IP Library Granted Patent US 12685841
Granted Patent B2
US 12685841 · App. 18/250,187 · Granted Jul 21, 2026

Fixing structure for inserting member

Inventor: Shinsaku Koarashi (Takarazuka, JP)
Assignee: HI-LEX CORPORATION
A61M25/02F16J15/32
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Patent No.
US 12685841
App. No.
18/250,187
Granted
Jul 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fixing structure comprises a driveline, a fixing member, through which the driveline is inserted, and a holding mechanism to hold the driveline. The holding mechanism comprises a chuck member to grasp the driveline, a sealing member, and a screw member to press the chuck member and the sealing member. The sealing member has a main body portion, and an annular protruding portion projecting from an end of the main body portion, wherein a cross-sectional shape of the annular protruding portion gradually decreases in diameter toward the projecting direction. The annular protruding portion is configured to be bent and deformed to the inner side of the sealing member in the radial direction by contacting an end face of the chuck member.

Claims (31)

1 . A fixing structure for an inserting member, comprising:

the inserting member to be inserted through a target;

a fixing member configured to be fixed to the target and having an insertion hole through which the inserting member is inserted; and

a holding mechanism to hold the inserting member with respect to the fixing member,

wherein the fixing member has a female screw portion on one end of the insertion hole in an axial direction and has a fixing member-side fitted portion, wherein a cross-sectional shape of the fixing member-side fitted portion gradually decreases in diameter from one end side toward an other end side in an intermediate portion of the fixing member in the axial direction,

the holding mechanism comprises:

a chuck member having a chuck member-side first fitting portion having a shape corresponding to the fixing member-side fitted portion, wherein the chuck member grasps the inserting member by fitting the chuck member-side first fitting portion to the fixing member-side fitted portion between an outer peripheral surface of the inserting member and an inner peripheral surface of the insertion hole,

a sealing member configured by a cylindrical elastic member and being arranged on one end side in the axial direction with respect to the chuck member, and

a screw member arranged on one end side in the axial direction with respect to the sealing member, wherein the screw member has a male screw portion to be screwed into the female screw portion, and the screw member is configured to press the chuck member and the sealing member toward the other end side in the axial direction by screwing the male screw portion into the female screw portion;

the sealing member has

a main body portion through which the inserting member is inserted, and

an annular protruding portion projecting toward the other end side in the axial direction from an end on an other end side of the main body portion, wherein a cross-sectional shape of the annular protruding portion gradually decreases in diameter toward a projecting direction of the annular protruding portion,

the annular protruding portion is provided at a position where the annular protruding portion contacts an end face of the chuck member on one end side in the axial direction when the screw member moves to the other end side in the axial direction so that the annular protruding portion is bent and deformed to the inner side of the sealing member in a radial direction by contacting the annular protruding portion with the end face of the chuck member on one end side in the axial direction.

2 . The fixing structure for an inserting member according to claim 1 , wherein

the chuck member has a chuck member-side second fitting portion at an end on the sealing member side, wherein a cross-sectional shape of the chuck member-side second fitting portion gradually decreases in diameter toward one end side from the other end side in the axial direction; and

the sealing member has an annular sealing member-side fitted portion provided on the outer side of the annular protruding portion in the radial direction wherein the annular sealing member-side fitted portion has a shape corresponding to the chuck member-side second fitting portion.

3 . The fixing structure for an inserting member according to claim 1 , wherein the inserting member is a medical tube.

4 . A fixing structure for an inserting member, comprising:

the inserting member to be inserted through a target;

a fixing member configured to be fixed to the target and having an insertion hole through which the inserting member is inserted; and

a holding mechanism to hold the inserting member with respect to the fixing member,

wherein the fixing member has a female screw portion on one end of the insertion hole in an axial direction and has a fixing member-side fitted portion, wherein a cross-sectional shape of the fixing member-side fitted portion gradually decreases in diameter from one end side toward an other end side in an intermediate portion of the fixing member in the axial direction,

the holding mechanism comprises:

a chuck member having a chuck member-side first fitting portion having a shape corresponding to the fixing member-side fitted portion, wherein the chuck member grasps the inserting member by fitting the chuck member-side first fitting portion to the fixing member-side fitted portion between an outer peripheral surface of the inserting member and an inner peripheral surface of the insertion hole,

a sealing member configured by a cylindrical elastic member and being arranged on one end side in the axial direction with respect to the chuck member, and

a screw member arranged on one end side in the axial direction with respect to the sealing member, wherein the screw member has a male screw portion to be screwed into the female screw portion, and the screw member is configured to press the chuck member and the sealing member toward the other end side in the axial direction by screwing the male screw portion into the female screw portion;

the sealing member has

a main body portion through which the inserting member is inserted, and

an annular protruding portion projecting toward the other end side in the axial direction from an end on an other end side of the main body portion, wherein a cross-sectional shape of the annular protruding portion gradually decreases in diameter toward a projecting direction of the annular protruding portion,

the annular protruding portion is configured to be bent and deformed to the inner side of the sealing member in a radial direction by contacting the annular protruding portion with the end face of the chuck member on one end side in the axial direction;

wherein the chuck member has a chuck member-side second fitting portion at an end on the sealing member side, wherein a cross-sectional shape of the chuck member-side second fitting portion gradually decreases in diameter toward one end side from the other end side in the axial direction; and the sealing member has an annular sealing member-side fitted portion provided on the outer side of the annular protruding portion in the radial direction wherein the annular sealing member-side fitted portion has a shape corresponding to the chuck member-side second fitting portion.