Cable toggle

A toggle to secure a cable relative to a structure with a fixing aperture, for use with a tool, the toggle comprising:

• an integrally-formed body with a loading side that is configured to engage the structure to secure the cable to the structure, and a non-loading side that is substantially opposite the loading side;
• the integrally-formed body defining an elongate direction and including:
• a cable portion that is configured to receive and secure the cable;
• and
• side walls that extend substantially in parallel away from the cable portion to define a channel;
• the toggle being configured to move between:
• an installation configuration in which the cable extends from the cable portion along the channel, to configure the cable and the toggle to pass together through the fixing aperture;
• and
• an installed configuration in which the side walls and the cable portion engage the structure along the loading side of the channel to prevent the toggle from passing through the fixing aperture, and in which the cable extends out of the loading side of the channel to be disposed substantially perpendicularly to the elongate direction and pass through the fixing aperture;
• at least one of the side walls including at least one engagement feature that is configured to receive the tool, in order to maintain the toggle in the installation configuration for passage of the toggle and the cable through the fixing aperture;
• the at least one engagement feature including a respective slot extending into a respective curved edge of each of the side walls, substantially opposite the cable portion of the integrally formed body;
• and
• with the cable extending through the fixing aperture and subjected to a tensile load, the curved edges being configured to engage the structure to move the toggle from the installation configuration to the installed configuration.

A toggle to secure a cable relative to a structure with a fixing aperture, the toggle comprising:

• a single-piece body with a loading side configured to engage the structure to secure the cable to the structure, and a non-loading side that is substantially opposite the loading side;
• the single-piece body including:
• a cable portion that is configured to be crimped around the cable with a crimp seam extending along the non-loading side of the single-piece body;
• and
• a guide portion that extends away from the cable portion to define a channel;
• along the loading side of the single-piece body, a loading side of the guide portion extending substantially in parallel with a loading side of the cable portion to define substantially parallel loading surfaces along the guide portion and the cable portion;
• the single-piece body being configured to engage the structure along the substantially parallel loading surfaces, to secure the cable relative to the structure, with the cable extending substantially perpendicularly out of the channel to extend through the fixing aperture;
• the guide portion includes side walls that extend substantially in parallel to define the channel, the channel being open along the non-loading side of the single-piece body and at an end of the single piece body that is opposite the cable portion, and the channel being partly open along the loading side of the single-piece body;
• the substantially parallel loading surfaces extending along a common plane;
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• the single-piece body including a notch disposed along the channel on the loading side of the side walls, the notch defining a deviation from the common plane and corresponding to a location at which the cable extends out of the channel to extend through the fixing aperture when the single-piece body secures the cable relative to the structure.