JPH09112509A - Clip - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the number of part items by enabling the setting the inserting direction of a bracket engaging part to an intended direction corresponding to the extended direction of a long member, and thereby setting it to the direction. SOLUTION: The clip is provided with a binding band 3 which holds a corrugated tube 13 at its outer circumference, and is thereby supported by the corrugated tube, and with a mounting body 7 provided with a bracket engaging hole 5 to which a bracket 71 erected over a mounted part is inserted so as to be fitted therein. A band clip 3 is rotatably connected with the mounting body 7 by a shaft part 21, concurrently each spring piece 23 is projected out of the binding band 3, each engaging groove 27 to be engaged with each spring piece 23 is formed in the mounting body 7, and a plurality of the spring pieces 23 and the engaging grooves 27 are provided roughly along an identical circle around the shaft part 21. By this constitution, the relative rotating positions of the binding band 3 and the mounting body 7 are set to a desired direction by the clip 1, so that the bracket engaging part 5 can thereby be fitted in the bracket 71 so as to be inserted therein.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a clip for connecting and holding a long member such as a wire harness to a bracket which is erected on an assembly portion.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIGS. 8 and 9 are perspective views showing a conventional clip of this type. The clip 51 is composed of a clip body 53 and a guide clip 55 for holding the clip body 53. There is. The clip body 53 is
A holding portion 59 which is held on the outer periphery of the protective tube 57 through which the wire harness is inserted, via the guide clip 55;
And a mounting portion 63 having a bracket fitting hole 61, which are integrally molded.

The holding portion 59 of the clip body 53 is formed by dividing a cylindrical body into two parts and joining one end to each other via a hinge 65, and providing a lock projection 67 and an engaging hole 69 at the other end of each. A cylindrical shape is formed by engaging the lock protrusion 67 with the engagement hole 69. The guide clip 55 is opened by cutting a part of an elastic cylindrical body, and is mounted on the peripheral surface of the protective tube 57 so that the lock protrusion 67 is engaged with the engagement hole 69. Holding part 59
The clip body 53 is held by the inner peripheral surface of the clip body 53 in the protective tube 57 in which the wire harness (not shown) is housed.

The bracket fitting hole 61 is formed in a substantially rectangular shape so that a plate-shaped bracket 71 which is erected on a mounted portion such as a vehicle body can be inserted from a predetermined direction.
A lock projection (not shown) that engages with a locking hole 73 formed in the bracket 71 is provided therein. By inserting the bracket 71 into the bracket insertion hole 61 and engaging the locking hole 73 with the lock protrusion, the bracket 71 is inserted and fitted into the bracket insertion hole 61, and the clip 51
Are connected and held to the bracket 71. As a result, the protective tube 57 is supported by the bracket 71 via the clip 51.

[0005]

However, as shown in FIGS.
In the conventional clip 51 shown in FIG. 1, the extension direction (connection angle) of the protective tube 57 with respect to the upright direction of the bracket 71 is shown.
10 are set to be substantially right angles, when changing the connecting angle, for example, when the standing direction of the bracket 71 and the extending direction of the protective tube 57 are substantially the same direction, FIG. As shown in FIG.
The clip main body 53 having the mounting portion 75 whose insertion direction is substantially the same as the extending direction of the protection tube 57 must be prepared separately, and the number of components cannot be denied.

When the clip 51 is held by the protective tubes 57 having different outer diameters, as shown in FIG.
Holding part 7 with an inner diameter corresponding to the outer diameter of the protective tube 57
The clip main body 81 having 9 and a guide clip (not shown) suitable for the clip main body had to be separately prepared, and an increase in the number of parts was unavoidable.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a clip capable of reducing the number of parts.

[0008]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a holding body which is held by the long member by sandwiching the long member from the outer periphery, and a bracket which is erected on the attached portion. A mounting body having a bracket fitting portion that is inserted and fitted from a predetermined direction, a shaft portion that rotatably connects the holding body and the mounting body, and mutually engaged at a plurality of rotational positions around the shaft portion. It is characterized in that it is provided with an engaging portion for restricting relative rotation between the holding body and the mounting body.

According to the first aspect of the invention, when the elongated member is supported by the bracket, the holder is held by the elongated member and the rotational position of the attachment body with respect to the holder is elongated with respect to the upright direction of the bracket. It is set at a desired position according to the extending direction of the member, and the bracket fitting portion of the mounting body is fitted and inserted into the bracket. That is, with the same clip, the insertion direction of the bracket fitting portion can be set to a desired direction according to the extending direction of the elongated member.

A second aspect of the present invention is the clip according to the first aspect, wherein the engaging portion has a flexible locking projection provided on one of the holding body and the mounting body. And an engaging groove formed on the other side and engaging with the locking projection, wherein at least one of the locking projection and the engaging groove is a plurality along a substantially same circumference with the shaft portion as a center. It is characterized by being provided.

According to the invention described in claim 2, in addition to the function of the invention described in claim 1, the engaging portion can have a simple structure.

The invention according to claim 3 is the clip according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the holding body is a binding band for binding the elongated members. is there.

According to the invention described in claim 3, in addition to the function of the invention described in claim 1 or 2, since the holder is a binding band, the same length is maintained regardless of the outer diameter of the elongated member. The clip can be held on the elongated member.

[0014]

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

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing a clip according to this embodiment, FIG. 2 is a side view showing the binding band of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a bottom view of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, the clip 1 is composed of a flexible binding band 3 as a holding body and a mounting body 7 having a bracket fitting hole 5 as a bracket fitting portion.

An insertion hole 9 into which the other end 3b of the binding band 3 is inserted is formed in one end 3a of the binding band 3,
A flexible check claw (not shown) is provided in the insertion hole 9. On the outer surface of the other end portion 3b of the binding band 3, a band groove 11 that engages with the check claw is continuously provided in multiple stages, and on the inner surface from the one end portion 3a to the other end portion 3b, a wire harness is internally provided. A ridge 15 is provided so as to engage with the groove portion 13a of the corrugated tube 13 as a long member that accommodates W (see FIG. 4). The binding band 3 is wound around the outer periphery of the corrugated tube 13, the other end side 3b of the binding band 13 is inserted into the insertion hole 9 and pulled, and the band groove 11 is engaged with the check claw so that the binding band 3 is corrugated. The tube 13 is clamped from the outer periphery, and thus the binding band 3 is held by the corrugated tube 13.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the binding band 3
On the outer surface in the vicinity of the insertion hole 9 of the flat portion 1 having a substantially rectangular shape in plan view.
7 are provided. A shaft portion 21 having a locking projection 19 at the tip thereof is provided so as to protrude substantially at the center of the flat surface portion 17.
Four plate-shaped spring pieces 23 as flexible locking projections are provided around the. 4 spring pieces 23
So as to define a square on the plane portion 17,
Along the substantially same circumference with the center as a center, and they are offset by about 90 ° and project obliquely downward. The spring piece 23 is cantilevered with one end fixed and the other end free, and is arranged so that the fixed end and the free end face each other at each corner of the square. Further, the outer diameter of the locking projection 19 is larger than that of the shaft portion 21, and the tip thereof is tapered.

As shown in FIG. 1, the mounting body 7 is formed into a substantially rectangular parallelepiped. The shaft portion 2 is provided at the substantially center of the upper surface of the mounting body 7.
Shaft part insertion hole 2 having an inner diameter slightly larger than the outer diameter of 1
5 is formed, and each spring piece 2 is formed around the shaft insertion hole 25.
Engagement grooves 27 that can be engaged with the free ends of 3 are formed at four locations corresponding to the spring pieces 23. Inside the shaft insertion hole 25, a locking projection accommodating portion 29 having an inner diameter larger than the outer diameter of the locking projection 19 is provided (see FIG. 4).
When the tip end of the shaft is inserted into the shaft insertion hole 25 and pressed, the locking projection 19 is elastically deformed and inserted through the shaft insertion hole 25, and then engaged with the locking projection housing portion 29 to attach the binding band 3. It will not fall off the body 7. In this state, the shaft portion 21 has the shaft portion insertion hole 2
5, the spring piece 23 comes into contact with the mounting body 7 and is elastically deformed, and the binding band 3 is held by the mounting body 7 by the engagement of the locking projection 19 and the elastic force of the spring piece 23. It As a result, the binding band 3 and the mounting body 7 are relatively rotatably connected to each other by the shaft portion 21, and the spring pieces 23 are provided at four rotational positions around the shaft portion 21.
Can be engaged with the engagement groove 27. The spring piece 23 is the engaging groove 2
In the state of being engaged with 7, the binding band 3 is allowed to rotate only in one direction toward the fixed end side of each spring piece 23 with respect to the mounting body 7, and rotates in the opposite direction (the arrow P direction in the figure). Are regulated (see FIG. 5). That is, the locking projection 23 and the engaging groove 27 constitute an engaging portion that engages with each other at a plurality of rotational positions around the shaft portion 21 and restricts relative rotation between the binding band 3 and the mounting body 7. doing.

The bracket fitting hole 5 is formed in a substantially rectangular shape so that the bracket 71 can be inserted from a predetermined direction so as to open on one side surface of the mounting body 7. A lock protrusion (not shown) is provided so as to engage with the formed locking hole 73.

Next, the operation will be described.

The corrugated tube 13 is attached to the bracket 71.
In the case of supporting by means of the binding band 3, first, the locking projection 1
Align the tip of 9 with the shaft insertion hole 25 of the mounting body 7 and press,
Assemble clip 1.

Next, as shown in FIG. 7, the binding band 3 is wound around the outer circumference of the corrugated tube 13 to form the binding band 3.
The other end side 3b of the clip 1 is inserted into the insertion hole 9 to be bound, and the clip 1
Are held in the corrugated tube 13. At this time, the binding band 3 which is exposed by being inserted through the insertion hole 9 is cut along the line Q in the figure, and unnecessary portions of the binding band 3 are cut off.

In this state, since the binding band 3 and the mounting body 7 are allowed to rotate relative to each other only in one direction, the rotational position thereof is set in the extending direction of the corrugated tube 13 with respect to the standing direction of the bracket 71 (see FIG. 5). And a desired position according to (N direction in FIG. 6), the bracket 71 is fitted and inserted into the bracket fitting hole 5 of the mounting body 7.

Therefore, the binding band 3 is provided with the shaft portion 21 and the spring piece 23, and the mounting body 7 is provided with the shaft portion insertion hole 25 and the engagement groove 27.
With the simple structure of providing and, the same clip 1 sets the insertion direction of the bracket fitting hole 5 to a desired direction according to the extending direction of the corrugated tube 13 (N direction in FIGS. 5 and 6). Therefore, the number of parts can be reduced.

Further, since the corrugated tube 13 is bound by the binding band 3, the same clip 1 can be held on the corrugated tube 13 regardless of the outer diameter of the corrugated tube 13, and the number of parts can be reduced. Can be planned.

In the present embodiment, the spring piece 23 and the engagement groove 27 are arranged such that the binding band 3 and the mounting body 7 are engaged at the time of engagement.
Although the shapes of and are relatively rotatable only in one direction, the shapes of both are not limited to such shapes, and may be a shape that completely prevents relative rotation between the binding band 3 and the attachment body 7 at the time of engagement. In this case, when the clip 1 is assembled, the binding band 3 and the mounting body 7 are set at desired rotation positions.

Further, the shaft portion 21 may be provided on the mounting body 7 side and the shaft portion insertion hole 25 may be provided on the binding band 3 side. Further, the spring piece 23 is provided on the mounting body 7 side and the engaging groove 27 is provided. It may be provided on the binding band 3 side.

Further, the numbers of the spring pieces 23 and the engagement grooves 27 are not limited to the above four positions as long as the binding band 3 and the mounting body 7 can be engaged at a plurality of rotational positions.

[0030]

As described above, according to the invention described in claim 1, the insertion direction of the bracket fitting portion is set to a desired direction according to the extending direction of the elongated member by the same clip. Therefore, the number of parts can be reduced.

According to the invention described in claim 2, according to claim 1
In addition to the effect of the invention described in (1), the engaging portion can have a simple structure.

According to the invention described in claim 3, according to claim 1
Alternatively, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 2, since the same clip can be held on the long member regardless of the outer diameter of the long member, the number of parts can be further reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing a clip according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing the binding band of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a bottom view of FIG.

4 is a side view showing the clip of FIG. 1. FIG.

5 is a perspective view showing the entire clip of FIG. 1. FIG.

6 is a perspective view showing the entire clip of FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a state in which the clip of FIG. 1 is held by a corrugated tube.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a conventional example.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a conventional example.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing a conventional problem.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing a conventional problem.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Clip 3 Bundling Band (Holder) 5 Bracket Fitting Hole (Bracket Fitting Part) 7 Mounting Body 13 Corrugated Tube (Long Member) 21 Shaft Part 23 Spring Piece (Locking Protrusion) 27 Engagement Groove 71 Bracket

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A holding body which is held by the long member by sandwiching the long member from the outer periphery, and a bracket fitting portion into which a bracket which is erected on a mounted portion is inserted and fitted from a predetermined direction. The mounting body has a shaft portion that rotatably connects the holding body and the mounting body, and a relative rotation between the holding body and the mounting body is ensured by mutual engagement at a plurality of rotational positions around the shaft portion. A clip provided with a restricting engaging portion. 2. The clip according to claim 1, wherein the engaging portion is formed on one of the holding body and the mounting body and has flexibility, and the other is formed on the other. It is characterized by comprising an engaging groove engaging with the engaging projection, and at least one of the engaging projection or the engaging groove is provided in plural along substantially the same circumference with the shaft portion as the center. clip. 3. The clip according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the holding body is a binding band that binds the elongated members.