Two-piece cable tie with coined locking wedge
AssigneePanduit Corp.
InventorsLarry E. Hundley, Daniel H. Ureche
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Abstract
A two-piece cable tie including a strap and a locking head forming a strap accepting channel with a metal locking wedge positioned within the channel and mounted to the locking head including a groove formed by coining on the embedded end of the metal locking wedge to increase the pull out force of the locking wedge without the need to cut out material of the locking wedge. The coined groove also avoids weakening of the flexure region and still allows for a decrease of the threading force of the cable tie strap.
Claims5
A cable tie including a strap having a first end and a free end, a locking head secured to the first end of the strap and a plurality of walls on the locking head forming a strap accepting channel, said cable tie comprising:
- a metal locking wedge having a strap engaging portion positioned within the strap accepting channel and an embedded portion mounted within an inner wall of the locking head, wherein the metal locking wedge has a first generally flat surface and an oppositely facing second generally flat surface with a plurality of sides therebetween forming the periphery of said locking wedge;
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- a groove formed in one of the generally flat surfaces on the embedded portion of the metal locking wedge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.