Patents Examined by Flemming Seather
  • Patent number: 8113756
    Abstract: Provided is a clip which can be easily detached from a mounting hole solely by pulling a base portion thereof in any one direction. A clip (10) is equipped with a base portion (20) to engage with a front-side peripheral edge of a mounting hole (5), and a locking leg (30) to engage with a back-side peripheral edge of the mounting hole (5). The locking leg (30) has a stem portion (40) and a pair of elastic engagement members (50) extending in an anchor-fluke-like fashion from the forward ends of the stem portion (40) and having at their forward ends engagement portions (51) to engage with the back-side peripheral edge of the mounting hole (5). An axis (C) of the stem portion (30) and a line (L) connecting the centers of the engagement portions (51) of the pair of elastic engagement members (50) are offset from each other as seen in an axial direction of the stem portion (40).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignees: Piolax Inc., Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuki Wakabayashi, Hirotatsu Matsuo, Kiyotaka Itou, Tetsutaro Nakagawa, Yusuke Arai, Naoki Aizawa
  • Patent number: 5857818
    Abstract: A removable cover for lug nuts, used for mounting a wheel rim on a vehicle, characterized by having a plurality of flat side surfaces which engage the complimentary sides of a lug nut where adjacent side surfaces are separated by a slot so that the side surfaces will function as a spring to retain the cover on the lug nut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Inventor: Donald R. Bias, Sr.