US 12,233,787 B2
Tether clip and pillar coupling structure provided with the same
Jiseob Park, Incheon (KR); Hongkeun Son, Hwaseong-si (KR); Jaewon Park, Hwaseong-si (KR); and Yoo Sung Doh, Anyang-si (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR); and NIFCO KOREA INC., Asan-si (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR); and NIFCO KOREA INC., Anyang-si (KR)
Filed on Jun. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/832,390.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0097196 (KR), filed on Jul. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0030083 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 21/213 (2011.01); B60R 13/02 (2006.01); F16B 21/06 (2006.01); F16B 21/08 (2006.01); B60R 21/216 (2011.01)
CPC B60R 13/0206 (2013.01) [B60R 21/213 (2013.01); F16B 21/065 (2013.01); F16B 21/082 (2013.01); F16B 21/086 (2013.01); B60R 13/025 (2013.01); B60R 2013/0287 (2013.01); B60R 21/216 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tether clip comprising:
a clip body including a panel anchor part and a trim anchor portion connected to the panel anchor part, the clip body having a moving space therein, wherein a trim trigger in the trim anchor portion is deformable in a moving space direction toward the panel anchor part;
a head anchor part having a head hook thereon;
a tether connecting the clip body and the head anchor part; and
a coupling pin inserted into the moving space and including an inclined slope configured to contact the trim trigger and move the coupling pin toward the panel anchor part when the trim trigger is deformed inside.