Patent ID: 8511659

Claim:
A holding jig comprising a first holding portion, a second holding portion, an elastic holding portion and a slide mechanism; wherein the second holding portion is configured to move towards the first holding portion along a plane substantially parallel to a holding surface of a holding target; wherein the elastic holding portion is provided at a tip position of the second holding portion; wherein at least a part of a surface of the first holding portion and at least a part of a tip portion of the elastic holding portion each have a tilt face, respectively; wherein the tilt face of the elastic holding portion is configured to move along the tilt face of said surface of the first holding portion while abutting therewith when the elastic holding portion is slid along said tilt faces; and wherein the tip portion of the elastic holding portion is configured to hold the holding target by directly contacting and thus applying pressure on the holding surface of the holding target generated by an elastic deformation of the elastic holding portion that results from being pressed between the tilt face of said surface of the first holding portion and the holding surface of the holding target before the tip portion of the elastic holding portion reaches a low end portion of the tilt face of said surface of the first holding portion.