Self-locking edge clip fastener

US10202995B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• A. RAYMOND ET CIE · FR

Inventors

• Jan Peter Stickelberger · Waldenbuch, DE
• Stefan Schulz · Berlin, DE
• Melanie Anna · Grenzach, DE
• Richard Geist · Southfield, US
• Jimmy Voniez · Royal Oak, US
• Michael Richard Danby · Stoney Creek, CA

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 27, 2015
• Grant date: Feb 12, 2019
• Expiry date: Oct 20, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T24/4441
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A self-locking push-on clip fastener for securing two components together is disclosed. The clip fastener includes a u-shaped clip body that includes upper and lower legs and a curved end that connects the legs. The clip body has an open end into which the component to be attached is inserted. The legs are movable between an initial, spaced apart arrangement in which the component may be inserted into the clip body, to a final component-engaging position in which the component is captured between the legs. A slidably movable u-shaped trigger is attached to the clip body. A trigger-guiding channel is formed on the inner wall of one or both of the legs of the clip body. The trigger is slidably movable in the channel. An interlock system comprising first and second windows is formed in one of the legs of the clip body and a flange extending from the trigger.