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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2019
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuya Hirata, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a technique for preventing foreign-matter entrance from a connecting member disposed between at least two members. A connecting member includes the following: a body that is a flexible strip; a slit dividing the body into a first side and a second side facing each other; a pair of cuts disposed at both end portions in the longer-side direction of the body, each cut being a triangle; and notches disposed in respective positions contiguous to the slit on the first and second sides, each notch being a triangle. The slit is transformed into an opening by deforming the first and second sides and also changing the positions of the first and second sides in such a manner that two sides of the triangle of each cut abut, and that two sides of the triangle of each notch abut. The body continuously extends in its entire periphery.