembled after the cover 3 is assembled to the female member 1 will be described. However, after the male member 1 is assembled to the female member 1, the cover 3 may be assembled later. .

  In the former operation, when the elastic legs 15 are accommodated inside the covering portions 30 to 32 and the tips 33a of the folded piece portions are brought into contact with the flange portion 10, the claw portions 16 on the elastic leg side correspond. The cover 3 is temporarily assembled to the female member 1 by fitting with the recess 34. In this state, the two claw portions 16 of the elastic leg 15 can be loosely fitted in the rectangular hole which is the concave portion 34, that is, can be deformed in a direction approaching or separating from each other.

  In the latter operation, when the insertion part 25 of the male member is inserted into the gap S from the opening 14, the elastic piece 10a elastically climbs over the convex part 28 and becomes the concave part 25b as shown in the enlarged view of FIG. Engage. Thereby, the male member 2 is temporarily assembled to the female member 1 in a state where the elastic piece 10a and the recess 25b are releasably engaged, and can be handled as an integrated object.

(Panel Mounting Operation) The clip 4 temporarily assembled as described above is temporarily fixed to the panel 7 by a one-touch operation as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, and as shown in each (b). The temporary stop state can be switched to the final stop state by a one-touch operation. That is, the temporarily assembled clip 4 passes through the mounting hole 7a while being displaced in the direction in which the elastic legs 15 of the female member approach each other with respect to the panel 7, and is restored when completely passed. The engagement portion 15b is engaged or locked with the hole edge of the attachment hole 7a and temporarily fixed.

  Further, when the operator pushes the male member operation portion 20 in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 2A from the above temporarily fixed state, the lower surface 23 contacts the flange portion 10 as shown in FIG. It is moved in the same direction until the final stage and switched to the final stop state. In the fixed state, the distal end portion 25a of the insertion portion 25 is press-fitted between the overhanging portions 15a while displacing the opposing inner surfaces of the overhanging portions 15a in the expanding direction, and is provided on each elastic leg. The claw portions 16 are also closely fitted to both sides of the rectangular hole of the recessed portion 34 with the mutual space widened. For this reason, in this structure, the elastic legs 15 are prevented from being displaced toward each other, whereby the engagement of the engagement portion 15b with the attachment hole 7a is reliably maintained, and the engagement fixing force can be increased. Further, the cover 3 covers and protects at least the distal ends of both elastic legs 15, and maintains a space 8 between the elastic legs 15 as shown in FIG. For this reason, in this structure, even when a stepping stone or the like hits the covering portions 30 to 32 in the use state, the shock can be relaxed and absorbed by the buffering action of the space 8.

  Further, the above clip 4 can be easily recovered from the state of being permanently fixed to the panel mounting hole 7a. That is, the operator uses the tool 9 such as a screwdriver as shown in FIG. 5B to insert the tip of the tool 9 into the space 20a from the direction of the circled number 1 and lift it upward in the circled number 2. Then, the male member 2 is pulled out by a predetermined amount against the female member 1 against the pressure holding force between the protruding portion 29 and the elastic piece 10a, and the concave portion 25b and the elastic piece 10a as shown in FIG. Are engaged, that is, temporarily assembled. For this reason, when the clip 4 (the female member 1) is pulled away from the panel 7, each engagement portion 15b is disengaged from the mounting hole 17a with deformation inside the elastic legs 15. It can be easily pulled out from the mounting hole 7a.

  In addition, the clip of this invention should just be equipped with the structure specified by a claim, The detail can be changed and developed with reference to the form example. For example, an article or member other than the assist grip may be attached to the support wall portion of the female member, or the cover portion shape of the cover may be changed.

1 ... Female member (10 is a flange part, 14 is an opening, 15 is an elastic leg, 16 is a convex part)
2 ... Male member (20 is an operation part, 20a is a space, 25 is an insertion part)
3 ... Cover (30-32 is a covering part, 33 is a folded piece part, 34 is a recessed part)
4 ... Clip 5 ... Assist grip 6 ... Axis 7 ... Panel (7a is a mounting hole)
8 ... Space for buffering 9 ... Screwdriver (tool)

Claims (6)

In the clip that is detachably attached to the mounting hole provided in the panel,
A flange portion disposed on the front surface side of the panel, a plurality of elastic legs protruding from a lower surface of the flange portion and inserted into the mounting hole so as to be temporarily fixable, and the elastic legs penetrating the flange portion A female member having an opening communicating with a gap between them, an operation part having a size covering the opening, and an insertion part protruding from the lower surface of the operation part, wherein the insertion part is A male member capable of preventing deformation in the direction in which the elastic legs approach each other while being inserted and held in the gap from the opening;
A clip comprising a metal cover that covers a part of the elastic leg in an attached state fitted to the female member.   The elastic legs and the metal cover are fitted in a state in which the elastic legs can be deformed in a direction approaching each other by a convex portion provided on one side and a concave portion provided on the other side. The clip according to claim 1.   The female member press-holds the male member while the insertion portion is inserted into the gap between the elastic legs from the opening, and the elastic leg is held against the panel in the press-contact holding state. The clip according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the clip is temporarily fixed by being inserted into an attachment hole and engaged, and the clip is further fixed by being inserted and further pressed into contact with the elastic leg.   The metal cover has a covering portion that covers a tip and an outer surface portion of each elastic leg, and a folded piece portion that extends from a part of the covering portion and contacts the flange portion. The clip according to any one of claims 1 to 3.   5. The metal cover according to claim 1, wherein the metal cover is formed so as to maintain a buffer space between the elastic leg and the distal end of the elastic leg in an attached state fitted to the female member. The described clip.   The jig insertion space for inserting a jig for releasing the holding state of the male member with respect to the female member is provided in at least one of the female member and the male member. The clip according to any one of 5.

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