Patent ID: 8020905
Filing Date: 2011-09-20
Classification: B60R,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An engaging and fixing structure, comprising: a first member provided with a first engaging projection having a first surface that spans from a first tip end to a first base end of the first engaging projection; a second member provided with a second engaging projection having a second surface that spans from a second tip end to a second base end of the second engaging projection; and a limiting unit, wherein the first surface is opposed to the second surface, wherein when the first member and the second member are aligned opposite one another, the first member and the second member are adapted to permit the first engaging projection and the second engaging projection to be (i) moved towards each other via movement of the first member and the second member to be (ii) brought together to be (iii) in engagement with each other such that the first member and the second member are (iv) fixed to each other, when the first member and the second member are moved along a first direction that permits the first member and the second member to be engaged with and fixed to each other once the first member and the second member are brought together, wherein the first engaging projection projects in a first projecting direction intersecting the first direction, wherein the second engaging projection projects in a second projecting direction intersecting the first direction and opposite the first projecting direction, wherein the limiting unit is adapted to limit movement of the second member away from the first member in a direction opposite from the first projecting direction, wherein the limiting unit is adapted to limit movement of the second member away from the first member in a direction opposite from the second projecting direction, wherein the first surface is inclined relative to the first direction, between the first tip end and the first base end of the first engaging projection, wherein the second surface is inclined relative to the first direction, between the second tip end and the second base end of the second engaging projection, and wherein when the first member and the second member are engaged with and fixed to each other, the first surface and the second surface face one another.