# US 10,311,762 B2 · Label-holder element for electric wires > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,311,762 B2 - Document ID: US10311762B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/298,617 - Filed: 2016-10-20 - Published: 2017-05-25 - Granted: 2019-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2015-10-21 - Assignees: Morsettitalia S.p.A. - Applicants: Morsettitalia S.p.A. - Inventors: Giordano Pizzi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10311762B2 ## CPC - G09F 3/205: {specially adapted for electric cables, pipes or the like} - G09F 3/08: Fastening or securing by means not forming part of the material of the label itself - H01B 7/368: {being a sleeve, ferrule, tag, clip, label or short length strip} - H01R 9/2475: {Means facilitating correct wiring, e.g. marking plates, identification tags} - H01R 13/465: {Identification means, e.g. labels, tags, markings (H01R9/2475, H01R9/2683 take precedence)} - G09F: DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS - H01B: CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR CONDUCTIVE, INSULATING OR DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES (selection for magnetic properties H01F1/00; waveguides H01P {; printed circuits H05K}) - H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS ## Abstract Label-holder element for electrical wires (200), comprising a body (410; 510) extending in a longitudinal lengthwise direction (X-X), transverse widthwise direction (Y-Y) and vertical thickness direction (Z-Z), with a front face (10a) provided with a seat (20) for labels (30), side faces (410b) and a rear face (410c), said seat (20) having opposite top (20a) and bottom (20b) edges which extend in the transverse direction (Y-Y), are arranged opposite each other in the longitudinal direction (X-X) and are formed in the manner of engaging means (21,22) for retaining a label (30); means for coupling with an electrical wire (200) comprising at least one pair (440; 540) of teeth (441; 541) extending outwards from the rear surface (410c; 510c) in the vertical direction (Z-Z), the teeth (441; 541) of one pair having a free end (441a; 541a) directed towards the other tooth in the transverse direction (Y-Y) and being arranged staggered in the longitudinal direction (X-X) for mounting on/engagement with a wire (200). ## Claims ### Claim 1 A label-holder element for coupling to an electrical wire and extending along a lengthwise longitudinal direction (X-X), the label holder comprising: a body extending in the longitudinal direction (X-X) parallel in use to the longitudinal direction of the electrical wire, a transverse widthwise direction (Y-Y) and a vertical thickness direction (Z-Z), wherein the body comprises: a front face provided with a seat for a label, side faces oppositely oriented in the transverse direction (Y-Y), and a rear face oppositely oriented to the front face in the vertical direction (Z-Z); at least one pair (440; 450) of teeth (441; 541) extending outwardly from the rear face (410c; 510c) in the vertical direction (Z-Z) for coupling with the electrical wire (200), wherein the teeth of one pair extend outwards in the vertical direction (Z-Z) from the rear surface on opposite sides of a longitudinal-vertical plane orthogonal to the rear surface (410c; 510c), each tooth of the at least one pair of teeth having a free end directed towards the free end of the other tooth in the transverse direction, and the teeth of the at least one pair of teeth arranged staggered in the longitudinal direction for mounting on the electrical wire, and wherein the seat has a top edge and a bottom edge which extend in the transverse direction, are arranged opposite each other in the longitudinal direction and are formed so as to engage and retain the label, and wherein label-engaging means are formed in a manner of a respective tooth along each of the top edge and the bottom edge, each tooth forming a corresponding undercut towards an inside of the seat and being, in use, extended along a direction transverse to the wire, whereby the seat directly receives the label from either direction along the transverse direction (Y-Y) and/or frontally along the vertical direction (Z-Z) and the label is retained between each undercut. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The element as claimed in claim 1, wherein each tooth of the seat extends over the entire width of the seat in the transverse direction. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The element as claimed in claim 1, wherein oppositely arranged teeth of the seat have an edge which is directed towards the inside of the said seat and is rounded. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The element as claimed in claim 1, wherein the rear face of the body is bounded by opposite transverse edges and wherein at least one pair of teeth extends outwards in the vertical thickness direction from opposite transverse edges of the rear face of the body. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The element as claimed in claim 4, wherein the teeth of the pair are elastically deformable in the transverse direction. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The element as claimed in claim 1, wherein the teeth of the pair have a respective chamfered free end. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The element as claimed in claim 1, comprising a longitudinal rib which extends in the longitudinal direction for connecting together the free ends of the teeth of a pair and with them defines an open space in the longitudinal direction for allowing mounting of the label-holder element on a wire or, vice versa, insertion of the wire in the label-holder element. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The element as claimed in claim 7, comprising at least two pairs of teeth for coupling with a wire, which are spaced from each other in the longitudinal direction, said longitudinal rib connecting the free ends of all the coupling teeth. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The element as claimed in claim 1, wherein the seat has lateral flanks open in the transverse direction for inserting the label from one side or the other side in the same transverse direction. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The element as claimed in claim 1, comprising at least one relief extending in the vertical direction on the front face of the seat. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The element as claimed in claim 10, wherein said at least one relief is arranged in a central position with respect to the transverse extension of the seat. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The element as claimed in claim 1, wherein the front face of the seat comprises a depression.