US 12,258,892 B2
Fastener and shield unit
Takaya Watanabe, Saitama (JP); Yasuhumi Inoue, Saitama (JP); Shota Miura, Saitama (JP); and Pascal Dirnberger, Bavaria (DE)
Assigned to ELRINGKLINGER MARUSAN CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/914,861
Filed by ELRINGKLINGER MARUSAN CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jan. 26, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/002630
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 27, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/192580, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 30, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-057772 (JP), filed on Mar. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0057516 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. F01N 13/10 (2010.01); B60K 13/04 (2006.01); F01N 13/14 (2010.01); F16B 5/02 (2006.01); F16B 39/24 (2006.01); F16B 43/00 (2006.01)
CPC F01N 13/102 (2013.01) [B60K 13/04 (2013.01); F01N 13/14 (2013.01); F16B 5/02 (2013.01); F16B 39/24 (2013.01); F16B 43/00 (2013.01); F01N 2450/24 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fastener for fastening a shield member to a structure, comprising:
a support component for supporting the shield member; and
a fixing component for fixing the shield member through the support component to the structure,
wherein the support component has:
a tube part which is inserted into a hole provided in the shield member and into which the fixing component is inserted;
two flange parts which are each provided at both ends of the tube part and opposite to each of both sides of the shield member; and
spring parts which are interposed between each of the two flange parts and both sides of the shield member, and
wherein the spring parts have a first spring and a second spring with different load-deflection characteristic,
the first spring is interposed between each of the two flange parts and both sides of the shield member, and
the second spring is interposed between at least one of the two flange parts and at least one of both sides of the shield member.