CUSHION CLIP

• US 20110167590A1
• Filed: 07/03/2009
• Published: 07/14/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/04/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Daiwa Kasei Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Daiwa Kasei Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Iwahara, Toshio, Ukai, Jyunya
• Application Number:
  US13/002,468
• Publication Number:
  US 20110167590A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 16/85
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 5/022 specially adapted for vehicles, e.g. for hoods or trunks
• 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: F16F 1/44 loaded mainly in compression

Abstract

For receiving and stopping movement of a movable member approaching to a fixed member in order to absorb impacts, a cushion clip includes a clip body capable of being mounted by inserting into a mounting hole formed in one of the fixed member and the movable member, and a cushion body capable of absorbing impacts by resilient deformation. The clip body made of rigid resin material and the cushion body made of soft resin material are integrally joined to each other at a mutual joint portion by a two-material molding process. At the mutual joint portion, the clip body includes a base portion entering into inside of the cushion body, and a concave-convex configuration, such as ribs, is provided to the base portion for increasing a contact area with the cushion body.

Claims

1. A cushion clip for receiving and stopping movement and absorbing impacts of a movable member approaching to a fixed member, comprising:

a clip body capable of being mounted by inserting into a mounting hole formed in one of the fixed member and the movable member; and

a cushion body capable of absorbing impacts by resilient deformation wherein;

the clip body is made of rigid resin material;

the cushion body is made of soft resin material;

the clip body and the cushion body are integrally joined to each other at a mutual joint portion by a two-material molding process;

the clip body at the joint portion includes a base portion entering into inside of the cushion body; and

a concave-convex configuration for increasing a contact area with the cushion body is provided to the base portion.

2. The cushion clip as in claim 1, wherein the base portion of the clip body at the joint portion has a plate-like configuration, and the concave-convex configuration is provided by integrally molding a plurality of ribs on a surface of the base portion.

3. The cushion clip as in claim 1, wherein the base portion of the clip body at the joint portion has a column-like configuration, and the concave-convex configuration is provided by molding a plurality of cut-out portions on an outer circumferential surface of the base portion.

4. The cushion clip as in claim 1, wherein the base portion of the clip body at the joint portion has a plate-like configuration, and the concave-convex configuration is provided by integrally molding a flange, which extends from an outer circumference of the base portion, on a front surface side of the base portion.

5. The cushion clip as in claim 4, wherein a plurality of penetrating holes are formed in the flange of the base portion of the clip body and extend therethrough between a front side and a back side.