Stud mounted fastener for routing wire

• US 6,196,751 B1
• Filed: 09/11/1998
• Issued: 03/06/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 09/11/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Thomas & Betts International LLC (ABB Limited)
• Original Assignee: Thomas & Betts International Incorporated (ABB Limited)
• Inventors: Khokhar, Wasim
• Primary Examiner(s): Browne, Lynne H.
• Assistant Examiner(s): GARCIA, ERNESTO
• Application Number:
  US09/151,947
• Time in Patent Office: 907 Days
• Field of Search: 403/3, 403/4, 403/396, 403/389, 403/399, 403/398, 403/384, 248/69, 248/73, 248/74.3, 248/65, 24/16.PB, 24/305.P, 24/17.AP
• US Class Current: 403/3
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/0215 Protecting, fastening and routing means therefor
• CPC Class Codes: F16D 1/08 with clamping hub; with hub and longitudinal key
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 3/2334 the barb having a plurality of serrations
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/141 Plastic bands
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/1498 Plastic band
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/153 Plastic band bag tie
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 403/71 Rod side to plate or side

Abstract

A stud mounted fastener for routing a plurality of wires in a plurality of directions at the fastener and securing at least one of the plurality of wires to the fastener via a cable tie. The fastener includes an abutment member for mounting on the stud. A first wing is coupled to the abutment member and has a first bar enabled to receive a cable tie thereabout for securing at least one of the plurality of wires thereto, and a second wing coupled to the abutment member and has a second bar enabled to receive a cable tie thereabout for securing at least one of the plurality of wires thereto. A first projection is coupled to the abutment member and has a first projection bar enabled to also receive a cable tie thereabout for securing at least one of the plurality of wires thereto. At least one of the first and second wings is in a different cross-sectional plane than the first projection.

Claims

1. A stud mounted fastener for routing a plurality of wires in a plurality of directions at the fastener and securing at least one of the plurality of wires to the fastener via at least one of a plurality of cable ties, the fastener comprising:

an abutment member for mounting on the stud, the abutment member having a wall formed therein;

a first wing coupled to the abutment member and having a first bar enabled to receive at least one of the plurality of cable ties thereabout for securing at least one of the plurality of wires thereto;

a second wing coupled to the abutment member and having a second bar enabled to receive at least one of the plurality of cable ties thereabout for securing at least one of the plurality of wires thereto;

a wing passageway extending between the first and second wings, and the wall for receiving the at least one cable tie therethrough; and

a first projection coupled to the abutment member and disposed in a different vertical cross-sectional plane than one of the first and second wings, the first projection having a first projection bar enabled to receive at least one of the plurality of cable ties thereabout for securing at least one of the plurality of wires thereto.

2. The fastener of claim 1 wherein at least one of the first and second wings is in a different vertical cross-sectional plane than the first projection.

3. The fastener of claim 1 further comprising a second projection coupled to the abutment member and having a second projection bar enabled to receive at least one of the plurality of cable ties thereabout for securing at least one of the plurality of wires thereto.

4. The fastener of claim 3 wherein at least one of the first and second wings is in a different cross-sectional plane than the second projection.

5. The fastener of claim 3 further comprising a projection passageway extending between the first and second projections for receiving the at least one cable tie therethrough.

6. The fastener of claim 1 wherein the wall of the abutment member is solid and contacts the stud when the fastener is mounted on the stud.

7. The fastener of claim 1 wherein the at least one cable tie is received through the wing passageway for routing the at least one of the plurality of wires in one of the plurality of directions at the fastener and for securing the at least one of the plurality of wires to the fastener via the at least one cable tie.

8. The fastener of claim 3 wherein the at least one of the plurality of wires secured to the first and second projections may be routed in one of the plurality of directions different than one of the plurality of wires secured to and routed at one of the first and second wings.

9. The fastener of claim 5 wherein the at least one cable tie is received through the projection passageway for routing the at least one of the plurality of wires in one of the plurality of directions at the fastener and for securing the at least one of the plurality of wires to the fastener via the at least one cable tie.

10. A stud mounted fastener for routing a plurality of wires in a plurality of directions at the fastener and securing at least one of the plurality of wires to the fastener via at least one of a plurality of cable ties, the fastener comprising:

an abutment member for mounting on the stud, the abutment member having a wall formed therein;

a first wing coupled to the abutment member and having a first bar enabled to receive at least one of the plurality of cable ties thereabout for securing at least one of the plurality of wires thereto;

a second wing coupled to the abutment member and having a second bar enabled to receive at least one of the plurality of cable ties thereabout for securing at least one of the plurality of wires thereto;

a wing passageway extending between the first and second wings, and the wall for receiving the at least one cable tie therethrough;

a first projection coupled to the abutment member and disposed in a different vertical cross-sectional plane than one of the first wing or the second wing, the first projection having a first projection bar enabled to receive at least one of the plurality of cable ties thereabout for securing at least one of the plurality of wires thereto;

a second projection coupled to the abutment member and disposed in a different vertical cross-sectional plane than one of the first wing or the second wing, the second projection having a second projection bar enabled to receive at least one of the plurality of cable ties thereabout for securing at least one of the plurality of wires thereto; and

wherein the first and second wings are each generally orthogonal to the first and second projections.

11. The fastener of claim 10 further comprising a base including the first and second bars and the first and second projection bars.

12. The fastener of claim 10 further comprising a projection passageway extending between the first and second projections, and the wall for receiving the at least one cable tie therethrough.

13. The fastener of claim 10 wherein the wall of the abutment member is solid and contacts the stud when the fastener is mounted on the stud.

14. The fastener of claim 10 wherein the at least one cable tie is received through the wing passageway for routing the at least one of the plurality of wires in one of the plurality of directions at the fastener and for securing the at least one of the plurality of wires to the fastener via the at least one cable tie.

15. The fastener of claim 10 wherein the at least one of the plurality of wires secured to the first and second projections may be routed in one of the plurality of directions different than one of the plurality of wires secured to and routed at one of the first and second wings.

16. The fastener of claim 12 wherein the at least one cable tie is received through the projection passageway for routing the at least one of the plurality of wires in one of the plurality of directions at the fastener and for securing the at least one of the plurality of wires to the fastener via the at least one cable tie.

17. A stud mounted fastener for routing a plurality of wires in a plurality of directions at the fastener and securing at least one of the plurality of wires to the fastener via at least one of a plurality of cable ties, the fastener comprising:

an abutment member for mounting on the stud, the abutment member having a solid wall formed therein;

a first wing coupled to the abutment member and having a first bar enabled to receive at least one of the plurality of cable ties thereabout for securing at least one of the plurality of wires thereto;

a second wing coupled to the abutment member and having a second bar enabled to receive at least one of the plurality of cable ties thereabout for securing at least one of the plurality of wires thereto;

a first projection coupled to the abutment member and having a first projection bar enabled to receive at least one of the plurality of cable ties thereabout for securing at least one of the plurality of wires thereto;

a second projection coupled to the abutment member and having a second projection bar enabled to receive at least one of the plurality of cable ties thereabout for securing at least one of the plurality of wires thereto;

a base integrally formed with abutment member and including the first and second bars and the first and second projection bars;

a wing passageway extending between the first and second wings, and the base and the wall for receiving the at least one cable tie therethrough, such that when the at least one cable tie is received through the wing passageway for routing the at least one of the plurality of wires in one of the plurality of directions at the fastener and for securing the at least one of the plurality of wires to the fastener via the at least one cable tie;

a projection passageway extending between the first and second projections, and the wall for receiving the at least one cable tie therethrough, such that when the at least one cable tie is received through the projection passageway for routing the at least one of the plurality of wires in one of the plurality of directions at the fastener and for securing the at least one of the plurality of wires to the fastener via the at least one cable tie; and

wherein the first and second wings are each generally orthogonal to the first and second projections.

18. The fastener of claim 17 wherein one of the plurality of wires secured to the first and second projections may be routed in one of the plurality of directions different than one of the plurality of wires secured to and routed at one of the first and second wings.