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

• US 7,816,627 B2
• Filed: 01/25/2007
• Issued: 10/19/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/25/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Prelco Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Prelco Incorporated
• Inventors: Fournier, Stephane, Langlais, Richard, Mercier, Stephane
• Primary Examiner(s): Hoang; Tu B
• Assistant Examiner(s): Patel; Vinod D
• Application Number:
  US11/698,620
• Publication Number:
  US 20070193138A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,363 Days
• Field of Search: 219/209, 219/203, 219/201, 439/876, 439/874, 439/862
• US Class Current: 219/209
• 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 window pane having top and bottom surfaces and four side edge surfaces extending between said top and bottom surfaces,

a generally elongated plate, said plate having a width substantial equal to a thickness of said pane and a first surface and a second surface which is opposite to the first surface, said plate being provided with a plurality of holes, first surface of said plate being fastened to one of said four side edges;

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

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

wherein said plate is fastened to said pane with second fastening means, said second fastening means being adapted to resist a 35 lb traction force.

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 first 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 second fastening means 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 one of said four side edges 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 first 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 a hole permitting entry of said electrical cable within said space, said space being filled with a sealant or 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.