Piolax, Inc.

Nissan Motor Company Limited

Yasuki Wakabayashi

Hirotatsu Matsuo

Naoki Aizawa

Kiyotaka Itou

Tetsutaro Nakagawa

Yusuke Arai

Kazuyoshi Shiga

A clip includes a cylindrical body having insertion space into which one of different diameters of rod members is insertable, a pair of locking claws formed to face each other in a first direction and configured to lock the rod member inserted into the insertion space, and an inner wall configured to be deformable in a second direction which is substantially at right angles to the first direction. The inner wall deforms in the second direction upon receiving a rod member having a largest diameter among all of the attaching target rod members.

Clip

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a temperature sensor mounting unit for mounting a temperature sensor inside a mounting-target member through a mounting hole provided in a mounting wall, the temperature sensor mounting unit including: a base plate; elastic gripping pieces that extend from the base plate to grip the temperature sensor therebetween; elastic locking pieces formed on the base plate to be brought into engagement with the mounting hole; and a passage hole formed on the base plate to lead out a lead wire therethrough, wherein, in a mounted state, at least when an external force to expand the elastic gripping pieces is exerted, the elastic gripping pieces are brought into abutment with an inner circumference of the mounting hole so as to be prevented from expanding.

Temperature sensor mounting unit

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a temperature sensor mounting unit for mounting a temperature sensor to a mounting-target member at a mounting hole formed on a mounting wall thereof, the temperature sensor mounting unit including: a clip main body including: a base plate that is to be positioned on a front surface side of the mounting wall, the base plate having an installation hole formed therein, the installation hole allowing the temperature sensor to penetrate into a rear surface side of the mounting wall; and a plurality of elastic engagement pieces that extend from the base plate to be engaged with a circumferential edge of the mounting hole at the rear surface side of the mounting wall; and an elastic seal member configured to be disposed between the clip main body and the mounting wall.

Provided is a clip which can be easily detached from a mounting hole solely by pulling a base portion thereof in any one direction. A clip () is equipped with a base portion () to engage with a front-side peripheral edge of a mounting hole (), and a locking leg () to engage with a back-side peripheral edge of the mounting hole (). The locking leg () has a stem portion () and a pair of elastic engagement members () extending in an anchor-fluke-like fashion from the forward ends of the stem portion () and having at their forward ends engagement portions () to engage with the back-side peripheral edge of the mounting hole (). An axis (C) of the stem portion () and a line (L) connecting the centers of the engagement portions () of the pair of elastic engagement members () are offset from each other as seen in an axial direction of the stem portion (). When the base portion () is pulled strongly, the stem portion () gradually leaves the mounting hole () while warped in an arch, with the elastic engagement members () and the stem portion () opening in a V-shape, thus making it possible to detach the clip () from the mounting hole () relatively easily.

A clip to be inserted into and fixed to a rectangular hole formed in an attached member includes: a base body portion that engages the rectangular hole on a one side of the attached member; a stem portion that extends from the base body portion to be insertable into the rectangular hole; and a pair of engaging legs that extend from an end portion of the stem portion toward the base body portion in an anchor leg-like manner. Engaging portions are disposed in ends of the engaging legs, respectively, to engage the rectangular hole on the other side of the attached member. Widths of the engaging legs are formed to be gradually enlarged from the end portion of the stem portion toward the base body portion, respectively.

A band clamp including: a band portion which is wound around a member to be bundled; a lock portion to which a base end of the band portion is connected; engaging projections which are formed in the band portion along a direction of length of the band portion at predetermined intervals; an insertion path through which an end of the band portion is passed; a lock claw that is disposed in the insertion path and that engages with the engaging projection of the band portion; and ribs extending along both sides of the band portion from a connection part of the band portion in a direction in which the band portion extends, wherein: the lock portion has the insertion path and the lock claw; and the ribs are formed on a clamp face of the lock portion, against which the member to be bundled abuts.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Yasuki Wakabayashi