Cable Fastening Device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016372908-A1
Application number	US-201615185836-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 17, 2016
Priority date	Jun 18, 2015
Publication date	Dec 22, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A fastening device for a cable is operatively connected to a motor vehicle. The fastening device includes a holder fixedly secured to the motor vehicle. The holder defines a receiving opening with a stop extending out along a side of the receiving opening. A cable feedthrough grommet surrounds a portion of the cable in a cable longitudinal direction. The cable feedthrough grommet includes a radial thickening and defines a groove extending through the radial thickening. The groove is received by the receiving opening of the holder to hold the cable feedthrough grommet in place. The cable feedthrough grommet includes a protuberance that extends radially out from the radial thickening to engage the stop of the holder to prevent the cable feedthrough grommet from being secured to the holder in a misaligned manner.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A fastening device for a cable operatively connected to a motor vehicle, said fastening device comprising:
a holder fixedly secured to the motor vehicle, said holder defining a receiving opening with a stop extending out along a side of said receiving opening; and a cable feedthrough grommet surrounding a portion of the cable in a cable longitudinal direction, said cable feedthrough grommet including a radial thickening and defining a groove extending through said radial thickening such that said groove of said cable feedthrough grommet is received by said receiving opening of said holder to hold said cable feedthrough grommet in place, said cable feedthrough grommet including a protuberance extending radially out from said radial thickening to engage said stop of said holder to prevent said cable feedthrough grommet from being secured to said holder in a misaligned manner.

2 . A fastener device as set forth in claim 1 wherein said cable feedthrough grommet is fabricated of a resiliently deformable material.

3 . A fastener device as set forth in claim 2 where said holder has a substantially U-shaped cross section with a flat base side and two adjoining legs extending substantially parallel to each other such that said receiving opening is arranged in said flat base side and said legs form said stop.

4 . A fastening device as set forth in claim 3 wherein said cable feedthrough grommet includes a cable anti-kink device extending out from said radial thickening.

5 . A fastening device as set forth in claim 4 wherein said anti-kink device is formed as an elongated hollow body extending in a cable longitudinal direction and surrounds a portion of the cable.

6 . A fastener device as set forth in claim 5 wherein said groove runs along a portion of said radial thickening.

7 . A fastening device for a cable operatively connected to a motor vehicle, said fastening device comprising:
a holder fixedly secured to the motor vehicle, said holder defining a receiving opening with a stop extending out along a side of said receiving opening, said holder further including a recess extending into said holder from said receiving opening; and a cable feedthrough grommet surrounding a portion of the cable in a cable longitudinal direction, said cable feedthrough grommet including a radial thickening and defining a groove extending through said radial thickening such that said groove of said cable feedthrough grommet is received by said receiving opening of said holder to hold said cable feedthrough grommet in place, said cable feedthrough grommet including a protuberance extending radially out from said radial thickening to engage said stop of said holder to prevent said cable feedthrough grommet from being secured to said holder in a misaligned manner, said cable feedthrough grommet further including a pin extending out from said groove in said radial thickening to be received by said recess in said holder.

8 . A fastener device as set forth in claim 7 wherein said cable feedthrough grommet is fabricated of a resiliently deformable material.

9 . A fastener device as set forth in claim 8 where said holder has a substantially U-shaped cross section with a flat base side and two adjoining legs extending substantially parallel to each other such that said receiving opening is arranged in said flat base side and said legs form said stop.

10 . A fastening device as set forth in claim 9 wherein said cable feedthrough grommet includes a cable anti-kink device extending out from said radial thickening.

11 . A fastening device as set forth in claim 10 wherein said anti-kink device is formed as an elongated hollow body extending in a cable longitudinal direction and surrounds a portion of the cable.

12 . A fastener device as set forth in claim 11 wherein said groove runs along a portion of said radial thickening.

13 . A fastening device for a cable comprising;
a cable feedthrough grommet made of resiliently deformable material, said grommet surrounds the cable in a cable longitudinal direction at least in part and having a radial thickening in which a groove is formed; a holder having a receiving opening, said cable feedthrough grommet and said holder each having mechanical coding mechanism cooperating such that the cable feedthrough grommet positioned in the receiving opening of the holder is inhibited in a blocking orientation and is enabled in a mounting orientation, said mechanical coding mechanism having a protuberance formed on the cable feedthrough grommet or on the holder said protuberance engaging a corresponding stop formed on the holder or on the cable feedthrough grommet respectively, such that improper positioning of the cable feedthrough grommet in the receiving opening of the holder is inhibited.

14 . The fastening of claim 13 wherein said protuberance is formed on said radial thickening of the cable feedthrough grommet.

15 . The fastening device of claim 1 wherein the holder has a substantially U-shaped cross section with a flat base side and two adjoining legs extending substantially parallel to one another, said receiving opening being arranged in said flat base side, and said legs forming said stop.

16 . The fastening device of claim 13 wherein the cable feedthrough grommet has, on an axial side of the groove, a cable anti-kink device adjoining said radial thickening.

17 . The fastening device of claim 13 wherein the cable anti-kink device is formed as an elongate hollow body extending in said cable longitudinal direction and surrounding said cable.

18 . The fastening device of claim 13 wherein said groove does not extend around an entire periphery of said radial thickening.

Assignees

• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Jung Markus

Classifications

• B60R16/0215

  Protecting, fastening and routing means therefor · CPC title

• H02G3/22

  Installations of cables or lines through walls, floors or ceilings, e.g. into buildings · CPC title

• H02G3/0406

  Details thereof (installation or suspension of conduit channels and other supports H02G3/263) · CPC title

• H02G3/02 Primary

  Details · CPC title

• H02G3/32 Primary

  using mounting clamps · CPC title