Electricity: conductors and insulators – Conduits – cables or conductors – Accessories
Patent
1997-08-26
1999-09-14
Reichard, Dean A.
Electricity: conductors and insulators
Conduits, cables or conductors
Accessories
174 72A, 174155, 174158R, 174168, 24129R, H01B 1700
Patent
active
059526165
ABSTRACT:
A cable retaining apparatus for retaining and routing lengths of cable on an assembly structure is provided. The cable retaining apparatus includes two or more adjacent retaining members extending from a surface of an assembly structure. The retaining members each have at least one retaining surface oriented such that each retaining surface faces the retaining surface of an adjacent retaining member forming a cable channel therebetween. The retaining members also include one or more protrusions extending from each of the oppositely facing retaining surfaces into the cable channel in a staggered or offset orientation. This configuration allows one or more cables to be routed within the cable channels and retained therein by the lateral retaining forces applied to the cable from the plurality of protrusions. The dimensions, spacing and location of the retaining members are adapted to accommodate selected cables such that the cable can be routed in any desired direction and retained in a fixed position on the assembly structure. Further, the dimensions and location of the protrusions extending from each retaining surface into the cable channel are such that the cable is preferably routed within the cable channel in a generally serpentine orientation thereby providing enhanced retaining action.
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Cuneo Kamand
Hughes Electronics Corporation
Reichard Dean A.
Sales Michael W.
Whelan John T.
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