Vehicle component fastening structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11092178-B2
Application number	US-201916406459-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 8, 2019
Priority date	May 11, 2018
Publication date	Aug 17, 2021
Grant date	Aug 17, 2021

Abstract

The vehicle component fastening structure includes: a boss receptacle and a boss provided in a pair of the vehicle components, and a fastening member for fastening the boss and the boss receptacle. The boss receptacle has a through-hole penetrating in a fastening axis direction and a nipped portion provided inside the through-hole. The boss has a fastener hole, and a leading end of the boss oriented to a first direction abuts on the nipped portion. The fastening member has a shank inserted into the through-hole and the fastener hole in a second direction and a head abutting on the nipped portion. In the fastened state, a bottom face of the head abuts on the nipped portion, and the entire bottom face and a portion of the nipped portion where the leading end of the boss abuts are placed within a range of the through-hole in the fastening axis direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle component fastening structure for fixing two vehicle components, comprising:
a boss receptacle provided in one of the vehicle components, the boss receptacle having a through-hole penetrating in a fastening axis direction and a nipped portion provided inside the through-hole by insert-molding to be thinner than the through-hole in the fastening axis direction;
a boss provided in the other vehicle component, the boss internally having a fastener hole, a leading end of the boss oriented to a first direction of the fastening axis direction abutting on the nipped portion; and
a fastening member having a shank inserted into the through-hole in a second direction opposite to the first direction and inserted into the fastener hole through the nipped portion and a head abutting on the nipped portion,
wherein the head of the fastening member has a bottom face abutting on the nipped portion, and
the entire bottom face of the head of the fastening member and a portion of the nipped portion where the leading end of the boss abuts are placed within a range of the through-hole in the fastening axis direction.

2. The vehicle component fastening structure according to claim 1 , wherein the nipped portion has a disk shape and is provided in the boss receptacle by burying a circumferential edge of a radial direction into an inner surface of the through-hole, and
a buried amount of the circumference edge of the nipped portion in the radial direction is equal to or larger than a thickness of the nipped portion in the fastening axis direction.

3. The vehicle component fastening structure according to claim 1 , wherein the entire head is placed within a range of the through-hole in the fastening axis direction while the head of the fastening member abuts on the nipped portion.

4. The vehicle component fastening structure according to claim 1 , wherein the through-hole has a tapered surface having an inner diameter increasing toward the first direction in an end of the first direction side.

Assignees

• Shiroki Corp

Inventors

• Muramatsu Atsushi
• Yamamoto Kenji
• Suzuki Kenichi

Classifications

• F16B5/0642 Primary

  the plates being arranged one on top of the other and in full close contact with each other · CPC title

• F16B43/02

  with special provisions for engaging surfaces which are not perpendicular to a bolt axis or do not surround the bolt · CPC title

• F16B13/04

  with parts gripping in the hole or behind the reverse side of the wall after inserting from the front ({F16B13/002 and F16B13/12 take precedence;} friction-grip releasable fastenings in general F16B2/00) · CPC title

• F16B37/044

  Nut cages · CPC title

• F16B13/10

  with separate gripping parts moved into their final position in relation to the body of the device by a separate operation (F16B13/06 takes precedence) · CPC title