JPH10141337A - Garnish clip - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To fit parts positively to a member while maintaining the function of a clip even in case a part forming a garnish clip is damaged. SOLUTION: In a garnish clip 10, a plurality of blade parts 16 are elastically deformed at the time of passing through a fitting hole (member) and restored by the resilience of the balde parts 16 after passing through the fitting hole. These blade parts 16 formed in plate shape are extended outward from almost the whole length of a support 14 extended from a holding part 26 to a head part 12, so that wall thickness can be made thick, and cross-sectional area can be secured large. Even in case partial blade parts out of a plurality of blade parts 16 are damaged, external force imposed on parts can be stopped by the rigid support 14. The parts can thereby be fitted positively into the fitting hole while maintaining the function of a clip.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a garnish clip used for attaching a part such as an automobile part to a member such as a body panel of a vehicle.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, when attaching an automobile part (part) to a body panel (member) of a vehicle, some reinforcing member, for example, a garnish clip is used. The garnish clip is required to be able to easily attach components to members in order to increase work efficiency.
In response to this request, an example of a garnish clip is disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 56-22018.

[0003] The garnish clip 100 disclosed in this publication is roughly composed of an elastic portion 110 and a holding portion 120 as shown in a perspective view of FIG. The elastic part 110 includes a head 102 and elastic legs 104a, 1
04b, 104c, and the holding unit 1
20 is a stabilizer 112, a base 116, a holding piece 11
4,118. In the elastic portion 110, the three elastic legs 104 a, 104 b, and 104 c extend in a substantially vertical direction from the stabilizer 112 and are connected to each other at the head 102. On the other hand, the holding unit 1
At 20, the stabilizer 112, the holding piece 114,
All 118 extend radially from the base 116.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view (longitudinal cross-sectional view) taken along line BB of FIG. 4 and shows the garnish clip 100 attached to the mounting hole 50. In FIG. 5, the stabilizer 112 extends obliquely from the axial direction of the base 116 so as to have an elastic force with respect to the mounting plate 52, and the distal end portion after mounting comes into contact with the mounting plate 52 to maintain a close contact state. I do. The base 116 and the holding piece 114,
In the holding portion whose cross section is formed in a U-shape by 118,
Although not shown, parts such as automobile parts are hooked and held.

The garnish clip 100 has elastic legs 10 in the axial direction (ie, the direction of arrow D12 in the drawing).
4a, 104b, and 104c while bending the mounting plate 52.
Is fitted into the mounting hole 50 provided in the mounting hole. That is, as shown in FIG. 6 (A), the elastic legs 104a, 1
04b and 104c are elastically deformed in the axial direction indicated by arrow D12 against the elastic force when passing through the mounting hole 50. After passing through the mounting hole 50 in this way, as shown in FIG. 6B, the elastic force of the elastic legs 104a, 104b, and 104c causes it to move in the anti-axial direction (that is, the arrow D1 shown in the drawing).
(4 directions). For this reason, it can be easily attached without requiring much force.

[0006]

However, in the conventional garnish clip, the thickness d of the elastic legs 104a, 104b and 104c is reduced so that the clip can be attached with a light force.
And the cross-sectional area is reduced. Therefore, when an external force (for example, vibration during running) is applied to a component such as a door trim after the attachment, the elastic leg is easily bent. This bending may cause rattling or abnormal noise of the component, and may cause a problem that the component is dropped off from the mounting plate due to breakage of the elastic leg. In this way, if any of the elastic legs is bent or damaged, the garnish clip 100 loses its function as a clip and becomes unusable. The present invention has been made in view of such a point, and aims to maintain a function as a clip even if a part of a garnish clip is damaged, and to enable components to be securely attached to a member. Aim.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, a head is formed smaller than a mounting hole of a member, and a portion formed larger than the mounting hole is formed in the mounting hole. A garnish clip including an elastic portion that elastically deforms when inserted and a holding portion that holds a component to be mounted at the position of the mounting hole, and the elastic portion extends from the holding portion to the head. It is characterized in that it has a column extending and a plurality of blades extending outwardly from substantially the entire length of the column and formed in a plate shape. Here, “outward from the support” means not only a radial direction (that is, a radial direction) around the axis of the support, but also an oblique direction based on the radial direction or a direction perpendicular to the radial direction ( That is, it means any direction including the tangential direction.
According to the first aspect of the present invention, the plurality of blade portions elastically deform when passing through the mounting hole, and have an elastic force enough to be restored by the elastic force after passing through the mounting hole.
In addition, since the plurality of blades formed in a plate shape extend outwardly from almost the entire length of the column extending from the holding portion to the head, the thickness is increased and a large cross-sectional area is secured. Can be. For this reason, the wing portion functions as a clip, and the possibility of breakage or breakage can be reduced. Further, even when some of the plurality of blades are damaged, it is possible to receive the external force applied to the component by the rigid support. Therefore, the component can be securely attached to the member.

[0008]

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a garnish clip according to the first aspect, wherein the plurality of blades extend radially from the axis of the support. It is characterized by extending obliquely with respect to the line. According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the plurality of blades extend in an oblique direction with reference to a line radially extending from the axis of the support, a force for elastically deforming when passing through the mounting hole is used. It can be kept small. Therefore, it can be attached to the attachment hole with a light force.

[0009]

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a garnish clip according to the first aspect, wherein the plurality of blades have a thickness at a tip end side at a support side. It is characterized by having a greater thickness. According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the wall thickness on the side of the support is smaller than that on the side of the tip, the blade section is easily bent on the side of the support. for that reason,
The force required to pass the blade through the mounting hole can be further reduced, and the lighter force can be mounted. In this case, since the tip portion of the blade portion is thick, the durability against abrasion caused when the blade portion is passed through the mounting hole can be secured.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Here, FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the garnish clip 10. As shown in FIG. FIG. 2A shows a front view of the garnish clip 10, and FIG.
FIG. 2A is a sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing an elastic deformation process when the garnish clip 10 is passed through the mounting hole 50. FIG.
3 (B) shows a state when the mounting hole 50 is passed, and FIG. 3 (C) shows a state after the mounting hole 50 is passed. First, in FIG. 1, the garnish clip 10 is roughly divided into an elastic portion 18 and a holding portion 26.
And is constituted by. The elastic portion 18 includes the head portion 12 and the plurality of blade portions 16, and the holding portion 2
6 comprises a stabilizer 20, a base 22, and a holding piece 24. The head 12 has a mounting hole 50 to be described later.
It is smaller than (see FIG. 3) and plays a role of guiding the garnish clip 10 into the mounting hole 50.

Next, in FIG. 2A, the column 14 has sufficient rigidity to resist external force (for example, vibration during running). The strut 14 is formed to extend from the center of the holding portion 26 (specifically, the end face of the base 22) to the head 12. The support 14 may be formed eccentrically and extend from the holding portion 26 to the head 12 as necessary. The plurality of blades 16 have an elastic force, extend radially from substantially the entire length of the column 14, and are formed in a plate shape. As is apparent from FIG.
The part corresponding to the section line has the maximum diameter, and the head 12
Side or the stabilizer 20 side. In this case, the inclination angles of the head 12 and the stabilizer 20 are different. This is because the garnish clip 10 is inclined relatively steeply so that the garnish clip 10 can be easily passed through the mounting hole 50 on the head 12 side, and gently so that the garnish clip 10 is securely held after passing through the mounting hole 50 on the stabilizer 20 side. It is because it is inclined. Further, as apparent from FIG. 2 (B), the blade portion 16 has a greater thickness at the tip end side than at the support column 14 side. Further, the blade portion 16 extends obliquely with respect to a line radially extending from the axis of the column 14. That is, a plurality of blades 16 are provided in a screw shape with respect to the support 14.

On the other hand, the holding portion 26 is a base 2 having a cylindrical shape.
2, the stabilizer 20 and the holding piece 24 extend from the base 22 in the radial direction. The stabilizer 20 is formed so as to extend in a “く” shape toward a mounting plate (not shown, for example, the mounting plate 52 shown in FIG. 5), and a tip portion thereof comes into contact with the mounting plate after the garnish clip 10 is mounted. Maintain close contact. Parts (not shown), such as automobile parts, are hooked and held by the base 22, the stabilizer 20, and the holding pieces 24 at the holding parts having a U-shaped cross section. Thus, in combination with the function of the stabilizer 20, the mounting state of the above components can be stably maintained.

In the garnish clip 10 configured as described above, the plurality of blades 16 are deformed as described below when the garnish clip 10 is mounted in the mounting hole 50. That is, FIG.
As shown in (A), when the garnish clip 10 is pressed from the holding piece 24 side, the plurality of blades 16 are elastically deformed in the axial direction of the support 14 (that is, the direction of arrow D2 in the drawing). When the blade 16 passes through the mounting hole 50, a state shown in FIG. 3B is obtained. At this time, the force for restoring the blade 16 to the original state is applied in the direction of arrow D4 shown in the figure. Work on. Thereafter, the blade portion 16 that has passed through the mounting hole 50 is restored by the elastic force as shown in FIG. In this manner, if a force enough to elastically deform the blade portion 16 is applied, the garnish clip 10 can be easily attached to the mounting hole 5.
0 (mounting plate 52).

According to the above embodiment, the plurality of blades 16 are elastically deformed when passing through the mounting hole 50 (member), and after passing through the mounting hole 50, the elastic force is sufficient to be restored by the elastic force. Having. Further, since the plurality of blades 16 formed in a plate shape extend outwardly from substantially the entire length of the column 14 extending from the holding portion 26 to the head 12, the thickness is increased and the cross-sectional area is increased. It can be secured large. Therefore, the blade portion 16 can function as a clip, and can reduce the possibility of breaking or breaking. In addition, even when some of the plurality of blades 16 are damaged, the rigid column 14 can receive the external force applied to the component. Therefore, the component can be securely mounted in the mounting hole 50, and the workability is good. Furthermore, since the lateral displacement of the blade portion 16 is prevented by the support column 14, the holding force of the component is improved. Therefore, even if a part (specifically, the plurality of blades 16) constituting the garnish clip 10 is damaged, the function as the clip can be maintained, and the component held in the holding portion can be securely attached to the mounting hole 50. (Member). The garnish clip 10 is suitable for attaching a component such as a door trim or a package tray trim to a predetermined location such as an automobile body.

Further, since the plurality of blade portions 16 extend obliquely with reference to a line radially extending from the axis of the column 14, the force for elastically deforming when passing through the mounting hole 50 should be reduced. Can be. Therefore, the garnish clip 10 can be attached to the attachment hole 50 with a small force. Further, with respect to the blade portion 16, the support 1
Since the thickness on the side 4 is formed to be thinner than that on the tip side, the blade 16 is on the support 14 side (that is, on the base side).
To bend easily. Therefore, the blade 16 is attached to the mounting hole 5.
The force required when passing through the zero can be further reduced, and a lighter force can be attached. In this case, since the tip end side of the blade portion 16 is thick, the durability against abrasion generated when the blade portion 16 passes through the mounting hole 50 can be secured.

The wing 16 has its head 12
The thickness is changed between an intermediate portion between the head and the stabilizer 20 and the head 12 or the stabilizer 20. In particular,
As shown in FIG. 2A, the blade portion 16 is formed so as to have the largest thickness at the portion having the maximum diameter (that is, the portion corresponding to the AA cross section line). By doing this,
Even if the portion having the maximum diameter of the blade portion 16 passes through the mounting hole 50 many times, it is possible to prevent the wear caused by the contact with the mounting hole 50. Therefore, the life of the garnish clip 10 can be extended.

[Other Embodiments] The structure, shape and size of other parts of the garnish clip described above,
The material and quantity are not limited to the above embodiment. For example, each of the following embodiments to which the above embodiment is applied may be implemented. (1) The thickness of each of the plurality of blades 16 may be changed. Specifically, the thickness may be changed at regular intervals or alternately, or may be formed to have different thicknesses. By doing so, the size of the mounting hole 50,
It is possible to select an optimal garnish clip 10 according to the weight and size of the parts to be held. Thus, the components held by the holding portion 26 can be mounted on the mounting plate 52 in the most stable state. (2) The blade 16 extending outward from the column 14 is formed in a screw shape, but may be formed in another shape. Specifically, it may be formed radially or may be formed to extend tangentially on the outer periphery of the column 14. Or,
Depending on the diameter and the shape of the mounting hole 50, the mounting hole 50 may be formed to extend obliquely from the axis of the support 14 at a predetermined angle with respect to the radial direction. With these shapes, the same effects as those of the above embodiment can be obtained, and in some cases, components can be most stably mounted on the diameter of the mounting hole 50, its shape, and the like.

[0018]

According to the present invention, parts can be securely attached to members while maintaining a function as a clip even if a part (wing part) constituting a garnish clip is damaged.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a garnish clip of the present invention.

FIGS. 2A and 2B are views showing a garnish clip of the present invention, wherein FIG. 2A is a front view and FIG.

3A and 3B are cross-sectional views showing a garnish clip of the present invention, wherein FIG. 3A shows a state before the mounting hole is passed, FIG. 3B shows a state when the mounting hole is passed, and FIG. The state after passing through the mounting hole is shown.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a conventional garnish clip.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view showing a conventional garnish clip.

6A and 6B are cross-sectional views showing a conventional garnish clip, wherein FIG. 6A shows a state before the mounting hole is passed, and FIG. 6B shows a state when the mounting hole is passed.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Garnish clip 12 Head 14 Prop 16 Blade | wing part 18 Elastic part 20 Stabilizer 22 Base 24 Holding piece 26 Holding part

Claims (3)

[Claims] An elastic portion which is formed such that a head portion is formed smaller than a mounting hole of the member and which is formed to be larger than the mounting hole and is elastically deformed when inserted into the mounting hole; A garnish clip having a holding portion for holding a component to be mounted at a position, wherein the elastic portion extends from the holding portion to the head and extends outwardly from substantially the entire length of the supporting column. A garnish clip having a plurality of blades formed in a plate shape. 2. The garnish clip according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of blades extend obliquely with respect to a line extending radially from the axis of the support. clip. 3. The garnish clip according to claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of blades has a thickness at the tip end side larger than that at the support pillar side.