Assist grip

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9840177-B2
Application number	US-201415032887-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 27, 2014
Priority date	Oct 28, 2013
Publication date	Dec 12, 2017
Grant date	Dec 12, 2017

Abstract

An assist grip attached to an inside of a vehicle cabin of an automobile is provided with a grip main member including a pair of concave portions formed at both ends in a longitudinal direction, and a pair of groove portions formed at sections opposing in the longitudinal direction on respective peripheral walls of the concave portions; a hinge including a pair of upright portions housed in the concave portions, and separated by a predetermined interval, and a pair of round boss portions protruding from both outer sides of the upright portions, and formed to respectively pass through the pair of groove portions; a bearing concave portion provided in one groove portion and into which the round boss portion is inserted; and a stopper member preventing a disconnection from a state of rotational shaft insertion wherein the round boss portion is inserted into the bearing concave portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An assist grip attached to an inside of a vehicle cabin of an automobile, comprising:
a grip main member including a first concave portion and a second concave portion formed on two ends in a longitudinal direction, and each concave portion having a corresponding peripheral wall, a first groove portion formed in a first section of each peripheral wall, a second groove portion formed in a second section of each peripheral wall, each of the first and second peripheral sections being opposite each other in the longitudinal direction;
a first hinge and a second hinge, each hinge including a first upright portion and a second upright portion housed in the corresponding concave portion and separated by a predetermined interval, and each hinge including a first turning shaft and a second turning shaft protruding from two outer sides of the corresponding first and second upright portions and formed to respectively pass through the corresponding first and second groove portions;
a bearing concave portion provided in each of the first groove portions, an end of each first turning shaft being inserted into a terminal portion of each of the first groove portions; and
a first stopper member and a second stopper member each having a portion inserted between the corresponding peripheral wall of the corresponding concave portion and the corresponding second upright portion preventing a disconnection of the corresponding first turning shaft from a rotational shaft insertion state wherein the end of each first turning shaft is inserted into the corresponding bearing concave portion.

2. An assist grip according to claim 1 , wherein a depth of each first groove portion is shallow, and a depth of each second groove portion is deep, so that each second turning shaft is located inside said corresponding second groove in the rotational shaft insertion state.

3. An assist grip according to claim 1 , wherein each stopper member has an approximately U shape, and engages an outer peripheral face of the corresponding second turning shaft.

4. An assist grip according to claim 1 , wherein each turning shaft has a round boss shape protruding from the corresponding upright portion.

5. An assist grip according to claim 2 , wherein each of the second groove portions is provided on a same side of the corresponding concave portion in the longitudinal direction.

6. An assist grip attached to an inside of a vehicle cabin of an automobile, comprising:
a grip main member including a first concave portion and a second concave portion formed on two ends in a longitudinal direction, and each concave portion having a corresponding peripheral wall, a first groove portion formed in a first section of each peripheral wall, a second groove portion formed in a second section of each peripheral wall, each first and second peripheral section being opposite each other in the longitudinal direction;
a first hinge and a second hinge, each hinge including a first upright portion and a second upright portion housed in the corresponding concave portion and separated by a predetermined interval, and each hinge including a first turning shaft and a second turning shaft protruding from two outer sides of the corresponding first and second upright portions and formed to respectively pass through the corresponding first and second groove portions;
a bearing concave portion provided in each of the first groove portions, an end of each first turning shaft being inserted into the bearing concave portion of each of the first groove portions; and
a first stopper member and a second stopper member each having a portion inserted between the corresponding peripheral wall of the corresponding concave portion and the corresponding second upright portion preventing a disconnection of the corresponding first turning shaft from a rotational shaft insertion state wherein the end of each first turning shaft is inserted into the corresponding bearing concave portion,
wherein each stopper member is integrally formed with a corresponding cover portion with respect to the corresponding hinge.

Assignees

• Nifco Inc

Inventors

• Nagayama Tomoaki

Classifications

• B60N3/026 Primary

  characterised by the fixing means (B60N3/023 takes precedence) · CPC title

• Y10T16/515

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• B60N3/023

  movable · CPC title

• B60N3/04 Primary

  of floor mats {or carpets} · CPC title

• B60N3/02

  of hand grips or straps · CPC title