Patent ID: 6585196
Filing Date: 2003-07-01
Classification: F16B,F16L

Abstract:
A fastener for a pipe or the like, comprising a base portion, a pipe holding portion connected integrally with said base portion, and a stud engagement portion disposed in said base portion and adapted to engage with a stud standing on a workpiece such as a car body panel, wherein engaging of said stud engagement portion with said stud allows an elongated article such as a pipe held in said pipe holding portion to be mounted on said workpiece, said fastener further comprising:a support portion formed on said base portion and outside said stud engagement portion for supporting said stud engagement portion; first thin connection pieces provided at a plurality of circumferentially spaced positions between the inner periphery of said support portion and the outer periphery of said stud engagement portion to connect said support portion to said stud engagement portion in the vicinity of an inlet of a stud receiving hole formed in said stud engagement portion; and second thin connection pieces provided at a plurality of circumferentially spaced positions between the inner periphery of said support portion and the outer periphery of said stud engagement portion to connect said support portion to said stud engagement portion at a location away from said inlet in the axial direction of said stud receiving hole, whereby said stud engagement portion is connected with said support portion by only both said first and second thin connection pieces.