Device for installing cable trunking on a motor vehicle body part

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9789829-B2
Application number	US-201314431087-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 19, 2013
Priority date	Sep 25, 2012
Publication date	Oct 17, 2017
Grant date	Oct 17, 2017

Abstract

A device for installing cable trunking on a motor vehicle body pillar includes cable staples provided on the pillar, which enable cables to be maintained in guidance and a trunking to be snap fitted. Complementary clips engaging with the staples are provided on the trunking. The trunking also includes a transverse bearing raised portion that, at the time of snap fitting, bears against a transverse bearing surface formed by the top of one of the cable staples to lock the trunking in a longitudinal direction when the trunking is snap fitted.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A device for assembling cable trunking on a motor vehicle body component, comprising:
at least one cable clip configured to be positioned on the body component, the at least one cable clip including means for retaining a cable in a guided manner and means for clip-fitting the trunking,
at least one transverse support surface which is positioned and fixed on the body component to form a topological reference location,
a cable trunking, the trunking including clip-fitting means which cooperate with the means for clip-fitting to fix the trunking to the at least one cable clip, the clip-fitting means and the means for clip-fitting fix the position of the trunking in directions transverse to the trunking, the trunking further comprising a transverse support relief which, when the trunking is fixed to the at least one cable clip, is supported on the transverse support surface to block the trunking in a longitudinal direction of the trunking,
wherein the support relief is a transverse rib which is provided in the trunking.

2. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the transverse support surface is a reference surface of the at least one cable clip.

3. The device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the reference surface of the cable clip is formed by an upper portion of the cable clip.

4. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one cable clip further includes means for anchoring the cable clip in the body component.

5. The device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the means for anchoring the cable clip in the body component includes a snap-fitting foot.

6. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the body component is a bodywork pillar.

7. The device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the bodywork pillar is a B-pillar or a windscreen pillar.

8. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the trunking includes two wings and a base between the two wings.

9. The device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the clip-fitting means of the trunking includes a first profile-member that extends only from the base and a second profile-member that extends from the base and one of the two wings.

10. The device as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the means for clip-fitting includes a hook and a wing having an aperture.

11. The device as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the first profile-member includes a hook that engages in the aperture of the wing of the means for clip-fitting and the second profile-member includes a hook that engages with the hook of the means for clip-fitting to fix the trunking to the at least one cable clip.

12. A device for assembling cable trunking on a motor vehicle body component, comprising:
at least one cable clip configured to be positioned on the body component, the at least one cable clip including means for retaining a cable in a guided manner and means for clip-fitting the trunking,
at least one transverse support surface which is positioned and fixed on the body component to form a topological reference location,
a cable trunking, the trunking including clip-fitting means which cooperate with the means for clip-fitting to fix the trunking to the at least one cable clip, the clip-fitting means and the means for clip-fitting fix the position of the trunking in directions transverse to the trunking, the trunking further comprising a transverse support relief which, when the trunking is fixed to the at least one cable clip, is supported on the transverse support surface to block the trunking in a longitudinal direction of the trunking,
wherein the trunking includes two wings and a base between the two wings, and
wherein the clip-fitting means of the trunking includes a first profile-member that extends only from the base and a second profile-member that extends from the base and one of the two wings.

13. The device as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the means for clip-fitting includes a hook and a wing having an aperture.

14. The device as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the first profile-member includes a hook that engages in the aperture of the wing of the means for clip-fitting and the second profile-member includes a hook that engages with the hook of the means for clip-fitting to fix the trunking to the at least one cable clip.

15. The device as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the transverse support surface is a reference surface of the at least one cable clip.

16. The device as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the reference surface of the cable clip is formed by an upper portion of the cable clip.

17. The device as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the at least one cable clip further includes means for anchoring the cable clip in the body component.

18. The device as claimed in claim 17 , wherein the means for anchoring the cable clip in the body component includes a snap-fitting foot.

19. The device as claimed in claim 17 , wherein the support relief is a transverse rib which is provided in the trunking.

20. The device as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the body component is a bodywork pillar.

Assignees

• Renault Sas

Inventors

• Legueux Gilles

Classifications

• B60R16/0215 Primary

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• F16L3/26

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• F16L3/13

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• F16L3/24

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