Fixture

{
  "publication_number": "US10731685B2",
  "country": "US",
  "kind": "B2",
  "title": "Fixture",
  "abstract": "A fixture according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a shaft portion, a first fixing portion, a spacer, and a second fixing portion. A connection portion passing through the inside of the spacer and being connected to both the shaft portion and the second fixing portion is provided inside the spacer. The shaft portion includes a first hard resin portion, a second hard resin portion, and a soft resin portion. A soft resin portion is interposed between the first hard resin portion and the second hard resin portion so that vibration transmitted from either the first hard resin portion or the second hard resin portion to the other can be dampened.",
  "claims": [
    "1. A fixture being used to fix a first object to a second object, the fixture comprising: a shaft portion; a first fixing portion; a spacer; and a second fixing portion, the shaft portion being formed into a column shape, the first fixing portion being provided at one end of the shaft portion, the spacer being provided at another end of the shaft portion, the second fixing portion being provided at a site on an opposite side as the shaft portion to sandwich the spacer, a connection portion being provided inside the spacer, the connection portion passing through the inside of the spacer and being connected to both the shaft portion and the second fixing portion, a shaft holding portion being provided on the first object, and the shaft holding portion being configured such that the shaft portion can be held by the shaft holding portion when the shaft portion is inserted into the shaft holding portion, the shaft portion being configured such that the shaft portion can be inserted into the shaft holding portion from the first fixing portion side, the first fixing portion being configured such that the first fixing portion can be fixed to the first object while the shaft portion is inserted in the shaft holding portion, the second fixing portion being configured such that the second fixing portion can be fixed to the second object, the spacer being configured such that when the first fixing portion is fixed to the first object and the second fixing portion is fixed to the second object, the spacer can be sandwiched between the first object and the second object to secure a space between the first object and the second object, the spacer being made of a soft resin having a property of dampening vibration such that vibration transmitted from either the first object or the second object to the other can be dampened, the shaft portion including a first hard resin portion, a second hard resin portion, and a soft resin portion, the first hard resin portion being made of a hard resin and provided integrally with the first fixing portion, the second hard resin portion being made of a hard resin and provided integrally with the connection portion and the second fixing portion, the soft resin portion being interposed between the first hard resin portion and the second hard resin portion to connect the first hard resin portion and the second hard resin portion, and the soft resin portion being made of a soft resin having a property of dampening vibration such that vibration transmitted from either the first hard resin portion or the second hard resin portion to the other can be dampened.",
    "2. The fixture according to claim 1, wherein a regulating portion is provided on the first hard resin portion, and the regulating portion comes into contact with a contact site on the second hard resin portion side when the first hard resin portion displaces away from the second hard resin portion along an axial direction of the shaft portion such that displacement of the first hard resin portion further away from the second hard resin portion can be regulated.",
    "3. The fixture according to claim 2, wherein the second hard resin portion includes a trunk portion, a neck portion, and a head portion, the connection portion is connected to the trunk portion, the neck portion extends from the trunk portion toward the first hard resin portion side, and is smaller than the trunk portion in a dimension in a width direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the shaft portion, the head portion is provided on an opposite side as the trunk portion to sandwich the neck portion, and is greater than the neck portion in the dimension in the width direction, the regulating portion includes a gap being greater than the neck portion and smaller than the head portion in the dimension in the width direction, and the neck portion passes through the gap and comes into contact with the head portion including the contact site when the first hard resin portion displaces away from the second hard resin portion along the axial direction of the shaft portion such that displacement of the first hard resin portion further away from the second hard resin portion can be regulated.",
    "4. The fixture according to claim 1, wherein the shaft portion includes a large-diameter portion, the large-diameter portion is a part of the shaft portion, and has an outside diameter greater than outside diameters of portions other than the part, and the large-diameter portion is provided at a position closer to the spacer than the first fixing portion of the shaft portion.",
    "5. The fixture according to claim 1, wherein a flanged portion is provided on an outer periphery of the connection portion, the flanged portion is a plate portion with a plate thickness direction aligned with the axial direction of the shaft portion, and the flanged portion is embedded in the spacer.",
    "6. The fixture according to claim 1, wherein one end of the first hard resin portion reaches the inside of the spacer, a plate portion is provided at one end of the first hard resin portion, the plate portion has a plate thickness direction aligned with the axial direction of the shaft portion, and the plate portion is embedded in the spacer.",
    "7. The fixture according to claim 1, wherein the soft resin portion includes a covering layer, and the covering layer partially or entirely covers the outer peripheral side of at least one of the first hard resin portion and the second hard resin portion.",
    "8. The fixture according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the first fixing portion and the second fixing portion includes a snap portion, the snap portion is configured to be elastically deformed when the snap portion is inserted into a through-hole and so that the elastically deformed shape is restored after the snap portion has passed through the through-hole, and the snap portion is configured to be fitted into a fitted site on a periphery of the through-hole and to be prevented from being pulled out from the through-hole, and the snap portion includes a fitting site configured to come into contact with the fitted site when the snap portion is fitted into a site on a periphery of the through-hole, and the fitting site is made of a soft resin having a property of dampening vibration such that vibration transmitted from either the snap portion or the fitted site to the other can be dampened."
  ],
  "description_excerpt": "The present disclosure relates to a fixture used to fix a first object to a second object.\n\nThere is known a vibration-absorbing fixture used to fix an article to another member (for example, see Patent Document 1). In the case of the vibration-absorbing fixture described in Patent Document 1, a first attachment unit is fixed to one end of a shaft portion. An elastic member is provided on the other end of the shaft portion. The other end of the shaft portion and a second attachment unit are connected via the elastic member.\n\nPatent Document 1 also discloses an example in which the shaft portion, the first attachment unit, and the second attachment unit are made of a hard resin (for example PP (polypropylene)), an example in which the elastic member is made of a soft resin (for example, TPS (styrene-based thermoplastic elastomer)), and the like.\n\nPatent Document 1: Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2008-274978A\n\nThe elastic member as described above is made of the soft resin as described above. As a result, the mechanical strength is correspondingly lower than the mechanical strength of the shaft portion or the like made of a hard resin. Therefore, the vibration-absorbing fixture as described above may be broken easily at a portion of the elastic member when an unexpectedly large load is applied to the vibration-absorbing fixture, for example. The fixture may also be broken easily at a portion of the elastic member when the mechanical strength of the elastic member further decreases due to changes over time.",
  "cpc": [
    "F16B 5/0635",
    "F16B 21/082",
    "F16B 5/0024",
    "F16B 5/06",
    "F16B 5/0628",
    "F16B 5/065",
    "F16F 15/08"
  ],
  "ipc": [
    "F16B 21/08",
    "F16B 5/00",
    "F16B 5/06",
    "F16F 15/08"
  ],
  "assignees": [
    "Kitagawa Industries Co Ltd"
  ],
  "inventors": [
    "Tatsuya Uchida"
  ],
  "filing_date": "2016-10-27",
  "publication_date": "2020-08-04",
  "grant_date": "2020-08-04",
  "priority_date": "2015-10-29",
  "application_number": "US-201615771553-A",
  "family_id": "58631682",
  "cited_by_count": 7,
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}