Securing mechanism

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9828151-B2
Application number	US-201414770732-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 28, 2014
Priority date	Feb 28, 2013
Publication date	Nov 28, 2017
Grant date	Nov 28, 2017

Abstract

A securing mechanism comprises a supporting column, an elastic piece, and a plurality of locking pieces. When the supporting column is inserted into a hole, at least one of the plurality of locking pieces is caught by or brought into pressure-contact with an outlet-side peripheral portion of the hole or an inner circumferential portion of the hole. The plurality of locking pieces form a plurality of arrays extending in a projection direction of the supporting column. The locking pieces included in each array of the plurality of arrays are aligned spaced apart from one another in the projection direction of the supporting column. The plurality of arrays comprise a first array and a second array; positions of the locking pieces in the first array are displaced from positions of the corresponding locking pieces in the second array in the projection direction of the supporting column.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A securing mechanism formed integrally with a main body and configured to be able to be secured, together with the main body, to a mounting surface, the securing mechanism comprising:
a supporting column;
an elastic piece; and
a plurality of locking pieces,
wherein the supporting column projects from a portion formed continuously with the main body in one direction, and the supporting column is insertable into a hole formed in the mounting surfac…

Assignees

• Kitagawa Ind Co Ltd

Inventors

• Aoyama Hiroshi

Classifications

• F16B2/08

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

• F16B21/086

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

• B65D2563/108

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B65D63/1027 Primary

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• F16B21/088

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic