US 2018/0282037 A1 · HIGH STRENGTH CABLE TIE

Abstract

A reinforced cable tie generally includes an elongate strap, a head attached to a first end of the strap and a continuous fiber reinforcement disposed in and extending substantially continuously along a path defining at least one of the strap and the head. The head has one or more apertures formed therein and a locking device disposed in the aperture of the head. The locking device is configured to permit a second end of the strap opposite the head to be inserted through the head aperture in a first direction and is further configured to prevent movement of the second end of the strap from the head aperture in a second direction opposite the first direction.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A cable tie comprising:

an elongate strap;
a head attached to a first end of said strap, said head having an aperture formed therein;
a locking device disposed in said aperture of said head, said locking device being configured to permit a second end of said strap opposite said head to be inserted through said head aperture in a first direction and being further configured to prevent movement of said second end of said strap from said head aperture in a second direction opposite said first direction;
and
a continuous fiber reinforcement disposed in and extending substantially continuously along a path defining at least one of said strap and said head.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/566,959Filed 14 Apr 2016

Priority

17 Apr 2015

Published

4 Oct 2018

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification47 codes

B65D 63/1072
The female locking member being provided with at least one plastic barb: the barb having a plurality of serrations
B29C 45/0005
Injection moulding, i.e. forcing the required volume of moulding material through a nozzle into a closed mould; Apparatus therefor: using fibre…
B29C 48/06
Characterised by the shape of the extruded material at extrusion: rod-shaped
B29C 70/52
For producing articles of indefinite length, e.g. prepregs, sheet moulding compounds [SMC] or cross moulding compounds [XMC]: pultrusion, i.e.…

High strength cable tie

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Abstract

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