Patent ID: 8979156
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: B60R,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A vehicle panel attachment arrangement comprising a vehicle panel; a clip supporting section spaced apart from the vehicle panel and defining a shaft receiving hole extending therethrough; a first wall section extending from the vehicle panel to a first side of the clip supporting section; a second wall section extending from the vehicle panel to a second side of the clip supporting section, with the clip supporting section further defining a shaft insertion slot open to the shaft receiving hole and extending in a radial direction from the shaft receiving hole between the first and second side walls; and at least one resilient arm that extends in a lengthwise direction from one of the clip supporting section and the first wall section, the lengthwise direction of the at least one resilient arm being a direction perpendicular to the radial direction, with a portion of the at least one resilient arm extending being aligned with the clip supporting section and a portion of the at least one resilient arm being offset from the clip supporting section as viewed in the radial direction.