Low profile component tie
AssigneeTE Connectivity Services GmbH
InventorsNicholas John Swatko, Thomas D. Ratzlaff
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Abstract
A low profile component tie includes a strap having a top and a bottom. The strap is configured to wrap around a component with the bottom facing the component. The strap has sides between the top and the bottom. The strap has teeth disposed along at least one of the sides. The strap extends between a root end and a distal end. A head is provided at the root end of the strap. The head has a channel configured to receive the strap. The head has at least one pawl provided in the channel. The pawl engages at least one of the teeth along the side of the strap to secure the strap in the head.
Claims17
A low profile component tie comprising:
- a strap having a top and a bottom, the strap configured to wrap around a component with the bottom facing the component, the strap having sides between the top and the bottom, the strap having teeth disposed along at least one of the sides, the strap extending between a root end and a distal end;
- and
- a head having a front and a rear, the front provided at the root end of the strap with the strap extending forward from the head, the head having a channel extending between the rear and the front configured to receive the strap such that the strap extends from the rear to the front of the head as the strap passes through the head, the head having at least one pawl provided in the channel, the pawl engaging at least one of the teeth along the side of the strap to secure the strap in the head,
- wherein the root end of the strap is ramped to at least one of the top and the bottom to guide the strap to the corresponding top or the bottom of the strap at the root end such that the strap is parallel and stacked on the root end.
A low profile component tie comprising:
- a strap having a top and a bottom, the strap extending between a root end and a distal end, the strap configured to wrap around a component with the bottom facing the component, the strap having sides between the top and the bottom, the strap having teeth disposed along at least one of the sides;
- and
- a head extending between a loading end and a ramp opposite the loading end, the ramp being provided at the root end of the strap to guide the strap to the top of the strap at the root end such that the strap is parallel and stacked on the root end, the head having a channel at the loading end configured to receive the strap and guide the strap to the ramp, the head having at least one pawl provided in the channel, the at least one pawl engaging at least one of the teeth along the side of the strap to secure the strap in the head.
A low profile component tie comprising:
- a strap having a top and a bottom, the strap configured to wrap around a component with the bottom facing the component, the strap having sides between the top and the bottom, the strap having teeth disposed along at least one of the sides, the strap extending between a root end and a distal end;
- and
- a head having a front and a rear, the front provided at the root end of the strap with the strap extending forward from the head, the head having a channel extending between the rear and the front configured to receive the strap such that the strap extends from the rear to the front of the head as the strap passes through the head, the head having at least one pawl provided in the channel, the pawl engaging at least one of the teeth along the side of the strap to secure the strap in the head,
- wherein the channel is bounded at opposite sides by first and second arms and is bounded at a loading end opposite the root end of the strap by an end wall, the end wall having an opening therethrough, the strap passing through the opening to the channel parallel to the first and second arms, the end wall having a support bar defining a top of the opening, the strap being removable from the head by cutting the support bar and allowing the strap to be disengaged from the pawl and removed through the support bar, and
- wherein the strap includes a bottom band below the teeth at or near the bottom.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.