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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8443493 | Fastening device A fastening device for attaching a structural member to a support member includes a lower portion having a shank portion attachable to the support member, and an upper portion having a radial flange at the outer side and an axial passage. The shank portion is insert... | 05/21/2013 |
| 8424170 | Plastic hinged trim clip A plastic hinged trim clip is described. The trim clip may secure two or more components together. The trim clip may include a body and a locking feature. The body may include a first end and a second end located on either side of a fold area. The locking feature ma... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8393058 | Clip According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a clip including: a flange and a leg. The leg includes: a pillar portion that vertically extends from the flange; a tip portion provided at a distal end in an axial direction; a rib that outwardly ex... | 03/12/2013 |
| 8381368 | Vehicle clip centering device and method A centering clip device can include a clip base having an opening for receiving a clip. The clip base can have a top surface that has a first bump, a second bump and a third bump all spaced away from each other. A clip can be included that has a substantially elonga... | 02/26/2013 |
| 8359715 | Trim clip A trim clip for securing a panel to a structural part is disclosed herein. The trim clip includes: a captivating part having an anchor; a body part having a cavity for receiving the anchor; and means for locking the captivating part to the body part. Wherein the bod... | 01/29/2013 |
| 8347465 | Clip A clip comprises a grommet and a pin, and the grommet has a flange and leg pieces. The flange has a pair of right and left flange bodies, bridges for joining the flange bodies, and an opening portion formed at the center portion thereof. Peripheral walls of the open... | 01/08/2013 |
| 8316514 | Trim clip for trim for curtain side air bag A trim clip includes a tether, a main clip body, and a pin. In the assembled condition, a body securing part and a trim securing part of the main clip body are directly connected. The trim securing part has a leg formed as a hollow tubular member. Flexible first lat... | 11/27/2012 |
| 8291553 | Trim panel having a clip retention feature A trim panel having a clip retention feature is provided. The trim panel is mounted to a support structure of an automotive vehicle by a clip. The clip includes a first flange at one end of the clip and a second flange spaced apart from the first flange. The trim pa... | 10/23/2012 |
| 8225464 | Fastener arrangements A fastener arrangement comprises: a) a fastener receiver (12) having a lip (13); b) a fastener element (14) having a body part (15) and a resiliently connected latch member (16) having a hook (17) adapted to engage the lip; ... | 07/24/2012 |
| 8156615 | Connecting structures A connecting structure for connecting a first component to a second component may include a clip and a hollow seat portion. The clip is capable of engaging the second component and has a hollow main body. The main body has a support shaft and at least one engagement... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8099837 | Low-profile upholstery clip for attaching a bead to a foam substrate A low-profile clip adapted to secure a listing bead to a foam substrate and is constructed from a material that affords resilience, durability, high resistance to a wide range of temperatures during field use and seat assembly and ease of bead installation with high... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8091184 | Festooned trim clip system and method for attaching festooned clips to a substrate This invention provides a single or multi-ganged clip that can be grouped into a festooned arrangement. That is, a plurality of clips are arranged together into a discrete assembly along a line of extension so that a human or automated handler can retrieve a groupin... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8056193 | Plastic fastener A fastener includes a fastener body having a pair of legs. A shoulder portion causes the legs to be elastically engaged with inner edges of a mounting aperture when the fastener is inserted into the mounting aperture. A gripper portion includes a pair of gripper arm... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8046879 | Fastener A fastener with a shank and, arranged at one end of the shank, a head intended for welding to a workpiece, has multiple detent pawls formed on the shank that extend radially outward from the shank toward the head and that are elastically resilient in the radially in... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8037582 | Fastener According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a fastener including: a fastener body including: a cylindrical portion having an insertion hole formed therethrough; and a locking portion protruding outward from the cylindrical portion; and an unlo... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8011068 | Structure for attaching protective member to a support A structure for attaching to a support a protective member having a rib comprises a single-piece clip with a rib-fastening section and a support-fastening section. The rib-fastening section has a pair of walls defining a space into which the rib is inserted, and the... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7984535 | Mounting strip for mounting a formed part on a chassis body of a motor vehicle A mounting strip for mounting a formed part on a body of a motor vehicle includes a strip-shaped basic body, a plurality of pins formed directly at the rear side of the basic body as locking elements for holding the mounting strip in corresponding openings in the mo... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7966702 | EA member, and clip and structure for securing the same An energy absorption (EA) member is provided with a clip, and a structure for securing the EA member. A clip 20 has a flange 21, a shaft 22 projecting from the flange 21, an anchor 23 spreading from an end of the shaft 22, a... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7954206 | Pin and grommet fastener assembly A fastener assembly configured to secure a first panel to a second panel includes a pin and a grommet. The pin includes a shaft connected to a tip. The grommet is configured to snapably secure into a hole of a panel. The grommet includes a central passage. The shaft... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7904994 | Mounting device for a fastening system trim elements to vehicle body Mounting device for connecting a fastening system selected from a number of available standard fastening systems to an automotive finishing element like e.g. a door inner panel, a dashboard, etc designed to be fixed to a vehicle body; the mounting device consists in... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7874048 | Clip When an operation wall of an inner member is inserted into an insertion portion of an outer member and an engagement piece does not receive a cam operation due to a slanted cam portion, contact pieces of the outer member do not correspond to a positioning hole of th... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7870648 | Disk-shaped object of synthetic thermoplastic material, and method for producing same A disk-shaped object of synthetic thermoplastic material has contact surfaces on opposite sides that possess a rough texture. In a method for production of the disk-shaped object, synthetic material is injected under pressure in a plasticized state into a cooled mol... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7832064 | Multiple engagement joint tethered fastener A fastener first member connects to a second member by a flexible tether. A third member having multiple deflectable wings slides onto the second member. A first member male pin extends through a third member aperture to engage second member biasing elements, joinin... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7770266 | Trim retainer A retainer employs a flexible arm with an internal rib. In another aspect of the present invention, a retainer has at least one generally triangularly shaped projection laterally extending from an arm. A further aspect of the present invention retainer provides a la... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7752720 | System for attaching trim covers to a flexible substrate This invention provides a system and method for attaching a trim cover to a flexible/resilient substrate, typically constructed from foam, which includes a plurality of clips that each has a base molded into the substrate. The bases each include a central “keyhole... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7748089 | Auger clip assembly An auger clip assembly configured to be secured to a foam panel may include a main body having a cylindrical main wall that define a central chamber, a first set of opposed threads radially extending from the main wall and a connection stud secured to the main body.... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7698788 | Fastening clip with flexible tether A fastening clip with a flexible tether for use with a vehicle includes a first fastener attached to a component such as a vehicle body, and a second fastener attached to a removable component such as a vehicle trim panel. The first and second fasteners may be conne... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7698787 | Fastener A w-base fastener includes multiple legs that compress towards a common member, to which the legs are attached, during the installation through an opening of a structure. These legs then engage the backside of the structure to which the fastener is mounted to hold t... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7669295 | Clip A clip to be inserted into and fixed to a rectangular hole formed in an attached member includes: a base body portion that engages the rectangular hole on a one side of the attached member; a stem portion that extends from the base body portion to be insertable into... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7552516 | Clamp A clamp is provided having a synthetic clip and a metal plate spring. The clip includes a pair of side walls opposed each other at a certain distance, engaging shoulder portions each formed at an outer surface of each of the side walls and configured to be engaged w... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7549199 | Device for connecting a carrier part and an add-on piece A device for connecting a carrier part and an add-on piece. The device includes a receiving part (1), an anchoring part (3) and a connecting part (2). The connecting part can be connected to the receiving part (1) and the anchoring part (... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7536755 | Clip having engaging pawl portions and projecting portions A clip for fixing a mounting part with a boss portion provided on and suspended perpendicularly from the back surface thereof to a panel with a mounting hole formed therein, includes: a base body having a U-shaped section and including a pair of mutually opposed sid... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7526841 | Indented female blow-molded connector and male connector and method A device and method for forming an indented female connector where the dimension of the indented female connector provides for removing a male molding component without damaging a set of internal ribs formed inside the female connector. A structure comprising an ind... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7487575 | System for attaching trim covers to a flexible substrate This invention provides a system and method for attaching a trim cover to a flexible/resilient substrate, typically constructed from foam, which includes a plurality of clips that each has a base molded into the substrate. The bases each include a central “key-hol... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7461436 | Mounting structure of vehicle interior material A mounting structure of a vehicle interior material, includes: a boss part protruded from a rear surface of a vehicle interior material; a clip which has a U-shaped body; a mounting hole punched through the vehicle body; a first engaging piece to be engaged with an ... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7444721 | Four legged fastener clip A fastener clip includes a pair of laterally offset legs joined at a head portion, wherein the legs form a clip opening at an opposite end of the head portion. A pair of arms are coupled to the pair of legs adjacent to the head portion such that the arms move substa... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7419206 | Interior trim fastener system A quick connect fastener system is provided. In another aspect of the present invention, a snap-in fastener is used for retaining an automotive vehicle interior trim member. A further aspect of the present invention employs a base and a resilient retainer, one of wh... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7407224 | Molding attaching structure, molding attaching clip, and molding A molding attaching clip 30 includes a fixed portion 31 to be fixed in a groove 15 of a roof panel 10, a pair of elastically deformable wall portions 32 which are erected from the fixed portion 31, a pair of engaging portion... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7401388 | Rib clip A rib clip for connecting first and second components is provided with first and second legs deflectable relative to each other. One leg is substantially straight and includes a shelf. The other leg is bent and includes inner and outer arms biased against a componen... | 07/22/2008 |
| D572129 | Clip | 07/01/2008 |
