TWI788223B - Retaining clip installation tool - Google Patents

Abstract

A retaining clip installation tool is provided, including: a main body, including a head portion, the head portion including a first block portion, a second block portion and a bottom portion, the first block portion and the second block portion respectively connected on opposite two sides of the bottom portion, the first block portion and the second block portion disposed separately in a first direction, the first block portion and the second block portion having a height drop, the second block portion and the bottom portion defined a positioning portion, the positioning portion being adapted for being engaged a retaining clip therewithin.

Description

Fastener Installation Tool

The invention relates to a fastener installation tool.

Usually the fastener will be embedded in the ring groove of the base (such as rod, shaft, etc.). The conventional installation tool for installing fasteners has a card slot for the fastener to be embedded in, so that the fastener can be kept on the tool, and pressed by the tool to be embedded in the ring groove .

However, in the known tools, the walls of the two opposite sides of the slot are of the same height, so that the forces exerted by the walls on the fastener are at the same level. When the direction of the substrate is pressed against the fastener, the fastener is easily shaken or bent due to the reaction force of the substrate, making it difficult to fit into the ring groove and easy to get out of the ring groove, making installation difficult and the fastener easily deformed and damaged lack of.

Therefore, it is necessary to provide a novel and progressive fastener installation tool to solve the above problems.

The main purpose of the present invention is to provide a fastener installation tool, with a first stop portion and a second stop portion having a height difference that can be stably supported on the upper and lower positions of the opposite sides of a fastener, so that it can be smoothly installed The fastener fits into a ring ditch.

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a fastener installation tool, which includes: a body, which includes a head, the head includes a first stop, a second stop and a bottom, the first stop and the second blocking portion is connected to two opposite sides of the bottom, the first blocking portion and the second blocking portion are arranged at intervals in a first direction, the first blocking portion and the second blocking portion have a height difference , the first blocking portion, the second blocking portion and the bottom together constitute a positioning portion, and the positioning portion can provide a fastener to be locked inside along a second direction, and the second direction is transverse to the first direction, The first blocking portion includes an abutting surface facing the positioning portion and a first top end, the abutting surface is transverse to the bottom and at least partly exposed in the first direction, the abutting surface and the second blocking portion In addition, the fastener can be abutted, the bottom defines a bottom point, the second stop includes a second top, and in the second direction, the first top and the second top are respectively higher than the bottom point, the first top is farther from the bottom point than the second top.

The following examples illustrate possible implementations of the present invention, but are not intended to limit the scope of protection of the present invention.

Please refer to FIGS. 1 to 9 , which show a preferred embodiment of the present invention. The fastener installation tool of the present invention includes a body 1 .

The body 1 includes a head 10, the head 10 includes a first stop 20, a second stop 30 and a bottom 40, the first stop 20 and the second stop 30 are connected to the bottom 40 On the opposite sides, the first blocking portion 20 and the second blocking portion 30 are arranged at intervals in a first direction L1, and the heights of the first blocking portion 20 and the second blocking portion 30 are different and have height differences. , the first blocking portion 20, the second blocking portion 30 and the bottom portion 40 together constitute a positioning portion 50, the positioning portion 50 can provide a fastener 2 to be locked inside along a second direction L2, and the second direction L2 is transverse to the first direction L1. The first blocking portion 20 includes an abutment surface 21 facing the positioning portion 50 and a first top end 22. The abutment surface 21 is transverse to the bottom 40 and at least partially on the first end. A direction L1 is exposed, the abutment surface 21 and the second blocking portion 30 can respectively provide the fastener 2 to abut against, the bottom 40 defines a bottom end point 41, and the second blocking portion 30 includes a second top end 31 , in the second direction L2, the first top 22 and the second top 31 are respectively higher than the bottom point 41, and the first top 22 is farther from the bottom point 41 than the second top 31. Preferably, the head 10 defines a reference line 4 parallel to the first direction L1 and passing through the bottom point 41, the first top 22 defines a first height H1 to the reference line 4, and the second top 31 to the reference line 4 define a second height H2, the second height H2 is less than 1/2 times the first height H1. The fastener 2 protrudes from the first blocking portion 20 and the second blocking portion 30 along the second direction L2. The fastener 2 can be a C-shaped buckle, a U-shaped buckle or an E-shaped buckle.

When in use, the fastener 2 is inserted into the positioning portion 50 for fastening the fastener 2 in the annular groove 6 of a base 5, such as a cross shaft of a vehicle body. Specifically, when the fastener 2 is inserted into the ring groove 6 along the second direction L2, the first blocking portion 20 can press the fastener 2 against the ring groove in the first direction L1. 6, to facilitate force application and stable installation, the second stop 30 can prevent the bottom end of the fastener 2 from turning away from the first stop in the direction of the second stop 30 due to pressure 20. In this way, when an external force acts on the fastener installation tool in the second direction L2 (such as hitting with a mallet), the fastener 2 can be stably inserted into the ring groove 6 without being easily shaken. Due to the height difference design of the first stopper 20 and the second stopper 30 in the second direction L2, the first top end 22 and the second top end 31 can be opposite to the buckle in the second direction L2. The different height positions of the parts 2 lean against the opposite sides of the fastener 2 laterally to achieve stable lateral support in the upper and lower positions, so that the process of buckling the fastener 2 into the ring groove 6 is not easy to be deflected or stressed deformation; moreover, the area of the abutting surface 21 of the first stopper 20 against the fastener 2 is large, and the supporting force is large; in addition, when the first stopper 20 is just in contact with the first direction L1 When the base body 5 overlaps, the second blocking portion 30 has not yet overlapped with the base body 8 in the first direction L1 and still has a section with the base body 5 in the second direction L2, so the fastener 2 can be pressed into the The depth of the ring ditch 6. During installation, the fastener 2 can abut against the base 8 (such as the U-shaped portion of the transmission shaft of the vehicle body) in the second direction L2.

The second blocking portion 30 is provided with a through groove 32 opened in the first direction L1, so as to reduce the contact area with the base body 8, and facilitate the second blocking portion 30 to be pulled out from the base body 5 and the base body 8. between.

The positioning portion 50 includes an arc concave portion 60 recessed along the second direction L2, and the arc concave portion 60 allows the fastener 2 to be inserted along the second direction L2. The arc concave portion 60 includes an arc concave groove 61 and an arc concave surface 62 forming the arc concave groove 61. The arc concave surface 62 provides the fastener 2 to lean against, so that the fastener 2 with different thickness sizes can be embedded in the and prevent the bottom end of the fastener 2 from sliding relative to the arc concave surface 62, and prevent the fastener 2 from being deformed or warped.

The bottom 40 includes a first abutting section 42, a second abutting section 43 and a concave section 44 recessed in the second direction L2. The first abutting section 42 and the second abutting section 43 are respectively Transversely connected to two opposite sides of the concave section 44, the first abutting section 42 and the second abutting section 43 can respectively provide the fastener 2 to abut against, and the concave section 44 forms a groove 45. In this embodiment, the lower groove 45 is an arc-shaped groove; preferably, the positioning portion 50 is provided with an opening 51 opened in the second direction L2, the first abutting section 42 and the second abutting section 42 Sections 43 extend obliquely towards the opening 51 and away from the concave section 44 respectively, and are slightly V-shaped. The lower groove 45 can be used for at least part of the fastener 2' to be embedded in it, as shown in FIG. 9, so that The fasteners 2' are provided with different outer diameters, and various types of fasteners 2, 2' can also be provided.

The fastener installation tool further includes a magnetic attraction 3 , which is disposed on the body 1 and corresponds to the positioning portion 50 , and can provide magnetic attraction to the fastener 2 for positioning the fastener 2 . Preferably, the first blocking portion 20 includes a housing portion 23, the housing portion 23 includes a housing chamber 24 and a peripheral wall 25 forming the housing chamber 24, the peripheral wall 25 surrounds in a closed shape, and the magnetic The suction part 3 is disposed in the chamber 24, so that the magnetic suction part 3 can be protected from being damaged by external force. In this embodiment, the lower groove 45 is open in the first direction L1, and the magnetic attraction part 3 at least partly corresponds to the lower groove 45; the chamber 24 is opened in the first direction L1, so that the magnetic attraction The component 3 can directly magnetically attract the fastener 2 to the positioning portion 50 in the first direction L1.

The first top end 22 includes a dodging concave portion 26 recessed along the second direction L2 and two top convex portions 27 located on opposite sides of the dodging concave portion 26. The second direction L2 is arranged at intervals, and the two top protrusions 27 can bear against the two ends of the fastener 2 so that the fastener 2 is separated from the ring groove 6, and the magnetic attraction 3 will not move in the second direction. L2 is directly impacted by external force to avoid damage.

The main body 1 further includes a grip portion 70, the grip portion 70 includes a connecting end portion 71, a knocking end portion 72 and a grip connected between the connecting end portion 71 and the knocking end portion 72. Section 73, the holding section 73 is flat, the holding section 73 includes two planes 74 located on opposite sides and two connecting surfaces 75 located on opposite sides, the two connecting surfaces 75 are respectively connected to the two planes 74, when holding the grip portion 70, the grip portion 70 is not easy to rotate relative to the hand. The knocking end 72 is made of a metal material, which has high structural strength and is not easily deformed by long-term knocking.

In the fastener installation tool of the present invention, the first stop portion and the second stop portion with height difference can be stably and laterally supported on the upper and lower sides of the opposite sides of the fastener, so that the fastener can be installed smoothly into the ring ditch.

1: Ontology 10: head 20: The first block 21: abutment surface 22: first top 23:Accommodating Department 24: Containment room 25: Circumferential wall 26: dodge recess 27: top convex part 30: Second block 31: second top 32: Grooving 40: bottom 41: Bottom endpoint 42: The first contact section 43: The second abutment section 44: concave section 45: lower groove 50: Positioning Department 51: opening 60: arc recess 61: arc groove 62: arc concave 70: Grip 71: Connection end 72: Tap the end 73: Holding section 74: Plane 75: connection surface 2,2': Fastener 3: Magnetic parts 4: Reference line 5: Matrix 6: ring ditch 8: seat body L1: the first direction L2: the second direction H1: first height H2: second height

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 2 is an exploded view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged view of FIG. 3 . Fig. 5 is a front view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a partially enlarged view of FIG. 5 . Fig. 7 is a sectional view of line A-A in Fig. 5 . Fig. 8 is a diagram of a usage state of a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 9 is another usage status diagram of a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

1: Ontology

10: head

20: The first block

30: Second block

40: bottom

70: Grip

3: Magnetic parts

Claims (10)

A fastener installation tool, comprising: A body, including a head, the head includes a first stop, a second stop and a bottom, the first stop and the second stop are connected to two opposite sides of the bottom, the first The blocking portion and the second blocking portion are arranged at intervals in a first direction, the first blocking portion and the second blocking portion have a height difference, and the first blocking portion, the second blocking portion and the bottom together form a The positioning part, the positioning part can provide a fastener to be locked inside along a second direction, the second direction is transverse to the first direction, the first stop part includes an abutting surface facing the positioning part and a first A top end, the abutment surface is transverse to the bottom and at least partly exposed in the first direction, the abutment surface and the second stop portion can respectively provide the fastener abutment, the bottom defines a bottom end point, the The second blocking portion includes a second top. In the second direction, the first top and the second top are respectively higher than the bottom point, and the first top is farther away from the bottom point than the second top. The fastener installation tool according to claim 1, wherein the positioning portion includes an arc concave portion recessed along the second direction, and the arc concave portion allows the fastener to be embedded along the second direction. The fastener installation tool according to claim 2, wherein the arc concave portion includes an arc concave groove and an arc concave surface forming the arc concave groove, and the arc concave surface provides the fastener against. The fastener installation tool as described in claim 1, wherein the bottom includes a first abutment section, a second abutment section and a concave section recessed in the second direction, the first abutment section and the The second abutting section is transversely connected to two opposite sides of the concave section, and the first abutting section and the second abutting section can respectively provide the abutment for the fastener. The fastener installation tool as described in claim 4, wherein the positioning part is provided with an opening opened in the second direction, and the first abutting section and the second abutting section are respectively facing the opening and away from the concave section Extending obliquely and slightly V-shaped, the concave section forms a lower groove. The fastener installation tool as described in claim 1, wherein the body further includes a gripping portion, the gripping portion includes a connecting end, a knocking end, and a connecting end and the knocking end The holding section between the two parts is flat. The holding section includes two planes on opposite sides and two connecting surfaces on opposite sides. The two connecting surfaces are respectively connected to the two planes. between. The fastener installation tool according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising a magnetic attraction part, which is arranged on the body and corresponds to the positioning part, and can provide magnetic attraction for the fastener. The fastener installation tool as described in Claim 7, wherein the first blocking portion includes a housing portion, the housing portion includes a chamber and a peripheral wall forming the chamber, and the peripheral wall is closed, The magnetic attraction part is arranged in the chamber. The fastener installation tool as described in claim 7, wherein the first top end includes a dodging concave portion recessed along the second direction and two top convex portions arranged on opposite sides of the dodging concave portion, the magnetic attraction And the dodging recesses are arranged at intervals along the second direction. The fastener installation tool as described in claim 5, wherein the head defines a reference line parallel to the first direction and passing through the bottom end point, the first top end defines a first height to the reference line, the first Two tops define a second height to the reference line, and the second height is less than 1/2 times the first height; the positioning portion includes an arc concave portion recessed along the second direction, and the arc concave portion is used for the fastener along The second direction is embedded; the arc concave portion includes an arc concave groove and an arc concave surface constituting the arc concave groove, and the arc concave surface provides the fastener against; the lower groove is open in the first direction, and the magnetic attraction At least partially corresponding to the lower groove; the lower groove is an arc-shaped groove; the fastener installation tool further includes a magnetic attraction piece, which is arranged on the body and corresponds to the positioning portion, and can provide magnetic attraction for the buckle piece; the first blocking portion includes a housing portion, the housing portion includes a chamber and a peripheral wall constituting the chamber, the peripheral wall around the closed shape, the magnetic component is located in the chamber; the The chamber is open along the first direction; the first top end includes a dodging recess recessed along the second direction and two top protrusions arranged on opposite sides of the dodging recess, the magnetic attraction part and the dodging recess arranged at intervals in the second direction; the fastener protrudes from the first blocking portion and the second blocking portion along the second direction; the body further includes a gripping portion, and the gripping portion includes a connecting end portion 1. A knocking end and a holding section connected between the connecting end and the knocking end, the holding section is flat, and the holding section includes two planes located on opposite sides and two The connection surfaces on two opposite sides are respectively connected between the two planes; the knocking end is made of a metal material.

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