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US 12,449,066 B2Granted
Locking apparatus with roller for wire management
AssigneeEasy Solar Products, Inc.
InventorsBrady Schimpf, Brady Hoddinott, Benjamin Wade, Alexander Bornemann
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Abstract
A locking apparatus for wire management includes a housing, a fixing member, a locking mechanism within the housing configured to resist movement of the fixing member in a first direction and to allow movement of the fixing member in a second direction opposite the first direction where the locking mechanism includes one or more rollers. The locking apparatus includes a lock path extending from a lock path entrance, through the locking mechanism, to a lock path exit.
Claims20
A locking apparatus comprising:
- a housing defining a sloped ramp, a first channel having a first chamfered edge disposed about a first lock path entrance, and a second channel having a second chamfered edge disposed about a second lock path entrance,
- wherein the first channel and the second channel define a lock path;
- a fixing member installed in the first channel and the second channel to define a loop;
- a locking mechanism within the housing configured to resist movement of the fixing member in a first direction and to allow movement of the fixing member in a second direction opposite the first direction, the locking mechanism comprising one or more rollers that are installed on the sloped ramp;
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- a slack management slot defining an open channel in the housing, the slot defining a tab that protrudes into the open channel, the slack management slot and tab configured to hold a portion of the fixing member.
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A locking apparatus comprising:
- a housing defining a sloped ramp, a first channel having a first chamfered edge disposed about a first lock path entrance, and a second channel having a second chamfered edge disposed about a second lock path entrance
- wherein the first channel and the second channel define a lock path;
- a fixing member comprising a first end and a second end opposite the first end, wherein the fixing member comprises a cable and wherein the first end of the fixing member is installed in the first channel of the housing;
- a locking mechanism within the housing configured to resist movement of the fixing member in a first direction and to allow movement of the fixing member in a second direction opposite the first direction, the locking mechanism comprising a textured roller;
- a lock path extending from a lock path entrance, through the locking mechanism, to a lock path exit;
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- a slack management slot defining an open channel in the housing, the slot defining a tab that protrudes into the open channel, the slack management slot and tab configured to hold a portion of the fixing member.
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A locking apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- a fixing member comprising a first end and a second end opposite the first end, wherein the fixing member comprises a cable and wherein the first end of the fixing member is attached to the housing;
- a locking mechanism within the housing configured to resist movement of the fixing member in a first direction and to allow movement of the fixing member in a second direction opposite the first direction, the locking mechanism comprising a roller compartment comprising a textured roller, the roller compartment comprising a bottom, the bottom opposite a top portion, wherein the fixing member extends through the roller compartment in the top portion and wherein the bottom comprises a sloped ramp angled upward towards a lock path entrance, a slope of the sloped ramp in a range of 10 degrees to 35 degrees, and wherein the top portion comprises an upper channel sized to conform to a portion of the cable, wherein a depth of the upper channel is in a range of 25 percent to 35 percent of a diameter of the cable;
- a lock path extending from the lock path entrance, through the locking mechanism, to a lock path exit;
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- a slack management slot defining an open channel in the housing, the slot defining a tab that protrudes into the open channel, the slack management slot and tab configured to hold a portion of the fixing member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.