Fastening device for fixing a cable

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016003377-A1
Application number	US-201314412486-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 28, 2013
Priority date	Jul 4, 2012
Publication date	Jan 7, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Fastening device for fixing at least one cable, wherein the fastening device includes a clip for receiving and/or fixing a cable, wherein the clip is designed such that it can at least partially surround the cable and clamp the cable in a force-fitting and/or interlocking manner, and wherein the fastening device has a fixing element which includes a guide element and a retaining element, wherein the guide element is mechanically connected to the clip, and the retaining element is designed such that it allows the fastening device to be mounted in a fixed position, wherein the guide element is mounted in the clip in a mount which at least partially surrounds the clip in respect of its casing surface.

First claim

1 . A fastening device for fixing at least one cable, wherein the fastening device comprises a clip for receiving and/or fixing the at least one cable, wherein the clip is designed such that it can at least partially engage around the cable and can clamp said cable in a force-fitting and/or interlocking manner, and wherein the fastening device has a fixing element which comprises a guide element and a retaining element, wherein the guide element is mechanically connected to the clip, and the retaining element is designed such that it allows the fastening device to be mounted in a fixed position, wherein the guide element is mounted in the clip in a mount which at least partially surrounds the clip with respect to its casing surface.

2 . The fastening device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least partially surrounding mount of the clip has two grooves for mounting the guide element, said grooves being designed such that they each receive an edge or side of the guide element, and wherein the grooves are each designed substantially along a curvature of the casing surface.

3 . The fastening device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the guide element has a panel which is substantially in the form of a casing surface segment of a cylinder and/or is designed to correspond to a curvature profile of the casing surface of the clip or is designed depending on said curvature profile.

4 . The fastening device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the clip is designed such that it can engage around the cable at least partially in a force-fitting manner and fix said cable, so that the cable is secured against rotation and displacement in the clip by the clip having retaining means which can clamp the cable at its outer circumference.

5 . The fastening device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the retaining means of the clip are in the form of retaining ribs and/or in the form of retaining protrusions and/or in the form of retaining fins.

6 . The fastening device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the retaining ribs of the clip are hollow and/or not solid and also elastic.

7 . The fastening device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the retaining ribs have a wall thickness (b) which is lower than one third or one fifth of an average width of the retaining ribs or of a height of the retaining ribs.

8 . The fastening device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the retaining ribs are substantially trapezoidal with respect to their cross-sectional area and/or their profile which is designed to mount the cable, is rounded, wherein the rounded portion is in the form of a recess in the top surface of the retaining ribs.

9 . The fastening device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the clip is of integral design, wherein it has two segments which are connected to one another on one side, by a film hinge and/or by an elastic web, and wherein the other side can be folded open and folded closed and has an interlocking closure means.

10 . The fastening device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the retaining element of the fixing element is in the form of a tap or arrowhead.

11 . The fastening device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein an inwardly facing side surface of the retaining ribs are substantially trapezoidal with respect to their cross-sectional area and/or their profile.

Assignees

• Continental Teves Ag & Co Ohg

Inventors

• Denner Timo
• Musolf Tobias

Classifications

• F16L3/16

  with special provision allowing movement of the pipe (F16L3/01 takes precedence; supporting pipes or cables inside other pipes or sleeves F16L7/00) · CPC title

• F16L3/1075 Primary

  with two members, the two members being joined with a hinge on one side and fastened together on the other side · CPC title

• F16L3/127 Primary

  and extending away from the attachment surface · CPC title

• B60R16/02

  electric {constitutive elements} · CPC title

• H02G3/26

  Installations of cables, lines, or separate protective tubing therefor directly on or in walls, ceilings, or floors (by means of insulators H02G3/24; supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing F16L3/00; hose-clips F16L33/02) · CPC title