JPH085584Y2 - Electric cord support clip - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial field of application] The present invention relates to an electric cord supporting clip applied to the arrangement of electric cords in automobiles and the like.

[Prior Art] In automobiles, clips are used to arrange electric cords.

In this type of clip, first and second clips are provided, and by overlapping the two, they are fastened to a body panel or the like with the electric cord sandwiched between them so that the electric cord is not displaced in the longitudinal direction. It is a composition.

By the way, of the electric cords of automobiles, the electric cords arranged at places where rainwater, etc., come down, for example, the electric cords for operating the door mirror remote control arranged between the door and the body, Is covered with a bellows-shaped tube, a so-called corrugated tube, which is protected from rainwater and the like.

However, in the conventional corrugated tube of this type, the corrugated tube is displaced only in the longitudinal direction with respect to the electric cord due to the opening / closing operation of the door, etc. only by being fastened to the body panel or the door with adhesive tape or the like. There was an occasion.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In consideration of the above facts, the present invention makes it possible to prevent the electric cord protecting tube such as a corrugated tube covering the electric cord from being displaced in the longitudinal direction with respect to the electric cord. The aim is to obtain a clip for supporting an electric cord that can be obtained.

[Means for Solving the Problems] An electric cord supporting clip according to the present invention includes a first clip and a second clip connected by a hinge,
A clip for supporting an electric cord, in which an electric cord and a bellows-shaped protection tube in which the electric cord is inserted are integrally sandwiched by overlapping the mating surfaces of the first clip and the second clip and fastened to a mounting member. ,
In a state in which the protection tubes are formed on the mating surfaces of the first clip and the second clip, respectively, and accommodate the protection tubes in an overlapped state, and the protection tube accommodation section is continuously formed in the length direction and overlapped with each other. An electric cord housing portion for housing an electric cord, an uneven portion formed on the inner peripheral surface of the protection tube housing portion and capable of biting into the bellows portion of the protection tube, and a partition between the protection tube housing portion and the electric cord housing portion An electric cord between a partition wall having a through hole having a size that allows only the electric cord to pass through and a bottom portion of the electric cord accommodating portion of the second clip protruding from the bottom of the electric cord accommodating portion of the first clip. And a rib for sandwiching.

[Operation] In the present invention having the above-mentioned configuration, the concavo-convex portion formed on the inner peripheral surface of the protective tube accommodating portion bites into the bellows portion of the protective tube to hold the protective tube, and penetrates the through hole of the partition wall The electric cord is held between the bottom of the electric cord housing and the rib. In this way, not only the electric cord is sandwiched with the protective tube interposed, but also the electrical cord itself is directly sandwiched, so that the relative displacement between the protective tube and the electrical cord can be reliably eliminated.

[Embodiment] FIGS. 1 to 3 show a clip to which the present invention is applied.
10 is shown. The clip 10 is used to arrange an electric cord 12 as shown in FIG.

The electric cord 12 is inserted through the panel 14 which is a mounting member,
The panel surface 14A side of the panel 14 is covered with a corrugated tube 20 which is a bellows-shaped electric cord protection tube.
It is designed to be protected from rainwater.

A through hole 15 is formed in the panel 14, and a tubular portion 16 is integrally projected from the rear surface 14B coaxially with the through hole 15, and the electric cord 12 is inserted through the through hole 15 and the tubular portion 16. ing. The through hole 15 has a hole diameter slightly smaller than the inner diameter of the tubular portion 16. That is, the peripheral portion of the through hole 15 projects toward the axial center from the inner periphery of the tubular portion 16. A notch 18 is formed at the tip of the tubular portion 16 so as to sandwich the shaft center therebetween, and the notch 18 is for fitting with the clip 10.

Clip 10 is a first clip 22 as shown in FIG.
And a second clip 24 are provided. The outer periphery of each of the first clip 22 and the second clip 24 is formed in a substantially semicircular shape. The first clip 22 and the second clip 24 are connected to each other at one end side in the circumferential direction by two thin-walled portions 26, and the thin-walled portions 26 are deformed and overlapped with each other to form the back surface of the panel 14.
It is inserted into the tubular portion 16 from the 14B side, and the electric cord 12 is inserted inside.

On the outer circumferences of the first clip 22 and the second clip 24, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, respectively, the axial direction on the side opposite to the insertion direction (the arrow A direction in FIG. 2) into the tubular portion 16 is shown. Radial protrusions 28 and 29 are formed on the end portion, that is, on the axial end portion on the side corresponding to the distal end side of the tubular portion 16, and at the axial middle portion as shown in FIG. The flanges 30 and 31 and the claws 32 and 34 are formed. The protrusions 28 and 29 are fitted in the notches 18 of the tubular portion 16 and act as rotation stoppers. The flanges 30 and 31 are in contact with the rear surface 14B of the peripheral portion of the through hole 15 of the panel 14 in the tubular portion 16. The claws 32, 34 penetrate the through hole 15 and are brought into contact with the surface 14A of the panel 14, and sandwich the peripheral portion of the through hole 15 of the panel 14 with the flanges 30, 31. This claw 32,3
4 is a cantilever arm shape, the first clip 22, the second
When the clip 24 is inserted into the tubular portion 16, the tubular portion is elastically deformed inside the first clip 22 and the second clip 24.
After passing through the through-hole 15, the through-hole 15 is penetrated, the shape is restored, and the surface 14A of the panel 14 is abutted.

Also, the thin portions of the first clip 22 and the second clip 24
As shown in FIG. 1, an engaging claw 36 and an engaging hole 38 are formed in an axially intermediate portion at the end portion in the circumferential direction opposite to 26, respectively. The engaging claw 36 is engaged with the engaging hole 38 and is engaged with the first clip.
22 and the second clip 24 are engaged with each other in a joined state, and the first clip 22 and the second clip 24 are inserted into the tubular portion 16 in this engaged state. The engaging claw 36 is formed by engaging the first clip 22 and the second clip 24 with each other so that the engaging hole 38 is formed.
To be engaged.

Further, as shown in FIG. 1, relatively thin walls 40 and 42 are erected on the superposed surfaces of the first clip 22 and the second clip 24, respectively, at approximately the center in the axial direction, and the cylinder Relatively thick walls 44 and 46 are erected parallel to the walls 40 and 42 at the axial end portion on the side opposite to the insertion direction (arrow A direction in FIG. 2) into the wall portion 16, and the walls 40 and 42, Partitioned by 44,46 between walls 40,44, walls 42,4
C-shaped recesses 48 and 50 having a U-shaped cross-section are formed between 6 and semi-cylindrical recesses having an arc cross section on the side of the walls 40 and 42 in the direction of insertion into the tubular part 16.
2,54 are formed.

Walls 40, 42, 44 and 46 each have a semicircular cutout 40A, 4 at the tip.
2A, 44A, 46A are formed to receive the electrical cord 12 in the recesses 48, 50 through these notches 40A, 42A, 46A.

A substantially trapezoidal rib 56 is projected from the bottom wall of one of the recesses 48, 50 so as to sandwich the electric cord 12 with the bottom wall of the recess 48 so as not to be displaced in the longitudinal direction.

Substantially arc-shaped projections 58, 60 are formed along the inner walls of the recesses 52, 54, respectively. Two of these protrusions 58, 60 are provided at predetermined intervals in the circumferential direction, and a large number are provided at regular intervals in the axial direction. These projections 58, 60 have an axial distance D (shown in FIG. 1) equal to the distance d (shown in FIG. 2) between the outer circumferential grooves 20A of the corrugated tube 20, respectively. The corrugated tube 20 is fitted in the groove 20A so as not to be displaced in the longitudinal direction.

Next, a procedure for fastening the electric cord 12 to the panel 14 using the clip 10 according to the present invention will be described.

First, the corrugated tube 20 is attached in advance to the through hole 15 and the tubular portion 16 from the front surface 14A side of the panel 14 so that the corrugated tube 20 is attached to the tubular portion 16 first.
The electric cord 12 is pulled out to the rear surface side of the panel 14 through the tubular portion 16 to a position where it slightly projects toward the rear surface 14B side of the panel 14.

The clip 10 is then fastened to the electrical cord 12 on the back side of the panel 14. To clip clip 10 to electrical cord 12,
From the state shown in FIG. 1, as shown in FIG. 3, the electric cord 12 is received in the recess 48 through the notches 40A, 44A of the one first clip 22, and the outer peripheral groove 20A of the corrugated tube 20 is fitted in the protrusion 58. Then, the corrugated tube 20 is received in the recess 52, and in this state, the first clip 22 and the second clip 24 are superposed. In the first clip 22 and the second clip 24, the thin portion 26 is deformed so that the engaging pawl 36 has the engaging hole.
Overlap until engaged with 38.

When the first clip 22 and the second clip 24 are overlapped to this position, the rib 56 holds the electric cord 12 with the bottom wall of the recess 48 and the notches 42A, 46 of the second clip 24.
The electric cord 12 is also passed through A, and the recess 5 of the second clip 24 is inserted.
0 is acceptable. Further, the outer peripheral groove 20A of the corrugated tube 20 is also fitted to the protrusion 60 of the second clip 24 so that the corrugated tube 20 is also received in the recess 54 of the second clip 24. This secures clip 10 to electrical cord 12.

Therefore, in the state where the clip 10 is fastened to the electric cord 12, the electric cord 12 and the corrugated tube 20 are not locked to the clip 10 and are not displaced in the longitudinal direction with respect to the clip 10, and the electric cord 12 is not displaced. Therefore, the corrugated tube 20 will not be displaced in the longitudinal direction.
The clip 10 is an outer peripheral groove 20A of the corrugated tube 20.
The projections 58 and 60 fitted with the first clip 22 and
A large number of second clips 24 are provided in the axial direction of the second clip 24 and are fitted in the large number of outer circumferential grooves 20A of the corrugated tube 20 in the axial direction, so that the locking force of the corrugated tube 20 is high.

After fixing the clip 10 to the electric cord 12, the first clip 22 and the second clip 24 are inserted into the tubular portion 16 from the rear surface 14B side of the panel 14. First clip 22, second clip
24 is inserted until the claws 32, 34 penetrate the through hole 15 of the panel 14.

When the first clip 22 and the second clip 24 are inserted to this position, the projecting portions 28 and 29 are fitted into the notches 18 of the tubular portion 16 and act as rotation stoppers, and the claws 32 and 34 act. The surface of the panel 14 is abutted against the surface 14A and the flanges 30 and 31
The peripheral portions of the through holes 15 of 14 are clamped (see FIG. 2).

This secures the clip 10 to the panel 14 and the electrical cord 12 to the panel 14. Clip 10 has corrugated tube 20 electrical cord before fastening to panel 14.
Since it is locked so as not to be displaced in the longitudinal direction with respect to 12, the corrugated tube 20 will not be displaced in the longitudinal direction with respect to the electric cord 12 in this state.

In this embodiment, since the clip 10 is also used for fastening the corrugated tube 20, the adhesive tape for fastening the corrugated tube, which has been used conventionally, is unnecessary, and the number of parts is reduced to reduce the cost. Become.

[Advantages of the Invention] Since the present invention has the above-described configuration, it can be attached to the mounting member without causing relative displacement between the protective tube and the electric cord.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 is a perspective view of a clip to which the present invention is applied, FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing a state in which an electric cord is attached to a panel using the clip of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is an electric cord of FIG. It is a figure which shows the attachment procedure to the panel of. 10 …… Clip, 12 …… Electrical cord, 14 …… Panel, 20
...... Colgate tube, 22 ...... first clip, 24 ...
… Second clip, 52,54… recess, 58,60… projection.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A first clip and a second clip connected by a hinge, wherein an electric cord and the electric cord are inserted by overlapping the mating surfaces of the first clip and the second clip. In a clip for supporting an electric cord that holds a bellows-shaped protection tube integrally and is fastened to a mounting member, a protection tube housing is formed on the mating surfaces of the first clip and the second clip, and the protection tube is housed in an overlapping state. Portion, an electric cord housing portion which is formed continuously in the lengthwise direction with the protection tube housing portion and houses an electric cord in a state of being overlapped, and a bellows of the protection tube formed on an inner peripheral surface of the protection tube housing portion. A concave and convex portion that can bite into a portion, partitions the protective tube housing portion and the electrical cord housing portion, and allows only the electrical cord to penetrate. A partition wall having a through hole of a size formed therein; and a rib projecting from the bottom of the electric cord housing of the first clip and sandwiching the electric cord between the bottom of the electric cord housing of the second clip. A clip for supporting an electric cord, which has.