Patent ID: 9316242
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: F16B

Claim Text:
1. A fixture for fastening an attaching member to a mounting member, comprising: a pin and a bushing, the bushing being configured for temporarily fixing the bushing to the attaching member and a mounting member; the pin being configured for insertion into the bushing and including a head part and a shaft part extending from the head part; the bushing including a flange and a leg part extending from the flange; the leg part defining shaft-part receiving openings that receive the shaft part of the pin; the leg part further defining an outer wall that surrounds the shaft-part receiving openings; the outer wall including one pair of opposing wall portions connected to another pair of opposing wall portions disposed perpendicular to the one pair of opposing wall portions; each wall portion of the one pair of opposing wall portions including an opening, the opening defining an elastic engagement claw engageable with mounting holes of the attachment member and the mounting member; a leg center column disposed in the center of the shaft-part receiving openings, the leg center column connecting the one pair of opposing wall portions with the other pair of opposing wall portions; each wall portion of the one pair of opposing wall portions, and the leg center column, defining a flange connecting part of the leg part, the flange connecting part connecting the leg part to the flange; a portion of each of the one pair of opposing wall portions defining the flange connecting part also including a reinforcing arch disposed above the opening defining said elastic engagement claw, the reinforcing arch extending from one of said other wall portions to the other of said other wall portions; whereby the reinforcing arch enhances the ability of the fixture to resist torsional stress.