Vehicle Interior Fixing Clip Deformation Prevention
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional fixing clips for vehicle interior parts are prone to deformation or damage due to external forces and require complex mounting processes, leading to reduced productivity.
Innovation Solution
A fixing clip with a screw-secured bottom part, upwardly extending body parts, outwardly and downwardly bent coupling parts, and an elastic wing part with deformation prevention features, allowing for secure and easy mounting to a mounting bracket while preventing damage from external forces.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional clips are used to mount interior parts, then mounting is facilitated, but the clips are deformed or damaged by external forces applied to the insertion parts or hook plates
Solution Approach 1:
The clip is divided into distinct functional segments: a body portion with deformation prevention pieces, insertion parts for mounting, and hook plates for securing. This segmentation allows each part to be optimized independently - the body portion resists deformation while the insertion and hook parts facilitate mounting and securing operations.
Solution Approach 2:
Deformation prevention pieces are built into the body portion beforehand to cushion and resist external forces before they can cause damage. These preventive features are integrated in advance to protect the structural integrity of the clip during use.
2Reliability
If conventional clips with complex mounting structures are used, then mounting capability is achieved, but working time increases and productivity decreases
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple mounting functions are merged into a single integrated clip structure. The insertion parts, hook plates, and deformation prevention features are combined in one component, eliminating the need for separate mounting hardware and reducing the number of assembly steps.
Solution Approach 2:
The clip is designed to be self-installing through its elastic insertion parts that automatically engage with the mounting bracket holes. The deformation prevention pieces and hook plates work automatically without requiring additional fastening operations or complex assembly procedures.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables firm and efficient mounting and separation of vehicle interior parts, preventing deformation and damage from external forces, thus improving productivity and reliability.
Implementation Method 1
an elastic wing part that is elastically biased to an outside is formed in a body with the coupling part
Data Source
AI summary
A fixing clip for fixing an interior part of a vehicle is provided. The fixing clip is assembled in a body with the interior part via a headlining by a screw and is fixed to a mounting bracket provided in a vehicle body. The fixing clip includes a bottom part provided with a screw hole through which the screw is fastened and being in close contact with an upper surface of the interior part, a pair of body parts extending and being bent upwardly from both ends of the bottom part to face each other, and a pair of coupling parts extending and being bent outwardly and downwardly from upper ends of the body parts and being inserted into clip insertion holes provided on the mounting bracket. Accordingly, the clip can firmly and easily mount/separate an interior part on/from the vehicle body with its deformation, damage, or unexpected seceding due to an external force prevented.