Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Kanesan Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

Makinori Kawashima

Minoru Nakamura

A hose clamp assembly comprises a belt form of a plate spring body which is in an annular form having opposite ends and is provided with a grooved notch in which an extending piece to be described just below is inserted in a free state to form the same circumferential plane; an extending piece which is integrally provided at one end of the plate spring body along its circumferential direction, bent at its extreme end outwardly along the diametrical direction of the plate spring body to form a stopper and includes a pair of projecting tongues extending outwardly and vertically with respect to its both widthwise sides, the tongues inclining at their extreme ends at the required angles with respect to the stopper; and a receiving piece provided at the extreme end of the other end of the plate spring body, the receiving piece being bent outwardly along the diametrical direction thereof and including a notch somewhat wider in width than the extending piece and a horizontal portion provided with locking grooves spaced away from each other at an interval corresponding to the space between the pair of locking tongues and formed at the required angles increasingly inclined as they go up.

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Suwa, Japan

Makinori Kawashima