# US 10,479,293 B2 · Mounting arrangement with knock-outs for accommodating elongated interconnection members having different peripheries > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,479,293 B2 - Document ID: US10479293B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/814,998 - Filed: 2017-11-16 - Published: 2019-05-16 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2017-11-16 - Assignees: CNH Industrial America LLC - Applicants: CNH Industrial America LLC - Inventors: Jason Matthew Schwiderski - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10479293B2 ## CPC - B60R 16/0215: {Protecting, fastening and routing means therefor} - F16L 3/04: and pressing it against a wall or other support - F16L 3/06: with supports for wires - F16L 3/2235: {each pipe being supported by a common element fastened to the base} - F16L 3/2338: {having at least one metal locking barb} - F16L 3/243: {the special member being inserted in the profiled girder} - F16L 3/24: with special member for attachment to profiled girders - F16L 55/035: in the form of specially adapted hangers or supports - H02G 3/083: {Inlets} - H02G 3/085: {including knock-out or tear-out sections} - H02G 3/22: Installations of cables or lines through walls, floors or ceilings, e.g. into buildings - H02G 3/263: {Installation, e.g. suspension, of conduit channels or other supports} - H02G 3/32: using mounting clamps - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - F16L: PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL - H02G: INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES ## Abstract A mounting arrangement and method for securing elongated interconnection members, such as wire and cable harnesses, rigid and flexible fluid lines, and the like, of different peripheries to a vehicle frame, utilize a mounting arrangement including a body defining a through-passage for securing an elongated interconnection member having a first periphery in the passage. The body also defines a mating and interlocking base block and a cap block that are separable along a parting line passing through the passage and separating the passage into a body segment and a cap segment of the passage. At least one of the body and cap segments of the passage includes a knock-out that can be broken out and separated from the body, to thereby adapt the passage to receive an elongated interconnection member having periphery that is different from the first periphery. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A mounting arrangement for securing elongated interconnection members of different peripheries to a vehicle frame, the mounting arrangement comprising: a body of the mounting arrangement defining a passage therein for securing an elongated interconnection member having a first periphery in the passage, with the passage extending completely through the body along an axis of the passage and adapted for receipt in the passage of the elongated interconnection member having the first periphery; the body also defining a mating base block and a cap block of the body that are separable along a parting line of the body; the parting line of the body passing through the passage and separating the passage into a body segment and a cap segment of the passage; at least one of the body and cap segments of the passage including a knock-out that can be broken out and separated from the body, to thereby adapt the passage to receive an elongated interconnection member having periphery that is different from the first periphery, wherein the base block is further adapted for attachment to a vehicle frame, and further including a mounting bracket adapted for attachment of the base block to a vehicle frame. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The mounting arrangement of claim 1, wherein the knock-out includes a plug portion and a breakable web portion, with the web portion connecting the plug portion to the remainder of the body. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The mounting arrangement of claim 1, wherein at least one of the base and cap blocks has an outer edge defining a mounting saddle for engaging and securing an elongated interconnection member. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The mounting arrangement of claim 1, wherein the body defines an additional passage for an elongated interconnection member, the parting line of the body passes through the additional passage and separates the additional passage into a body segment and a cap segment of the additional passage, and the additional passage does not include a knock-out. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The mounting arrangement of claim 1, wherein the base and cap blocks are cooperatively configured such that the cap block removably locks onto the base block in an assembled condition or the body. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The mounting arrangement of claim 5, wherein the base and cap blocks include operatively cooperating locking channels and tongues configured such that the cap block can be slidingly removed and attached to the base block, with the operatively cooperating locking channels and tongues being further configured for locking the cap block in place on the base block. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The mounting arrangement of claim 5, wherein the base and cap blocks include operatively cooperating locking channels and tongues configured such that the cap black can be snapped onto, and snapped off of the base block, with the operatively cooperating locking channels and tongues being further configured for locking the cap block in place on the base block. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The mounting arrangement of claim 1, wherein the base block includes a pair of J-hooks having a barb at a distal end of at least one of the J-hooks for locking the base block onto a support structure. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The mounting arrangement of claim 8, wherein the base block includes a pair of J-hooks having a barb at a distal end of at least one of the J-hooks for locking the base block onto the mounting bracket. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The mounting arrangement of claim 9, wherein the mounting bracket includes a pair of slots for receiving the J-hooks and engaging the barb to lock the base block onto the mounting bracket. ### Claim 11 A mounting arrangement for securing elongated interconnection members of different peripheries to a vehicle frame, the mounting arrangement comprising: a body of the mounting arrangement defining a passage therein for securing an elongated interconnection member having a first periphery in the passage, with the passage extending completely through the body along an axis of the passage and adapted for receipt in the passage of the elongated interconnection member having the first periphery; the body also defining a mating base block and a cap block of the body that are separable along a parting line of the body; the parting line of the body passing through the passage and separating the passage into a body segment and a cap segment of the passage; at least one of the body and cap segments of the passage including a knock-out that can be broken out and separated from the body, to thereby adapt the passage to receive an elongated interconnection member having periphery that is different from the first periphery; the knock-out including a plug portion and a breakable web portion, with the web portion connecting the plug portion to the remainder of the body; the base and cap blocks also being cooperatively configured such that the cap block removably locks onto the base block in an assembled condition of the body, wherein the base and cap blocks include operatively cooperating locking channels and tongues configured for locking the cap block in place on the base block, and further configured such that the cap black can be slidingly removed and attached to the base block, and alternatively snapped onto, and snapped of the bast, block, and further including a mounting bracket adapted for attachment of the base block to a vehicle frame, and wherein: the base block includes a pair of J-hooks having a barb at a distal end of at least one of the J-hooks for locking the base block onto the mounting bracket; and the mounting bracket includes a pair of slots for receiving the J-hooks and engaging the barb to lock the base block onto the mounting bracket. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The mounting arrangement of claim 11, wherein the body defines an additional passage for an elongated interconnection member, the parting line of the body passes through the additional passage and separates the additional passage into a body segment and a cap segment of the additional passage, and the additional passage does not include a knock-out. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The mounting arrangement of claim 11, wherein at least one of the base and cap blocks has an outer edge defining a mounting saddle for engaging and securing an elongated interconnection member.