Structure for mounting automobile interior upholstering material

摘要

A part mounting structure for mounting a part having a boss portion on a panel having a mounting oblong hole includes a U-shaped leaf spring member made of metal for admitting and fixing thereto the boss portion of the part and a clip member made of synthetic resin for admitting the leaf spring member and engaging in the mounting oblong hole of the panel. The leaf spring member has opposite side walls thereof provided with outwardly folded engaging pieces and formed with a plurality of inwardly folded check pawls having sharp leading ends which wedge individually into the surface of the boss portion of the part. The clip member is formed into a cylindroid conforming to the shape of the mounting oblong hole of the panel, provided on opposite inner wall surfaces thereof with stepped portions which engage with the engaging pieces of the leaf spring member, and also provided on opposite outer wall surfaces thereof on the long side of the cylindroid with engaging portions which engage with the edge of the mounting oblong hole of the panel and on opposite outer wall surfaces thereof on the short side of the cylindroid with elastic engaging legs for dispelling positional and dimensional errors and having their leading ends engaged with the edge of the mounting oblong hole of the panel.