JPH07253108A - Clip for installing member - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a clip which can fix a member such as a tube or a cable to a base material such as a car body, without forming a hole on the base material. CONSTITUTION:A member holder 14 holds a member 2 to be fixed to a base material 3. A base material side engagement portion 12 is engaged with a projection 22a of a fastener means 5 provided on the base. The projection of the fastener means 5 is composed of a plurality of widened legs split through axial cutting. A plurality of elastic engagement projection pieces 13 are arranged on the base material side engagement portion 12 so as to sandwich the legs of the fastener means, which pieces 13 are inclined in the direction for inserting the legs of the fastener means and extended toward a center portion. The base material side engagement portion 12 is connected to the member holder by means of a cylindrical part 11 which surrounds the legs of the fastener means over its circumference.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a clip for attaching a member such as a tube or a cable arranged in a vehicle to a base material such as a vehicle body.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, in order to support and fix a tube for an automobile headlamp washer, a dedicated tube fixing clip 6 has been used as shown in FIG. The clip 6 is formed by integrally molding a tube holding portion 31 that holds the tube 2, an anchor-shaped protrusion 32, and a flange 33 with a synthetic resin material.
The engaging claws 32a formed on both ends of the bumper beam 3
It is fixed to the bumper beam 3 by elastically engaging with the hole 3b provided in the. The bumper beam 3 has
The bumper skin 4 is fixed via fasteners 5.

[0003]

However, in order to use such a clip 6, it is necessary to provide the bumper beam 3 with the engaging hole 3b as described above, and further avoid interference with the anchor-shaped projection 32. For this purpose, the bumper skin 4 also has holes 4
b must be formed. As described above, in the above-described conventional configuration, it is necessary to form holes in the bumper beam 3 and the bumper skin 4, and there is a disadvantage that the manufacturing process of these is complicated.

The present invention has been devised in order to eliminate such disadvantages of the prior art, and its main purpose is to:
It is an object of the present invention to provide a clip capable of fixing a member such as a tube or a cable to a base material such as a vehicle body without forming a hole in the base material.

[0005]

According to the present invention, the above-mentioned object is to hold a member to be fixed to a base member and a protrusion of another fastener means mounted on the base member. It is achieved by providing a member mounting clip, characterized in that it comprises a base material side engaging portion that engages with the portion.

In particular, the projecting portion of the fastener means is a plurality of expanding leg portions divided by axial slitting,
A plurality of elastic locking projections extending toward the center while inclining in the direction of inserting the leg portion of the fastener means are provided on the base material side engaging portion so as to sandwich the leg portion of the fastener means. It is preferably provided. Moreover, it is preferable that the base material side engaging portion and the member holding portion are connected by a tubular portion that covers the leg portion of the fastener means over the entire circumference.

[0007]

According to this structure, the other member can be engaged with and fixed to the protruding portion of the fastener means already attached to the base material in order to fix the other member to the base material. It becomes unnecessary. In particular, when a plurality of inclined elastic locking projections are provided in the base material side engaging portion so as to engage with the leg portion of the fastener means having the expanding leg portion, the locking projection is pulled out by the reverse action. Power increases. Furthermore, when the base material side engaging portion and the member holding portion are connected by a tubular portion that covers the leg portion of the fastener over the entire circumference, the rigidity of the base material side engaging portion is increased, and the pulling force is further increased. It will increase even more.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT A preferred embodiment of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a mounting example of a member mounting clip constructed according to the present invention. This member mounting clip 1 is engaged with a leg portion 22a of a bumper skin fixing fastener 5 for fixing the bumper skin 4 to the bumper beam 3 to support the headlamp washer tube 2 on the bumper beam 3 as a base material. It is something that is fixed. In addition, the fastener 5 for fixing the bumper skin is formed by the pin member 21.
And a plurality of legs 22 divided by a plurality of axial slits
A two-piece fastener including a grommet member 22 having a. When the pin member 21 is screwed into the center hole of the grommet member 22, the leg member 2 is pressed against the outer surface of the pin member 21.
2a is designed to expand, and is engaged with holes 3a and 4a formed in the overlapped bumper beam 3 and bumper skin 4, respectively, and fixed to each other.

As shown in FIG. 2, the clip 1 has a cylindrical portion 11, a ring-shaped portion 12 formed at one end of the cylindrical portion 11, and an inwardly inclined portion formed inside the ring-shaped portion 12. It is composed of three fan-shaped locking projections 13 and a tube holding portion 14 which is formed on the side surface of the cylindrical portion 11 and one of which is open, and is integrally formed of a synthetic resin material having high elasticity. At the open end of the tube holding portion 14, in order to facilitate the insertion and fitting of the tube 2, the flange portion 14 that is expanded outwardly is provided.
a is formed.

In order to fix the headlamp washer tube 2 to the bumper beam 3 using such a clip 1, the tube 2 is inserted into the tube holding portion 14 and the lower end of the leg portion 22a of the fastener 5 is fixed. The center portion of the ring-shaped portion 12 is aligned with and strongly pressed. Then, the locking projection 13 pressed by the outer surface of the expanded leg portion 22a is elastically deformed to expand the center portion, and the leg portion 22a is received in the cylindrical portion 11. In this state, the locking protrusion 13 elastically and strongly presses the outer surface of the leg portion 22a, and the tip of the locking protrusion 13 bites into the outer surface of the leg portion 22a even if a force in the exit direction acts. The clip 1 does not fall off easily.

In the present embodiment, the tube for the headlamp washer is fixed, but the present invention is not limited to the linear member having such a circular cross section, and for example, a square member or a plate member is held and fixed. It may be one that does. Further, the shape of the cylindrical portion 11 can also be modified in accordance with the leg portion of the fastener to be engaged.

[0013]

As is apparent from the above description, the member mounting clip according to the present invention eliminates the need for drilling holes in the base material, thus reducing the number of manufacturing steps and the cost. Further, in addition to this, since it engages with the leg portion of the already-fastened fastener means so as to prevent the leg portion from expanding, it is effective in improving the removal force of the fastener means itself, and Since the leg portion of the fastener means is covered with the tubular portion, it also protects the leg portion.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a headlamp washer tube fixed to a bumper beam by a clip according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a clip according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view similar to FIG. 1, showing a state where a headlamp washer tube is fixed to a bumper beam by a conventional clip.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Clip 2 Tube 3 Bumper Beam 3a, 3b Hole 4 Bumper Skin 4a, 4b Hole 5 Fastener 6 Clip 11 Cylindrical part 12 Ring-shaped part 13 Locking protrusion 14 Tube holding part 14a Flange 21 Pin member 22 Grommet member 22a Leg part 31 Tube holding part 32 Anchor-shaped projection 33 Flange

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A member holding part for holding a member to be fixed to a base material, and a base material side engaging part for engaging with a protrusion of another fastener means mounted on the base material. A clip for attaching a member, which is characterized in that 2. The projecting portion of the fastener means is a plurality of expansion leg portions divided by axial slitting, and extends toward the center while inclining in a direction in which the leg portion of the fastener means is inserted. The member mounting clip according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of elastic locking projections are provided on the base material side engaging portion so as to sandwich the leg portion of the fastener means. 3. The base material side engaging portion and the member holding portion are connected by a tubular portion that covers the leg portion of the fastener means over the entire circumference thereof. Clip for attaching the described member.