Stopper device

• US 10,570,655 B2
• Filed: 01/20/2016
• Issued: 02/25/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 01/26/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Piolax Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Piolax Incorporated
• Inventors: Nakasone, Hisashi
• Primary Examiner(s): O'Brien, Jeffrey
• Application Number:
  US15/543,598
• Publication Number:
  US 20170370140A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,497 Days
• Field of Search: 16 82, 16 83, 16 85, 16 86 R, 16 86 A, 267139
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 7/06 mounted on or below dashboards
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 83/30 for glove compartments
• CPC Class Codes: E05C 19/16 Devices holding the wing by magnetic or electromagnetic attraction E05C17/56 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 5/022 specially adapted for vehicles, e.g. for hoods or trunks
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2201/224 Stops
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2600/12 by manual operation
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/538 Interior lids

Abstract

A stopper device includes: a stopper that has an abutting part located at a distal end of a tubular part in the axial direction, and a through-hole penetrating through the abutting part and communicating with the inside of the tubular part; and a screw that has a flange-shaped screw head accommodated in the tubular part, and a shaft projecting toward a proximal end side of the tubular part in the axial direction. The tubular part has a first restricting part that restricts movement of the stopper toward the distal end in the axial direction by being engaged with the screw head. The position of the stopper in the axial direction is changed by inserting a tool in the tubular part through the through-hole and rotating the screw.

Claims

1. A stopper device mounted in a mount-base member, comprising:

a stopper including;

a cylindrical portion;

an abutting portion disposed at an axial distal end of the cylindrical portion; and

a through-hole penetrating the abutting portion in an axial direction to communicate with an inside of the cylindrical portion;

a case including a lateral hole; and

a screw including;

a screw head portion having a flange shape to be housed inside the cylindrical portion; and

a shaft portion projecting toward an axial base end of the cylindrical portion,

wherein the shaft portion is screwed into a screw receiving portion,

wherein the screw receiving portion is formed in the case to be mounted on the mount-base member,

wherein the cylindrical portion includes a first limiting portion arranged to limit movement of the stopper toward the axial distal end by being engaged with the screw head portion,

wherein an axial position of the stopper with respect to the case is adjustable by inserting a tool into the cylindrical portion through the through-hole and rotating the screw,

wherein a side wall of the cylindrical portion is formed with a cutout penetrating the side wall,

wherein the first limiting portion is provided at a peripheral portion of the cutout, and

wherein, when the stopper is mounted onto the case, the first limiting portion is expanded by the screw head portion and the lateral hole of the case allows the first limiting portion to be bent outward.

2. The stopper device of claim 1,

wherein a portion of the cylindrical portion and an outer peripheral surface of the screw receiving portion, into which the screw is screwed, are disposed to overlap with each other as viewed in a radial direction.

3. The stopper device of claim 1, further including:

a spring housed in the cylindrical portion, and arranged to abut on the screw head portion to urge the abutting portion in a direction away from the screw.

4. The stopper device of claim 1, wherein the first limiting portion includes an elastic pawl body which extends from the peripheral portion of the cutout at a side of the axial base end toward the axial distal end, and is engaged with the screw head portion at a distal end of the elastic pawl body.

5. The stopper device of claim 1, wherein the first limiting portion includes an engaged surface, and

wherein the engaged surface and an upper surface of the screw receiving portion simultaneously contact the screw when the axial position of the stopper is at the lowest height.

6. The stopper device of claim 1, wherein the first limiting portion is engaged with a side edge of the flange shape of the screw head portion.

7. The stopper device of claim 1, wherein the first limiting portion is engaged with a side edge of the flange shape of the screw head portion, thereby functioning as a limiting portion for limiting an axial relative movement of the axial position of the screw head portion and the cylindrical portion.

8. The stopper device of claim 1, wherein the case includes:

an outer cylindrical portion;

an opening portion;

the screw receiving portion; and

a bottom portion.

9. The stopper device of claim 8, wherein the case includes a bottom-closed cylindrical shape.

10. The stopper device of claim 8, wherein the outer cylindrical portion includes the opening portion on a first end and the bottom portion on a second end.

11. The stopper device of claim 10, wherein a flange portion is disposed at the first end of the outer cylindrical portion,

wherein the flange portion has a shape of extending outward in a radial direction,

wherein a pair of mounting portions are disposed on an outer surface of the outer cylindrical portion, and

wherein the pair of mounting portions project outward in the radial direction so as to form elastic pawls that are bendable in the radial direction.

12. The stopper device of claim 11, wherein the flange portion and the pair of mounting portions define a given space therebetween such that a rim of a mounting hole of the mount-base member enters the space.

13. The stopper device of claim 12, wherein the lateral hole is provided so as to cut out a side wall of the outer cylindrical portion,

wherein, when the stopper is mounted from the opening portion after the screw is screwed with the screw receiving portion, first limiting portions are expanded by the screw head portion and the lateral hole of the case allows the first limiting portions to be bent outward.

14. The stopper device of claim 12, wherein the stopper includes a slit portion formed in the cylindrical portion by cutting out from a rear end along the axial direction, and

wherein, when the stopper is housed in the case, a rib of the case enters the slit portion to thereby prevent the stopper from being rotated.

15. The stopper device of claim 8, wherein the screw receiving portion is erected from the bottom portion of the case so as to be screwed with the screw inserted thereinto,

wherein the screw receiving portion is coaxial with and smaller in diameter than the outer cylindrical portion, and

wherein a rear end portion of the screw receiving portion projects from the bottom portion to have a length for receiving the shaft portion of the screw.

16. The stopper device of claim 8, wherein a rib extends from an outer peripheral surface of the screw receiving portion to connect the screw receiving portion with the outer cylindrical portion, and

wherein the rib is erected from the bottom portion of the case to a distal end of the screw receiving portion.

17. A stopper device mounted in a mount-base member, comprising:

a stopper including;

a cylindrical portion;

an abutting portion disposed at an axial distal end of the cylindrical portion; and

a through-hole penetrating the abutting portion in an axial direction to communicate with an inside of the cylindrical portion;

a screw including;

a screw head portion having a flange shape to be housed inside the cylindrical portion; and

a shaft portion projecting toward an axial base end of the cylindrical portion;

a case including a lateral hole; and

a spring housed in the cylindrical portion,

wherein the cylindrical portion includes;

a first limiting portion arranged to limit movement of the stopper toward the axial distal end by being engaged with the screw head portion; and

a second limiting portion arranged to limit movement of the stopper toward the axial base end by being engaged with the screw head portion,

wherein an axial position of the stopper with respect to the mount-base member is adjustable by inserting a tool into the cylindrical portion through the through-hole and rotating the screw,

wherein one end of the spring is arranged to abut on the screw head portion to urge the abutting portion in a direction away from the screw,

wherein the screw head portion is loosely fitted in an axial space between the first limiting portion and the second limiting portion, whereby the stopper is movable in the axial direction,

wherein a side wall of the cylindrical portion is formed with a cutout penetrating the side wall,

wherein the first limiting portion is provided at a peripheral portion of the cutout, and

wherein, when the stopper is mounted onto the case, the first limiting portion is expanded by the screw head portion and the lateral hole of the case allows the first limiting portion to be bent outward.

18. The stopper device of claim 17, wherein the first limiting portion includes an elastic pawl body which extends from the peripheral portion of the cutout at a side of the axial base end toward the axial distal end, and is engaged with the screw head portion at a distal end of the elastic pawl body.