High strength single piece cable tie locking mechanism
AssigneeABB Schweiz AG
InventorsColin Tschida, Kathryn F. Murphy, Gaurav Dave
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Abstract
A cable tie includes a flexible elongate strap and a head attached to a first end of the strap. The head has a front wall, side walls and a rear wall defining an aperture. The front wall has at least one fixed tooth formed thereon and the rear wall has a flexural element formed thereon opposite the at least one fixed tooth, wherein the at least one fixed tooth and the flexural element are configured to permit a second end of the strap opposite the head to be inserted through the head aperture in a first direction and being further configured to prevent movement of the second end of the strap from the head aperture in a second direction opposite the first direction.
Claims13
A cable tie comprising:
- a flexible elongate strap;
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- a head attached to a first end of said strap, said head having a front wall, side walls and a rear wall defining an aperture, said front wall having at least one fixed tooth thereon and said rear wall having a flexural element thereon opposite said at least one fixed tooth, wherein said at least one fixed tooth and said flexural element are configured to permit a second end of said strap opposite said head to be inserted through said head aperture in a first direction and being further configured to prevent movement of said second end of said strap from said head aperture in a second direction opposite said first direction, wherein said head further comprises at least one stop projecting into said aperture that engages said flexural element to prevent said strap from disengaging from said at least one tooth on said head.
A cable tie comprising:
- a flexible elongate strap;
- and
- a head attached to a first end of said strap, said head including a front wall, side walls and a rear wall defining an aperture having an entrance and an exit, said front wall having at least one fixed tooth thereon and said rear wall having a first stop at said entrance of said aperture and a second stop at said exit of said aperture, wherein said at least one fixed tooth and said first and second stops are configured to permit a second end of said strap opposite said head to be inserted through said head aperture in a first direction and being further configured to prevent movement of said second end of said strap from said head aperture in a second direction opposite said first direction, wherein said first stop projects into said aperture and engages said strap to force said strap into engagement with said at least one tooth.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.