Patent ID: 7862273
Filing Date: 2011-01-04
Classification: F16B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A part mounting mechanism comprising: a boss formed on a part; and a resin clip which comprises a U-shape and is adapted to be assembled to the boss, the resin clip including: a plurality of projecting portions including a projecting portion formed on the front wall and a projecting portion formed on the rear wall, the plurality of projecting portions being in a staggered fashion, such that the projecting portion formed on the front wall and the projecting portion formed on the rear wall do not overlap with each other in a direction in which the boss is inserted, wherein the resin clip comprises a resin material which comprises a hardness which is greater than a hardness of the boss, wherein a space defined between a distal end of a projecting portion of the plurality of projecting portions provided on one of the front wall and the rear wall and a distal end of another projecting portion of the plurality of projecting portions provided on the other of the front wall and the rear wall as viewed in the boss inserting direction, when the boss is not inserted, becomes smaller than a thickness of a distal end portion of the boss, and wherein, when the boss is inserted into the connecting portion, the plurality of projecting portions bite into the distal end portion of the boss.