Modular cable holding system and device
AssigneeTE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
InventorsMark Andrew Ondo, Craig Roper, Isaac Cruz, Todd Matthew Troutman
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Abstract
A cable holding system for positioning a cable relative to a cable processing machine comprises a cable holding device for selectively clamping onto a cable to be processed, and a receiver. The receiver includes an opening for selectively receiving the cable holding device in a predetermined orientation, and a mounting base for fixing the location of the receiver relative to the cable processing machine.
Claims20
A cable holding system for positioning a cable relative to a plurality of cable processing machines, comprising:
- a cable holding device for selectively clamping onto a cable to be processed;
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- a plurality of receivers each associated with a respective one of the plurality of cable processing machines, each receiver including:
- an opening for selectively receiving the cable holding device in a predetermined orientation;
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- a mounting base for fixing the location of the receiver relative to the cable processing machine.
A cable holding device for securing a cable relative to a cable processing machine, comprising:
- a body, including a base, an intermediate section extending from the base, and an end section extending from the intermediate section, the base having a cross-sectional dimension greater than a cross-sectional dimension of the intermediate section, and the end section has a cross-sectional dimension less than a cross-sectional dimension of the intermediate section;
- a clamp movably mounted to the body;
- an opening defined between the body and the clamp for receiving the cable, the opening defining a slot extending through the base, the intermediate section and the end section;
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- the clamp selectively securing the cable within the opening in a clamped position;
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- a locating feature defined by the body for fixing a position of the cable relative to the cable processing machine with the cable secured within the opening.
A receiver for positioning a cable holding device relative to a cable processing machine, comprising:
- a base;
- a receiving body moveably mounted to the base in at least the vertical direction and defining an aperture for receiving and capturing a cable holding device in a predetermined orientation, the cable holding device fixedly attached to a cable to be processed by the cable processing machine, the receiving body moveable relative to the base such that the entire aperture is moveable relative to the base for moving the cable holding device received within the aperture relative to the base in the vertical direction;
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- a locating feature for positioning the cable holding device relative to the receiving body.
A cable holding system for securing a cable relative to a cable processing machine, comprising:
- a cable holding device, including:
- a body having a base, an intermediate section extending from the base, and an end section extending from the intermediate section, the base having a cross-sectional dimension greater than a cross-sectional dimension of the intermediate section, and the end section has a cross-sectional dimension less than a cross-sectional dimension of the intermediate section;
- a clamp movably mounted to the body;
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- an opening defined between the body and the clamp for receiving the cable, the clamp selectively securing the cable within the opening in a clamped position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.