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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2007
Yasuki Wakabayashi, Yokohama, JP;
Hirotatsu Matsuo, Yokohama, JP;
Kiyotaka Itou, Yokohama, JP;
Tetsutaro Nakagawa, Yokohama, JP;
Yusuke Arai, Yokohama, JP;
Naoki Aizawa, Yokohama, JP;
Yasuki Wakabayashi, Yokohama, JP;
Hirotatsu Matsuo, Yokohama, JP;
Kiyotaka Itou, Yokohama, JP;
Tetsutaro Nakagawa, Yokohama, JP;
Yusuke Arai, Yokohama, JP;
Naoki Aizawa, Yokohama, JP;
Piolax Inc., Yokohama-shi, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama-shi, JP;
Abstract
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.