Conductive floating pipe assembly clip

An isolating clip comprising:

• a rigid outer clamp connectable to an assembly;
• an insert on the clamp, the insert being of softer material than the clamp;
• said insert including an outer body, a tube seat spaced from said outer body and a plurality of discrete, substantially straight flexible connectors between said outer body and said tube seat, said tube seat having a first end, a second end, a continuous surface extending from said first end to said second end and an opening extending across said tube seat from said first end to said second end, said opening configured to receive an article, said opening defining a dimension that is greater than any other dimension across said tube seat;
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• at least one bumper between adjacent flexible connectors, said at least one bumper spanning some of the distance between said outer body and said tube seat and being connected to only one of said outer body and said tube seat;
• wherein said insert and the clamp are arranged such that when the article is received through the opening of said tube seat, the article does not engage the rigid outer clamp.

An isolating clip, comprising:

• a rigid outer clamp connectable to an assembly;
• an insert of softer material on the clamp, the insert including an outer body connected to the outer clamp and a tube seat suspended from the outer body by a plurality of discrete, substantially straight flexible connectors, said tube seat having a first end, a second end, a continuous surface extending from said first end to said second end and an opening extending across said tube seat from said first end to said second end, said opening configured to receive an article, said opening defining a dimension that is greater than any other dimension across said tube seat;
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• said insert and said clamp having poka-yoke structural features limiting assembly to only a single orientation and inhibiting insert dislodgement from the completed clip assembly;
• wherein said insert and the clamp are arranged such that when the article is received through the opening of said tube seat, the article does not engage the rigid outer clamp.

An isolating clip, comprising:

• a rigid outer clamp having a first shell and a second shell connectable to one another;
• an insert of material softer than said rigid outer clamp, said insert being held in said outer clamp and including a first retainer insert half held in said first shell and a second retainer insert half held in said second shell;
• said first retainer insert half including a first outer body connected to said first shell, a tube seat suspended from said first outer body by a plurality of discrete, substantially straight flexible connectors, said tube seat having a first end, a second end, a continuous surface extending from said first end to said second end and an opening extending across said tube seat from said first end to said second end, said opening configured to receive an article, said opening defining a dimension that is greater than any other dimension across said tube seat, and at least one bumper spanning some but less than all of the space defined between said first outer body and said tube seat suspended from said first outer body;
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• said second retainer insert half including a second outer body connected to said second shell, a tube seat suspended from said second outer body by a plurality of discrete, substantially straight flexible connectors, said tube seat having a first end, a second end, a continuous surface extending from said first end to said second end and an opening extending across said tube seat from said first end to said second end, said opening configured to receive an article, said opening defining a dimension that is greater than any other dimension across said tube seat, and at least one bumper spanning some but less than all of the space defined between said second outer body and said tube seat suspended from said second outer body;
• wherein said insert and the clamp are arranged such that when each article is received through the associated opening of said tube seat, the article does not engage the rigid outer clamp.