Cable tying apparatus and electronic device having cable tying apparatus

• US 7,527,520 B2
• Filed: 07/28/2006
• Issued: 05/05/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Nitobe, Kenji
• Primary Examiner(s): TA, THO DAC
• Application Number:
  US11/495,083
• Publication Number:
  US 20070193002A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,012 Days
• Field of Search: 439/451, 439/460, 439/464, 439/465, 439/719
• US Class Current: 439/464
• 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: Y10T 24/1498 Plastic band

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a cable tying apparatus includes a band attachment part having an insertion part where a tie-band for tying cables is inserted, a lead-out part, and an opening that separates the insertion part and the lead-out part, and a tying part that is installed on the band attachment part. The insertion part has a first end that continues to the opening, while the lead-out part has a second end that continues to the opening, and the second end is offset from the first end in the direction of moving away from the tying part.

Claims

1. A cable tying apparatus comprising:

a band attachment part including (i) an insertion part where a tie-band for tying cables is inserted, (ii) a lead-out part where the tie-band inserted into the insertion part is led out, and (iii) an opening that separates the insertion part and the lead-out part; and

a tying part installed on the band attachment part in a manner facing the opening and providing a clearance through which the tie-band is guided,

wherein the insertion part includes a first end that continues to the opening, while the lead-out part includes a second end that continues to the opening, and the second end is offset from the first end in a direction away from the tying part.

2. The cable tying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the lead-out part includes a guide surface with which the tie-band slidably makes contact, and the guide surface tilts in the direction of approaching the tying part as it moves away from the opening.

3. The cable tying apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the tip of the tie-band contacts the guide surface of the lead-out part at an angle smaller than 90°

when the tie-band is inserted from the insertion part and guided through the clearance to the lead-out part.

4. The cable tying apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the guide face of the lead-out part tilts in a manner allowing the tip of the tie-band to make contact at an angle smaller than 90°

.

5. The cable tying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the lead-out part has a guide surface with which the tie-band slidably makes contact, and the guide surface warps in arc shape in the direction of approaching the tying part as it moves away from the opening toward the lead-in direction of the tie-band.

6. The cable tying apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the tip of the tie-band contacts the guide surface of the lead-out part at an angle smaller than 90°

when the tie-band is inserted from the insertion part and guided through the clearance to the lead-out part.

7. The cable tying apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a wall with which the tip of the tie-band makes contact at an angle smaller than 90°

when the tie-band is led out from the band attachment part through the lead-out part.

8. The cable tying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the tying part includes a bar that extends along a wiring direction of the cables, while the band attachment part includes a wall that extends toward the direction of the lead-out part from the tying part, so that when the cables are tied along the tying part by the tie-band, the cables contact the rim of the wall and bend downward before extending horizontally.

9. An electronic device comprising:

an enclosure;

a band attachment part installed in the enclosure for tying cables and having an insertion part where a tie-band is inserted, a lead-out part where the tie-band inserted into the insertion part is led out, and an opening that separates the insertion part and the lead-out part; and

a tying part facing the opening and providing a clearance between itself and the opening through which the tie-band is guided;

wherein the insertion part includes a first end that continues to the opening, while the lead-out part includes a second end that continues to the opening, and the second end is offset from the first end in a direction away from the tying part.

10. The electronic device according to claim 9, wherein the lead-out part includes a guide surface with which the tie-band slidably makes contact, and the guide surface tilts in the direction of approaching the tying part as it moves away from the opening toward the lead-in direction of the tie-band.

11. The electronic device according to claim 10, wherein the tip of the tie-band contacts the guide surface of the lead-out part at an angle smaller than 90°

when the tie-band is inserted from the insertion part and guided through the clearance to the lead-out part.

12. The electronic device according to claim 10, wherein the guide face of the lead-out part tilts in a manner allowing the tip of the tie-band to make contact at an angle smaller than 90°

.

13. The electronic device according to claim 9, wherein the lead-out part includes a guide surface with which the tie-band slidably makes contact, and the guide surface is formed in an arc shape in the direction of approaching the tying part as it moves away from the opening toward the lead-in direction of the tie-band.

14. The electronic device according to claim 13, wherein the tip of the tie-band contacts the guide surface of the lead-out part at an angle smaller than 90°

when the tie-band is inserted from the insertion part and guided through the clearance to the lead-out part.

15. The electronic device according to 9, wherein the enclosure includes a wall with which the tip of the tie-band makes contact at an angle smaller than 90°

when the tie-band is led out from the band attachment part through the lead-out part.

16. An electronic device according to 9, wherein the band attachment part is molded integrally with the enclosure and the opening is provided as a mold removal hole that opens toward the outside of the enclosure.

17. An electronic device according to 9, wherein the tying part includes a bar that extends along a wiring direction of the cables, while the band attachment part includes a wall that extends toward the direction of the lead-out part from the tying part, so that when the cables are tied along the tying part by the tie-band, the cables contact the rim of the wall and bend before continuing in the wiring direction.

18. A cable tying apparatus comprising:

a band attachment part including an opening to receive a tie-band for tying cables is inserted, the opening separating an insertion part and a lead-out part; and

a tying part coupled to the band attachment part, the tying part providing a clearance to a bottom wall of the insertion part and a bottom wall of the lead-out part through which the tie-band is guided,

wherein the insertion part includes a first end that continues to the opening, while the lead-out part includes a second end that continues to the opening, and the second end is offset from the first end in a vertical direction away from the tying part.

19. The cable tying apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the lead-out part includes a guide surface with which the tie-band slidably makes contact, and the guide surface tilts in an upward direction away from the opening.

20. The cable tying apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the tip of the tie-band contacts the guide surface of the lead-out part at an angle smaller than 90°

when the tie-band is inserted from the insertion part and guided through the clearance to the lead-out part.