Retention clip assembly

摘要

A retention clip assembly for connecting first and second components together. The retention clip assembly includes a male member configured to engage a female member. The male member includes a body portion with a tab extending therefrom. A terminal end of the tab includes a flange projecting laterally from a side surface. The female member includes body portion having sides defining an opening into which the tab of the male member is received. A rib of the female member is located adjacent to one of the sides defining the opening so as to form a slot being between the rib and adjacent side of the opening. The flange is constantly biased into contact with the rib when the male and female members are engaged.

主权项

1. A retention clip assembly for connecting first and second components together, the retention clip assembly comprising:
a male member and a female member, the male member being configured to engage the female member in an engaged position; the male member having a male body portion and a tab extending from the male body portion, the tab including a base end that extends away from the male body portion and a terminal end that extends towards the male body portion, the terminal end defining a free position relative to the base end and being resiliently deflectable out of the free position and towards the base end, the free position defining a free width Wt relative to the base end, wherein the tab of the male member further comprises a flange projecting laterally from a side surface of the terminal end, the flange comprising a lip; the female member having a female body portion, the female body portion including sides defining an opening configured to receive the base end and the terminal end of the tab of the male member therein, the female member further including a rib adjacent to one of the sides defining the opening, a slot being defined between the rib and the one of the sides defining the opening, the rib of the female member comprising a lower surface that defines an interior of the slot, wherein: the opening defines an opening width that is less than the free width and the flange is positioned in the slot in the engaged position of the male member with the female member, the flange being resiliently biased into contact with the rib in the engaged position; the lip of the flange is maintained in contact with the lower surface of the rib when the male member is positioned in the engaged position relative to the female member; the male member is inserted into the female member in an insertion direction; and the lower surface of the rib is inclined in the insertion direction relative to the opening and contacts the flange of the terminal end of the male member when the male member is positioned in the engaged position relative to the female member or when the male member is positioned in an over-insertion position relative to the female member in which the lip of the flange is spaced apart from an opposing interior surface of the slot in the insertion direction.