BIDIRECTIONAL CLIP FOR VEHICLE

Abstract

A bidirectional clip for a vehicle, in which elastic stopping protrusions are integrally formed in pillars protruding outward from both surfaces of a base, assembly may be immediately performed even with the elastic stopping protrusion formed on any side of the base, and thus assembly efficiency can be improved. In particular, the bidirectional clip for a vehicle, in which at least two, preferably, four to six elastic stopping protrusions protrude from the pillars at regular intervals, and thus when assembly is performed using the bidirectional clip, the assembly can be easily and conveniently performed regardless of an assembly direction. Further, the bidirectional clip for a vehicle, in which the elastic stopping protrusions protrude from both sides of the base, and thus two components can be fixedly assembled with each other using the one bidirectional clip.

Claims

1. A bidirectional clip for a vehicle, comprising a base, wherein the base includes: two pillars protruding outward from central portions of both surfaces of the base; and at least two elastic stopping protrusions spread outward from ends of the pillars toward the base, the same interval being formed between the two adjacent elastic stopping protrusions with respect to the pillars.

2. The bidirectional clip of claim 1, wherein four to six elastic stopping protrusions are formed at regular intervals with respect to the pillars.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0024] The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present disclosure will become more apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art by describing exemplary embodiments thereof in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

[0025] FIG. 1 is a side view of a portion of a vehicle, illustrating a mounting position of a hood insulator fixed with a clip according to the related art;

[0026] FIG. 2 is a front view of the vehicle, illustrating a mounting state of the hood insulator fixed with the clip according to the related art;

[0027] FIG. 3 shows views illustrating an example of the clip according to the related art, in which FIG. 3A is a perspective view and FIG. 3B is a cross-sectional view;

[0028] FIG. 4 shows views illustrating a bidirectional clip according to the present disclosure, in which FIG. 4A is a perspective view and FIG. 4B is a plan view;

[0029] FIG. 5 shows views illustrating a state in which a dash insulator is mounted with the bidirectional clip according to the present disclosure, in which FIG. 5A is a front view of the dash insulator, FIG. 5B is a cross-sectional view of a dash panel, illustrating a position that is to be fixed with the bidirectional clip, FIG. 5C is a cross-sectional view illustrating a state in which the dash insulator is in close contact with the dash panel, and FIG. 5D is a cross-sectional view illustrating a state fixed with the bidirectional clip according to the present disclosure; and

[0030] FIG. 6 shows views illustratively illustrating a state in which a wiring is fixed to an elastic stopping protrusion that is not used in a state in which the dash insulator is mounted on the dash panel as illustrated in FIG. 5, in which FIG. 6A is an enlarged front view illustrating a portion of the dash insulator on which the wiring is mounted and FIG. 6B is a cross-sectional view illustrating a state in which the wiring is mounted.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0031] Hereinafter, embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Prior to this, terms or words used in the present specification should not be interpreted as being limited to usual or dictionary meanings and should be interpreted as meanings and concepts corresponding to the technical spirit of the present disclosure according to the principle that the inventor may properly define the concepts of the terms in order to describe his/her own invention in the best way.

[0032] Thus, since the embodiments described in the present specification and configurations illustrated in the drawings are merely the most exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure and do not represent all the technical spirit of the present disclosure, it should be understood that various equivalents and variations that may replace the embodiments and the configurations are present at filing of the present application.

[0033] Configuration of Bidirectional Clip

[0034] As illustrated in FIGS. 4 to 6, a bidirectional clip for a vehicle according to the present disclosure includes a base 100, two pillars 110 protruding from both surfaces of the base 100, and at least two elastic stopping protrusions 120 formed in each of the pillars 110.

[0035] In particular, the elastic stopping protrusions 120 protrude from both sides with respect to the base 100, so that a worker grips the bidirectional clip according to the present disclosure by hand in any direction and fits and fixes the clip in and to a member using the elastic stopping protrusions 120 in a convenient position.

[0036] Further, the elastic stopping protrusions 120 are manufactured such that an interval between the two adjacent elastic stopping protrusion 120 among four to six elastic stopping protrusions 120 with respect to the pillars 110 is the same. Thus, when the bidirectional clip according to the present disclosure is assembled with a mounting hole formed in a circular shape, the bidirectional clip can be easily and conveniently assembled and conveniently used in any direction regardless of an assembly direction and can be stably used for a long time because a coupling force is uniformly distributed.

[0037] Further, as the elastic stopping protrusions 120 are formed on both sides of the base 100, two members can be assembled by each being simultaneously coupled to both sides with respect to the base 100.

[0038] Hereinafter, these configurations will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Here, reference numeral P denotes a member to be assembled using the bidirectional clip according to the present disclosure in a vehicle (here, the dash panel is designated by reference numeral P), and reference numeral 0 denotes a mounting hole formed to assemble the bidirectional clip according to the present disclosure with the member.

[0039] A. Base

[0040] As illustrated in FIGS. 4 to 6, the base 100 is manufactured in a plate shape having a predetermined size.

[0041] In particular, the base 100 may be manufactured and used in any shape, but may be manufactured and used in a circular plate shape most preferably. When the member P is assembled using the bidirectional clip according to the present disclosure, a fastening force is distributed over a certain range around the pillars 110, which are formed at a center of the base 100 and will be described below. In this way, while the fastening force is uniformly distributed, and while the member P is not necessarily assembled according to the assembly direction when the bidirectional clip is used, the worker can conveniently assemble and use the member P without being injured.

[0042] As illustrated in FIGS. 4 to 6, the two pillars 110 are formed in the base 100.

[0043] B. Pillar

[0044] As illustrated in FIGS. 4 to 6, the two pillars 110 are each formed on both surfaces of the base 100.

[0045] In particular, as illustrated in FIGS. 4 to 6, the pillar 110 has the elastic stopping protrusion 120, which will be described below formed therein, and thus the bidirectional clip according to the present disclosure can be fastened on any side among both sides thereof.

[0046] Accordingly, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, as illustrated in FIGS. 4 to 6, the pillar 110 may protrude outward from the center of the base 100. This is for uniformly distributing the fastening force over a certain range from the center of the base 100, which is a center of the pillar 110.

[0047] Further, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, it is illustrated that the pillar 110 is formed in the form of a square pillar in the drawings, but the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and the pillar 110 may be manufactured in any shape, for example, a cylindrical shape, as long as the pillar 110 may stably support the elastic stopping protrusion 120, which will be described below.

[0048] As illustrated in FIGS. 4 to 6, the at least two elastic stopping protrusions 120 protrude from each of the pillars 110.

[0049] C. Elastic Stopping Protrusion

[0050] As illustrated in FIGS. 4 to 6, the elastic stopping protrusion 120 protrudes from a protruding end of each pillar 110 toward the base 100.

[0051] In this case, as illustrated in FIGS. 4 to 6, the elastic stopping protrusion 120 protrudes and spreads outward from the protruding end of the pillar 110 toward the base 100, the elastic stopping protrusion 120 is changed into the form of an arrowhead, and thus, when inserted into the mounting hole O formed in the member P, the elastic stopping protrusion 120 can be easily fitted and assembled.

[0052] Further, as illustrated in FIGS. 5 and 6, the degree of spreading of the elastic stopping protrusion 120 around the pillar 110 may be wider than the mounting hole of the elastic stopping protrusion 120. When a dash insulator D is assembled with a dash panel P using the bidirectional clip according to the present disclosure, as the elastic stopping protrusion 120 is fitted in the mounting hole O, the elastic stopping protrusion 120 is deformed toward the pillar 110 by being caught by the mounting hole O. Further, the elastic stopping protrusion 120 is extracted from the mounting hole O to some extent, returns to an original state, and is caught by an edge of the mounting hole O, and thus a stopping operation is performed.

[0053] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, FIGS. 4 to 6 illustratively illustrate that four elastic stopping protrusions 120 are formed, but most preferably, four to six elastic stopping protrusions 120 are formed and the same interval is formed between two adjacent elastic stopping protrusions 120. The elastic stopping protrusion 120 may be fitted in and assembled with the mounting hole O regardless of a direction in which the elastic stopping protrusion 120 is fitted, and in an assembled state, a force applied to each elastic stopping protrusion 120 may be distributed to support the elastic stopping protrusion 120.

[0054] The bidirectional clip according to the present disclosure may be used to attach one component to another component. For example, the component is assembled with the another component using one of the two elastic stopping protrusions 120 as illustrated in FIG. 5 or using both the two elastic stopping protrusions 120 as illustrated in FIG. 6. That is, as illustrated in FIG. 5, after the dash insulator D is installed in the dash panel P to face the dash panel P, one of the two elastic stopping protrusions 120 is forcibly fitted in the overlapping mounting hole O, and thus the elastic stopping protrusion 120 is narrowed and then spread to an original state to fix the dash insulator D to the dash panel P. Further, as illustrated in FIG. 6, a counterpart component D may be fixed to a panel-shaped component P using the one elastic stopping protrusion 120, and another necessary component such as a wiring W may be forcibly assembled with the other elastic stopping protrusion 120 that is not used.

[0055] A bidirectional clip for a vehicle according to the present disclosure has the following effects.

[0056] (1) Since an elastic stopping protrusion is formed regardless of any side of the bidirectional clip being gripped, a member may be easily assembled in a desired position using the elastic stopping protrusion, and thus assembly efficiency can be improved.

[0057] (2) The bidirectional clip may also be used to fixedly assemble another member with each of the elastic stopping protrusions formed on both sides of the base, and thus is convenient.

[0058] (3) Even when one elastic stopping protrusion is bent or broken, the bidirectional clip may be used again using the elastic stopping protrusion formed on an opposite side, and thus is economical.

[0059] (4) As four to six elastic stopping protrusions are formed around pillars at regular intervals, when the elastic stopping protrusion is fitted in a mounting hole, and when the elastic stopping protrusion is easily aligned with the mounting hole regardless of an assembly direction and the clip is forcibly pressed, the assembly can be easily performed.

[0060] As described above, according to the present disclosure, the elastic stopping protrusions may be formed on both surfaces of the base and assembled in the mounting holes, and thus the worker can easily assemble the elastic stopping protrusions and the mounting holes in a convenient direction regardless of a direction in which the worker grips the bidirectional clip.