COMPONENT MOUNTING STRUCTURE ON MOLDED ARTICLE

• Main Authors: KOJIMA HIROSHI, MATSUMURA KOICHI, KOBAYAKAWA MASUNORI, IBI HIDEMI, ISHIKURA KENTARO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 18.01.2007
• Subjects: COFFEE MILLS; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; FURNITURE; HUMAN NECESSITIES; SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL; TOILET ACCESSORIES

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a component mounting structure on a molded article capable of preventing the compressive deformation of a portion of a molded article having a soft intermediate resin layer composed of resin foam fastened by a mounting component and having superior external appearance and waterproofing property. SOLUTION: The molded article 1 is formed with the intermediate resin layer 5 composed of resin foam between a surface resin layer 3 and a back resin layer 4. The back face of the molded article 1 is formed with a recess 6 having the bottom reaching the surface resin layer 3. A hard body 8 harder than the intermediate resin layer 5 is embedded in the recess 6 and fixed to and integrated with the molded article 1. The molded article 1 is formed with a through-hole 10 penetrating through the hard body 8 and the surface resin layer 3. The mounting component 2 is inserted into the through-hole 10. The circumferential edge part of the through-hole is clamped by the mounting component 2 from the both front/rear sides of the molded article 1 to mount the mounting component 2 on the molded article 1. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT