Mounting feature for a cable tie
AssigneeAvery Dennison Corporation
InventorsNoah Dorsey, Daniel Gilbertson
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Abstract
A mounting feature for a cable tie is provided in which the mounting feature has at least one divided retention component. The center-most edges of the at least one divided retention component contact a mating article on the edge of the mating article, such as the threaded portion, decreasing the amount of fastening force required to affix the mounting feature of the cable tie to a mating article while not compromising the optimal amount of required extraction force. A method for affixing the mounting feature to a mating article is also provided.
Claims19
A mounting feature comprising:
- an elongated fastening element having first and second sections, the first section including a mounting head and the second section including an elongated locking strip;
- the mounting head having at least one retention component having a center portion divided into a first and a second section, and the first and second sections each extending from a common base section of the retention component, the base section being attached to the mounting head, such that the first section and second section are able to flex independently from one another;
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- wherein the first section of the center portion has a first center-most edge and the second section of the center portion has a second center-most edge such that both the first and second center-most edges are sized to fit an edge of a stem of a threaded mating article and the center-most edges are in substantial contact with the mating article along a substantially complete circumference of the stem of the mating article.
A fastener comprising:
- a) a mounting feature having at least three retention components wherein each of the retention components has a center portion divided into a first and second section, and the first and second sections each extending from a common base section of the retention component, the base section being attached to the mounting head, in which the first section has a first center-most edge and the second section has a second center-most edge such and wherein each of the center-most edges is sized to accommodate the mating article and the center-most edges are in substantial contact with the mating article along a substantially complete circumference of a stem of the mating article;
- b) a tie;
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- c) a head feature.
A method for affixing a mounting feature to a mating bolt comprising the steps of:
- providing a mounting feature having at least one opening and at least three retention components wherein the at least three retention components have a center portion divided into a first and second section, and the first and second sections each extending from a common base section of the retention component, the base section being attached to the mounting head, in which the first section has a first center-edge and the second section has a second center-most edge wherein each of the center-most edges are sized to accommodate the mating bolt and the center-most edges are in substantial contact with the mating bolt along a substantially complete circumference of a stem of the mating bolt;
- providing a mating bolt having a head portion and a helical portion;
- inserting the helical portion of the mating bolt into the at least one opening in the mounting feature;
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- contacting the helical portion of the mating bolt with the first center-most edge and the second center most edge such that the first center-most edge and the second center-most edge are flush with the helical portion of the mating bolt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.