Wire harness assembly system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10629335-B2
Application number	US-201514884358-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 15, 2015
Priority date	Oct 31, 2014
Publication date	Apr 21, 2020
Grant date	Apr 21, 2020

Abstract

A wire harness assembly system is disclosed. The wire harness assembly system includes a locking mount for receiving a wire routing accessory. The locking mount includes a main body with an upper portion, a base flange, and a lower portion. The lower portion includes a locating shaft extending from the base flange. The locating shaft has keyed members positioned opposite each other. The locating shaft and the keyed members of the locking mount are positioned in keyed holes in a grid tile. The locking mount is rotated to a locked position in the grid tile to secure the locking mount and the wire routing accessory mounted thereto.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wire harness assembly system comprising:
a grid tile comprising keyed holes extending through the grid tile;
a repositionable wire routing accessory to route wires along the grid tile, wherein the repositionable wire routing accessory is a mounting block having a top with a pattern of openings for receiving wire harness accessories, a bottom, and a latching collar;
a locking mount for receiving the repositionable wire routing accessory, wherein the locking mount having a main body with an upper portion, a base flange, and a lower portion; wherein the upper portion includes an opening, the repositionable wire routing accessory is installed within the opening, wherein the opening is a round well;
wherein the lower portion includes a locating shaft extending from the base flange, the locating shaft having keyed members positioned opposite each other; the keyed members corresponding to the keyed holes of the grid tile;
wherein the locking mount further comprising snap-in latches extending from the base flange, the snap-in latches are parallel to the upper portion and extend above the round well, the snap-in latches having a distal end with a hook;
wherein the hook of the snap-in latches of the locking mount engage the latching collar of the mounting block; and
wherein the locking mount is positioned in the keyed holes in the grid tile and rotated to a locked position in the grid tile to secure the repositionable wire routing accessory mounted thereto.

2. The wire harness assembly of claim 1 , wherein the mounting block has a mounting barrel extending from a center of the bottom of the mounting block.

3. The wire harness assembly system of claim 2 , wherein the round well has internal splines positioned equidistant from each other in the round well;
wherein the mounting barrel having a plurality of external splines positioned equidistant from adjacent splines; and
wherein the mounting barrel is positioned inside the round well with the external splines positioned adjacent to the internal splines in the round well;
whereby the internal splines and the external splines provide incremental angular positioning of the mounting block with respect to the locking mount.

4. The wire harness assembly system of claim 1 , wherein the pattern of openings includes a plurality of parallel mounting slots with reinforcing ribs.

5. The wire harness assembly system of claim 1 , wherein the top of the mounting block includes a rectangular pad with a pair of mounting holes.

Assignees

• Panduit Corp

Inventors

• Rouleau Rodney G
• Nebes Janina B
• Kossak Robert W

Classifications

• H02G3/32

  using mounting clamps · CPC title

• H05K13/06

  Wiring by machine · CPC title

• B60R16/0215

  Protecting, fastening and routing means therefor · CPC title

• H01R43/20

  for assembling or disassembling contact members with insulating base, case or sleeve · CPC title

• F16B21/02

  Releasable fastening devices locking by rotation (with snap-action F16B21/06; studs or coupling pins with resilient protrusions F16B21/08) · CPC title