Device for attaching two mechanical connectors

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9468809-B2
Application number	US-201514595674-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 13, 2015
Priority date	Jan 22, 2014
Publication date	Oct 18, 2016
Grant date	Oct 18, 2016

Abstract

An attachment device for attaching two mechanical connectors includes a strap and a protective enclosure. The strap includes opposite first and second ends folded so as to define first and second loops separated by a central part to which the first and second ends are secured, each loop being configured to allow a connector to pass. The protective enclosure includes main flanges and side flanges connected in a permanent manner, the main flanges covering main surfaces of the strap and the side flanges covering lateral surfaces of the central part so as to define a first closed loop forming a first opening around the first loop and a second closed loop forming a second opening around the second loop. Each opening is configured to allow passage of a connector, and at least one of the openings is configured to enable the strap to be inserted in the protective enclosure.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An attachment device for attaching two mechanical connectors, the attachment device comprising:
a strap comprising opposite first and second ends folded so as to define first and second loops separated by a central part with main surfaces to which the first and second ends are secured, each loop being configured to allow a connector to pass; and
a monoblock protective enclosure comprising main flanges and side flanges connected in a permanent manner, wherein:
the main flanges cover main surfaces of the central part and the side flanges cover lateral surfaces of the central part so as to define a first closed loop forming a first opening extending over the first loop and a second closed loop forming a second opening extending over the second loop,
each of the openings is configured to allow passage of a connector, and
at least one of the openings is configured to enable the strap to be inserted in the protective enclosure.

2. The attachment device according to claim 1 , wherein a mechanical strength of the strap is greater than a mechanical strength of the protective enclosure in a longitudinal direction of the strap connecting the first loop to the second loop.

3. The attachment device according to claim 1 , wherein the protective enclosure comprises aperture side flanges at the central part.

4. The attachment device according to claim 1 , wherein the protective enclosure is made from a transparent material.

5. The attachment device according to claim 1 , wherein the first loop has a smaller cross-section than the second loop, and wherein the first opening has a smaller cross-section than the second opening.

6. The attachment device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first and second openings comprises a strengthening stucture.

7. The attachment device according to claim 6 , wherein the strengthening structure is a reinforcement of the protective enclosure.

8. The attachment device according to claim 1 , wherein the external shape of the strap is complementary to an inside shape of the protective enclosure.

9. The attachment device according to claim 1 , further comprising a connector,
wherein the protective enclosure comprises a blocking part configured to prevent movements of the connector relative to the strap and to the protective enclosure.

10. The attachment device according to claim 1 , wherein the strap and the protective enclosure have substantially a same length.

11. The attachment device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first and second openings faces a direction substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the strap connecting the first loop and the second loop.

12. The attachment device according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second closed loops of the protective enclosure extend past the side flanges in a longitudinal direction of the strap connecting the first loop and the second loop.

13. The attachment device according to claim 1 , wherein the strap and the protective enclosure are arranged so that a single connector can simultaneously pass through the first loop of the strap and the first opening.

Assignees

• Zedel

Inventors

• Coursimault Antoine

Classifications

• Y10T24/318

  Strap connector · CPC title

• A63B29/02 Primary

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• F16B45/02

  Hooks with pivoting {or elastically bending} closing member · CPC title

• F16B45/023

  the closing member pivoting about an axis perpendicular to the plane of the hook · CPC title