A joint structure includes a connection member provided between a reinforced member and a reinforcing member and connecting both of them to each other. The connection member includes a first coupling portion and a second coupling portion that are coupled to one and another of the reinforced member and the reinforcing member, respectively. The first coupling portion is coupled to a joint portion of one of the reinforced member and the reinforcing member by an adhesive or welding. The first coupling portion and the joint portion are shaped so as to be caught by each other in a joining direction in which the reinforced member and the reinforcing member are joined to each other.

The present disclosure relates to a cover fastening system for a vehicle external surface comprising: a cover having at least one locking pin arranged on an inner surface of the cover, wherein the at least one locking pin has at least one protrusion; a shell, wherein the shell is mechanically engaged within a slot on a vehicle surface, and wherein the locking pin cooperates with the inner surface of the shell to retain the cover; and a cover fastening method for a vehicle surface.

A mounting device or clamp is provided that can be secured to a roof joint without damaging the roof joint. Two roof panels can be joined at a roof joint that extends away from the roof. The clamp has a body with a slot to receive the roof joint. An insert of the clamp is rotatable relative to the body from a first position to a second position. The clamp body can be positioned over the roof joint, and the insert can rotate or pivot from the first position to the second position relative to the body to secure the clamp to the roof joint. In one embodiment, a body of the clamp has a first arm that is concave and the insert has a concave portion to engage the roof joint. Alternatively, in another embodiment, the insert can be connected to the clamp body such that either a first projection or a second projection of the insert faces a roof joint.

A non-destructive fastener clip is presented. The non-destructive fastener clip is a suitable aftermarket replacement for original equipment manufacturer (OEM) trim clip. These OEM trim clips often break upon disassembly from removing an automotive trim panel from an automotive fixture. The non-destructive fastener clip assembly contains an anchor fastener, and a fastener clip. The anchor fastener comprises an anchoring element and a receiving element. The fastener clip comprises an upper fastener portion, a lower fastener portion, at least one connecting element, and at least one latching element. The anchoring element is connected terminally adjacent to the receiving element. The at least one connecting element is distributed about the lower fastener portion. The at least one latching element is distributed about the upper fastener portion. Each of the at least one connecting element is connected adjacent to the receiving element.

The invention provides a metal-based support (100) for a lighting element (200), wherein the lighting element (200) comprises a light source support (300) and a light source (10) functionally coupled to the light source support (300), wherein the metal-based support (100) comprises a metal body (140) and a fixation element (400) for fixating the light source support (300) to the metal-based support (100), wherein at least part of the fixation element (400) is part of the metal body (140), wherein the fixation element (400) comprises a central part (410) which is configurable in a first configuration and in a second configuration, different from the first configuration, wherein a change from one configuration to the other can be effected by applying a force on the central part (410), wherein the fixation element (400) comprises two protruding elements (420) configured extending from the central part (410) in both configurations of the central part (410), wherein terminal parts (421) of the respective protruding elements (420) have a first mutual distance (d1) in the first configuration of the central part (410) and a second mutual distance (d2) in the second configuration of the central part (410), wherein the first mutual distance (d1) is larger than the second mutual distance (d2), and wherein the fixation element (400) is configured to receive the light source support (300) in the first configuration and to fixate the light source support (300) to the metal-based support (100) in the second configuration.

An exterior decoration device includes: a garnish frame including an upper surface and a reaction force hook protruding inclinedly from a rim portion of the garnish frame and configured to be elastically deformed; a level difference adjustment bolt configured to form a dispersion adjustment structure in a state of being coupled to the garnish frame, protruding in a direction opposite to the garnish exposure member, and configured to adjust both a surface level difference of the garnish exposure member and a hook level difference of the reaction force hook by inducing a rotation of the dispersion adjustment structure and changing a protrusion length from the garnish frame; and a fastening tool configured to define an excessive torque cut-off structure together with the level difference adjustment bolt.

A fastening device configured to be mounted to an elongated profile element of a support arm arrangement, and a method of mounting said fastening device to a support arm arrangement. The support arm arrangement exhibits a cross-sectional profile shape, and the fastening device is configured to hold a tubing member by means of a holding element, configured to be coupled to the fastening device and to the tubing member. The fastening device includes a contour surface at least partly corresponding with said cross-sectional profile shape, wherein the contour surface is configured for engaging and retaining the fastening device to the elongated profile element when the fastening device is mounted to the elongated profile element.

This disclosure details retention assemblies for connecting panels or other components of automotive vehicles. An exemplary retention assembly may include a polymeric panel and a combined snap assembly and fastener boss that is molded-in the polymeric panel. The retention assembly may be utilized to connect an additional structure, such an another panel, to the polymeric panel for establishing a vehicle assembly. The combined snap assembly and fastener boss packages both snap and fastening features within a common packaging space of the retention assembly, thereby reducing assembly complexities and costs.

A removable protection member for brackets configured to support air conditioning units, wherein the support bracket includes at least two substantially “L”-shaped supports suited to be secured to a bearing wall and at least one cross member suited to be secured to the bearing wall and to connect the supports, said protection member including at least one pair of first covering members intended to cover the supports, each first covering member being substantially “L”-shaped; at least one second covering member suited to cover a corresponding cross member; quick connection members associated with the pair of first covering members and with the covering member, the quick connection members being suited to make it easier to maintain the pair of first covering members removably attached to the respective supports and the second covering member removably attached to the corresponding cross member through interference.

A grommet (200, 300, 400), a stud (102), an assembly of a grommet and a stud forming a fastener (100), and a method of assembling a grommet and a stud to form a fastener has the grommet with an interengaging element (250) in a channel wall of the grommet for engaging a cooperating, compatible or complementary interengaging element in a wall of the stud. The grommet and the stud can be assembled by moving the grommet and the stud relative to each other until the interengaging element in the grommet engages the complementary interengaging element in the stud. A family of grommets is described.