Patent ID: 9550441
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: B60N,B60R,F16B

Claim:
1. A clip for mounting a component, wherein when the clip is inserted in a clip longitudinal direction through a component through-hole formed in a component for an automobile interior to which the clip is being mounted into a panel through-hole formed in a panel where the component is mounted, a distal end portion of the clip engages in the panel and a rear portion of the clip engages the component to secure the component to the panel; the clip comprising: a first plate portion having a rear portion and a distal portion and a second plate portion having a rear portion and a distal portion extending in the clip longitudinal direction while facing each other across a fixed gap, the clip longitudinal direction being a direction in which the clip is inserted through the component and into the panel; a linking side plate portion for linking together rear end portions of a first side edge of each of the first plate portion and the second plate portion; a first side plate portion and a second side plate portion bending and extending so as to approach each other from rear end portions of respective second side edges of the first plate portion and the second plate portion, the second side edges being on an opposite side of the first plate portion and the second plate portion than the first side edges in a clip width direction which is orthogonal to the clip longitudinal section; a first distal end plate portion and a second distal end plate portion bending and extending in the clip longitudinal direction so as to approach each other from distal end edges of the first plate portion and the second plate portion, respectively; a first engaging protuberance formed by cutting and raising part of the first plate portion in a direction away from the second plate portion in a clip thickness direction orthogonal to both the clip insertion direction and the width direction in order to engage the panel; and a second engaging protuberance formed by cutting and raising part of the second plate portion in a direction away from the first plate portion in the clip thickness direction in order to engage the panel; a distal end of the first side plate portion and a distal end of the second side plate portion either being in contact with each other or facing each other across a gap narrower than a thickness of the first and second plate portions; and a distal end of the first distal end plate portion and a distal end of the second distal end plate portion either being in contact with each other or facing each other across a gap narrower than the thickness of the first and second plate portions; wherein the clip is made of a metal plate.