# US 10,766,678 B2 · Cable tie > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,766,678 B2 - Document ID: US10766678B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/109,904 - Filed: 2018-08-23 - Published: 2018-12-20 - Granted: 2020-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2016-02-24 - Assignees: Tyco Electronics UK Ltd. - Applicants: Tyco Electronics UK Ltd. - Inventors: Roy MacNaughton; Jonathan Mark Eyles; Philip Hammond - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10766678B2 ## CPC - B65D 63/1072: {the barb having a plurality of serrations} - F16L 3/137: and consisting of a flexible band - B65D 2563/101: Details of non-metallic straps, tapes or bands - B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES - F16L: PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL ## Abstract A cable tie includes a belt, a head connected to the belt and having a passageway for receiving the belt, and a lock disposed in the head. The lock is displaceable parallel to a plane of the passageway along a stroke and has a protrusion configured to lock the belt. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A cable tie, comprising: a belt; a head connected to the belt and having a passageway for receiving the belt; and a lock disposed in the head and displaceable parallel to a plane of the passageway along a stroke, the lock having a protrusion configured to lock the belt, the lock has an extension along a locking direction and the extension is adapted to be pulled below an inner top face of the head so that the protrusion engages a plurality of teeth of the belt. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The cable tie of claim 1, wherein the lock is translationally displaceable. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The cable tie of claim 2, wherein the lock is displaceable in a longitudinal direction of the belt. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The cable tie of claim 1, wherein the head and the lock each have a stop face extending perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the belt, the stop faces restricting movement of the lock with respect to the head when the cable tie is tightened in a locking direction. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The cable tie of claim 1, wherein the head and the lock each have a latch, the latches connecting the lock to the head. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The cable tie of claim 1, wherein the lock and the head are made from different materials. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The cable tie of claim 1, further comprising a hinge having a weakened region. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The cable tie of claim 7, wherein the weakened region is a channel extending perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the belt. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The cable tie of claim 1, wherein the head has a top opening and the lock is accessible from a top side of the head through the top opening. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The cable tie of claim 1, wherein the lock has a plurality of protrusions engaging the plurality of teeth. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The cable tie of claim 1, wherein the head has a base plate on a side of the passageway opposite the lock. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The cable tie of claim 1, wherein the lock and the belt each have guiding faces extending along a longitudinal direction of the belt. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The cable tie of claim 1, wherein the head has an inclined output section at an output end of the passageway. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The cable tie of claim 1, wherein, in an unlocked position, the belt and the lock overlap at least partially in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the belt. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The cable tie of claim 1, wherein the head and the lock are integrally connected by a connection section. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The cable tie of claim 15, wherein the connection section is formed as a belt. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The cable tie of claim 15, wherein the head has a front opening at a front side, the front opening adapted for insertion of the lock through the front opening when the belt is outside the passageway and adapted to block an exiting of the lock through the front opening when the belt is located in the passageway. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The cable tie of claim 17, wherein an inner height of the front opening is greater than a height of the lock and less than a combined height of the lock and the belt. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The cable tie of claim 17, wherein the connection section protrudes from the front side of the head. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The cable tie of claim 19, wherein the connection section protrudes from the head adjacent to the front opening. ### Claim 21 A cable tie, comprising: a belt; a head connected to the belt and having a passageway for receiving the belt; and a lock disposed in the head and displaceable parallel to a plane of the passageway along a stroke, the lock having a protrusion configured to lock the belt, the head and the lock each have a latch, the latches connecting the lock to the head. ### Claim 22 A cable tie, comprising: a belt; a head connected to the belt and having a passageway for receiving the belt; and a lock disposed in the head and displaceable parallel to a plane of the passageway along a stroke, the lock having a protrusion configured to lock the belt, the lock and the head are made from different materials. ### Claim 23 A cable tie, comprising: a belt; a head connected to the belt and having a passageway for receiving the belt; a lock disposed in the head and displaceable parallel to a plane of the passageway along a stroke, the lock having a protrusion configured to lock the belt; and a hinge having a weakened region. ### Claim 24 (depends on 23) The cable tie of claim 23, wherein the weakened region is a channel extending perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the belt. ### Claim 25 A cable tie, comprising: a belt; a head connected to the belt and having a passageway for receiving the belt; and a lock disposed in the head and displaceable parallel to a plane of the passageway along a stroke, the lock having a protrusion configured to lock the belt, the head has a top opening and the lock is accessible from a top side of the head through the top opening. ### Claim 26 A cable tie, comprising: a belt; a head connected to the belt and having a passageway for receiving the belt; and a lock disposed in the head and displaceable parallel to a plane of the passageway along a stroke, the lock having a protrusion configured to lock the belt, the head and the lock are integrally connected by a connection section. ### Claim 27 (depends on 26) The cable tie of claim 26, wherein the head has a front opening at a front side, the front opening adapted for insertion of the lock through the front opening when the belt is outside the passageway and adapted to block an exiting of the lock through the front opening when the belt is located in the passageway. ### Claim 28 (depends on 27) The cable tie of claim 27, wherein an inner height of the front opening is greater than a height of the lock and less than a combined height of the lock and the belt. ### Claim 29 (depends on 27) The cable tie of claim 27, wherein the connection section protrudes from the front side of the head. ### Claim 30 (depends on 29) The cable tie of claim 29, wherein the connection section protrudes from the head adjacent to the front opening.