Patent ID: 6955514
Filing Date: 2005-10-18
Classification: F16B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A connector for fastening a member with an attaching hole, comprising: a female part having a head portion, a leg portion connected to the head portion, an inner space formed in the leg portion and opened at the head portion, and an engaging projection formed as a tab on an outer surface of the leg portion by a surrounding cutout portion, said engaging projection having a first strength to elastically bend inwardly to engage the attaching hole when the leg portion is inserted into the attaching hole, and a male part having a pressing head portion, an inserting leg connected to the pressing head portion to be inserted into the inner space of the female part, a first engaging portion formed on an outer surface of the inserting leg at a forward end thereof for engaging an inner wall of the female part so that the male part is temporarily fixed to the female part at a temporary engaging state, a second engaging portion including a projection on the outer surface of the inserting leg at a base end thereof to project outwardly therefrom, and an empty space for allowing the projection of the second engaging portion to bend elastically inwardly, said second engaging portion, when the male part is completely inserted into the female part from the temporary engaging state to a complete engaging state, being inwardly bent and elastically engaged with the inner wall of the female part to permanently fix the connector to the attaching hole, said second engaging portion having a second strength greater than the first strength so that when male part in the temporary engaging state with the female part is pushed to engage said member, the engaging projection with the first strength is deformed first to engage said member and then the second engaging portion bends and enters the inner space, wherein said inserting leg flushly abuts the engaging projection of the female part to prevent the engaging projection from bending inwardly in the complete engaging state, and said first engaging portion is located in the cutout portion in both the temporary and complete engaging states.