Retaining fixtures and systems for making wire harnesses
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsDarcy Michelle Hume, Ty Aaby Larsen
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Abstract
A retaining fixture for attachment to a wire-harness board comprises a base, a first arm, a second arm, a first gripping member, and a second gripping member. The first arm extends from the base. The second arm extends from the base. The first gripping member is coupled to the first arm and comprises a first-gripping-member surface that is convex toward the second arm. The second gripping member is coupled to the second arm and comprises a second-gripping-member surface that is convex toward the first arm. The first gripping member and the second gripping member are resiliently deformable.
Claims20
A retaining fixture for attachment to a wire-harness board, the retaining fixture comprising:
- a base;
- a first arm, extending from the base;
- a second arm, extending from the base;
- a first gripping member comprising:
- a first-gripping-member first end, coupled to the first arm;
- a first-gripping-member second end opposite the first-gripping-member first end and coupled to the first arm;
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- a first-gripping-member surface that is convex toward the second arm from the first-gripping-member first end to the first-gripping-member second end;
- and
- a second gripping member comprising:
- a second-gripping-member first end, coupled to the second arm;
- a second-gripping-member second end opposite the second-gripping-member first end and coupled to the second arm;
- and
- a second-gripping-member surface that is convex toward the first arm from the second-gripping-member first end to the second-gripping-member second end,
- wherein the first gripping member and the second gripping member are resiliently deformable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.