Patent ID: 8979039
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: B60R,F16B,F16L,H02G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A clamp comprising a resin molded article configured for attaching a pipe harness in which electric wires are inserted into a metal pipe to a vehicle body, the clamp including a first portion and a second portion having a pair of semicircular inner surfaces coupled with a thin-walled hinge, and a locking portion and a locked portion provided on free ends of the first and the second portions, the locking portion and the locked portion configured to be lockable to each other, clamping the metal pipe inserted between the semicircular inner surfaces of the first and the second portions; and wherein an attaching hole into which an attaching member protruding from the vehicle body can be inserted and locked thereto is provided on the first portion, an opening is provided in part of a partition portion that separates the attaching hole and the semicircular inner surfaces, a swinging piece projects into the opening from part of a circumferential surface of the partition portion surrounding the opening, an attaching member contact projection is provided on one side of the swinging piece, and a squeezing rib projects from the other side of the swinging piece, the clamp being configured such that when the attaching member is inserted into the attaching hole the attaching member pushes against the attaching member contact projection and causes the squeezing rib to protrude toward the semicircular inner surface side, and the squeezing rib is pushed against the metal pipe inserted along the semicircular inner surface, fixing the metal pipe.