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US 12,276,300 · App. 17/639,776 · Granted Apr 15, 2025

Fastener

Inventor: Hikaru Kiyota (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: PIOLAX, INC.
F16B5/065
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Patent No.
US 12,276,300
App. No.
17/639,776
Granted
Apr 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fastener for attaching a component having a rail groove to an attachment member includes: a coupling portion that is configured to be coupled to the component; and a fixing portion that supports the coupling portion and that is configured to be fixed to the attachment member. The coupling portion includes an insertion portion to be inserted into the rail groove, and an elastic piece located at a position shifted from the insertion portion in an insertion direction. The elastic piece includes a locking portion that is configured to be locked to the component to restrict the insertion portion from coming out of the rail groove, the elastic piece configured to abut against and urge the component in a bent state.

Claims (14)

1. A fastener for attaching a component having a rail groove to an attachment member, the fastener comprising:

a coupling portion that is configured to be coupled to the component; and

a fixing portion that supports the coupling portion and that is configured to be fixed to the attachment member,

wherein the coupling portion includes an insertion portion to be inserted into the rail groove, and an elastic piece located at a position shifted from the insertion portion in an insertion direction,

wherein the elastic piece includes a locking portion that is configured to be locked to the component to restrict the insertion portion from coming out of the rail groove, the elastic piece configured to abut against and urge the component in a bent state, and

wherein a base end portion of the elastic piece is located between the fixing portion and the insertion portion in an axial direction orthogonal to the insertion direction and a width direction of the elastic piece.

2. The fastener according to claim 1 ,

wherein the locking portion is formed on a surface of the elastic piece facing the component so as to be recessed from a surface of a base end portion of the elastic piece, and is configured to be locked to a claw portion formed on the component.

3. The fastener according to claim 1 ,

wherein the elastic piece includes a step portion formed on a back surface of the elastic piece so as to protrude from a back surface of a base end portion of the elastic piece toward a side of the attachment member, and

wherein the step portion is formed at a position overlapping with the locking portion in a thickness direction.

4. The fastener according to claim 1 ,

wherein the coupling portion includes a protruding portion that is configured to abut against the component at a position shifted from the elastic piece in the insertion direction, and

wherein a portion of the component facing the elastic piece is configured to be pressed against the elastic piece by the protruding portion abutting against the component in a state where the elastic piece abuts against the component.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 2, 2022
From: KIYOTA, HIKARU
To: PIOLAX, INC.
Reel/Frame 059709/0512 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-167066 · Sep 13, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220333626A1 · Oct 20, 2022
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