Patent ID: 7661717
Filing Date: 2010-02-16
Classification: F16L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A hose clamp holding structure, comprising: a pair of raised portions projecting radially outward and spaced apart circumferentially on an outer periphery of an outer end portion of an end portion of a hose, an annular positioning projection on the outer periphery of the outer end portion of the end portion of the hose, the annular positioning projection extending from an outer surface of one of the raised portions to an outer surface of the other of the raised portions, a portion of an outer periphery of the end portion of the hose, lying longitudinally inward of the annular positioning projection, and a hose clamp having an annular clamp body and an anti-rotation engaging portion on the annular clamp body, the hose clamp being attached on the outer periphery of the end portion of the hose by fitting the clamp body on an annular clamp mounting portion between the annular positioning projection and the large diameter portion with the anti-rotation engaging portion received non-rotationally in a recessed engaging portion between the pair of the raised portions, the portion of the outer periphery of the end portion of the hose having a diameter larger than the annular clamp mounting portion, wherein the annular positioning projection has a body portion extending in a circular arc from a base end portion of the outer surface of the one of the raised portions to a base end portion of the outer surface of the other of the raised portions, one end portion provided integrally on one circumferential end of the body portion and connected to the outer surface of the one of the raised portions, and the other end portion provided integrally on the other circumferential end of the body portion and connected to the outer surface of the other of the raised portions, wherein an outer surface of the one end portion of the annular positioning projection extends in a tangential direction or generally in a tangential direction with respect to one circumferential end of an outer surface of the body portion, and an outer surface of the other end portion of the annular positioning projection extends in a tangential direction or generally in a tangential direction with respect to the other circumferential end of the outer surface of the body portion and, wherein longitudinally extending outer surfaces of the pair of the raised portions are flush with an outer end surface of the outer end portion of the end portion of the hose.