Cable tie and retention system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9951889-B2
Application number	US-201514689228-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 17, 2015
Priority date	Oct 18, 2012
Publication date	Apr 24, 2018
Grant date	Apr 24, 2018

Abstract

A cable tie system has a cable tie member and a cable retaining member. The cable tie member has a base with an inner facing surface and an outer facing surface, a pair of cable tie strips connected to the base and projecting outward from the inner facing surface, and a locking member connected to the base and projecting outward from outer facing surface. The cable retaining member has a retainer housing with a top surface, a bottom surface, a pair of tie strip receiving passageways complimentary to the cable tie strips, a resilient tie strip engaging arm positioned in each tie strip receiving passageway and in releasable contact with one of the cable tie strips when the cable tie strips are positioned in the tie strip receiving passageways, and a release member connected to an end of each resilient tie strip engaging arm.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cable tie system comprising:
a cable tie member having
a base with an inner facing surface and an opposite outer facing surface,
a pair of cable tie strips connected to the base and projecting outward from the inner facing surface,
a locking member connected to the base and projecting outward from outer facing surface, and

a cable retaining member having
a retainer housing with
a top surface,
an opposite bottom surface, and
a pair of tie strip receiving passageways complimentary to the cable tie strips, and extending from the top surface to the bottom surface,

a resilient tie strip engaging arm positioned in each tie strip receiving passageway and in releasable contact with one of the cable tie strips when the cable tie strips are positioned in the tie strip receiving passageways, and
a resilient connecting member connecting a free end of each resilient tie strip engaging arm to one another.

2. The cable tie system according to claim 1 wherein the locking member comprises:
a pin receiving hole disposed in the base;
a radially expandable split sleeve positioned on the outer facing surface of the base; and
a lock pin.

3. The cable tie system according to claim 2 , wherein
when the lock pin is positioned through the pin receiving hole, the split sleeve is held in a radially expanded state and the lock pin is retained in the split sleeve; and
when the lock pin has been removed from the split sleeve, the split sleeve is in a radially contracted state.

4. The cable tie system according to claim 3 , wherein the split sleeve has two or more resilient sleeve extending sections, each having a fixed end connected to the outer surface of the base adjacent to the pin receiving hole, and opposite free ends connected together by a sleeve connection portion.

5. The cable tie system according to claim 2 , wherein the locking pin is a screw or rivet.

6. The cable tie system according to claim 5 wherein the lock pin has a head with a rotating tool receiving recess disposed on an end opposite the leading end.

7. The cable tie system according to claim 2 , wherein the lock pin is engaged with the base, having a leading end positioned in the pin receiving hole in a preliminary mating position, and an inserted position where the lock pin has been rotationally driven through the pin receiving hole from the preliminary mating position, and positioned in the radially expanded split sleeve.

8. The cable tie system according to claim 1 , wherein the base is square or rectangular in shape.

9. The cable tie system according to claim 1 , wherein the cable tie strips are connected to opposite edges of the base.

10. The cable tie system according to claim 9 , wherein the cable tie strips are offset relative to one another on opposite ends of the base.

11. The cable tie system according to claim 1 , wherein each cable tie strip has inwardly facing surface with a ratcheting strip, and the tie strip engaging arm has complimentary engaging teeth that releaseably engage the ratcheting strip.

12. The cable tie system according to claim 1 wherein each cable tie strip has a free end with a raceway engaging hook positioned on an outwardly facing surface.

13. The cable tie system according to claim 12 , wherein the tie strip receiving passageways have centrally positioned openings that enable the raceway engaging hook to be longitudinally inserted through the cable tie receiving passageways.

14. The cable tie system according to claim 1 , wherein the cable retaining member has tooth-shaped engaging members disposed on a portion of the tie strip engaging arms positioned in the tie strip receiving passageways, the engaging members being reversibly engaged with a corresponding portion of the cable tie strip positioned within the tie strip receiving passageway.

15. The cable tie system according to claim 1 , wherein the resilient connecting member disengages both tie strip engaging arms from the cable tie strips when twisted.

16. The cable tie system according to claim 15 wherein the resilient connecting member is connected to the retainer housing at central position by a connecting post.

17. The cable tie system according to claim 1 , further comprising a fairlead positioned between the retainer housing and the base of the cable tie member, the fairlead having at least one wire receiving passageway.

18. The cable tie system according to claim 17 wherein the fairlead is integrally formed on the retainer housing.

19. The cable tie system according to claim 18 , wherein the fairlead is hingedly connected to the retainer housing.

20. A cable tie system comprising:
a cable tie member having
a base with an inner facing surface and an opposite outer facing surface,
a pair of cable tie strips connected to the base and projecting outward from the inner facing surface, each cable tie strip having a free end with a raceway engaging hook positioned on an outwardly facing surface,
a locking member connected to the base and projecting outward from outer facing surface, and

a cable retaining member having
a retainer housing with
a top surface,
an opposite bottom surface, and
a pair of tie strip receiving passageways complimentary to the cable tie strips, and extending from the top surface to the bottom surface, and

a resilient tie strip engaging arm positioned in each tie strip receiving passageway and in releasable contact with one of the cable tie strips when the cable tie strips are positioned in the tie strip receiving passageways.

21. The cable tie system according to claim 20 , wherein the tie strip receiving passageways have centrally positioned openings that enable the raceway engaging hook to be longitudinally inserted through the cable tie receiving passageways.

Assignees

• Tyco Electronics Ltd Uk

Inventors

• Reed Martyn
• Macnaughton Roy

Classifications

• H02G3/32

  using mounting clamps · CPC title

• F16B23/00

  Specially shaped {nuts or} heads of bolts or screws for rotations by a tool {(detachable ornamental heads for screws A47G3/00; screwdrivers, wrenches B25B)} · CPC title

• F16B13/061

  of the buckling type · CPC title

• H02G7/08

  Members clamped to the supporting wire or to the line or cable · CPC title

• H02G3/0437 Primary

  Channels · CPC title