Resin bracket and opening/shutting mechanism using the same

• US 20030052491A1
• Filed: 09/13/2002
• Published: 03/20/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company), Aoyama Seisakusho Company Limited (OSG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Aoyama Seisakusho Company Limited (OSG Corporation)
• Inventors: Ohba, Toshiya, Utsuno, Ryuji, Mizuno, Hiromichi
• Granted Patent: US 6,869,129 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 292/263
• CPC Class Codes: E05C 17/30 of extensible, e.g. telescopic, construction flexible members E05C17/36 ; locking of telescopic systems in general F16B7/10; lockable telescopic gas springs F16F9/0254
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 292/282 Multiple

Abstract

A resin bracket comprising a mount portion mounted to a member being mounted and an extending portion extended from the mount portion, wherein a ball joint with a substantially spherical-shaped portion is provided integrally on the extending portion. An opening/shutting mechanism having two resin brackets, wherein each of brackets is mounted members being mounted to be opened and closed.

Claims

1. A resin bracket comprising a mount portion mounted to a member being mounted and an extending portion extended from the mount portion,

wherein a ball joint with a substantially spherical-shaped portion is provided integrally on the extending portion.

2. The resin bracket according to claim 1, wherein the mount portion is provided with a through hole for inserting a fastening part to fasten the mount portion to the member being mounted and a latch portion for preventing rotation relative to the member being mounted.

3. The resin bracket according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the latch portion comprises at least one projection being fitted into at least one a recess on the member being mounted.

4. The resin bracket according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the latch portion further comprises a sheet-shaped member having two opposite adhesive surfaces and one surface thereof is bonded to the other surface being contacted to the member being mounted.

5. The resin bracket according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising a guide portion guiding a wire-like member such as a conductive wire or the like arranged in the vicinity of the resin bracket.

6. An opening/shutting mechanism having two resin brackets according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein each of brackets is mounted on each of two members being mounted to be opened and closed,

the mechanism comprising a urging member bridging across the resin brackets and urging to each of two members being mounted in an opening/closing direction,

wherein both ends of the urging member are rotatably held on ball joints provided on the resin brackets.

7. The resin bracket according to claim 6, wherein the one member being mounted is an automobile body and the other member being mounted is a door member mounted on the automobile body.