Patent ID: 7464444

Claim:
A hose clamp comprising: a binding belt, said binding belt having a flat head, said flat head having a top surface and a bottom surface, a protruded portion adjacent to said flat head, a locating hole formed in said protruded portion, a through hole cut through the top surface and bottom surface of said flat head, two welding flanges protruded from the bottom surface of said flat head at two opposite lateral sides of said through hole, and a plurality of retaining rods protruded from the bottom surface of said flat head and bilaterally disposed adjacent to said protruded portion; and a screw holder fastened to said flat head of said binding belt to hold a screw for joining the ends of said binding belt, said screw holder comprising two mounting plates respectively clamped on the bottom surface of said flat head and stopped against a front side of said protruded portion and respectively welded to said welding flanges by spot welding, said mounting plates each having a positioning rod respectively engaged into said locating hole in said protruded portion and a plurality of retaining holes, such that each of the plurality of said retaining holes is respectively forced into engagement with each one of the plurality of retaining rods of said binding belt, in a one to one relationship.