Support member

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10844889-B2
Application number	US-201716084443-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 21, 2017
Priority date	Mar 14, 2016
Publication date	Nov 24, 2020
Grant date	Nov 24, 2020

Abstract

The present disclosure reduces the manufacturing costs of a support member with a portion made from resin that supports a conductive member. The support member is equipped with: a resin main body portion that has a support surface for supporting a conductive member such as an electric wire; and a metal plate that has a through-hole for a bolt and is for attachment to a device. The main body portion has a receptacle portion into which the plate is press-fitted and fixed.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A support member comprising:
a main body portion that is made of a resin and has a support surface that supports a conductive member; and
a plate that is made of a metal, has a through-hole, and is to be attached to a device,
wherein the main body portion has a receptacle portion into which the plate is press fitted and fixed.

2. The support member according to claim 1 ,
wherein the plate has a protrusion on a side end portion, and
the receptacle portion has a wall surface extending along a direction that intersects a planar direction of the support surface, and has a configuration in which a side end portion of the plate is positioned along the wall surface, and the protrusion digs into and is locked to the wall surface.

3. The support member according to claim 2 , wherein the plate has a plurality of protrusions on a side end portion arranged side-by-side in a press fitting direction with respect to the receptacle portion, the receptacle portion has a wall surface that the protrusions dig into and are locked to, and the plurality of protrusions are configured to protrude a larger amount successively from a protrusion forward in the press fitting direction to a protrusion rearward in the press fitting direction.

4. The support member according to claim 2 , wherein the plate has a protrusion on a side end portion, and the receptacle portion has a wall surface that the protrusion digs into and is locked to, and has an enclosing portion that covers the side end portion of the plate with the wall surface positioned on a deep side.

5. The support member according to claim 2 , wherein the main body portion has an elastic locking portion having elasticity that restricts withdrawal of the plate from the receptacle portion.

6. The support member according to claim 2 ,
wherein the plate has a press fit portion that has the protrusion, and a fixing portion that has the through-hole and bends from and is continuous with the press fit portion, and
the receptacle portion has an opening that comes into communication with the through-hole and allows the fixing portion to face the device.

7. The support member according to claim 6 , wherein the plate has a plurality of protrusions on a side end portion arranged side-by-side in a press fitting direction with respect to the receptacle portion, the receptacle portion has a wall surface that the protrusions dig into and are locked to, and the plurality of protrusions are configured to protrude a larger amount successively from a protrusion forward in the press fitting direction to a protrusion rearward in the press fitting direction.

8. The support member according to claim 6 , wherein the plate has a protrusion on a side end portion, and the receptacle portion has a wall surface that the protrusion digs into and is locked to, and has an enclosing portion that covers the side end portion of the plate with the wall surface positioned on a deep side.

9. The support member according to claim 6 , wherein the main body portion has an elastic locking portion having elasticity that restricts withdrawal of the plate from the receptacle portion.

10. The support member according to claim 1 ,
wherein the plate has a plurality of protrusions on a side end portion arranged side-by-side in a press fitting direction with respect to the receptacle portion,
the receptacle portion has a wall surface that the protrusions dig into and are locked to, and
the plurality of protrusions are configured to protrude a larger amount successively from a protrusion forward in the press fitting direction to a protrusion rearward in the press fitting direction.

11. The support member according to claim 10 , wherein the plate has a protrusion on a side end portion, and the receptacle portion has a wall surface that the protrusion digs into and is locked to, and has an enclosing portion that covers the side end portion of the plate with the wall surface positioned on a deep side.

12. The support member according to claim 10 , wherein the main body portion has an elastic locking portion having elasticity that restricts withdrawal of the plate from the receptacle portion.

13. The support member according to claim 1 ,
wherein the plate has a protrusion on a side end portion, and
the receptacle portion has a wall surface that the protrusion digs into and is locked to, and has an enclosing portion that covers the side end portion of the plate with the wall surface positioned on a deep side.

14. The support member according to claim 13 , wherein the main body portion has an elastic locking portion having elasticity that restricts withdrawal of the plate from the receptacle portion.

15. The support member according to claim 1 , wherein the main body portion has an elastic locking portion having elasticity that restricts withdrawal of the plate from the receptacle portion.

Assignees

• Autonetworks Technologies Ltd
• Sumitomo Wiring Systems
• Sumitomo Electric Industries

Inventors

• Sone Kosuke
• Ohara Kazuyoshi

Classifications

• F16B4/004 Primary

  Press fits, force fits, interference fits, i.e. fits without heat or chemical treatment (F16B4/002 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F16B5/0084

  characterised by particular locking means · CPC title

• F16B5/02

  by means of fastening members using screw-thread ({F16B5/0004 takes precedence}; construction of screw-threaded connections F16B25/00 - F16B39/00) · CPC title

• H02G3/30

  Installations of cables or lines on walls, floors or ceilings · CPC title

• F16B5/0024

  the sheets, plates or panels having holes, e.g. for dowel- type connections · CPC title