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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
May. 31, 2012
Applicants:
Takashi Ogino, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroshi Ikeda, Aiko-gun, JP;
Inventors:
Takashi Ogino, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroshi Ikeda, Aiko-gun, JP;
Assignee:
NHK SPRING CO., LTD., Yokohama, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 2/08 (2006.01); F16J 3/04 (2006.01); F16D 3/223 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 2/08 (2013.01); F16J 3/042 (2013.01); F16D 2003/22316 (2013.01); Y10T 24/14 (2015.01);
Abstract
Provided is a boot band that is configured for preventing the occurrence of buckling in the inner-layer portion of a band body. In the boot band, by applying a diameter-reducing tightening force on the band body when an engagement pawl of an inner-layer portion of the band body has entered a top-end engagement hole of an outer-layer portion of the band body, the top-end engagement hole rides over the engagement pawl. Buckling is prevented by providing, at the area of the top-end engagement hole opposite where the engagement pawl enters therein, a guide that faces the engagement pawl.