Fastener for fixing a part to a body panel
US7607875B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 30, 2005 |
| Grant date | Oct 27, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 15, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF16B21/078
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A fastener including a pin, a grommet and a pinching member, wherein the pin includes a head portion and a shaft portion, the grommet includes a flange portion and a barrel portion, and the pinching member includes an inward directed support arm and an outward directed pinching piece, the head portion includes a support portion for supporting the inward directed support arm of the pinching member, a containing chamber for containing a side of the outward directed pinching piece of the pinching member to direct in a direction of a center of the shaft portion and a press face for pressing outward the outward directed pinching piece of the pinching member at the shaft portion of the pin and forming an opening window for putting in and out the outward directed pinching piece of the pinching member at the barrel portion of the grommet.
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