Nifco Inc.

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Vtec Co.,ltd.

Taku Tashima

Yasuaki Kawakami

Kazuo Ito

Atsushi Yamada

Kosaku Taguchi

Kenichi Kamiya

Tadashi Ozeki

Ryo Enomoto

Nobuyasu Furugori

Hikoe Mizukoshi

To obtain a mounting structure capable of being applied to mount an object to be mounted by absorbing a central position variation between a pin and a female mounting member in more directions. A cap pinis formed with a long hole shaped male side fitting portionso as to rotate in an arrow Rdirection with respect to a pinand to relatively move slide in a sliding axis Xdirection. Even if a pin axis Xof the pinand a central axis Xof a clipare deviated, the cap pinis rotated and slid; and accordingly, the pinmay be inserted and fitted to the male side insertion portion

Mounting structure

A clip includes a female member, a male member, and a connecting piece. The female member is formed in a cylindrical shape with two open ends, and has an outer flange at an upper cylinder end. A flexible engaging piece is formed in a side section defined by slits formed in the side section, and is provided with an engaging surface facing the outer flange. The male member is formed of a leg shaft and a head provided at an upper end of the leg shaft for a pushing operation. The connecting piece connects the head of the male member with the outer flange of the female member, so that a lower end of the leg shaft of the male member is positioned directly above the upper cylinder end of the female member.

Clip and airbag body installation structure

A fastener for connecting plate members includes a male member, and a female member to be inserted into mounting holes of the plate members. The female member includes a cylinder body for receiving the main body therein, a projecting portion formed on an outer periphery of the cylinder body at one end thereof, and protruding portions formed at the other end thereof. A first engaging portion is formed on an outer surface of a main body of the male member or an inner surface of the cylinder body, and a second engaging portion engaging the first engaging portion is formed on the inner surface or the outer surface. The second engaging portion has two engaging sections and a smooth surface portion interposed therebetween. When the male member is inserted into the female member, the male member can be easily engaged with the female member.

Fastener

An article holding device is formed of an outer casing to be attached to a mounting hole of a member to be attached and having a first engaging portion at an inner wall surface, and a core including a main body to be inserted into the outer casing and a second engaging portion provided on an outer wall surface of the main body and engaging the first engaging portion in an assembled condition that the main body is inserted to a predetermined position of the outer casing. A protruding portion is formed at a side wall of the main body to engage the hook inserted into the core. The hook is located in the core and is pushed, so that the hook presses a bottom wall of the core, and the core is inserted into the outer casing and assembled therewith. In this assembled condition, outer wall surfaces of the elastic engaging portions abut against a narrow width portion of the outer casing to thereby strongly hold the hook.

Article holding device

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Taku Tashima