System for securing a wire harness with a tie strap
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorKevin Updike
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Abstract
A system for securing a wire harness with a tie strap. The system includes: a body defining a channel configured to receive the wire harness; and a cradle adjacent to the channel, the cradle configured to hold a head of the tie strap, the cradle defining an opening for the tie strap to pass through. The wire harness is secured within the channel by the tie strap extending out of the cradle through the opening, under the body, across the channel, and into cooperation with the head seated in the cradle.
Claims20
A system for securing a wire harness with a tie strap, the system comprising:
- a body defining a channel configured to receive the wire harness;
- and
- a cradle adjacent to the channel, the cradle configured to hold a head of the tie strap, the cradle defining an opening for the tie strap to pass through;
- and
- a ledge within the cradle, the ledge configured to support the head of the tie strap,
- wherein the wire harness is secured within the channel by the tie strap extending out of the cradle through the opening, under the body, across the channel, and into cooperation with the head seated in the cradle.
A system for securing a wire harness, the system comprising:
- a tie strap extending from a head, the head configured to lock onto the tie strap;
- a support member configured to hold the wire harness;
- and
- a cradle adjacent to the support member, the cradle configured to hold the head of the tie strap, the cradle defining an opening for the tie strap to pass through;
- wherein:
- the tie strap is configured to secure the wire harness against the support member by extending around the support member and into cooperation with the head;
- and
- the cradle is configured to hold the head, and receive the head within the cradle, at only a single orientation.
A system for securing a wire harness, the system comprising:
- a tie strap extending from a head, the head configured to receive an end of the tie strap and lock onto the tie strap;
- a support member including a channel defined by a base, a first sidewall, and a second sidewall;
- a cradle outside of the channel at one of the first sidewall and the second sidewall, the cradle configured to hold the head of the tie strap at only a single orientation, the cradle defining an opening at a bottom of the cradle for the tie strap to pass through;
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- a retention tab at the opening of the cradle configured to retain the tie strap within the opening and retain the head within the cradle;
- wherein the wire harness is secured within the channel by the tie strap extending out of the cradle through the opening, under the base, across the channel, and into cooperation with the head seated in the cradle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.