Attachment system for attaching an electric cable to a glass pane to provide electricity thereto

• US 20070193138A1
• Filed: 01/25/2007
• Published: 08/23/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/25/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Prelco Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Prelco Incorporated
• Inventors: Fournier, Stephane, Langlais, Richard, Mercier, Stephane
• Granted Patent: US 7,816,627 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 52/204.5
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/0215 Protecting, fastening and routing means therefor

Abstract

An attachment system for attaching an electric cable to a window pane. The system includes a generally elongated plate having a width approximately equal to a thickness of said pane, the plate being provided with a plurality of holes. A socket is fastened to the plate and is shaped and sized to receive a portion of the electric cable within it, the socket being in communication with an opening provided in the plate in order to permit electrical conductors to pass through the plate. The electric cable is fastened to the plate and the plate is fastened to an edge of the pane, in order to resist a 35 lb traction.

Claims

1. An attachment system for attaching an electric cable to a window pane, comprising:

a generally elongated plate, said plate having a width approximately equal to a thickness of said pane, said plate being provided with a plurality of holes;

a socket, said socket being fastened to said plate, said socket being shaped and sized to receive a portion of said electric cable within it, said socket being in communication with an opening provided in said plate in order to permit electrical conductors to pass through said plate;

fastening means for fastening said electric cable to said plate; and

fastening means for fastening said plate to an edge of said pane, in order to resist a 35 lb traction.

2. An attachment system according to claim 1, wherein said socket is further provided with external threading, and wherein said electric cable further includes a protective sheath, said protective sheath being provided with internal threading matching said external thread of said socket, so that said fastening means for fastening said electric cable to said plate consist of threading said protective sheath about said socket.

3. An attachment system according to claim 1, wherein said fastening means for fastening said plate to an edge of said pane include silicon.

4. An attachment system according to claim 1, wherein said plate is generally rectangular.

5. An attachment system according to claim 1, wherein said plate is generally U-shaped and being sized and shaped to receive said edge of said window pane within a space defined by said U-shape, said socket projecting perpendicularly from an opposite side thereof.

6. An attachment system according to claim 1, wherein said fastening means for securing said electric cable to said plate include a knot made with electrical connectors of said electric cable, said knot being located on an opposite side of said plate from said socket, said knot having a diameter larger than an internal diameter of said socket.

7. An attachment system according to claim 1, wherein said socket is shaped and sized to define a space between said socket and said plate, said socket further being provided with an opening permitting entry of said electrical cable within said space, said space being filled with a sealant on an adhesive.

8. An attachment system according to claim 7, wherein said hole is positioned to permit said electric cable to exit from said space parallel to said plate, and along a longitudinal axis thereof.

9. In combination, an attachment system as defined in claim 1 and a window pane.

10. The combination of claim 9, wherein said window pane is a heated double pane, a laminated pane with liquid crystals, or a laminated pane with a film of particles in suspension.