Part mounting clamp

• US 20070272807A1
• Filed: 05/18/2006
• Published: 11/29/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/18/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hellermanntyton Corporation (BorgWarner Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Hellermanntyton Co., Ltd. (Aptiv PLC)
• Inventors: Takagaki, Toshiaki
• Application Number:
  US11/435,884
• Publication Number:
  US 20070272807A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 248/71
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/0215 Protecting, fastening and routing means therefor
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 21/086 the shank of the stud, pin or spigot having elevations, ribs, fins or prongs intended for deformation or tilting predominantly in a direction perpendicular to the direction of insertion
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 3/2336 having two or more locking barbs F16L3/2338 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/32 using mounting clamps

Abstract

The invention provides a part mounting clamp in which an engaging piece is reliably and sufficiently engaged with a mounting hole peripheral portion by conventional general inserting operation even under a condition where a burr exists on a mounting hole of an attaching subject, and excellent attached state can be obtained. To this end, in an insertion-engagement type attaching clamp, the engaging step 9 includes a vertical wall 9t abutting against an inner peripheral surface 3n of the mounting hole 3 of the sheet metal panel 2, and a lateral wall 9y extending along an outer surface 2A of the mounting hole peripheral portion 2a of the sheet metal panel 2. The engaging step 9 is formed such that in an attached state, a contained angle between the lateral wall 9y and the outer surface 2A becomes 5°.

Claims

1-3. -3. (canceled)

4. A part mounting clamp, comprising:

a column inserted into a mounting hole formed in a panel plate, said column defining an insertion hole;

a support portion which is spread sideway from an outer peripheral portion of an upper end of said column and which covers a peripheral portion of the mounting hole;

a pair of first engaging pieces which extend from said column and engage said panel plate; and

a pair of second engaging pieces which extend from said column and engage a tying band which extends into said insertion hole.

5. The part mounting clamp as defined in claim 4, wherein:

the tying band is elongated defining two free ends and includes a series of grooves along its length between its two ends so that the two ends are inserted into said insertion hole and said grooves are engaged by said pair of second engaging pieces thereby forming the tying band into a generally circular configuration.

6. The part mounting clamp as defined in claim 5, wherein:

each piece of said pair of first engaging pieces includes a free end which engages said panel plate.

7. The part mounting clamp as defined in claim 5, wherein:

each piece of said pair of second engaging pieces includes a free end which engages the grooves of the tying band.

8. The part mounting clamp as defined in claim 5, wherein:

said pair of first engaging pieces are formed integral with and extend from the outer surface of said column.

9. The part mounting clamp as defined in claim 5, wherein:

said pair of second engaging pieces are formed integral with and extend from the inner surface of said column.

10. The part mounting clamp as defined in claim 8, wherein:

each piece of said pair of first engaging pieces includes a free end defining a step portion which engage said panel plate.

11. The part mounting clamp as defined in claim 8, wherein;

each piece of said pair of first engaging pieces includes a free end defining a plurality of step portions for engaging said panel plate.

12. The part mounting clamp as defined in claim 9, wherein:

each piece of said pair of second engaging pieces includes a free end defining a step portion which engages the grooves of the tying band.