Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Connector drop-off prevention structure and connector drop-off prevention method
- Patent Title (中): 连接器脱落防止结构和连接器脱落防止方法
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Application No.: US12600414Application Date: 2008-05-26
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Publication No.: US08220837B2Publication Date: 2012-07-17
- Inventor: Fumio Kaneda
- Applicant: Fumio Kaneda
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Arent Fox LLP
- Priority: JP2007-155337 20070612
- International Application: PCT/JP2008/059637 WO 20080526
- International Announcement: WO2008/152902 WO 20081218
- Main IPC: F16L35/00
- IPC: F16L35/00

Abstract:
In a state in which a fuel pipe (11) and a connector (13) are already joined, a swing fulcrum portion (14h) of a drop-off prevention holder (14) is engaged with the fuel pipe (11), and making the drop-off prevention holder (14) swing with this portion as a fulcrum allows a U-shaped first cutout (14d) formed in a first face (14b) to be fitted onto a small diameter portion (13c) of the connector (13), thus restricting the distance between a step (13b) and a second flange (11b) and thereby restraining the fuel pipe (11) and the connector (13) so that they do not separate. Since it is necessary to carry out a snap fitting operation only once in order for the small diameter portion (13c) of the connector (13) to pass through a narrow throat portion (b) formed partway along the first cutout (14d) of the drop-off prevention holder (14), the operation becomes easy compared with a case where snap-fitting operations are required a plurality of times, and the drop-off prevention holder (14) can be installed easily.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100148497A1 CONNECTOR DROP-OFF PREVENTION STRUCTURE AND CONNECTOR DROP-OFF PREVENTION METHOD Public/Granted day:2010-06-17
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