Patent ID: 7862273

Claim:
A part mounting mechanism comprising: a boss formed on a part; and a resin clip which comprises a U-shape and is adapted to be assembled to the boss, the resin clip including: holding pieces which hold the boss therebetween; elastic engagement pieces which are inserted into a mounting hole that is formed in a support part on which the boss is to be mounted; and a connecting portion which connects together proximal ends of the holding pieces and proximal ends of the elastic engagement pieces, the connecting portion including a front wall and a rear wall facing each other; and a plurality of projecting portions including a projecting portion formed on the front wall and a projecting portion formed on the rear wall, the plurality of projecting portions being in a staggered fashion, such that the projecting portion formed on the front wall and the projecting portion formed on the rear wall do not overlap with each other in a direction in which the boss is inserted, wherein the resin clip comprises a resin material which comprises a hardness which is greater than a hardness of the boss, wherein a space defined between a distal end of a projecting portion of the plurality of projecting portions provided on one of the front wall and the rear wall and a distal end of another projecting portion of the plurality of projecting portions provided on the other of the front wall and the rear wall as viewed in the boss inserting direction, when the boss is not inserted, becomes smaller than a thickness of a distal end portion of the boss, and wherein, when the boss is inserted into the connecting portion, the plurality of projecting portions bite into the distal end portion of the boss.