Structure for securing a protector to a vehicle body

Details Structure for securing a protector to a vehicle body Structure for securing a protector to a vehicle body

2008-01-15

2008-01-15

Pedder, Dennis H (Department: 3612)

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

Structural detail

C296S001080

Reexamination Certificate

active

11142338

ABSTRACT:
To easily attach a protector to a vehicle body panel and to prevent the protector from being shifted after securing the protector to a vehicle body by absorbing an error in position between clips provided on the protector and locking holes formed in the vehicle body panel. Two clips being locked on a vehicle body are integrally formed on a wall of a protector for sheathing a wire harness. The clips have locking pawls disposed on the opposite lateral sides of the clips. The locking pawls are inserted into locking holes in a vehicle body panel so that the locking pawls engage the peripheral edges of the opposed sides of the locking holes, thereby securing the protector to the vehicle body panel. Provided that “A” is a length of each locking hole at a side engaging each of the locking pawls, “B” is a length of the clip in a direction perpendicular to the locking pawl, and “C” is a length of the other clip, the length B is set to satisfy the equation (B=A−1 mm) and the length C is set to satisfy the equation (C<A−4 mm). Thus, the clip may be shifted in the locking hole within a distance of below 0.5 mm.

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