# US 10,320,173 B2 · Conduit support assembly

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- Number: US 10,320,173 B2
- Document ID: US10320173B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/471,746
- Filed: 2017-03-28
- Published: 2018-10-04
- Granted: 2019-06-11
- Earliest claimed: 2017-03-28
- Assignees: Atkore Steel Components, Inc.
- Applicants: Atkore Steel Components, Inc.
- Inventors: George Dalisay
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10320173B2

## CPC

- H02G 3/263: {Installation, e.g. suspension, of conduit channels or other supports}
- H02G 3/0443: {formed by wire or analogous netting}
- H02G 3/30: Installations of cables or lines on walls, floors or ceilings
- F16L 3/2235: {each pipe being supported by a common element fastened to the base}
- F16L 3/227: each pipe being supported by a separate element fastened to the base
- H02G: INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES
- F16L: PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL

## Abstract

Provided herein are approaches for supporting a plurality of parallel arranged conduits. In some approaches, a conduit assembly includes a plurality of conduits arranged substantially parallel to one another, and a support structure directly adjacent to and/or in physical contact with each of the plurality of conduits. The support structure may include a first member arranged parallel to a second member, wherein the first and second members are arranged transverse to a lengthwise conduit axis of the plurality of conduits. Each of the first and second members may further include a first section disposed around an exterior surface of the plurality of conduits, and a second section continuing from the first section, the second section extending between each of the plurality of conduits.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A conduit assembly comprising:
a plurality of conduits arranged substantially parallel to one another;
a support structure directly adjacent each of the plurality of conduits, the support structure comprising a first member arranged parallel to a second member, wherein the first and second members are arranged transverse to a lengthwise conduit axis of the plurality of conduits;
a support clamp coupled to the first member of the support structure; and
a support strap extending around the exterior surface of the plurality of conduits.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The conduit assembly of claim 1, wherein the support structure is a single unitary piece of wire.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The conduit assembly of claim 1, wherein the support strap is coupled to the support structure.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The conduit assembly of claim 1, further comprising a strut, wherein the support structure is directly coupled to the strut.

### Claim 5

A conduit assembly comprising:
a plurality of conduits arranged parallel to one another along a lengthwise conduit axis;
a first member and a second member, wherein the first and second members are arranged transverse to a lengthwise conduit axis of the plurality of conduits, wherein each of the first and second members is disposed around an exterior surface of the plurality of conduits and
between each of the plurality of conduits, and wherein each of the first and second members includes a first end and a second end;
a strut, wherein the first end of the first and second members terminates within an interior channel of the strut, wherein the second end of the first and second members extends along an exterior surface of the strut,
and wherein the strut includes a first plurality of openings offset from a second plurality of openings in a direction parallel to the lengthwise conduit axis, the first end of the first and second members extending through the first plurality of openings; and
a support fastener coupling the second end of one or more of the first and second members to the strut, the support fastener extending through at least one of the second plurality of openings, wherein the first end of at least one of the first and second members is disposed side-by-side along the lengthwise axis with the support fastener.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The conduit assembly of claim 5, wherein the first and second members are directly coupled to the strut.

### Claim 7 (depends on 5)

The conduit assembly of claim 5, the first end of first member being vertically aligned beneath the second end of the second member.

### Claim 8

A support structure comprising:
a first section disposed around an exterior surface of each of a plurality of conduits;
a second section continuing from the first section, the second section extending between each of the plurality of conduits, wherein the second section is perpendicular to the first section; and
a support strap attached to the second section, the support strap extending around the exterior surface of each of the plurality of conduits.