US 11,996,681 B2Granted

Method of manufacturing a termination band

AssigneeHellermannTyton Corporation

InventorsAndy Dunkerley, Jack Fearnley

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Abstract

The present disclosure provides a termination band and a method of manufacturing the termination band, which includes a strap and a head. When secured, the head comprises an upper wall, lower wall and opposed side walls formed as a loop with the strap extending therefrom. The termination band is therefore formed as a two-piece component, rather than a single piece as in the prior art. Advantageously this enables the strap and the head to be formed from stainless steel strip having the same width as the head and the strap. It is therefore not necessary to trim the material of either part, hence there is significantly reduced material wastage when forming the termination band. In addition, because the strap and head are both initially in the form of straight-sided elongate strips prior to the folding or joining operations, both parts may be easily edge finished and/or surface finished.

Claims13

Dependent claims

A method of manufacturing a termination band comprising:

a) forming a strap by cutting a first length of material from a preformed strip material having a width corresponding to the width of the strap;
b) forming a head by:
i) cutting a second length of material from a preformed strip material having a width corresponding to the width of the head to form an elongate blank having opposed free ends;
and
ii) bending the opposed free ends of the second length of material inwardly towards each other to form at least the side walls of a loop;
c) bringing at least one edge of the strap into abutment with at least one edge of the head to define at least one join line;
and
d) welding the at least one join line while the strap is held in abutment with the head to secure the strap to the head, the strap and the head being configured and arranged such that when so secured the head comprises an upper wall, lower wall and opposed side walls formed as a loop with the strap extending therefrom.

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