IP Library Granted Patent US 12,644,479
Granted Patent B2
US 12,644,479 · App. 18/179,938 · Granted Jun 2, 2026

Fastening structure of fiber reinforced resin-made member

Inventors: Kenji Nishida (Aki-gun, JP); Kenichi Yamamoto (Aki-gun, JP); Chikara Kawamura (Aki-gun, JP)
Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
F16B5/0225
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Patent No.
US 12,644,479
App. No.
18/179,938
Granted
Jun 2, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An outer member, an inner member, and an inside fixing member overlap each other and fastened together by a fastening member. The outer member is made of fiber reinforced resin, and fibers contained in the fiber reinforced resin-made outer member are arranged in a direction crossing the above-described overlapping direction. A bolt of the fastening member comprises a conical (truncated cone-shaped) middle portion which is poisoned between a head portion and a shaft portion. In a case where the outer member and the bolt are offset from each other in a radial direction of a through hole of the outer member, the conical middle portion partially contacts an edge portion of the through hole and compress a contacted portion of the outer member in the overlapping direction.

Claims (21)

1 . A fastening structure of a fiber reinforced resin-made member, comprising:

a fiber reinforced resin-made member;

another member overlapping with the fiber reinforced resin-made member; and

a fastening member fastening the fiber reinforced resin-made member and the other member,

wherein said fiber reinforced resin-made member has a through hole penetrating in a first direction which corresponds to a direction of said overlapping and contains fibers which are arranged in a direction crossing said first direction,

said other member has a hole portion which is continuous to the through hole of said fiber reinforced resin-made member,

said fastening member is inserted into the through hole of said fiber reinforced resin-made member and the hole portion of said other member so as to fasten the fiber reinforced resin-made member and the other member, and the fastening member comprises a compression portion which is configured to partially contact an edge portion of the through hole of said fiber reinforced resin-made member in a case where the fastening member is offset from the fiber reinforced resin-made member and compress a contacted portion of said fiber reinforced resin-made member in said first direction.

2 . The fastening structure of the fiber reinforced resin-made member of claim 1 , wherein said fastening member comprises a head portion with a diameter larger than the through hole of said fiber reinforced resin-made member, a shaft portion extending in an opposite direction to said head portion, and a conical middle portion provided continuously between said head portion and said shaft portion and being configured such that a diameter of a lateral cross section thereof decreases gradually from the head portion toward the shaft portion, said fastening member is arranged such that said head portion is positioned on an opposite side to said other member relative to said fiber reinforced resin-made member and said conical middle portion is positioned inside the through hole of the fiber reinforced resin-made member, and said compression portion of the fastening member is configured to be said conical middle portion.

3 . The fastening structure of the fiber reinforced resin-made member of claim 2 , wherein said other member comprises a flat portion and a second conical protrusion portion, the flat portion being configured to be flat in an area which surrounds the hole portion thereof with a specified outward distance, in a radial direction, away from an edge of the hole portion thereof and to contact a main face of said fiber reinforced resin-made member, the second conical protrusion portion being configured to protrude from said flat portion in one direction in an area between the flat portion and the edge of the hole portion of the other member such that a diameter of a lateral cross section thereof decreases gradually toward said edge of the hole portion from the flat portion and to be positioned inside the through hole of said fiber reinforced resin-made member, and said second conical protrusion portion of the other member is a second compression portion which is different from the compression portion of said fastening member and configured to partially contact said edge portion of the through hole of the fiber reinforced resin-made member in a case where said fiber reinforced resin-made member and said other member are offset from each other in the radial direction and compress a contacted portion of the fiber reinforced resin-made member in said first direction.

4 . The fastening structure of the fiber reinforced resin-made member of claim 1 , wherein said fastening member includes a bolt and a nut, said nut comprises a body portion with a diameter larger than the through hole of said fiber reinforced resin-made member and a conical protrusion portion continuously protruding from said body portion in one direction such that a diameter of a lateral cross section thereof decreases gradually toward a direction away from the body portion, the nut is arranged such that said body portion is positioned on an opposite side to said other member relative to said fiber reinforced resin-made member and said conical protrusion portion is positioned inside the through hole of the fiber reinforced resin-made member, and said compression portion of the fastening member is configured to be said conical protrusion portion of the nut.

5 . The fastening structure of the fiber reinforced resin-made member of claim 4 , wherein said other member comprises a flat portion and a second conical protrusion portion, the flat portion being configured to be flat in an area which surrounds the hole portion thereof with a specified outward distance, in a radial direction, away from an edge of the hole portion thereof and to contact a main face of said fiber reinforced resin-made member, the second conical protrusion portion being configured to protrude from said flat portion in one direction in an area between the flat portion and the edge of the hole portion of the other member such that a diameter of a lateral cross section thereof decreases gradually toward said edge of the hole portion from the flat portion and to be positioned inside the through hole of said fiber reinforced resin-made member, and said second conical protrusion portion of the other member is a second compression portion which is different from the compression portion of said fastening member and configured to partially contact said edge portion of the through hole of the fiber reinforced resin-made member in a case where said fiber reinforced resin-made member and said other member are offset from each other in the radial direction and compress a contacted portion of the fiber reinforced resin-made member in said first direction.

6 . The fastening structure of the fiber reinforced resin-made member of claim 1 , wherein said fastening member includes a bolt, a nut, and a washer, said washer comprises a flat portion and a conical protrusion portion, the flat portion being configured to be flat, in said direction crossing the first direction, in an area which surrounds a hole portion of the washer where a shaft portion of said bolt is inserted with a specified outward distance, in a radial direction, away from an edge of the hole portion of the washer, the conical protrusion portion being configured to protrude from said flat portion in one direction in an area between the flat portion and an edge of the hole portion of the washer such that a diameter of a lateral cross section thereof decreases gradually toward said edge of the hole portion from the flat portion and to be positioned inside the through hole of said fiber reinforced resin-made member, and said compression portion of the fastening member is configured to be said conical protrusion portion of the washer.

7 . The fastening structure of the fiber reinforced resin-made member of claim 6 , wherein said other member comprises a flat portion and a second conical protrusion portion, the flat portion being configured to be flat in an area which surrounds the hole portion thereof with a specified outward distance, in a radial direction, away from an edge of the hole portion thereof and to contact a main face of said fiber reinforced resin-made member, the second conical protrusion portion being configured to protrude from said flat portion in one direction in an area between the flat portion and the edge of the hole portion of the other member such that a diameter of a lateral cross section thereof decreases gradually toward said edge of the hole portion from the flat portion and to be positioned inside the through hole of said fiber reinforced resin-made member, and said second conical protrusion portion of the other member is a second compression portion which is different from the compression portion of said fastening member and configured to partially contact said edge portion of the through hole of the fiber reinforced resin-made member in a case where said fiber reinforced resin-made member and said other member are offset from each other in the radial direction and compress a contacted portion of the fiber reinforced resin-made member in said first direction.

8 . The fastening structure of the fiber reinforced resin-made member of claim 1 , wherein said other member comprises a flat portion and a second conical protrusion portion, the flat portion being configured to be flat in an area which surrounds the hole portion thereof with a specified outward distance, in a radial direction, away from an edge of the hole portion thereof and to contact a main face of said fiber reinforced resin-made member, the second conical protrusion portion being configured to protrude from said flat portion in one direction in an area between the flat portion and the edge of the hole portion of the other member such that a diameter of a lateral cross section thereof decreases gradually toward said edge of the hole portion from the flat portion and to be positioned inside the through hole of said fiber reinforced resin-made member, and said second conical protrusion portion of the other member is a second compression portion which is different from the compression portion of said fastening member and configured to partially contact said edge portion of the through hole of the fiber reinforced resin-made member in a case where said fiber reinforced resin-made member and said other member are offset from each other in the radial direction and compress a contacted portion of the fiber reinforced resin-made member in said first direction.

9 . A fastening structure of a fiber reinforced resin-made member, comprising:

a fiber reinforced resin-made member;

another member overlapping with the fiber reinforced resin-made member and configured to have larger rigidity than the fiber reinforced resin-made member; and

a fastening member fastening the fiber reinforced resin-made member and the other member,

wherein said fiber reinforced resin-made member has a through hole penetrating in a first direction which corresponds to a direction of said overlapping and contains fibers which are arranged in a direction crossing said first direction, and

said other member has a hole portion which is continuous to the through hole of said fiber reinforced resin-made member, and the other member comprises a compression portion which is configured to partially contact an edge portion of the through hole of said fiber reinforced resin-made member in a case where the fastening member is offset from the fiber reinforced resin-made member and compress a contacted portion of said fiber reinforced resin-made member in said first direction.

10 . The fastening structure of the fiber reinforced resin-made member of claim 9 , wherein said fastening member includes a bolt, and said other member comprises a flat portion and a conical protrusion portion, the flat portion being configured to be flat in an area which surrounds the hole portion of the other member where a shaft portion of said bolt is inserted with a specified outward distance, in a radial direction, away from an edge of the hole portion of the other member, the conical protrusion portion being configured to protrude from said flat portion in one direction in an area between the flat portion and the edge of the hole portion of the other member such that a diameter of a lateral cross section thereof decreases gradually toward said edge of the hole portion from the flat portion and to be positioned inside the through hole of said fiber reinforced resin-made member, and said compression portion of the other member is configured to be said conical protrusion portion of the other member.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2023
From: NISHIDA, KENJI; YAMAMOTO, KENICHI; KAWAMURA, CHIKARA
To: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062911/0158 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-068127 · Apr 18, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230332633A1 · Oct 19, 2023
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