Wire harness bounding method
AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.
InventorsStephen Daniggelis, Ray Martin
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Abstract
A novel wire bundle bounding method that meets the requirements of aerospace specifications is disclosed as well as a novel cable tie used in the method. The method starts with a bundle of wires and the cable tie. The cable tie has a strap body and a locking head with first and second strap passages. The first and second strap passages each have a pawl that locks in the same direction. The strap body is then wrapped around at least one of the wires and then inserted through the first strap passage. Then the strap body is wrapped around the bundle and then inserted through the second strap passage. The strap body is then tightened and the residual strap portion clipped.
Claims7
A wire harness bounding method comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a bundle of wires;
- b) providing a cable tie consisting of a single strap and a locking head with first and second strap passages, said first and second strap passages each having at least one pawl that locks with the strap for a same direction of insertion of the strap through the locking head;
- c) wrapping the strap around at least two adjacent wires in the wire bundle and then inserting the strap through the first strap passage;
- d) and thereafter wrapping the strap around the entire wire bundle and inserting the strap through the second strap passage.
A wire harness bounding method comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a bundle of wires;
- b) providing a cable tie consisting of a single strap and a locking head with first and second strap passages, said first and second strap passages each having at least one pawl that locks with the strap for a same direction of insertion of the strap through the locking head;
- c) wrapping the strap around one wire in the wire bundle and then inserting the strap through the first strap passage;
- d) and thereafter wrapping the strap around the entire wire bundle and inserting the strap through the second strap passage.
A double lock cable tie consisting of:
- a single elongated strap for wrapping around wires in a bundle of wires, such strap having pawl engagement teeth on at least one side thereof;
- a locking head attached to one end of the strap and having first and second strap passages for receiving the single attached strap after different wraps around the wires, each of the first and second strap passages having a pawl for engaging pawl engagement teeth on the strap, the pawls in the two strap passages being oriented in a same direction so as to lock on the strap teeth for the same direction of passage of the strap through the locking head.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.