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US 7,523,898 B1Granted
Wire holder with single step installation into T-shaped hole in support substrate
AssigneesSony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
InventorsKeith Barry, Daniel Ebbeling, Eugene Kubota, Dennis McCray, Ryoji Naito, Mario Sanchez
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Abstract
A new wire holder design. The holder is installed into a T-shaped or L-shaped hole in substrate such as a sheet metal, printed wiring board, etc. using only a single installation motion. The holder holds wires in place. Because it requires only a single installation motion the holder is easily installed and furthermore cannot rotate once installed. The holder protrudes only about a millimeter below the substrate.
Claims17
A method comprising:
- engaging at least one wire with a wire holder;
- and
- using one and only one installation movement, engaging the wire holder with a T-shaped hole of a substrate such that the wire holder cannot rotate in the hole, wherein the wire holder defines an enclosure into which the wire is disposed, the enclosure being defined by opposed side walls bounded by a bottom support and two top flaps separated from each other by a slit through which the wire may be moved, the wire holder including:
- an anti-rotation guide formed on the bottom support, the guide defining at least two parallel opposed surfaces that are orthogonal to the side walls;
- and
- two clips depending down from the bottom support and straddling the guide, each clip being spaced from the guide by a respective space, each clip terminating in a respective free end and pivoting about a respective hinge point on a side of the substrate that is opposite the side of the substrate with which the free ends are engaged.
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A wire holder engageable with a hole of a substrate and comprising:
- opposed side walls bounded by a bottom support and two top flaps separated from each other by a slit through which a wire may be moved, the side walls, bottom support, and top flaps defining a wire enclosure, wherein
- each top flap is joined to a respective side wall by a respective flap hinge, the top flaps extending toward each other and being slightly canted downward from their respective side walls toward the bottom support, such that when a wire is slid through the slit into the enclosure, the top flaps deflect down and away from each other, the top flaps moving back toward each other under the influence of material bias once the wire clears the top flaps such that wires can be pushed through the slit into the enclosures without requiring a separate opening and closing a clip, the holder further including:
- an anti-rotation guide formed on the bottom support, the guide defining at least two parallel opposed surfaces that are orthogonal to the side walls;
- and
- two clips depending down from the bottom support and straddling the guide, each clip being spaced from the guide by a respective space, each clip terminating in a respective free end and pivoting about a respective hinge point on a side of the substrate that is opposite the side of the substrate with which the free ends are engaged.
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A wire holder engageable with a hole of a substrate and comprising:
- an anti-rotation guide formed on a bottom support that partially defines a wire enclosure, the guide defining at least two parallel opposed surfaces that are parallel to the bottom support, the anti-rotation guide preventing rotation of the holder in the holder in the hole;
- and
- two clips depending down from the bottom support and straddling the guide, the clips and the opposed surfaces all being disposed in the same transverse plane, each clip being spaced from the guide by a respective space, each clip terminating in a respective free end and pivoting about a respective hinge point on a side of the substrate that is opposite the side of the substrate with which the free ends are engaged, the clips retaining the wire holder in the hole and the guide preventing rotation of the holder in the hole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.