Mounting unit for attaching supply lines or cables to motor vehicles
AssigneeThe Raymond Corporation
InventorErminio Moretti
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Abstract
A mounting unit for attaching supply lines or cables to a motor vehicle by means of socket bolts, and in particular to threaded bolts located on the underside of the vehicle's chassis, and cable holders for use in forming the mounting units, the cable holders have a fixing part of securing the holders to the bolts, arms for holding the cables in the holder and elastically latchable an dunlatchable connecting hooks and apertures for connecting the holders together. This permits the units to be stacked one on top of the other by connecting their holders together to keep the holders accurately positioned along the length of lines or cables during transport and prior to assembly of the units to the vehicle.
Claims7
A mounting unit for attaching a cable to a plurality of spaced bolts, said unit comprising in combination at least one cable and a plurality of cable holders mounted on the cable corresponding to the number of bolts, each cable holder having a fixing part on a top side for anchoring the holder to a bolt, an arm for receiving the cable, means for locking the cable in the arm, and cooperating connecting means on said top side and on a bottom side of the cable holder opposite from said top side that can be elastically latched and unlatched so that a plurality of mounting units can be stacked together one on top of the other by latching the connecting means of their holders together while keeping the plurality of holders fixed in position along the length of the cables.
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