Bushing Patents (Class 16/2.1)
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Publication number: 20080178421Abstract: This invention relates to a two-piece grommet adapted for holding a cable in an aperture, such as in a desk or work surface so as to absorb any strain imposed on the cable and to provide an attractive covering for the hole drilled to pass the cable. The grommet consists of two portions. The first portion comprises a cap having an extended flange and adapted to frictionally fit into the cylindrical sleeve and against the lip. The cap has an aperture cut into it through which the cable passes therethrough.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2008Publication date: July 31, 2008Inventor: Douglas A.J. Mockett
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Publication number: 20080163454Abstract: A fire-protection arrangement (21) for an installation (1, 4) is described, for example a lead-through arrangement, for example for cables or pipes, in a partition (2), for example a wall. The fire-protection arrangement (21) is arranged to be mounted on one side of the partition (2) in such a way that it at least partially surrounds the installation (1, 4).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2005Publication date: July 10, 2008Applicant: MCT BRATTBERG AKTIEBOLAGInventors: Roy Olsson, John E. Dower
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Publication number: 20080163453Abstract: A bushing is provided for use in an automotive suspension system. The bushing is formed as a monolithic structure having a proximal flange and a distal flange located proximal to a distal end of the bushing. The bushing defines a bore having a contact patch for engagement with an anti-sway bar component of the suspension system. The distal flange of the bushing is provided with radial cut outs to facilitate insertion of the bushing in a mounting flange of the suspension system. The bushing also includes longitudinally extending ribs to align the bushing within the mounting hole during installation.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2007Publication date: July 10, 2008Inventor: JERRY JOSEPH
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Publication number: 20080163452Abstract: The present teachings can provide for a golf car including: a front body; a rear body; a roof suspended above at least a portion of each of the front body and the rear body; an instrument panel mounted to the front body, the instrument panel having an outer surface facing the roof; a aperture in the outer surface of the instrument panel; and a roof strut extending from the roof and passing through the aperture.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2007Publication date: July 10, 2008Applicant: TEXTRON INC.Inventors: Landon N. Ball, Richard Krall, Bradley J. Hanson, Donald S. Hanson, Albert G. Packard
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Patent number: 7390980Abstract: A electrical connector for connecting conduit or cables to a junction box. The connector includes a tubular connector body with a longitudinal slot extending substantially along the length of the connector body and dividing the tubular connector body into an upper half and a lower half. A lateral slot extends through the upper half of the connector body at the leading end thereby hinging the upper half to the lower half at the trailing end of the connector. A tubular snap ring including one or more locking tangs is disposed and held thereon on the leading end of the connector body by a spring bias. The trailing body portion includes a threaded aperture and a threaded fastener therein. When inserted into a knockout in a junction box, the leading end of the snap engagement connector is held firmly but adjustably therein by engagement of the locking tangs with the panel, thereby allowing the orientation of the connector with respect to the box to be adjusted as desired.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2007Date of Patent: June 24, 2008Assignee: Arlington Industries, Inc.Inventor: Thomas J. Gretz
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Patent number: 7390979Abstract: A conduit connector assembly which receives an end of a conduit carrying electrical wires includes a body, a grommet and a spring clip. The grommet and the spring clip are each mounted to the body. The spring clip is disposed within an interior bore of the fitting body and has a resiliently flexible body and a leg having a gripping end portion. The grip end has a substantially scalloped configuration for gripping and fitting partially about the conduit so as to center the grip end of the spring clip body on the conduit. The spring clip also includes a latching member to couple with the body to hold the spring clip in position and apply a biasing tension of the gripping end of the leg against the conduit. The grip end having the scalloped configuration is in the form of an arcuate concave-shaped edge surface on the gripping end portion of the body.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2006Date of Patent: June 24, 2008Assignee: Hubbell IncorporatedInventor: Steven J. Johnson
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Patent number: 7390969Abstract: A wire harness grommet assembly includes a sheet metal panel having a speaker hole and a grommet for supporting a wire harness from an audio speaker disposed in the speaker hole. The sheet metal panel has an emboss formed along a peripheral edge of the speaker hole. The grommet has an extension portion and an attachment portion. The extension portion has a tube for supporting the wire harness therein. The attachment portion is disposed within the emboss so that an outer surface of the attachment portion is substantially continuous with an outer surface of the sheet metal panel.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2007Date of Patent: June 24, 2008Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Josh D. Fraley, Scott L. Frederick, Mark A. Zeilinger
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Patent number: 7388156Abstract: A gasket for the passage of at least one cable control line in the wall of an engine compartment, principally the engine chamber of motor vehicles, with the gasket being premounted on the cable control line and closing the engine compartment opening for the cable control line quickly and tightly, and having a slider. The gasket has a circumferential groove for the wall of the engine compartment, a recess for a slider, at least one opening for the cable control line, and at least one mounting groove for mounting clips of a slider. The slider has bridges and mounting clips that engage in the mounting grooves of the gasket. There is also a blocking lip on the gasket, which in the mounted state prevents the slider from sliding back, and a pull device on the slider.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2006Date of Patent: June 17, 2008Assignee: Teleflex Automotive Germany GmbHInventor: Martin Knagge
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Patent number: 7388165Abstract: A cable management apparatus includes a cable restraint adapted to provide strain relief to a cable and a radial guide adapted to provide a desired bend radius to a cable. The apparatus may have a compressible body provided with a receiving channel adapted to receive a cable in a receiving condition and to restrict movement of the cable in a restrictive condition. The radial guide may be in the form of a shoulder provided at a closed end of the channel and having a surface of predetermined bend radius. The receiving channel may be converted between a receiving condition and a restrictive condition by compression of the body when the apparatus is inserted into an opening of a support structure.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2006Date of Patent: June 17, 2008Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventor: William G. Mahoney
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Patent number: 7383610Abstract: This invention relates to a two-piece grommet adapted for holding a cable in an aperture, such as in a desk or work surface so as to absorb any strain imposed on the cable and to provide an attractive covering for the hole drilled to pass the cable. The grommet consists of two portions. The first portion comprises a cylindrical sleeve having a circular lip. The second portion comprises a cap having an extended flange and adapted to frictionally fit into the cylindrical sleeve and against the lip. The cap has an aperture cut into it through which the cable passes. A pivotal tab is connected under the cap to close the aperture when no cable passes therethrough.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2006Date of Patent: June 10, 2008Inventor: Douglas A. J. Mockett
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Patent number: 7380315Abstract: An external segment of a telescoping handle comprises an outer segment configured for receiving an internal segment. The outer segment comprises a hole configured to receive a locking pin attached to the internal segment. The external segment further comprises a reinforcing mechanism inserted into the hole that is configured to distribute forces imparted by the locking pin in such a manner that the hole does not deform as easily as in conventional baggage.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2003Date of Patent: June 3, 2008Inventor: In-Soo Jung
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Patent number: 7370878Abstract: A structure for attaching a fabric sheet to a vehicle body, wherein the fabric sheet may be prevented from being twisted together with the rotation of a threaded fastener such as a bolt during fixation of the fabric sheet to the vehicle body by the threaded fastener. A spacer which is generally cylindrical is fitted in a hole of a tab. The spacer comprises a cylindrical portion into which a bolt is inserted, and a pair of flanges radially overhanging from both axial ends of the cylindrical portion, respectively. The flanges, have an outer diameter which is sufficiently large in comparison to the inner diameter of the hole. The cylindrical portion is inserted into the hole. The head a of the bolt never touches the tab so that the tab is never twists together with the bolt when the bolt is screwed into the bolt hole.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2002Date of Patent: May 13, 2008Assignee: Takata CorporationInventor: Wataru Nakazawa
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Patent number: 7355130Abstract: A cable sealing device (10) includes a member (14) includes an elastomeric material and adapted to be fitted into a cable receiving aperture. The member includes a first wall (16) and a second wall (18) spaced apart from the first wall to partially define a cavity (20) between the walls. Each wall includes a cable receiving slot (e.g., 22, 24) formed in the wall. Each wall is deformable away from the respective slot to accommodate a respective cable portion (e.g., 26, 28) extended through the slot so that the wall is biased around the cable portion to minimize any opening around the cable portion passing through the slot. The slots in the respective walls cooperate to provide a redundant seal around a cable portion (30) passing through the member.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2005Date of Patent: April 8, 2008Assignee: Siemens Information and Communication Networks, Inc.Inventors: Glen Allen Holman, Andrew Filtness, Thomas Herbert Singer
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Publication number: 20080012263Abstract: An insulator for a wheel suspension system of a vehicle is formed of an elastomeric material. The elastomeric material defines a channel that provides increased flexibility to the insulator and defines an increased density about the channel that increases the durability of the insulator. The suspension system includes a support structure adapted to be mounted to the vehicle, a piston rod disposed within the aperture and displaceable relative to the support structure along a line of travel, and a plate mounted to the piston rod. The insulator is compressibly disposed between the support structure and the plate. The exterior channel increases the flexibility of the insulator to distribute localized stress on the insulator by the support structure and the plate. The increased density about the channel increases the durability of the insulator about the channel when the support structure and the plate exert a compressive force on the insulator.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2007Publication date: January 17, 2008Inventors: Daniel G. Dickson, Anand Huprikar
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Patent number: 7288730Abstract: The invention relates to a device for covering and sealing a hole (10) through a wall provided for leading cables therethrough, said hole being provided in, for example, a switchgear cabinet. The device comprises a retaining frame (16), which can be fastened to the edge (66) of the hole through the wall (12), and comprises a number of bushes (30, 31), which are made of elastomeric material, can be removeably inserted inside frame openings (28), and which can be fixed therein. A least one part of the bushes (30, 31) is provided with at least one through opening for a cable. In order to equip the cable leadthrough with cables in a particularly easy manner and to be able to mount it on the switchgear cabinet, the invention provides that the frame openings (28) are open on one side for inserting the bushes (30, 31). In addition, one of the bushes (31), which can be inserted into the frame openings, can be arrested in a direction of insertion in the area of the sidewalls (36) that delimit the frame openings (34).Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2004Date of Patent: October 30, 2007Assignee: Murrplastik Systemtechnick GmbHInventors: Martin Habel, Wolfgang Sohn, Lutz Scharf-Martini, Rainer Funk
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Patent number: 7282650Abstract: A conduit gland that is adapted to engage at least one conduit that passes through an aperture in a housing. The conduit gland includes a bracket adapted to engage the housing; and a resilient member that has a portion retained by the bracket and the housing. The conduit gland also includes a clamp surface that, together with the resilient member, at least partially covers the aperture and engages the conduit.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2005Date of Patent: October 16, 2007Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corp.Inventors: Michael A. Czuhanich, John J. Ford
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Patent number: 7262372Abstract: Leadthrough elements for waterproof or airtight leading through of one or several lines are often associated with a disadvantage in that the led-through lines are routed largely without protection, and in that the tight seal between the leadthrough element and the line deteriorates in the course of mechanical loads being exerted on the lines. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a leadthrough element is provided in which each line exits in such a way from the top of the leadthrough element that the line after exiting runs flat along the top of the leadthrough element. By integrating this leadthrough element in a floor panel of an aircraft, in particular an Airbus A380, an advantageous seal of the line leadthrough is ensured, wherein the leadthrough element protects the line against increased mechanical loads, and thus ensures a permanent seal of the line leadthrough, with said seal meeting the quality requirements of the aircraft industry even in the case of increased mechanical loads.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2004Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Assignee: Airbus Deutschland GmbHInventor: Michael Ickert
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Patent number: 7261306Abstract: The present invention relates to grommets. In particular, the present invention relates to grommets used within vehicle suspension systems. In preferred embodiments, the dome end of the grommet comprises an anular extension that engages a fastener or bolt extending through the grommet.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2005Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Assignee: Illinois Tool Works IncInventor: Jason K. Trotter
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Patent number: 7250573Abstract: The present invention relates to an automotive cable holding system for securing a vehicle body to a cable which is connected at one end to a locking mechanism for a rear seat backrest and at the other end to a releasing mechanism. The automotive cable holding system includes a bracket for holding an end of the cable and an insertion opening in the vehicle body into which the bracket is inserted, wherein the bracket has provided thereon abutment surfaces which abut the inner circumferential surfaces of the insertion opening, an engagement portion extending further outwards than the abutment surfaces at a position lying further inwards than the insertion opening inside the vehicle body and a clip portion disposed on the opposite side to the engagement portion inside the vehicle body.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2006Date of Patent: July 31, 2007Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masaki Shimadu
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Patent number: 7246411Abstract: An adjustable mechanism for sliding panels, such as sliding windows and doors is disclosed. One embodiment comprises adjustable buttons that extend from a housing positioned in the sliding panel. The adjustable threaded buttons of the present invention provide a surface having reduced friction that extends from the bottom edge of a window or door and that can slide along a track supporting the window or door. In addition to providing a mechanism to facilitate horizontal sliding of a window or door, the adjustable buttons may be used to set the height of the sliding window or door as it sits in its frame.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2004Date of Patent: July 24, 2007Assignee: Jeld-Wen, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Campbell, Richard Ward Hetherington
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Patent number: 7244894Abstract: A grommet routes a wire harness from an inner side of a vehicle door into a vehicle body. A depression wraps around an edge of the door with a first part on a hinge surface of the door and a second part on the inner side. The grommet has an elastic member for fitting within the first part and a rigid retainer member extending around the edge into the second part. The members are secured together. The elastic member has a grooved periphery for receiving a flange surrounding an opening linked to the first part of the depression. The retainer member is secured in the second part of the depression by a fastener inserted into an aperture in the second part. The members have passageways to route the harness around the edge of the door. Fins on an underside of the elastic member seal against the first part.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2005Date of Patent: July 17, 2007Assignee: Yazaki North America, Inc.Inventor: Douglas Christian Lipp
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Patent number: 7244085Abstract: A fastener assembly includes a grommet having an enlarged bulbous body and a cylindrical extension projecting therefrom, the projection and body defining axially aligned openings therethrough. The cylindrical projection is configured to retain a washer on the outside thereof and a fastener on the inside thereof.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2005Date of Patent: July 17, 2007Assignee: Illinois Tool Works, IncInventors: Kenneth S. Dobson, Robert K. Dutzi, Jason K. Trotter
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Patent number: 7238894Abstract: An electrical fitting having an improved arrangement on the trailing end for attaching electrical cables thereto. A tubular body having an inner bore includes a clip member secured externally thereto. At least one leg is included on the clip member extending from outward of the tubular body into the inner bore. The leg is of substantial length and is cantilevered over such a distance so as to enable easy insertion of cable within the inner bore at the trailing end. The electrical fitting is enables increased ease of securing metal clad or armored cable to a panel.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2005Date of Patent: July 3, 2007Assignee: Arlington Industries, Inc.Inventor: Thomas J. Gretz
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Patent number: 7222394Abstract: A one piece plastic stud bushing having a body forming an opening through the bushing, a flange at one end, flexible holding tabs on opposite sides of the opening, the holding tabs having shoulders spaced from the flange a distance sufficient to receive a range of metal thicknesses, and spring tabs on opposite sides of the opening angled away from the flange to engage the stud surface opposite to the surface next to the holding tab shoulders.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2005Date of Patent: May 29, 2007Assignee: Halex/Scott Fetzer CompanyInventor: Michael J. Gardner
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Patent number: 7208687Abstract: The invention relates to a seal (5) for a cover (8a, 8b) for an electrical connecting socket (32), with the seal (5) having at least one sealing lip (10) which is provided to make contact with a contact surface (30) when the seal (5) is in the compressed state and thus to seal at least a part of that area of a base body (1) which is covered by the cover (8a, 8b), and wherein the sealing lip (10) has at least one first circumferential rim (25) on its inner face (15), which rim (25) is in each case formed, when the seal (5) is in the unloaded state, by the contact edge of a first (16) and of a second (17) surface element, which each run along the surface of the sealing lip (10), and has at least one second circumferential rim (26) which, when the seal (5) is in the unloaded state, is formed by the contact edge of the second (17) and of the third (18) surface element, which each run along the surface of the sealing lip (10), with the first circumferential rim (25) making contact with the contact surface (30) wheType: GrantFiled: January 30, 2006Date of Patent: April 24, 2007Assignee: ADC GmbHInventors: Ulrich Hetzer, Ferenc Nad
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Patent number: 7207762Abstract: An attachment device for attaching a substrate to a support structure includes a housing having a space defined by facing wall portions. The space captures a rotatable push nut with flexible teeth. The housing is attached to the substrate using a flange positioned opposite one of the wall portions, the substrate being crimped between the flange and the wall portion. The device may be pushed onto a threaded stud to rapidly affix the substrate to the support structure. The push nut may be rotated within the housing to disengage it from the stud and thereby remove the substrate from the support structure.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2004Date of Patent: April 24, 2007Assignee: Federal-Mogul World Wide, Inc.Inventor: Jimmy E. Teal
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Patent number: 7189930Abstract: A grommet includes a cylindrical portion that operable to fit on an outer circumference of an electric wire which passes through a trough hole in a panel, a panel fitting portion on which an inner circumferential edge of the through hole in the panel is fitted, and a connecting portion that connects the cylindrical portion and the panel fitting portion. The panel fitting portion includes a seal projection that is brought into press contact with the panel, and a seal protection wall is provided on the panel fitting portion for reducing the influence to the panel fitting portion caused by a flow of injected water from external.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2006Date of Patent: March 13, 2007Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventor: Tomoyasu Murakami
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Patent number: 7186929Abstract: A sealing member includes an elastomeric interior portion and a rigid exterior portion. At least one passage extends through the elastomeric interior portion from a first end to a second end of the sealing member. The passage is configured to receive at least one longitudinal member therein. The elastomeric interior portion is configured for sealing engagement with the longitudinal member extending therethrough, and the rigid exterior portion is configured for sealing engagement with an entry port of an enclosure.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2005Date of Patent: March 6, 2007Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Larry R. Cox, Dean C. Krenz
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Patent number: 7179039Abstract: Vibration-damping ring insert arrangement includes a vibration-damping ring. A hollow cylinder member includes a first end, a second end, and an inner surface that is connected to an outer surface of the vibration-dampening ring. One of an outwardly extending edge and outwardly extending edge segments is arranged at the second end. This Abstract is not intended to define the invention disclosed in the specification, nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2003Date of Patent: February 20, 2007Assignee: Schwarz Verbindungs-Systeme GmbHInventors: Helmut Schwartz, Bernard Homner
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Patent number: 7161095Abstract: A duplex electrical fitting having an improved arrangement on the trailing end for attaching electrical cables thereto. A connector body includes a leading opening, a midportion, two trailing openings, and a sidewall. Two open channels are provided in the sidewall on the trailing end of the connector, one open channel into each trailing opening. Each of the open channels extends from the trailing opening to the midportion of the connector body. Each of the channels includes a bridge adjacent the trailing opening which bridges each of the open channels. Each of the bridges is adapted to receive a tandem tang secured thereto. The tandem tangs include a common middle section and a leading tang and a trailing tang extending therefrom. Cable grabbing ends are provided on both the leading and trailing tangs. The leading and trailing tangs extend from outward of the connector body into the open channel.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2006Date of Patent: January 9, 2007Assignee: Arlington Industries, Inc.Inventor: Thomas J. Gretz
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Patent number: 7155775Abstract: This invention relates to a two-piece grommet adapted for holding a cable in an aperture, such as in a desk or work surface so as to absorb any strain imposed on the cable and to provide an attractive covering for the hole drilled to pass the cable. The grommet consists of two portions. The first portion comprises a cylindrical sleeve having a circular lip. The second portion comprises a cap having an extended flange and adapted to frictionally fit into the cylindrical sleeve and against the lip. The cap has an aperture cut into it through which the cable passes. A pivotal tab is connected under the cap to close the aperture when no cable passes therethrough.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2006Date of Patent: January 2, 2007Inventor: Douglas A. J. Mockett
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Patent number: 7156468Abstract: An adjustable grommet for a chair including an oval shaped member having a top surface, a bottom surface and a contiguous curved side surface. The adjustable grommet is positioned between the chair seat and the chair legs. The adjustable grommet can flex and compress so that the chair seat is adjustable to the user's desired position.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2004Date of Patent: January 2, 2007Assignee: Allseating CorporationInventor: Gary Neil
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Patent number: 7154054Abstract: An electrical fitting having an improved arrangement on the trailing end for attaching electrical cables thereto. A connector body includes a trailing opening and an intermediate flange. An open channel extends from the trailing opening to the intermediate flange and includes a bottom. A bridge on the connector body adjacent the trailing opening is adapted to receive a tandem tang secured thereto. The tandem tang includes a common middle section and a leading tang and a trailing tang extending therefrom. Cable grabbing ends are provided on both the leading and trailing tangs. The leading and trailing tangs extend from outward of the connector body into the open channel. The tangs are of substantial length and are cantilevered over such a distance so as to enable easy insertion of cable within the trailing opening. The open channel permits additional space for flexing of the tangs of the tandem tang to further ease insertion of cables into the fitting.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2006Date of Patent: December 26, 2006Assignee: Arlington Industries, Inc.Inventor: Thomas J. Gretz
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Patent number: 7148431Abstract: A cable connector terminates an armored cable in a knockout in a wall of an electrical enclosure. The connector includes a one-piece connector body having a forward end and plurality of side walls extending from the forward end in cantilevered fashion to define a cavity for receipt of an end of the cable. The forward end of the connector body is insertable into the knockout and the cantilevered side walls are deflectable to permit such insertion. The side walls further accommodate insertion of a cable into the cavity for retentively supporting the cable to the enclosure. The side walls of the connector body include outwardly extending tabs for engaging wall of the enclosure about the knockout. Side walls further include inwardly extending fingers for engaging the cable.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2005Date of Patent: December 12, 2006Assignee: Thomas & Betts International, Inc.Inventor: Roger Pyron
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Patent number: 7141744Abstract: Disclosed is a wire grommet intended to be positioned in a hole made into a surface of a panel or plate. The grommet is made of two identical elements having adjacent edges provided with tongues and grooves allowing them to be assembled to form an open container with a size and shape adapted to allow it to be inserted into the hole and be maintained within the same. The elements also have recesses in their edges which altogether form at least one opening through which one or more wires may pass when the elements are assembled. Advantageously, the wire grommet also comprises a closing cap fittable into both elements when the elements are assembled, in order to close the container formed by the same.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2005Date of Patent: November 28, 2006Assignee: Nicolet Plastique LteeInventor: Michel Cloutier
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Patent number: 7124468Abstract: This invention relates to a two-piece grommet adapted for holding a cable in an aperture, such as in a desk or work surface so as to absorb any strain imposed on the cable and to provide an attractive covering for the hole drilled to pass the cable. The grommet consists of two portions. The first portion comprises a cylindrical sleeve having a circular lip. The second portion comprises a cap having an extended flange and adapted to frictionally fit into the cylindrical sleeve and against the lip. The cap has an aperture cut into it through which the cable passes. A pivotal tab is connected under the cap to close the aperture when no cable passes therethrough.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2006Date of Patent: October 24, 2006Inventor: Douglas A. J. Mockett
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Patent number: 7122749Abstract: A device for locking a plurality of threads includes a first and a second element each of which is provided with a central opening. The first and second elements cooperate to delimit a labyrinth passage for the threads to be locked. The second element is provided with two surfaces which are on opposite sides with respect to the respective central opening and is provided with two external wings which are united to the surface. The surfaces are united, on one side, with a bottom wall of the same second element from which they emerge, and, on the opposite side, with a corresponding external wing of the second element.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2004Date of Patent: October 17, 2006Assignee: Verda S.r.lInventor: Belisario Pini
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Patent number: 7115822Abstract: A cable gland assembly adapted to receive a cable and to pass through an opening in a sparking enclosure wall, the cable gland assembly including a cable-receiving gland, a stuffing box, a grommet, an insulator and a cable. The stuffing box has an opening there through, and a grommet-receiving portion having the grommet therein. The grommet-receiving portion is adjacent the cable-receiving gland. The stuffing box also includes a gas terminal portion filled with gas and adjacent the grommet-receiving portion, and an insulator portion having the insulator therein and being adjacent the gas terminal portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2006Date of Patent: October 3, 2006Assignee: Joy MM Delaware, Inc.Inventors: Jonathan Day, James Cotherman, Sylvan Landers, Stanley J. Mason, David G. Thomas
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Patent number: 7112747Abstract: A brass washer is mounted on a cable at one end portion of the cable by being staked to a skin of the cable. The skin of the cable is coated with polytetrafluoroethylene or PTFE. Subsequently, a bushing member is integrally molded on the washer to the cable by injection molding. The bushing member is made of polyvinyl chloride or PVC. Thereby, a cable bush is mounted on the cable such that the cable bush is securely fixed to the cable.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2004Date of Patent: September 26, 2006Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuichi Saito, Junichi Noro, Kyuichi Sato
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Patent number: 7108269Abstract: A plug for the sealing closure of an opening in a sheet includes an integral body including a cap portion having an annular shirt portion and a cover portion connected to one end of the shirt portion. The body further includes a flange portion extending obliquely outwardly and downwardly and an annular sealing surface approximately at the same level as the connection of the cover portion to the shirt portion and below the connection of the flange portion. The plug body can be urged into the opening by an axial pressure. An outward pivoting of the flange portion upon insertion of the plug body into the opening exerts a radial expansion force and/or a pivoting force on the sealing surface so that the body's material in the area of the sealing surface is formed against the other side of the sheet.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2002Date of Patent: September 19, 2006Assignee: ITW Automotive Products GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Matthias Benkel, Alexander Limpert
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Patent number: 7105750Abstract: A grommet mainly made of soft, pliable material has a flange section for sealing against a first side of a vehicle panel around an aperture through the panel. A groove separates the flange section from a conical section that tapers from the groove to a narrower tubular section for tightly fitting around a wire harness passed through the grommet. The conical section has a wider end adjacent the groove that presses against a second, opposite side of the panel when the groove receives an edge of the aperture and the grommet is seated on the panel. The conical section has a region that engages the edge of the aperture as the grommet is pulled to an installed position. A plurality of raised, hard, rigid contact pads are arranged in a circumferential row around the engagement region to provide low friction while sliding past the edge of the aperture when the grommet is pulled through the aperture.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2005Date of Patent: September 12, 2006Assignee: Yazaki North America, Inc.Inventor: Jerome Adam David Duhr
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Patent number: 7100237Abstract: A grommet through which a long member is passed and mounted on a fixing hole of a fixing plate, includes an outer member and an inner member. The outer member includes a cylindrical insertion portion, through which the long member is passed, a brim-shaped close contact portion, extending outward from the insertion portion and having a mounting groove engaging with an edge of the fixing hole and an inner groove, formed on an inside face of the close contact portion. The inner member include a periphery edge portion, substantially shaped into a disc shape having a central opening, and inserted in the inner groove and a projection, extended from the periphery edge portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2003Date of Patent: September 5, 2006Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventor: Hiroyuki Katayama
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Patent number: 7100264Abstract: A bushing (52) has two bushing parts (52, 58), each of which includes a tubular section (54, 60) and a radial flange section (56, 62) Tubular section (54) is inserted into an opening (38) in a work member (40), from one side of the work member (40). Tubular section (60) is inserted into tubular section (54) from the opposite side (44) of the work member (40). A mandrel (M) is moved through the interior of the tubular portion of the bushing to radially and circumferentially expand the tubular portion of the bushing and move the flange sections against the opposite sidewalls of the work member (40). The tubular portions (54, 60) of the bushing (52) is radially and circumferentially expanded an amount sufficient to introduce fatigue life enhancing compressive residual stresses in the work member (40) immediately around the opening (38) in the work member (40).Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2003Date of Patent: September 5, 2006Assignee: Fatigue Technology, Inc.Inventors: William A. Skinner, Jude H. Restis, Mark R. Weiss
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Patent number: 7102080Abstract: A grommet for holding a wire harness includes a plurality of wires on which an adhesive tape is wound. The wire harness has a water-stop portion. A water-stop agent is filled in interstices between the plurality of wires at the water-stop portion. The grommet includes a first division member and a second division member. The first division member has a convex portion formed on an outer face thereof. The second division member has a concave portion for receiving the water-stop portion. The concave portion has a shape corresponding to a cross-sectional shape of the wire harness. An inner face of the first division member is pressed against the water-stop portion of the wire harness when the convex portion of the first division member is pressed toward the second division member.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2003Date of Patent: September 5, 2006Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventor: Yoshio Nakamrura
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Patent number: 7098401Abstract: A grommet fits around a wire harness and seats within and passes through an opening in a vehicle panel. The grommet has an internal tube section for snugly receiving the harness. At a first end of the grommet, a flange section is sized to seal against one side of the opening. A groove immediately adjacent the flange section receives an edge of the opening. From a side of the groove opposite the flange section, a tapered section converges to the tube section at a second end of the grommet. An engagement area of the tapered section immediately adjacent the groove is wider than a depth of the groove, so the engagement area rubs against the edge of the opening as the second end of the grommet and the tapered section are pulled through the opening. Multiple circumferential rows of depressions are provided around the tapered section within the boundaries of the engagement area. The depressions are circular in shape at an outer surface of the engagement area and bowl-shaped extending into the tapered section.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2005Date of Patent: August 29, 2006Assignee: Yazaki North America, Inc.Inventors: John Michael Herald, Takeshi Takahashi
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Patent number: 7098402Abstract: A grommet is mounted on a wire harness and inserted and latched into a vehicle panel aperture having a circular arc section at each corner. The grommet has a small tubular portion and a large tubular portion fitting the aperture. The large tubular portion has an annular latch groove having a concave shape on an outer peripheral surface at a predetermined distance from an end. Of two side walls that sandwich a groove base of the latch groove, a first side wall has a height from the groove base greater in straight sections than in arc sections to allow the straight sections to catch a periphery of the aperture more deeply than the arc sections.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2005Date of Patent: August 29, 2006Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.Inventor: Takashi Suzuki
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Patent number: 7071416Abstract: A fuel tank for motor vehicles, for example an LPG fuel tank, contains inside it at least one electrical component and has a wall or a plate bearing at least one connector for connection of the electrical component with an electrical line external to the tank. The electrical connector has a body made of synthetic material or of elastomer material directly moulded on one or more conductor pins so as to guarantee hermetic sealing of the tank even in the presence of a pressure jump between the internal cavity of the tank and the external environment. In the case where the body of the connector is made of synthetic material, it bears seats for seal rings made of elastomer material. In the case where it is made of elastomer material, it guarantees directly the function of tightness. In either case, there are provided means for exerting an axial compressive force on the part that performs the tightness function.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2004Date of Patent: July 4, 2006Assignee: C.R.F. Societa Consortile per AzioniInventors: Mario Ricco, Sisto Luigi De Matthaeis, Claudio Amorese, Onofrio De Michele, Annunziata Anna Satriano
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Patent number: 7071411Abstract: A fire-resistant system for passing at least one cable, tube, or the like through an opening in a wall, which system having a fire-resistant sleeve member includes a continuous slit, which is at least partially arranged round said at least one cable, tube, or the like, and which is at least partially installed in said opening, characterized in that the sleeve member can be placed in a position in which longitudinal edges of said slit overlap permanently under material stress.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2002Date of Patent: July 4, 2006Assignee: Beele Engineering B.V.Inventor: Johannes Alfred Beele
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Patent number: 7071412Abstract: The invention relates to a fluid-tight, in particular oil-tight, cable duct (10) with a duct body (12), includes an inner side (16), exposed to a fluid, an external side (18) separated from the fluid and at least one cable channel (20), through which at least one electrical line (14) formed by a flex is run from the inner side (16) to the outer side (18) of the duct body (12). A seal element (22) is arranged in the cable channel (20) with a number of individual channels (32) passing therethrough which corresponds to the number of lines and through which the lines (14) run individually. The lines (14) are each formed from two line sections, connected by an electrically-conducting connector piece (50) with a solid cross-section, whereby the connector piece (50) is housed within the single channel of the sealing element (22), at least over a part of the length thereof.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2003Date of Patent: July 4, 2006Assignee: era-contact GmbHInventors: Reinhold Dittes, Andreas Kainz
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Patent number: RE39654Abstract: An obturator (1) for an opening (10) has a collar (2) comprising a peripheral lip (3) adapted to come into abutment on a face (10a) of the opening (10), and several teeth (6) mounted pivotally on the collar (2) and adapted to come into abutment on an opposite face of the opening (10) in a locked position of the obturator (1). The teeth (6) are also fixed to a flange (12) mounted pivotally on a pusher (8), the pusher (8) being adapted to pivotally move the flanges (12) between an unlocked position and a locked position of the obturator (1). The obturator is used notably for sealing closing an opening in a motor vehicle body.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2004Date of Patent: May 29, 2007Assignee: I.T.W. de FranceInventor: Laurent Huet