Abstract: The present invention provides a cable and box support plate which is a rectangular, flat plate with integral cable/conduit support member formed therewith. The cable/conduit support members are made from the same material as the remaining plate and formed by punching or stamping out the support members therein.

Abstract: This invention is a novel saddle that comes in two embodiments, a vertical saddle and a horizontal saddle. Each saddle is configured to hold a power harness (or assembly of wires) and a signal harness, also an assembly of clustered wires. The saddle eliminates or greatly reduces the occurrence of electrical cross talk between these two harnesses by electrically insulating them from each other while securing each in place by a spring holder. These saddles greatly reduce electrical interference while significantly reducing installation time of the assembly. While this invention is described as used in a xerographic system, the saddle can be used in any system containing large bundles of electrical wires or cables.

Abstract: A cord management apparatus comprises one or more magnets, configurable to be coupled to an electronic cord. The apparatus comprises one or more sheaths configured to be coupled to at least a portion of the electronic cord, wherein the one or more sheaths are configured to be magnetically attached to the magnet. A cord management device comprising one or more pliable sheaths is described also.

Abstract: A securing device for retaining a power cord in a connected relationship with the power supply includes a substantially planar body having a first end and a second end. The first end is configured to engage the power supply. The second end is configured to engage the power cord. The body is made from a substantially rigid material.

Abstract: Safety devices and methods of use thereof are provided for improving electrical safety of insulative tools. In particular, the present invention provides a safety device for improving safety of an elongated insulative tool of a certain length with a substantially circular cross section having a cross sectional diameter and outer circumference, the device comprising a substantially circular disc with an inner opening for said elongated insulative tool to position therethrough, and said inner opening having a bore diameter that is substantially the same as or greater than the diameter of the elongated insulative tool. The present invention further provides novel methods of using through specific arrangement of the safety devices of the present invention on an elongated insulative tool.

Abstract: A system for mounting conductors, such as electrical wires, optical fibre cables, conduits and the like, to the floor beams of an aircraft cabin floor, having: an elongate raceway a longitudinal routing rails spanning between adjacent pairs of floor beams, each routing rail having an interior channel for housing conductors; conductor cradle blocks disposed in the interior channel, each cradle block including a mounting cushion adapted to engage a bottom portion of said conductors; and rail support brackets, each rail support bracket removably clamped on at least one of: the top flange; the bottom flange; and the web of a beam and removably mounted to the rail ends

Abstract: A device for maintaining the separation and position of spliced wires within a mold is provided. The device is characterized by multiple pointed portions which extend radially outward to a tip. The portions between the tips are radially depressed, with holes placed near the radially innermost point of the outer surface of the device. The holes are incomplete due to notches on the radially outermost portion of the holes which allow wires to be pressed into the holes in a radially inward direction. The device, with wires mounted therein, may be placed into an injection mold and maintains the separation of the exposed conductors until the over-molding process is complete. The device also prevents the wires from touching the edge of the mold during the injection process thereby minimizing any show-through defects in the finished product.

Abstract: A supporting and wire-receiving mechanism is used in a power adapter. The power adapter includes a main body and a power wire. The supporting and wire-receiving mechanism includes a supporting member, a base and a wire-receiving member. The supporting member has a supporting receptacle for accommodating a main body of the power adapter, thereby supporting the power adapter. The base is arranged beside the supporting member. The wire-receiving member is arranged between the base and the supporting member such that a wire-receiving receptacle is defined between the wire-receiving member, the base and the supporting member. Both ends of the wire-receiving member are respectively connected with the base and the supporting member. The power wire is wound around the wire-receiving member and received in the wire-receiving receptacle.

Abstract: A housing is disclosed for accommodating electrical components having a housing lower part, having a conductor feed opening and having a housing cover for covering the housing lower part. In at least one embodiment, the housing is intended to provide the possibility of very convenient fitting and dismantling. The conductor feed opening is provided for the purpose of being delimited by the housing lower part and the housing cover in the closed state of the housing. This obviates the need for the careful threading-in operation when installing a cable on an electrical component in the interior of the housing. In addition, the housing cover delimiting the conductor feed opening is provided with first guide elements, which are provided for engaging in the housing lower part.

Abstract: A wire keeper is assembled in a computer case to guide, integrate and fix wires of plural bus lines and electric connecting cords which are layout in the case, allowing each wire in the case to be tidily collected to assure space in the case to keep clear properly. As a result, hot air in the case can be transmitted out successfully by a cooling fan to effectively improve a heat dissipation effect in the case.

Abstract: An electrical power feed thru for thin-walled vessels such as aircraft fuselages is disclosed which allows high electrical current power lines, and their associated high operating temperatures, to transition from the inside to the outside of the aircraft. The feed thru includes sealing surfaces, anti-rotation features and safety covers. This low-profile configuration permits the attached cables to run close to the fuselage walls, permitting easier routing and clamping. The feed thru has a variable geometry which permits alternate spacing of the end terminations in reference to the fuselage while maintaining the same parts. Installation is simplified through a single fuselage wall mounting hole design that can be done with a standard punch. The feed thru exceeds the shock and vibration environments of various aircraft such as a military aircraft.

Abstract: A stud is a structure for supporting, on a printed circuit board, a mounting component such as another printed circuit board or a device. This structure is surface-mounted on the printed circuit board by soldering or press-fitting. The structure is a constituted by a columnar-shaped structure and the like. One end of the columnar-shaped structure is surface-mounted on the printed circuit board, and the other end thereof is fixed to the mounting component.

Abstract: A sealing assembly having a flexible sleeve and a means for sealing a top portion of the sleeve around a plurality of cables, such as by a hook and loop type fastener attached at the top portion of the sleeve. The sleeve is configured to receive at least one cable therethrough and a bottom portion of the sleeve is configured to be secured to a surface. The sleeve can also be electrically conductive such that the sleeve dissipates static electricity from the cable to the surface. The sealing assembly call also have a grommet positioned adjacent the bottom portion of the sleeve. The grommet has a first wall having a plurality of apertures for connecting the grommet to a surface and a second wall that extends substantially perpendicular to the first wall and is configured to extend through an aperture in the surface. The second wall is flexible to protect the cable from sharp edges associated with the aperture in the surface.

Abstract: An enclosure (302), an electronic device (300) that includes the enclosure, and a method (600) for forming the enclosure. The enclosure can include a first enclosure portion (304) and a second enclosure portion (306). The first enclosure portion can include a first wall (410), which can include a first side (412) and at least a second side (414). In one arrangement, an angle (?) between the first side and the second side is not greater than 70°. The second enclosure portion can include a second wall (420), which can include a third side (422) and at least a fourth side (424). In one arrangement, an angle between the third side and the fourth side is not greater than 70°.

Abstract: A wire protective member (10) is provided for covering a wire (11) from an outer side. The wire protective member (10) has a first base (13) includes a first adhesive layer (12) to be bonded to the wire (11) on one surface thereof, a second base (16) to be placed on a surface of the first base (13) opposite to the one including the first adhesive layer (12), and spacers (14) formed between the first and second bases (13, 16). No clearance is formed between the wire (11) and the protective member (10) to achieve a space saving. Further, since it is sufficient to wrap the wire (11) with one member composed of the first adhesive layer (12), the first base (13), the layer partly formed with the spacers (14) and the second base (16), time and effort for a mounting operation and the number of parts can be reduced.

Abstract: A wire organization structure has two hollow wire holding ducts forms a wire running space thereinside. The wire running space has two ends formed a wire inlet and a wire outlet. A wire is provided with two ends threading through the wire inlet and wire outlet and movable for a displacement against the wire holding ducts. The two ends of the wire can be extended from the wire inlets towards the wire outlets for the displacement against the wire organization structure in a first use condition, and also are movable from the wire outlets towards the wire inlets and retained at the wire outlets in a second use condition. By threading the wire through two wire holding ducts, and pulling the wire to change the displacement against the wire organization structure, the length can be adjusted and use conditions can be altered. Wire organization and collection can be done faster.

Abstract: A vertical cable manager includes a base, an interconnected double-spine assembly topped by a top frame, and a pair of doors. The double-spine assembly is supported by the base. Each door is removably coupled at each lower corner to the base and at each upper corner to the top frame, thus permitting each door to be opened or hinged along either of its lateral sides or removed entirely. The double-spine assembly may support selectively repositionable mounting members, which may in turn support a large cable spool, a selectively repositionable shelf-mounted handle spool assembly, and various other cable management accessories.

Abstract: The fixing tool (40) of a wire harness (32) bundling a plurality of cables has a portion (42) for holding the wire harness (32), and two protrusions (44) protruding therefrom. The protrusion (44) includes a stretching portion (46) formed by stretching. Since the length from the base face (48) of the holding portion (42) to the stretching portion (46) is different in different protrusions (44), the timing at which each stretching portion (46) is inserted into a through hole (56) varies and thereby insertion load of the protrusion (44) can be reduced. Consequently, workability of a work for securing the wire harness (32) to a bracket (54) can be improved.

Abstract: A wire retaining system includes a wire clip and fastening receiver for releasable attachment of a wire clip on a supporting surface to retain a wire. The receiver includes an adhesive backing and touch fastener elements. The wire clip includes two wire receptacles with respective receptacle openings facing different directions and touch fastener elements for engagement with the touch fastener elements of the receiver. A first receptacle is oriented with the receptacle opening facing a desired direction and the wire extends across the receptacle. The releasable wire clip can be reoriented with the second receptacle facing a desired direction and a second wire extending across the second receptacle. The wire clip can be packaged preassembled on a light strand with the touch fastener elements of the wire clip and receiver engaged. A method of forming fastener products includes forming a rigid extrusion having fastener elements formed from extruded rail segments.

Abstract: A wiring harness for connection to a body, the wiring harness includes at least one conductor and a protective covering having an inner portion for insulating the at least one conductor and an outer portion arranged over a region of the inner portion, wherein at least a section of the outer portion is adapted to be fused to said body.

Abstract: A modular power supply particularly adapted for mounting to standard junction boxes in a system to provide a solid state lighting system compatible power signal. One embodiment of a modular power supply for mounting to a junction box according to the present invention includes a housing holding internal electronic components and a first extension integral to the housing for mounting to a junction box. The extension has an opening to the interior of the housing with primary wires passing from the interior of the housing through the extension. The first extension is positioned so that the power supply is capable of being mounted to the mounting surface of a junction box when the power supply is at different orientations.

Abstract: A resin-molded, annular protector for a wire harness for a vehicle includes a split pair of a main body and a lid body both having a semiannular shape, and split ends of the protector are joined and locked together. Lock holes are provided in a peripheral wall of the lid body by cutting portions of the inner peripheral side of the peripheral wall from the split ends, leaving engagement sections on the outer peripheral side of the lid body and opening the top ends of the cut portions in the outer peripheral surface of the lid body. Lock sections projecting from the inner peripheral side of the split ends are provided in the peripheral wall of the main body, at positions facing the lock holes.

Abstract: This invention is directed to a support plate for reinforcing a portion of a circuit board. The support plate may be coupled to a portion of the circuit board that is subject to forces (e.g., portions of the circuit board having switches) to prevent flexing of the board. The support plate may be coupled to the circuit board. This invention is also directed to a switch constructed from a button, a label plate, and a backer plate. The label plate and the backer plate may include apertures operative to receive a protrusion extending from the button, where the protrusion is welded to the backer plate. Labels may be printed or attached to the bottom surface of the label plate to protect the labels. In some embodiments, the protrusion may be welded to the backer plate. The protrusion may be operative to engage an electrical switch of an electronic device in which the switch is placed.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electrical wiring block for an accessory. The accessory may be a switch or a receptacle. The electrical wiring block may include a base section and a wiring section positioned offset on the base section to form an overhang and an overhang seat. The base section may include a base plug and a base socket configured to fit within a base plug of an adjacent electrical wiring block. The wiring section may include wire holes, wire terminals, and wire ports positioned at an angle to the wire terminals. The wiring section may include a wiring section indent that may allow access to the wire ports on an adjacent, connected electrical wiring block. The overhang seat may cradle the overhang of an adjacent, connected electrical wiring block. The switch or receptacle may be installed in the electrical wiring block by pushing.

Abstract: This cable-fastening system is intended to maintain cables (4) in a longitudinally extending housing (10) having an aperture through which cables (4) can be introduced into the housing (10). It has the form of a flexible sheet (16) of elongated shape, provided on its two longitudinal rims with fastening intended to cooperate with complementary fastening. A cable support according to the invention is provided with a metal profiled structure (2) having at least one housing (10) intended to receive cables (4) or similar components, and also with such a fastening system (16).

Abstract: A patch panel assembly including a cable manager, a front panel, and a cable grip holder having adjustable holding elements for securing a cable. The front panel is pivotable between a normal position and a pivoted position.

Abstract: A wire protection system includes a cover configured to enclosed a wire. The cover has a plurality of spikes extending outwardly from an outer surface of the cover. The plurality of spikes is configured and spaced relative to each other to deter an animal from chewing on the cover.

Abstract: A cable management system for an electrical component having a connectivity interface configured to connect with cables includes a cable support bracket having a cable support plate configured to support the cables connected to the connectivity interface, and an arm having first and second arm portions. The first arm portion being coupled to the cable support plate and the second arm portion configured to be coupled to the electrical component. The first and second arm portions are selectively positionable with respect to one another such that the position of the cable support plate may be changed with respect to the connectivity interface.

Abstract: For improving durability of a wiring harness of a power supply system used in a sliding structure, a power supply system includes a casing; a wiring harness; a harness supporter arranged along a base of the casing so as to move freely back-and-forth in the casing; and a constant force spring arranged along the base of the casing. The wiring harness is bent and wired along an outer surface of the harness supporter, and the harness supporter is biased with a spring force by the constant force spring so as to absorb an extra length of the wiring harness. A winding part of the constant force spring is separated from a harness receiving space of the casing, and an end of the constant force spring led from the winding part is connected and fixed to the harness supporter at an outside of the casing.

Abstract: The invention is a terminal assembly having a casing with at least one delivery tapered-cone conductor and at least one return tapered-cone conductor routed there-through. The delivery and return tapered-cone conductors are electrically isolated from each other and positioned in the annuluses of ordered concentric cones at an off-normal angle. The tapered cone conductor service can be AC phase conductors and DC link conductors. The center core has at least one service conduit of gate signal leads, diagnostic signal wires, and refrigerant tubing routed there-through. A seal material is in direct contact with the casing inner surface, the tapered-cone conductors, and the service conduits thereby hermetically filling the interstitial space in the casing interior core and center core. The assembly provides simultaneous high-current, high-pressure, low-inductance, and high-reliability service.

Abstract: A wire harness for preventing water from contacting capped, connected electrical wires. A lid and a base define an interior chamber. The base has fingers extending vertically upwardly for holding wire caps and connected electrical wires therein. A shelf protrudes from the inner surface of each finger to provide a platform for the bottom edge of the wire cap to seat against, securing the wire cap against downward movement. The sidewalls of the lid extend a predetermined distance below the shelves of the fingers to form a rim that creates a double air trap within the harness for preventing water from contacting the conductive portions of the wires.

Abstract: A wildlife guard for electrical power equipment including a body constructed to mount onto the equipment. The body has an electrically conductive layer thereon. The electrically conductive layer comprises an electrically insulating material with a conductive filler material in quantity sufficient for the guard to maintain an electrostatic charge. The electrically conductive layer is bonded to the body by over-molding or co-molding techniques. The electrically conductive layer can be continuous or can be discrete segments separated by non-conductive segments. The body can be constructed from a conductive or non-conductive material.

Abstract: This device for wire cable trays including longitudinal warp wires and transverse weft wires has a base (2) with a mounting face (16) by which it is mounted on the cable tray and fixing elements. It further includes:—at least one trough-shaped longitudinal housing intended to receive a first wire of the cable tray and produced in the mounting face,—at least one bearing surface undercut relative to the mounting face, this surface extending perpendicularly to the longitudinal housing and being disposed parallel to the back of the longitudinal housing at an intermediate level between the back of that housing (18) and the mounting face, and—at least one transverse cut-out corresponding to each intersection between a longitudinal housing and a bearing surface, this cut-out extending from one edge of the mounting face to a longitudinal housing.

Abstract: A wire holder includes a synthetic resin component that includes a clamp portion for holding at least one wire and a metal component that includes at least one lead portion mounted on a circuit board. The synthetic resin component includes a groove-shaped fitting groove portion. The metal component includes at least one fitting portion that fits the fitting groove portion and is connected to the lead portion. The fitting groove portion includes at least one first opening portion which allows the at least one lead portion to project in a predetermined direction when the at least one fitting portion fits the fitting groove portion. At least one of end portions in an extension direction of a groove of the fitting groove portion is opened as a second opening portion which allows one of the at least one lead portion to project along the extension direction of the groove of the fitting groove portion.

Abstract: An apparatus fixing a power cable to an insulator, which clamps the head of the insulator to fix the power cable to an insulator head, easily and firmly.

Abstract: The bird guard provides a device to protect electrical insulators comprising a central shaft; a clamp attached to an end of the shaft to secure the device to a transmission tower; a top and bottom cover to shield transmission tower insulators; and bearings to allow the guard to rotate in order to frighten birds away from the insulators.

Abstract: A bracket for mounting an electrical outlet box on studs. A longitudinal strip is provided with a first end and a second end. The strip has a first double 90° bend offset which is located a first predetermined distance from the first end. A second double 90° bend is offset a second predetermined distance from the second end of the strip. A bendable planar sheet extends from the longitudinal strip and has a main body and a protrusion formed at its distal end.

Abstract: A power adapter with cable organizer is provided. The power adapter includes a main body; and a containing/fixing portion disposed on the main body and having a first blade and a second blade, wherein the first blade and the second blade face each other to form a receiving portion.

Abstract: A cord organizer includes a cover plate and a cord retaining member. The cover plate includes a central portion having a plurality of openings defined therethrough. The openings include a fastener opening, and a receptacle opening. The cover plate further includes a curved, end portion curved inwardly away from a back side of the cover plate, having a slit defined therethrough, and at least one male fastening member extending from the back side of the cover plate. The cord retaining member includes a female fastening opening, and a strap portion. The strap portion of the cord retaining member is capable of passing through the slit of the curved, end portion, and the cord organizer is configured to allow the strap portion to be secured after an end of the strap has passed through the slit of the curved, end portion.

Abstract: Axial row of lateral cuts is formed in a heat-shrinkable shape retaining tube, each of the cuts extending through the wall thickness of a substantially half of the periphery of the tube. Cable harness is passed through the tube. The harness, passed through the tube, is curved by an external force being applied to the harness with the lateral cuts positioned on the outer side of the harness. The tube is then heated to a predetermined heat shrinkage temperature and hardens to present a predetermined rigidity. Thus, the harness can be retained in a desired curved shape by the tube.

Abstract: A method of assembly is disclosed comprising the steps of collocating a plurality of individual cables in a first elastomeric tube held in a stretched condition by an engaged hold-out mechanism and disengaging the hold-out mechanism causing the elastomeric tube to contract and to urge the cables together. The resultant cable assembly is also disclosed and comprises a plurality of individual cables urged together by a first elastomeric tube coupled to a disengaged hold-out mechanism.

Abstract: The cable includes a conductive cable core, an inner insulating sheath covering the cable core, a conductive sheath covering the inner insulating sheath, and an outer insulating sheath covering the conducting sheath, except for a revealed portion of the conductive sheath extending from an end of the cable, wherein the revealed portion has an end opposite the outer insulating sheath. The method includes the steps of, while maintaining the free end of the conductive sheath in contact with the inner insulating sheath, pushing up the end of the revealed portion of the conductive sheath from the end of the cable for revealing a portion of the inner insulating sheath and causing the revealed portion of the conductive sheath to crumple, forming an annular nipple, and blocking the pushed up portion of the conductive sheath.

Abstract: A signal transmission cable protection device disposed between an electronic unit main body and a display. The display is freely rotatable within a certain angle range. The signal transmission cable protection device is movable, following the rotation of the display. The signal transmission cable protection device can be easily assembled to provide protection effect for the signal transmission cable. The signal transmission cable protection device includes a cover section. The signal transmission cable is electrically connected between the electronic unit main body and the display and covered by the cover section. By means of the signal transmission cable protection device, the possibility of damage of the signal transmission cable due to human negligence or external force is minimized.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a support element for a resilient sheath, in particular to a holdout for a cable sleeve. The support element includes a tubular expansion element, which can be brought into contact with an inner wall of the resilient sheath and is constructed in such a way as to hold the resilient sheath in a pre-mounted radially expanded state. A reinforcing member is provided to reinforce the support element and in the pre-assembled state of the resilient sheath is at least partially received in the expansion element to reinforce the internal diameter of said expansion element, the reinforcing member being constructed in such a way that it can be removed from the expansion element before the assembly of the resilient sheath without being destroyed.

Abstract: An arrangement for reducing the electric field strength on the face of an electrode, wherein the face of the electrode is surrounded by at least one electric barrier, and a shielding electrode having a defined voltage potential is disposed in the vicinity of the face of the electrode. By using a retaining element that can be connected directly to the face of the electrode, the shielding wires can be quickly and easily positioned and fixed relative to the face of the electrode and the shielding electrode relative to the face.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an electrical wiring box assembly that includes an inner wall box including a peripheral inner wall bounded and enclosed by a rear wall and open at a front end of the inner wall box to form an inner volume. The inner wall box also includes an inner wall flange extending in a substantially perpendicular direction from an exterior surface of the peripheral inner wall at predetermined distance from the front inner wall box end. The inner wall flange includes a plurality of apertures formed therein. The inner wall box further includes a plurality of device mounting bosses extending in a substantially perpendicular direction from an interior surface of the rear wall. An intermediate box includes a peripheral intermediate wall portion configured to fit within the inner volume.

Abstract: A liquid dispensing system equipped with a modular cord set for powering an electrically-operated dispensing module of the system. The cord set includes a plug removably inserted into receptacle extending through a manifold of the system. The manifold heats and supplies liquid to the dispensing module. When the plug is positioned in the receptacle, electrical contacts on the plug are coupled with corresponding electrical contacts on the dispensing module. The cord set and dispensing module can be independently disconnected from the manifold without disturbing each other.

Abstract: An enclosure (10) that contains a switch (40, 42) and that is surrounded by an explosive or flammable environment that could be ignited by a spark from the switch, includes a body (52) that guides a flat cable (16) through a body bore (56) to the inside of the vessel. A tight and strong seal is formed around the flat cable by a tubular seal (60) that lies in the body bore, that is formed of Teflon, and that has a tapered seal section (84) that lies in a tapered section (74) of the bore. A nut (62) at the rear of the body can be turned to push the tubular seal forward within the body bore and thereby compress it against the outside of the flat cable to form an explosion-proof seal.

Abstract: An enclosure for an electrical receptacle includes walls having one or more recesses for receiving associated electrical conductors. The recesses may be covered by at least a first membrane enclosing the recess. The conductors may be manually inserted through the membrane wherein the membrane and/or the recess is self-sealing to automatically encapsulate the girth of the associated electrical conductors.

Abstract: In a protector, a lock mechanism for a stay is provided at a protector body. The lock mechanism includes a stay abutment plate which is perpendicular to a direction of a normal line of the protector body, a boss for passing through a boss passage hole in the stay, and a lock piece portion for locking the stay. With this construction, the amount of retaining engagement of the lock piece portion can be increased without adversely affecting the moldability of a mold. As a result, the force of retaining of the protector can be enhanced, thereby avoiding a situation in which the protector is disengaged from the stay.