Installation structure for clip and attachment member

Abstract

Provided is an installation structure for a clip and an attachment member, the aforementioned installation structure being such that the clip can be centered in the center of an attachment seat, that the installation seat can be compactly installed, and that the clip can be installed in a non-rickety way. In this installation structure, the head section (21) of a clip (20) is retained by the attachment seat (15) of an attachment member (10), and a leg section (40) is fitted into an attachment hole (5) in the member to be installed (1), thereby fixing the attachment member (10) to the attachment hole (5). The attachment seat (15) comprises an introduction groove (16) and guide grooves (18). The head section (21) of the clip (20) comprises a first flange section (25). In the above-mentioned first flange section (25), there are formed strip-like elastic pieces (30) each of which is shaped like a beam supported at both ends, is bent in the direction of the surface of one of the guide grooves (18) in such as way as to be inserted thereinto, and is forcefully brought into contact with the ends of one of the guide grooves (18); and stop protrusions (33) each of which becomes engaged with an end of one of the guide grooves (18) when the clip (30) tend to greatly shift with respect to the attachment seat (15).

Description

technical field [0001] The present invention relates to an assembly structure for assembling a clip to an installable part, the clip fixing the installable part and a supporting part. Background technique [0002] For example, clips having a head and legs are used in securing a mountable component such as a trim panel to a supporting component such as an automotive body panel. For example, the mountable part has a mount that fits with the head of the clip. The head of the clip is assembled to the mount, and the leg is inserted into the mounting hole of the support member, whereby the mountable part is fixed to the support member via the clip. At the same time, there will be unavoidable manufacturing dimensional errors between the mountable part and the supporting part. When the mountable member is a longitudinally elongated component such as a lateral air flow stabilizing plate, the dimensional change due to thermal expansion is relatively large. Accordingly, fitting the ...

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[0003] However, when the position of the clip changes within the range defined by this play, alignment of the legs with the corresponding mounting holes becomes difficult during insertion of the legs into the mounting holes, thereby deteriorating assembly efficiency.

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