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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 26, 1996
Hiroaki Iizuka, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Hiraku Tanaka, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Norihito Suzuki, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A cover fixing structure for an end surface of a tubular body according to the present invention is constructed such that it comprises: a plurality of projections 1 having a tip end hook portion 1a on the mounting surface of an external joint cover 110 which is to be fitted onto the end surface of the tubular body 11, a groove 3 for receiving the locking projection formed at the position corresponding to the locking projection 1, a rib 5 formed on the inner surface of the external peripheral wall of the tubular body 11 within the groove 3, the groove 3 is formed with a through hole 3a for receiving the hook portion 1a on the inner peripheral wall of the tubular body 11, wherein gap between the inner end portion of the rib 5 and the inner peripheral wall of the tubular body 11 is made substantially equal to the thickness of the locking projection 1, and the rib 5 is formed with a tapering surface inclined toward the entrance side of the groove 3