Fixing cable tie

• US 10,641,416 B2
• Filed: 03/07/2019
• Issued: 05/05/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions, Inc. (Kyocera Corporation)
• Original Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions, Inc. (Kyocera Corporation)
• Inventors: Shinba, Minoru, Sugiyama, Yuichi, Kyogoku, Masanori
• Primary Examiner(s): Sandy, Robert
• Assistant Examiner(s): Do, Rowland
• Application Number:
  US16/295,416
• Publication Number:
  US 20190277429A1
• Time in Patent Office: 425 Days
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 3/137 and consisting of a flexible band
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 3/233 by means of a flexible band
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/32 using mounting clamps

Abstract

A fixing cable tie binds electric cables and fixes the electric cables to a mounting plate. The fixing cable tie includes a pair of elastic pieces and a pair of cable ties. The elastic pieces serve as a locking section for fixing the electric cables to the mounting plate, and elastically deform inward by external urging to shrink in diameter. The pair of cable ties binds the electric cables. The pair of cable ties (first cable tie section and second cable tie section) is joined respectively to the pair of elastic pieces.

Claims

1. A fixing cable tie for binding electric cables and fixing the electric cables to a mounting plate, the fixing cable tie comprising:

a pair of elastic pieces serving as a locking section for fixing the electric cables to the mounting plate and configured to elastically deform inward by external urging to shrink in diameter;

a shaft section joined to the pair of elastic pieces;

a pushing piece on an upper portion of the shaft section;

a first pair of cable ties configured to bind the electric cables;

a second pair of cable ties configured to bind the electric cables;

a pair of joining pieces configured to join the first pair of cable ties respectively to the pair of elastic pieces; and

a pair of contact pieces on the pair of joining pieces, wherein

one of the first pair of cable ties includes a first head section which includes an opening and locks the one of the first pair of cable ties inserted through the opening,

another of the first pair of cable ties includes a second head section which includes an opening and locks the other of the first pair of cable ties inserted through the opening,

one of the second pair of cable ties includes a third head section which includes an opening and locks the one of the second pair of cable ties inserted through the opening,

another of the second pair of cable ties includes a fourth head section which includes an opening and locks the other of the second pair of cable ties inserted through the opening,

each of the pair of elastic pieces has a step section,

the pair of contact pieces is elastically brought into contact with an obverse surface of the mounting plate in a state where the locking section is mounted to the mounting plate,

the first head section protrudes from an end of one of the pair of joining pieces in a first direction which is orthogonal to a direction in which the pair of joining pieces extends,

the second head section protrudes from an end of another of the pair of joining pieces in a second direction which is orthogonal to the direction in which the pair of joining pieces extends,

the first direction is opposite to the second direction,

the first pair of cable ties is joined respectively to the pair of elastic pieces such that a wiring direction of the bound electric cables is orthogonal to a direction in which the pair of elastic pieces elastically deforms,

the third head section protrudes from the pushing piece in a third direction which is orthogonal to a direction in which the pair of joining pieces extends,

the fourth head section protrudes from the pushing piece in a fourth direction which is orthogonal to the direction in which the pair of joining pieces extends,

the third direction is opposite to the fourth direction, and

the third direction in which the one of the second pair of cable ties extends and the fourth direction in which the other of the second pair of cable ties extends are respectively orthogonal to the first direction in which the one of the first pair of cable ties extends and the second direction in which the other of the first pair of cable ties extends.

2. The fixing cable tie according to claim 1, wherein

the pair of joining pieces is in contact with each other, and

each of the pair of joining pieces is extended from an end of each of the pair of elastic pieces in a direction away from a point of contact between one of the pair of elastic pieces and another of the pair of elastic pieces.

3. The fixing cable tie according to claim 1, wherein

the first pair of cable ties includes a pair of ties,

each of the pair of ties includes an engagement groove,

the pair of ties are joined respectively to the first head section and the second head section, and

a direction in which the engagement groove on one of the pair of ties protrudes is opposite to a direction in which the engagement groove on another of the pair of ties protrudes.

4. The fixing cable tie according to claim 1, wherein

the pair of elastic pieces is joined to a lower portion of the shaft section so as to be elastically deformable, and is arranged so as to flank the shaft section from both sides with a space therebetween.

5. The fixing cable tie according to claim 1, wherein

an upper surface of the pushing piece serves as a pushing surface that is perpendicular to the shaft section.

6. The fixing cable tie according to claim 1, further comprising

one or more cable ties joined to the pushing piece and configured to bind other electric cables.

7. The fixing cable tie according to claim 6, wherein

the cable ties joined to the elastic pieces and the cable ties joined to the pushing piece are extended in directions according to respective directions of intersecting electric cable bundles to be bound by the cable ties.

8. The fixing cable tie according to claim 1, wherein

the step sections are on respective ends of the pair of elastic pieces,

the pair of elastic pieces is in contact with each other, and

a cross-sectional shape of the locking section gradually expands in diameter from a point of contact between one and another of the pair of elastic pieces and shrinks in diameter at each of the pair of step sections.