Cable retention system for power distribution unit

• US 10,374,360 B2
• Filed: 11/22/2016
• Issued: 08/06/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Chatsworth Products Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Chatsworth Products Incorporated
• Inventors: Utz, James, Krietzman, William, Young, Joshua, Hungria, Anderson
• Primary Examiner(s): Duverne, Jean F
• Application Number:
  US15/359,097
• Publication Number:
  US 20170077649A1
• Time in Patent Office: 987 Days
• Field of Search: 439471
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/5812 the cable clamping being achieved by mounting the separate part on the housing of the coupling device
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6395 for wall or panel outlets
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/72 Means for accommodating flexible lead within the holder
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 25/006 the coupling part being secured to apparatus or structure, e.g. duplex wall receptacle

Abstract

A cable retention system for a power distribution unit includes a tether and a tether mount. The tether has an elongate portion and an attachment portion, and the attachment portion includes a channel therein. The tether mount has a base at a proximal end and a head at a distal end. The base is adapted to attach the proximal end of the tether mount to the power distribution unit. The tether is adapted to be secured to the tether mount by snap-fitting the head of the tether mount into the channel of the attachment portion.

Claims

1. A cable retention system for a power distribution unit, the cable retention system comprising:

a tether mount having a base at a proximal end, a boss at a distal end and a shaft that connects the boss to the base; and

an elongate tether removably mounted on the boss of the tether mount, the elongate tether having an attachment portion disposed at an end thereof;

wherein the attachment portion of the elongate tether includes a channel shaped to receive the boss of the tether mount and at least a portion of the shaft; and

wherein at least a portion of a mouth of the channel is narrower than an interior of the channel such that at least one of the boss or the portion of the shaft is received within the channel via snap-fit.

2. The cable retention system of claim 1, wherein the elongate tether is formed of a flexible material to impart the elongate tether with a pliable quality.

3. The cable retention system of claim 1, wherein the elongate tether defines at least one aperture for receiving a tie wrap.

4. The cable retention system of claim 3, wherein the at least one aperture is a plurality of apertures.

5. The cable retention system of claim 1, wherein the elongate tether includes at least one bridge lance that defines an aperture for receiving a tie wrap.

6. The cable retention system of claim 1, wherein the elongate tether includes a ridge extending along one side thereof that defines at least one aperture for receiving a tie wrap.

7. The cable retention system of claim 1, wherein the elongate tether includes an integrated tie wrap.

8. A cable retention system comprising:

a power distribution unit;

a plurality of tether mounts, each having a base at a proximal end, a boss at a distal end and a shaft that connects the boss to the base, the base of each of the plurality of tether mounts being secured to the power distribution unit; and

at least one elongate tether removably mounted on the power distribution unit via a selected one of the plurality of tether mounts;

wherein the at least one elongate tether includes an attachment portion disposed at an end thereof, the attachment portion including a channel shaped to receive, via snap-fit, the boss of the selected tether mount and at least a portion of the shaft thereof; and

wherein the at least one elongate tether is interchangeably attachable, via snap-fit, at any of the other of the plurality of tether mounts.

9. The cable retention system of claim 8, wherein the elongate tether is formed of a flexible material to impart the elongate tether with a pliable quality.

10. The cable retention system of claim 8, wherein the elongate tether defines at least one aperture for receiving a tie wrap.

11. The cable retention system of claim 8, wherein the elongate tether includes at least one bridge lance that defines an aperture for receiving a tie wrap.

12. The cable retention system of claim 8, wherein the elongate tether includes a ridge extending along one side thereof that defines at least one aperture for receiving a tie wrap.

13. The cable retention system of claim 8, wherein the elongate tether includes an integrated tie wrap.