Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P.
Clip
 A clip mounted with a mounting plate having opposite walls defining a mounting groove having an opened leading end, the clip which has a clip body made of an elastic metal plate, having a V-shape portion with substantially V-shape cross section formed by folding back, so as to have two opposite inclined plate portions, the inclined plate potions having opposite slits, respectively, the opposite walls of the mounting plate inserted into the slits, respectively, when the clip body is inserted into the mounting groove from the leading end of the clip body, so that the opposite walls of the mounting groove are inserted into the slits, the mounting plate is engaged with the slits, and a slit start portion adjacent to the leading end of the V-shape potion is elastically supported by the opposite walls of the mounting plate with an elastic force of the opposite inclined plate portions; and a base having a clip-body holding portion for holding the clip body, a harness securing portion which is made of resin and to which a wire harness is secured in a state being out of contact with the clip body, and an inclination restraining portion provided in the V-shape portion of the clip body and arranged to be inserted into the mounting groove inserted into the slit to be brought into contact with the inner surface of the mounting groove so as to restrain inclination of the clip-body holding portion. Therefore, when the clip has been mounted on the mounting plate portion, engagement between the slit start portion and the opposite walls prevents shift and looseness against force acting from a direction opposite to the insertion direction, the fitting between the slit and the mounting plate portion prevents the same against force acting in a direction intersecting the mounting plate portion and the contact between the inclination restraining portion and the mounting groove prevents the same against force acting in a direction intersecting the inclined plate portion. As a result, a strong mounting state can be realized. 
Yazaki Corporation
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F16L Y10T F16L
inventional additional inventional
Kenji Ikuo
Yamazaki Takeda