Mooring device and steering mooring mechanism using same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9291239-B2
Application number	US-201113880433-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 27, 2011
Priority date	Oct 28, 2010
Publication date	Mar 22, 2016
Grant date	Mar 22, 2016

Abstract

It is an object to provide a mooring device capable of connecting weight members to each other easily and tightly and of preventing electric conduction between weight members and generating no noise or heat which causes malfunction. It is an object to provide a steering mooring mechanism using the mooring device. The mooring device has fixing members fixed to two electrically conductive members to be moored, and a metal connecting member connecting the fixing members, wherein at least one of the fixing members is configured as a non-conductive fixing member having a metal fixing body fixed to the member to be moored, and a coupling body made of non-conductive material for coupling the fixing body and the connecting member in a manner not to contact each other, such that the connecting member is non-conductive with respect to the member to be moored on the side of the non-conductive fixing member.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A mooring device having fixing members fixed to each of two electrically conductive members to be moored, and a metal connecting member connecting the fixing members to each other,
wherein at least one of the fixing members is configured as a non-conductive fixing member having a metal fixing body fixed to the member to be moored, and a coupling body made of non-conductive material for coupling the fixing body and the connecting member in a manner not to contact each other, such that the connecting member is non-conductive with respect to the member to be moored on the side where the non-conductive fixing member is fixed,
wherein the fixing body has a fixing portion having a through hole used to fix to the member to be moored, an extending portion extending from the fixing portion to the connecting member side, and a supporting portion extending from an end of the connecting member side of the extending portion in both directions perpendicular to the extending portion, and the coupling body covers the supporting portion.

2. A steering mooring mechanism comprising the mooring device according to claim 1 , wherein the members to be moored are a steering operating mechanism and a power steering mechanism in a vehicle.

3. The mooring device according to claim 1 , wherein a metal end body having a concave portion is provided at an end of the connecting member, and the coupling body covers the concave portion of the end body.

4. A steering mooring mechanism comprising the mooring device according to claim 3 , wherein the members to be moored are a steering operating mechanism and a power steering mechanism in a vehicle.

5. The mooring device according to claim 1 , wherein the fixing body has side leg portions extending from a vicinity of both ends of the supporting portion in parallel to the direction in which the extending portion extends, and provided in a manner to sandwich the end of the connecting member inbetween, and the coupling body covers the side leg portions.

6. A steering mooring mechanism comprising the mooring device according to claim 5 , wherein the members to be moored are a steering operating mechanism and a power steering mechanism in a vehicle.

7. The mooring device according to claim 5 , wherein a metal end body having a concave portion is provided at an end of the connecting member, and the coupling body covers the concave portion of the end body.

8. A steering mooring mechanism comprising the mooring device according to claim 7 , wherein the members to be moored are a steering operating mechanism and a power steering mechanism in a vehicle.

9. A mooring device having fixing members fixed to each of two electrically conductive members to be moored, and a metal connecting member connecting the fixing members to each other,
wherein at least one of the fixing members is configured as a non-conductive fixing member having a metal fixing body fixed to the member to be moored, and a coupling body made of non-conductive material for coupling the fixing body and the connecting member in a manner not to contact each other, such that the connecting member is non-conductive with respect to the member to be moored on the side where the non-conductive fixing member is fixed, and
wherein a metal end body having a concave portion is provided at an end of the connecting member, and the coupling body covers the concave portion of the end body.

10. A steering mooring mechanism comprising the mooring device according to claim 9 , wherein the members to be moored are a steering operating mechanism and a power steering mechanism in a vehicle.

Assignees

• Nishimura Atsushi
• Hi Lex Corp

Inventors

• Nishimura Atsushi

Classifications

• F16G11/025 Primary

  Fastening means which engage a sleeve or the like fixed on the cable, e.g. caps (F16G11/143 and F16G11/146 take precedence) · CPC title

• Y10T24/318

  Strap connector · CPC title

• F16G11/02

  with parts deformable to grip the cable or cables; Fastening means which engage a sleeve or the like fixed on the cable · CPC title

• B62D1/16

  Steering columns · CPC title