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US 10,295,085 B2Granted
Cable anchor
AssigneeSignify Holding B.V.
InventorsMaarten Alexander Smit, Gerrit Jan Hillen
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Abstract
Proposed is a cable anchor for mounting a cable to a sheet. The cable anchor includes a first clamp portion to be mounted on a first side of the sheet and a second clamp portion to be mounted on the second side of the sheet, opposite to the first side. The first clamp portion and second clamp portion co-operate to retain a cable.
Claims13
A method for attaching a cable to a sheet, comprising:
- mounting a second clamp portion to a first side of a sheet, so that a second cable receiving portion protrudes through the sheet to receive the cable at a second side of the sheet opposite to the first side;
- positioning the cable in the second cable receiving portion;
- positioning a first clamp portion with a first cable receiving portion over the cable so that the cable is between the first and second cable receiving portions thus sandwiching the cable and the sheet between the first and second clamp portions;
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- securing the first and second clamping portions to each other so that the first and second cable receiving portions co-operate to retain the cable;
- wherein the step of attaching the second clamp portion to the sheet comprises securing the second clamp portion to the sheet with mounting members that protrude from a mounting surface of the second clamp portion;
- wherein the step of attaching the second clamp portion to the sheet comprises;
- aligning at least one flexible mounting member with at least one mount aperture in the sheet,
- pressing the second clamp portion towards the first side of the sheet,
- displacing the distal end of the at least one flexible mounting member as it passes through the at least one mount aperture,
- releasing the pressure from the second clamp portion thus allowing the distal end of the at least one flexible mounting member to return from its displaced position.
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A cable anchor, for use with the method of for attaching a cable to a sheet, the method including,
- mounting a second clamp portion to a first side of a sheet, so that a second cable receiving portion protrudes through the sheet to receive the cable at a second side of the sheet opposite to the first side;
- positioning the cable in the second cable receiving portion;
- positioning a first clamp portion with a first cable receiving portion over the cable so that the cable is between the first and second cable receiving portions thus sandwiching the cable and the sheet between the first and second clamp portions;
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- securing the first and second clamping portions to each other so that the first and second cable receiving portions co-operate to retain the cable;
- wherein the step of attaching the second clamp portion to the sheet comprises securing the second clamp portion to the sheet with mounting members that protrude from a mounting surface of the second clamp portion;
- the cable anchor comprising:
- a first clamp portion having a first mounting surface for mounting the first clamp portion to a first side of the sheet, the first clamp portion having a first cable receiving portion recessed into the first mounting surface;
- and
- a second clamp portion having a second mounting surface for mounting the second clamp portion to a second side of the sheet opposite to the first side of the sheet, the second mounting surface having at least one mounting member protruding therefrom for attaching the second clamp portion to the sheet, the second clamp portion having a second cable receiving portion which protrudes from the second mounting surface for projecting through an aperture in the sheet to co-operate with the first cable receiving portion thereby securing the cable between the first clamp portion and the second clamp portion and sandwiching the cable and the sheet between the first clamp portion and the second clamp portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.