Fastening system
AssigneeHellermannTyton Corporation
InventorOle Matz
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Abstract
A fastening system having a cable tie which has i) a toothed cable tie strip and ii) a cable tie head with a detent device for detent engagement with the toothed cable tie strip. The fastening system further includes a holding apparatus which is separate from the cable tie. The cable tie, in the fully assembled state, is positioned relative to the holding apparatus such that the material for binding held by the cable tie is arranged spaced apart from the holding apparatus in order to reduce abrasion of the material for binding. A cable tie, a holding apparatus for a fastening system of the type, and a corresponding assembly method are also presented.
Claims16
A fastening system comprising:
- a cable tie comprising:
- a toothed cable tie strip;
- a cable tie head with a detent device for detent engagement with the toothed cable tie strip;
- and
- a holding apparatus separate from the cable tie, said holding apparatus comprising:
- a fastening foot for the fastening of the holding apparatus to a component;
- and
- a fastening head which is arranged on the fastening foot and which has a passage region configured to push the cable tie strip through the holding apparatus and configured to hold the cable tie on the holding apparatus,
- wherein the passage region has two differently oriented guide slots, each with a pair of oppositely oriented support surfaces, the guide slots comprising a first guide slot and a second guide slot,
- wherein the pairs of support surfaces are configured to guide associated surface regions of the cable tie head and the cable tie strip, such that at least one of the cable tie head and the cable tie strip is arranged at least partially between the respective pairs of support surfaces of the respective guide slot when the cable tie has been fully assembled with the component, wherein the pairs of support surfaces comprise a pair of first support surfaces and a pair of second support surfaces,
- wherein the first guide slot with the pair of first support surfaces is configured to abut against surface regions at edge sides of the cable tie head,
- wherein the fastening head has two arms in the passage region, which have a respective foot region facing the fastening foot, a respective end region facing the fastening foot, and a respective central region which is situated between the foot region and the end region and which has a respective internally situated support surface,
- wherein the internally situated support surfaces are part of the first guide slot with the pair of first support surfaces,
- wherein the internally situated support surfaces of the two arms are connected by a single bridge, and
- wherein the cable tie in a final mounted state in a holding form of the cable tie is configured for holding the component positioned such that the component held by the cable tie is located contactless and distanced to the holding apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.