Hanger for mounting cables

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9866004-B2
Application number	US-201615081177-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 25, 2016
Priority date	Mar 27, 2015
Publication date	Jan 9, 2018
Grant date	Jan 9, 2018

Abstract

A cable hanger includes: a base panel having opposed ends; a pair of arms, each of the arms attached to a respective end of the base panel and having a free end; a pair of locking projections, each of the locking projections attached to a respective free end of the arms; and a pair of gripping members, each gripping member attached to a respective arm, each gripping member having opposed ends, wherein one of the ends of each gripping member is fixed to the arms and the other of the ends of each gripping member is fixed to the arm or to the base panel. The arms and locking projections are configured to spread apart to enable insertion of a cable between the arms, wherein the gripping projections engage and grip the cable, and wherein the locking projections are configured to be inserted into the aperture of the supporting structure.

First claim

That which is claimed is:

1. A cable hanger for securing a cable to a supporting structure having an aperture, said cable hanger comprising:
a base panel having opposed ends;
a pair of arms, each of the arms attached to a respective end of the base panel and having a free end;
a pair of locking projections, each of the locking projections attached to a respective free end of the arms; and
a pair of gripping members, each gripping member attached to a respective arm, each gripping member having opposed ends, wherein one of the ends of each gripping member is fixed to the arms and the other of the ends of each gripping member is fixed to the arm or to the base panel;
wherein the arms and locking projections are configured to spread apart to enable insertion of a cable between the arms, wherein the gripping members engage and grip the cable, and wherein the locking projections are configured to be inserted into the aperture of the supporting structure.

2. The cable hanger defined in claim 1 , wherein the base panel includes a mounting aperture configured to receive locking projections from a second cable hanger.

3. The cable hanger defined in claim 1 , wherein each of the gripping members defines a straight beam.

4. The cable hanger defined in claim 1 , wherein each of the gripping members is serpentine.

5. The cable hanger defined in claim 1 , wherein each of the arms has an arcuate section, and wherein the gripping member defines a chord within the arcuate section.

6. The cable hanger defined in claim 1 , further comprising at least one locating projection extending from each of the arms.

7. The cable hanger defined in claim 1 formed as a unitary member.

8. A cable hanger for securing a cable to a supporting structure having an aperture, said cable hanger comprising:
a base panel having opposed ends;
a pair of arms, each of the arms attached to a respective end of the base panel and having a free end;
a pair of locking projections, each of the locking projections attached to a respective free end of the arms;
a pair of flex members, each flex member attached to a respective arm, each flex member having opposed ends, wherein one of the ends of each flex member is fixed to the arms and the other of the ends of each flex member is fixed to the arm or to the base panel; and
a cantilevered gripping member extending from each flex member;
wherein the arms and locking projections are configured to spread apart to enable insertion of a cable between the arms, wherein the cantilevered gripping members engage and grip the cable, and wherein the locking projections are configured to be inserted into the aperture of the supporting structure.

9. The cable hanger defined in claim 8 , wherein two cantilevered gripping members extend from each flex member.

10. The cable hanger defined in claim 9 , wherein each of the flex members is a tripartite member, and wherein the two cantilevered gripping members of each flex member are vertically offset from each other.

11. The cable hanger defined in claim 9 , wherein each of the arms includes an arcuate section, and wherein each of the flex members is attached at each end to the arcuate section.

12. The cable hanger defined in claim 9 , wherein each of the arms includes two straight sections, and each of the flex members includes two straight sections.

13. The cable hanger defined in claim 8 , wherein each of the gripping members includes at least one longitudinally-oriented flange.

14. The cable hanger defined in claim 13 , wherein the at least one flange is two flanges.

15. The cable hanger defined in claim 14 , wherein the flanges are positioned on opposite sides of a longitudinally-oriented slot.

16. The cable hanger defined in claim 13 , wherein the at least one flange includes a longitudinal flat edge configured to contact the cable.

17. A cable hanger for securing a cable to a supporting structure having am aperture, said cable hanger comprising:
a base panel having opposed ends;
a pair of arms, each of the arms attached to a respective end of the base panel and having a free end;
a pair of locking projections, each of the locking projections attached to a respective free end of the arms; and
a pair of flex members, each flex member attached to a respective arm, each flex member having opposed ends, wherein one of the ends of each flex member is fixed to the arm and the other of the ends of each flex member is fixed to the arm or to the base panel;
wherein the arms and locking projections are configured to spread apart to enable insertion of a cable between the arms, and wherein the locking projections arc configured to be inserted into the aperture of the supporting structure; and
wherein each of the flex members is a tripartite member.

18. The cable hanger defined in claim 17 , further comprising a cantilevered gripping tab extending from each flex member, the gripping tabs engaging the cable.

19. The cable hanger defined in claim 17 , wherein each of the arms includes an arcuate section, and wherein each of the flex members is attached at each end to the arcuate section.

Assignees

• Commscope Technologies Llc

Inventors

• Vaccaro Ronald A
• Joshi Aviral
• Rajpal Taig S

Classifications

• F16B1/00 Primary

  Devices for securing together, or preventing relative movement between, constructional elements or machine parts · CPC title

• E01F9/608

  for guiding, warning or controlling traffic, e.g. delineator posts or milestones · CPC title

• H02G3/32 Primary

  using mounting clamps · CPC title

• F16B2/243

  internal, i.e. with spreading action · CPC title

• F16B5/0685

  Joining sheets or plates to strips or bars (F16B5/0692 takes precedence) · CPC title