JPH0716014U - Releasable clip - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To provide a releasable clip that does not require the holes of the panel to be aligned with the direction of the clip, and does not require the effort of releasing. [Structure] The clip 1 comprises a pin 2 and a hollow bush 3 through which the pin 2 penetrates, and the pin comprises a head 7 and a head 7.
The bush 3 includes a shaft portion 8 extending from the shaft portion 8 and an anchor leg 9 extending outward from the shaft portion 8 in the radial direction toward the head side.
The pin head portion 7 and the tip of the pin shaft portion 8 are rotatably connected to the pin 2 with the pin shaft portion being received, and the pin 2 is at the first rotation angle position with respect to the bush. At one time, the tip of the anchor leg of the pin is expanded outward in the radial direction so that the tip of the anchor leg can engage with the surface of the panel or the member to be attached. The bush 3 engages with the tip of the anchor leg 9 and the tip of the anchor leg is pulled toward the pin shaft portion 8 side, and the engagement of the tip of the anchor leg with the panel is released. It can be removed from the member.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention is a releasable clip constructed so that a member to be attached can be attached to and removed from the panel by placing the member to be attached on a panel of a vehicle body or the like and inserting it into the holes of both members. Regarding

[0002]

[Prior art]

 A clip is known in which a member to be mounted is placed on a panel such as a vehicle body and inserted into the holes of both members, so that the member to be mounted can be mounted on the panel and the mounting can be released. A typical example of such a clip is to form a long hole in a panel, insert anchor legs in the long side direction, insert it, rotate it 90 °, lock it toward the short side, and then rotate it 90 ° again. It is released along the long side direction. Not only does this require the formation of slots in the panel, but it also has the disadvantage that the clips cannot be attached if the slots in the panel and the anchor legs of the clip are misaligned.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 In addition to the above-mentioned clip, there is also a clip in which the tip of the anchor leg engaged with the back side of the panel is bent so as to be pulled toward the shaft side, the engagement with the panel hole is released, and the clip can be removed. In the case of this clip, it is not necessary to form an elongated hole in the panel, and the mounting direction of the clip may be arbitrary. However, even with this clip, when releasing the clip, the tip of the anchor leg on the back side of the panel must be bent toward the shaft, which is troublesome and troublesome.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a releasable clip that does not require the holes of the panel to be aligned with the direction of the clip, and does not require much labor for releasing the clip.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 According to the present invention, there is provided a pin and a hollow bush through which the pin penetrates, the pin including a head, a shaft extending from the head, and the shaft extending from the shaft toward the head. The bush is composed of an anchor leg that extends outward in the radial direction, and the bush is rotatably connected to the pin with the pin shank received between the pin head and the pin shank tip. When it is at the first rotation angle position with respect to the bush, the tip of the anchor leg of the pin expands radially outward so that the tip of the anchor leg can engage with the surface of the panel or the mounted member. At the second rotation angle position, the bush engages with the tip of the anchor leg of the pin, the tip of the anchor leg is pulled toward the pin shaft side, and the tip of the anchor leg is attached to the panel or attached member. Are disengaged, which removes the clip from the panel and the attached member. Clip, characterized in that it removed is provided.

Further, in the present invention, the bush is composed of a flange facing the mounted member and a mounting portion having a contour adapted to the non-circular hole of the mounted member, and the hole shape of the hollow portion. Is formed into a rectangular hole consisting of a long side that does not prevent the tip of the pin anchor leg from expanding outward in the radial direction and a short side that pulls the tip of the anchor leg toward the pin shank side. By rotating the pin, the tip of the pin anchor leg can be easily pulled to the shaft side and released. Further, the anchor legs of the pin are provided in two stages at different positions in the axial direction of the shaft portion, and the bush is also formed so as to be engageable with the tips of the first anchor leg and the second anchor leg, and the pin is rotated in the second rotation direction. When in the angular position, the bushes engage with the tips of both anchor legs so that the tips of both anchor legs can be pulled toward the pin shaft side.

[0007]

【Example】

 Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 1 to 12 show a clip 1 according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The clip 1 is composed of a pin 2 shown in FIGS. 2 to 6 and a bush 3 shown in FIGS. 7 to 10. The bush 3 is formed in a hollow shape so that the pin 2 penetrates. The pin 2 is rotatably connected to the bush 3 in a state of penetrating the bush 3, and when the clip 1 is placed on the panel 4 such as the vehicle body and the mounted member 5 is inserted into the holes of both members, the first pin shown in FIG. At the rotation angle position, that is, the mounting position, the mounted member 5 is mounted on the panel 4, and when the pin 2 is rotated to the second rotation angle position, that is, the release position shown in FIG. 12, the clip 1 can be removed. Can be released.

The pin 2 will be described with reference to FIGS. The pin 2 includes a head portion 7, a shaft portion 8 extending downward from the head portion 7, a pair of anchor legs 9 extending from the shaft portion 8 toward the head portion 7 (that is, upward) in a radial direction and outward. 9 and. The head 7 is composed of a rotary knob 10 for facilitating the rotation of the pin 2, a circular flange 11, and an elastic piece 12 for preventing rattling at the time of connection with a bush under the flange. As shown in FIG. 6, the shaft portion 8 has a substantially rectangular cross section, but a guide surface 14 forming a part of a circular arc is formed on each of two surfaces orthogonal to the anchor leg to facilitate rotation. There is. Further, a protrusion 15 is provided at the intermediate height position of the shaft portion 8 having the guide surface 14 so that the connected bushes 3 are not separated. Each anchor leg 9 extends upward from the lower end of the shaft portion 8 in the radial direction outward, and at a position of a certain height, a locking shoulder 16 that engages with the back surface of the panel is formed, and further above that, A bush engagement portion 17 that engages with the bush is formed. On the outer surface of the bush engaging portion 17, there is formed a positioning ridge 18 for determining the rotational position of the pin 2.

The bush 3 will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 to 10. The bush 3 is formed in a hollow shape so as to receive the shaft portion 8 of the pin 2 and connect to the shaft portion, and has a flange 20 facing the mounted member and a non-circular hole (not shown) of the mounted member. In the example, the mounting portion 21 has a contour suitable for a square hole. Further, the hole shape of the hollow portion 22 is such that the long side of the length that does not prevent the locking shoulder 16 on the tip side of the pin anchor leg 9 from expanding outward in the radial direction and the bush engaging portion 17 at the tip of the anchor leg. It is formed in a rectangular hole having a short side that is pulled toward the pin shaft portion 9 side. A recess, that is, a detent 23 that engages with the positioning projection 18 at the tip of the anchor leg is formed in the middle of each piece of the hollow portion 22, and when the pin 2 is rotated with respect to the bush 3, The detent 23 cooperates with the positioning ridges 18 to position the pin 2 at the first rotation angle position and the second rotation angle position. The two corner portions 24, 24 on the diagonal line of the hollow portion 22 are guide surfaces corresponding to the guide surfaces of the pin shaft portion 8.

FIG. 1 shows a clip 1 having a pin 2 and a bush 3 having the above-mentioned structure assembled therein. As is apparent from this figure, the bush 3 is connected between the head portion 7 of the pin 2 and the tip of the pin shaft portion 8 while receiving the pin shaft portion 8. The pin shaft portion 8 is inserted into the bush hollow portion 22 and is connected to the bush 3 so as to be rotatable relative thereto. In this connection, the hollow portion of the bush mounting portion 21 surrounds the bush engagement portion 17 of the pin anchor leg 9. In the clip 1 shown in FIG. 1, the pin 2 is at the first rotation angle position with respect to the bush 3 and prevents the locking shoulder 16 on the tip end side of the pin anchor leg 9 from expanding radially outward. In order not to do so, each anchor leg 9 faces the long side direction of the hollow portion 22. The detent 23 of the hollow portion 22 cooperates with the positioning ridge 18 of the bush engaging portion 17 of the pin anchor leg 9 to set the pin 2 at the first rotation angle position.

FIG. 11 shows how the mounted member 5 is mounted on the panel 4 using the clip 1, and FIG. 12 shows how the mounting is released. In FIG. 11, the mounted member 5 is placed on the panel 4 such as the vehicle body, the holes of both members are aligned, the pin shaft portion 8 and the anchor leg 9 of the clip 1 are inserted into the holes of both members, and further the clip 1 is attached. Then, the bushing 3 is pushed and the mounting portion 21 of the bush 3 is aligned with the square hole of the mounted member 5 and pushed. As a result, the bush 3 is attached to the mounted member 5 so as not to rotate, the locking shoulder 16 of the anchor leg 9 engages with the back surface of the panel 4, and the mounted member 5 is in contact with the bush flange 20. The mounted member 5 is mounted on the panel 4.

Next, the head 2 of the pin 2 is rotated 90 ° so that the pin 2 is at the second rotation angle position. Since the bush 3 is attached to the attached member 5 by the attachment portion 21 so as not to rotate, the pin 2 is rotated by 90 ° with respect to the bush 3, and comes to the second rotation angle position, and each anchor leg 9 is moved. The hollow portion 22 faces the short side direction. By this rotation, as shown in FIG. 12, the bush engaging portion 17 at the tip of the anchor leg is pulled toward the pin shaft portion 9 side, and the engagement of the locking shoulder 16 engaged with the back surface of the panel 4. It will be canceled. Therefore, the clip 1 can be pulled out by the pin head 7, and by this pulling out, the attachment of the panel 4 and the attached member 5 can be released. That is, the attachment can be easily released by rotating the pin 2 with respect to the bush 3 by 90 °. Moreover, the pin 2 can be reused by reversing it by 90 ° so as to be in the first rotation angle position and returning to the state of FIG. 11, and the clip 1 may be inserted again into the holes of both members.

13 to 27 show a clip 31 according to a second embodiment of the present invention. The clip 31 is composed of a pin 32 shown in FIGS. 15 to 20 and a hollow bush 33 shown in FIGS. 21 to 25. As shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, the pin 32 penetrates the bush 33. 26 and 27, the pin 32 is connected to the bush 33 so as to be rotatable relative to each other. 26 shows a state in which the pin 32 is in the first rotation angle position, that is, the mounting position with respect to the bush 33, and FIG. 27 shows a state in which the pin 32 is in the second rotation angle position, that is, the release position with respect to the bush 33. Showing. The clip 31 of the second embodiment is different from the clip 1 of the first embodiment in that, as shown in the figure, the anchor legs of the pin 32 are provided in two stages at different positions in the axial direction of the shaft portion. Along with this, the bush 33 is also formed so as to be engageable with the respective tips of the first anchor leg and the second anchor leg. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 26, the clip 31 can attach the second attached member 35 to the panel 4 in addition to attaching the first attached member 5, and further, the first attached member 35 can be attached. 5 also functions as a spacer for keeping a constant gap between the second member 35 to be attached. Also in the clip 31, when the pin 32 is at the second rotation angle position in FIG. 27, the bushes 33 engage with the tips of both anchor legs and pull the tips of the anchor legs toward the pin shaft portion to clip the clip 31 to the panel. 4 and the attached members 5 and 35 are detachable.

The pin 32 will be described with reference to FIGS. 15 to 20. The pin 32 includes a head portion 36, a shaft portion 37 extending downward from the head portion 36, and two pairs of first anchors extending from the intermediate height position of the shaft portion 37 and from the lower end upward in the radial direction. It consists of legs 38, 38 and second anchor legs 39, 39. The head portion 36 includes a rotary knob 40 for facilitating the rotation of the pin 32, and a circular flange 41. The shaft portion 37 is supported in the large-diameter hollow portion of the bush 33 between the head portion 36 and the root portion of the first anchor leg 38 and has a constant rotation so as to have a smooth rotation and high strength. It has a cross-shaped cross section of width. An elastic piece 44 for preventing rattling is provided on the shaft portion 37 below the root portion of the first anchor leg 38, and a second flange 43 that abuts a shoulder portion between the small diameter hollow portion and the large diameter hollow portion of the bush 33. And are provided. Further, between the root portion and the lower end of the first anchor leg 38 of the shaft portion 37, the rotation is smooth and has high strength while being supported in the small-diameter hollow portion of the bush 33. It is formed to have almost the same cross-sectional shape as the shaft portion of the clip 1 in the example. Each of the anchor legs 38, 39 extends outward from the shaft portion 37 in the semi-radial direction and has a locking shoulder 45 that engages with the rear surface of the panel and the rear surface of the second mounted member at a certain height position. Has been formed. The flange 41 of the head 36 is provided with two marks indicating the rotational angle position of the pin 32. The first mark is the first rotational angular position or mounting position mark 46, and the second mark is the second rotational angular position or release position mark 47. Further, on the side surface of the flange 41, two positioning protrusions that engage with the positioning groove of the bush hollow portion are provided at an angle of 90 °. The first protrusion is a positioning protrusion 48 for the first rotation angle position, that is, the mounting position, and the second protrusion is a positioning protrusion 49 for the second rotation angle position, that is, the release position.

The bush 33 will be described with reference to FIGS. 21 to 25. The bush 33 receives the shaft portion 37 of the pin 32 and is connected to the shaft portion. The bush 33 has a large-diameter portion 50 whose upper half forms a large-diameter hollow portion so as to receive the first anchor leg 38, and a lower half has a small-diameter hollow portion so as to receive the second anchor leg 39. It is composed of a small diameter portion 51. Further, the large-diameter portion 50 is formed in a substantially cylindrical shape, and a flange 52 that is in contact with the second mounted member is formed on the upper surface thereof. The upper portion of the small diameter portion 51 is formed in a contour that fits the square hole of the first mounted member, and is attached so that the bush 33 does not rotate with respect to the first mounted member. A shoulder portion 53 is formed inside the boundary portion between the large diameter portion 50 and the small diameter portion 51, and the second flange 43 of the pin 32 and the elastic piece 44 are in contact therewith. Further, the large diameter portion 50 is provided with a pair of windows 54 through which the first anchor leg 38 expands radially outward, and the small diameter portion 51 also expands the second anchor leg 39 radially outward. A pair of windows 55 are provided. The shape of the hole of the large diameter portion 50 is circular as shown. The hole shape of the small-diameter portion 51 having a rectangular tube shape is formed into a substantially rectangular shape for receiving the second anchor leg 39 as shown in FIGS. 21 and 25. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 21, the flange 52 is provided with a positioning mark 57 for inserting the pin 32, and the mounting position mark 46 of the pin flange 41 is aligned with the positioning mark 57 so that the pin 32 is bushed. Insert into 33. Further, a concave portion or detent 58 that engages with the positioning protrusions 48 and 49 of the pin 32 is provided on the inner side surface of the flange 52, and the positioning protrusion 47 engages with the detent 58 at the first rotation angle position, that is, the mounting position. When the pin 32 is rotated to the second rotation angle position with respect to the bush 33, that is, the releasing position, the positioning protrusion 49 engages with the detent 58 and is set to the releasing position. Further, a pair of protrusions 59 are provided on the inner surface of the large diameter portion 50 to prevent the pin 32 and the bush 33 from being disengaged from each other, and prevent the pin 32 from moving upward in the second flange 43.

The pin 32 and the bush 33 having such a structure are assembled as a clip 31 as shown in FIGS. 13 and 14. As is apparent from these figures, the first anchor leg 38 and the second anchor leg 39 of the pin are connected to the large diameter portion 50 and the small diameter portion 51 of the bush with their tips protruding respectively. This state is the first rotation angle position, that is, the mounting position, and when the state is directly inserted into the hole of the second mounted member 35 as shown in FIG. 26, the bush flange 52 and the first anchor leg 38 cause The clip 31 is attached to the second attached member 35. Next, the first attached member 5 is placed on the panel 4, the holes of both members are aligned and the clip 31 is inserted, and the clip 31 is further pushed in, so that the small diameter portion 51 of the bush 33 is attached to the first attached member 5. Align it with the square hole of and push it in. As a result, the bush 33 is attached to the first mounted member 5 so as not to rotate, the second anchor leg 39 engages with the back surface of the panel 4, and the first mounted member 5 has the bush large-diameter portion 50 of the bush 50. The first attached member 5 is attached to the panel 4 with its lower surface in contact with each other, and the second attached member 35 is attached with a fixed interval.

Next, as shown in FIG. 27, the pin 32 is rotated by 90 ° so that the pin 32 is held at the second rotation angle position by the knob 40 of the pin head. Since the bush 33 is attached to the first mounted member 5 by the small diameter portion 51 so as not to rotate, the pin 32 is rotated 90 ° with respect to the bush 33 to the second rotation angle position, and the first anchor. The leg 38 is pulled toward the pin shaft portion 37 side by the bush large-diameter portion 50 and the second anchor leg 39 by the bush small-diameter portion 51, from the back surface of the second mounted member 35 and from the back surface of the panel 4. , The tips of the anchor legs 38 and 39 are disengaged, and the clip 31 can be pulled out by the pin knob 40. By this pulling out, the panel 4 and the first attachment member 5 are attached, and the second attachment member 5 is attached. The attachment of the attached member 35 can also be released. That is, the attachment can be easily released by rotating the pin 32 by 90 ° with respect to the bush 33. It can be reused by reversing it by 90 ° to the state of FIG.

[0018]

[Effect of device]

 According to the clip of the present invention, the clip comprises a pin and a hollow bush, and the bush is rotatably connected to the pin with the pin shank received between the pin head and the tip of the pin shank. , When the pin is at the first rotation angle position with respect to the bush, the tip of the pin anchor leg is expanded radially outward so that the tip of the anchor leg can engage the surface of the panel or the mounted member. At the second rotation angle position, the bush engages with the tip of the pin anchor leg, pulls the tip of the anchor leg toward the pin shaft side, and engages the tip of the anchor leg with the panel or the attached member. Since the clip can be released and then removed from the panel and the member to be attached, it is not necessary to form an elongated hole in the panel, it is not necessary to align the direction of the clip with the hole of the panel, and there is no trouble in releasing.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a clip according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a plan view of the pin of the clip of FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the pin of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the pin of FIG.

5 is a side view of the pin of FIG. 2. FIG.

6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

7 is a plan view of the bush of the clip of FIG. 1. FIG.

8 is a front view of the bush of FIG. 7. FIG.

9 is a bottom view of the bush of FIG. 7. FIG.

10 is a side view of the bush of FIG. 7. FIG.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a state in which a member to be attached is attached to the panel using the clip of FIG. 1 and is in a first rotation angle position.

FIG. 12: To release the clip of FIG. 1 from the panel,
It is a figure which shows the state in the 2nd rotation angle position.

FIG. 13 is a front view of a clip according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a side view of the clip of FIG.

FIG. 15 is a plan view of a pin of the clip of FIG.

16 is a front view of the pin of FIG.

FIG. 17 is a bottom view of the pin of FIG.

FIG. 18 is a side view of the pin of FIG.

19 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG.

20 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line CC of FIG.

21 is a plan view of the bush of the clip of FIG. 13. FIG.

22 is a front view of the bush of FIG. 21. FIG.

23 is a bottom view of the bush of FIG. 21. FIG.

FIG. 24 is a side view of the bush of FIG. 21.

25 is a cross-sectional view taken along line DD of FIG.

FIG. 26 is a diagram showing a state in which the member to be attached is attached to the panel using the clip of the second embodiment and is in the first rotation angle position.

FIG. 27 is a diagram showing a state in a second rotation angle position for releasing the clip of the second embodiment from the panel.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Clip of 1st Example 2 Pin 3 Bushing 4 Panel 5 Attached member 7 Pin head 8 Pin shaft part 9 Anchor leg 10 Knob 11 Flange 12 Elastic piece 15 Protrusion 16 Locking shoulder 17 Bush engaging part 20 Bush flange 21 Mounting part 22 Hollow part 31 Clip of the second embodiment 32 Pin 33 Bushing 35 Second member to be mounted 36 Head part 37 Shaft part 38 First anchor leg 39 Second anchor leg 40 Knob 41 Flange 42 Second flange 45 Locking Shoulder 46 Mounting position mark 47 Release position mark 52 Bush flange 53 Shoulder 54, 55 Window 57 Positioning mark

Claims (3)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A releasable clip constructed so that a member to be attached can be attached to and released from the panel by placing the member to be attached on a panel of a vehicle body or the like and inserting it into the holes of both members. , A pin and a hollow bush through which the pin penetrates, and the pin includes a head, a shaft portion extending from the head, and an anchor leg extending from the shaft portion toward the head side in a radially outward direction. The bush is connected to the pin so as to be rotatable relative to the pin with the pin shank received between the head of the pin and the tip of the pin shank.
At the rotation angle position of the pin, the tip of the anchor leg of the pin is expanded outward in the radial direction so that the tip of the anchor leg is engageable with the surface of the panel or the member to be attached. At the angular position, the bush engages with the tip of the anchor leg of the pin, the tip of the anchor leg is pulled toward the pin shaft portion, and the engagement of the tip of the anchor leg with the panel or the attached member is released. , The clip can be detached from the panel and the member to be attached. 2. The clip according to claim 1, wherein the bush has a flange that is in contact with a member to be mounted and a mounting portion having a contour adapted to a non-circular hole of the member to be mounted, and the hollow thereof. The hole shape of the part is a rectangle or length consisting of a long side of a length that does not prevent the tip of the pin anchor leg from expanding radially outward and a short side that pulls the tip of the anchor leg toward the pin shaft side. A clip characterized by being formed in a circular hole. 3. The clip according to claim 1, wherein the anchor legs of the pin are provided in two stages at different positions in the axial direction of the shaft portion, and the bush is formed of the first anchor leg and the second anchor leg. It is formed so that it can be engaged with the tip, and when the pin is in the second rotation angle position, the bushes engage with the tips of both anchor legs to draw the anchor leg tips toward the pin shaft portion side. clip.