Detachable attachment clamp, in particular for electric wire harnesses on vehicles
AssigneeITW Automotive Italia S.R.L.
InventorFranco Girodo
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Abstract
A clamp includes a locking element (4) and an element (6) for hooking to a support (3). The hooking element (6) is made integral with the locking element and is equipped with first hooking means (14) and second hooking means (16), which are of different types and are located on opposite sides of the hooking element (6). The locking element (4) includes a pair of jaws (18) that are arranged to mate together and are made integral, on either side, with the hooking element, as well as detachable locking means (26, 27, 28) for connecting the jaws (18) together in a working position in which the jaws (18) lie essentially parallel and abut one another.
Claims18
A clamp for harnessing wires, comprising a locking element for retaining the wires and a fixing element for fixing the clamp to a support, wherein
- the fixing element is made integral with the locking element in a unitary body;
- the locking element includes a pair of jaws detachably lockable in a working position to retain the wires therebetween;
- said jaws laterally project from a side portion of said fixing element and are respectively connected to said fixing element by a pair of plastic hinges which allow said jaws to selectively assume said working position and an at-rest position in which the jaws are expanded to form a V-shaped opening;
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- the fixing element comprises first fixing means and second fixing means for fixing the clamp to two different types of support, respectively, said fixing means facing towards opposite sides of the fixing element.
A clamp for harnessing electric wires, comprising a locking element (4) and a hooking element (6) for fixing the clamp to a support, wherein
- the hooking element (6) is made integral with the locking element (4);
- the hooking element (6) comprises first hooking means (14) and second hooking means (16) which are of different types and are located on opposite sides of the hooking element (6);
- the locking element (4) includes a pair of jaws (18) that are arranged to mate together and are made integral on either side with the hooking element (6), and detachable locking means (19) for connecting said jaws (18) together in a working position in which the jaws (18) lie essentially parallel to one another and abut one another;
- said jaws (18) laterally overhang said hooking element and are connected to said hooking element by means of plastic hinges (21), which allow said jaws (18) to selectively assume said working position and an at-rest position, in which the jaws (18) are expanded to form a V-shaped opening (20);
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- said overhanging jaws are sized to allow a number of wires to be inserted between the jaws.
A clamp for harnessing wires, comprising a locking element and a fixing element for fixing the clamp to a support, wherein
- the fixing element is made integral with the locking element;
- the fixing element comprises two fixing means of two different types for fixing the clamp to two different corresponding types of support, respectively;
- the locking element includes a pair of jaws made integral with the fixing element, and locking means for detachably locking said jaws together in a working position;
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- wherein said jaws laterally overhang said fixing element and are connected to said fixing element by means of plastic hinges which allow said jaws to selectively assume said working position and an at-rest position in which the jaws are expanded to form a V-shaped opening.
A clamp for harnessing wires, comprising a locking element for retaining the wires and a fixing element for fixing the clamp to a support, wherein
- the fixing element is made integral with the locking element in a unitary body;
- the locking element includes a pair of jaws detachably lockable in a working position to retain the wires therebetween;
- said jaws laterally project from a side portion of said fixing element and are respectively connected to said fixing element by a pair of plastic hinges which allow said jaws to selectively assume said working position and an at-rest position in which the jaws are expanded to form a V-shaped opening;
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- each of said jaws includes
- a base portion;
- at least one locking tooth;
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- between said tooth and the respective plastic hinge, a plurality of elastically deformable fins projecting from said base portion towards the other jaw when the jaws are releasably locked in the working position by the locking teeth of said jaws.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.