Apparatus and methods for cable clamping techniques

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10033175-B1
Application number	US-201715442944-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Feb 27, 2017
Priority date	Feb 27, 2017
Publication date	Jul 24, 2018
Grant date	Jul 24, 2018

Abstract

An apparatus comprising a clamp. The clamp can include a plate. The plate can include a mounting opening to accommodate a shaft of a bolt module there-through and to stop an end of the bolt module from passing through, and cable tie openings. The clamp can also include a tube projecting from the plate, where an opening in the tube is coaxial with the mounting opening. The clamp can also include a non-metal curled coupling member sized to wrap around a portion of a cable and a non-metal coupling spacer member having a base portion and spacing arms projecting from the base portion. Ends of the spacing arms can be configured to contact the curled coupling member and the base portion has an opening coaxial with the mounting opening and the opening in the tube. A clamp and cable assembly and methods of manufacturing the clamp and assembling the clamp and the cable are also disclosed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus, comprising:
a clamp, including:
a plate, the plate including:
a mounting opening to accommodate a shaft of a bolt module there-through and to stop an end of the bolt module from passing through, and
cable tie openings;

a tube projecting from the plate, where an opening in the tube is coaxial with the mounting opening;
a non-metal curled coupling member sized to wrap around a portion of a cable; and
a non-metal coupling spacer member having a base portion and spacing arms projecting from the base portion, wherein ends of the spacing arms are configured to contact the curled coupling member and the base portion has an opening coaxial with the mounting opening and the opening in the tube.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , further including metal cable ties, wherein each of the cable ties is sized to wrap around the portion of the cable and to pass through one of the metal cable tie openings.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , further including cable tie locks configured to secure cable ties that are wrapped around a portion of the cable, the cable tie locks locatable on the backside of the clamp module.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the plate, bolt module and the metal cable ties are made of a non-ferromagnetic metal.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the curled coupling member and the coupling spacer are made of plastic.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the cable tie openings are surrounded by an electrical insulator, the insulator configured to accept a cable tie there-through.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the curled coupling member has ends configured to rest on ridged indexes provided on a jacket of the cable when the curled coupling member is wrapped around the portion of the cable.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the curled coupling member includes a first curled member and second curled member where interlocking ends couple the first and second curled members together and opposite ends of the first and second curled members contact the cable.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the bolting module includes a nut embedded in the base portion of the coupling spacer member, wherein one end of the shaft of the bolting module is a threaded shaft configured to screw into the nut.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the bolt module further includes a nut configured to fasten to the end of the bolt shaft that passes through the tube of the mounting plate to thereby attach the clamp to a surface mounting plate.

11. The apparatus of claim 1 , further including a plurality of the clamps and a cable held by each one of the clamps.

12. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the apparatus is part of a wireless telecommunication system.

13. An assembly, comprising:
a clamp, including:
a plate, the plate including:
a mounting opening to accommodate a shaft of a bolt module there-through and to stop an end of the bolt module from passing through, and
cable tie openings;

a tube projecting from the plate, where an opening in the tube is coaxial with the mounting opening;
a non-metal curled coupling member sized to wrap around a portion of the cable; and
a non-metal coupling spacer member having a base portion and spacing arms projecting from the base portion, wherein ends of the spacing arms are configured to contact the curled coupling member and the base portion has an opening coaxial with the mounting opening and the opening in the tube; and

a cable, the cable including apertures in the outer conductor of the cable that are positioned on the front side of the clamp.

14. The assembly of claim 13 , wherein the cable is configured to radiate RF signals through the apertures.

Assignees

• Radio Frequency Systems Gmbh
• Nokia Shanghai Bell Co Ltd

Inventors

• Schumacher Otto

Classifications

• H02G3/24 Primary

  Installation of lines or cables on walls, ceilings or floors by means of insulators (insulators H01B17/00) · CPC title

• F16L3/137

  and consisting of a flexible band · CPC title

• F16L3/02

  partly surrounding the pipes, cables or protective tubing (bands or chains F16L3/14) · CPC title

• H02G3/30

  Installations of cables or lines on walls, floors or ceilings · CPC title

• H02G9/08

  in tunnels · CPC title