Aoyama Seisakusho Co., Ltd.

Susumu Kitajima

Hiroshi Kazino

Hiromichi Mizuno

Masaaki Ide

Yoshihiro Murase

Hideki Kakamu

Tomiyasu Kakeno

Yoshiaki Nishimura

Masao Sakai

Yoshinori Kanou

Hiroshi Jonishi

A holding device for use in assembling mechanical members comprises a joint head having a spherical head and a fastener formed continuous with the spherical head; and a clip having a joint cavity member formed of an elastic material, the joint cavity member having a groove portion having a cross-section corresponding in shape to an external shape of the spherical head, and receiving lip portions formed continuous with the groove portion, the receiving lip portions spreading outward, and a fastener formed continuous with the joint cavity member. The spherical head of the joint can be fitted in the groove portion to be held therein, whereby a member which is fastened to the fastener of the joint head and a member which is fastened to the fastener of the clip can be preliminarily held to each other. The invention provides the preliminarily-holding device for use in assembling mechanical members, which is capable of causing a part (e.g. a bumper of an automotive vehicle) having destortion in its formed shape to be preliminarily held onto a body (e.g. of the vehicle) having dimensional or positional errors in assembly, while absorbing deviations in the positional relationship between the part and body to be assembled.

Holding device for use in assembling mechanical members

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Toyota, Japan

Susumu Kitajima