Abstract: A tube securing device is provided comprising a base, a tube mount including a tube receptacle configured to receive a tube in communication with a cavity of a patient, a retainer, and at least one fastener mounted to one of the base and the retainer and configured to cooperate with the other of the base and the retainer to retain the tube mount between the base and the retainer.

Abstract: A dental blank holder for the manufacture of dental articles. The dental blank holder can include a frame configured to cooperate with a blank holder of a dental mill. The frame can includes an inner periphery and an outer periphery, the inner periphery including a plurality of receiving walls forming receiving spaces, each receiving space configured to receive a dental blank. The dental blank holder may also include a movable arm configured to form a plurality of locking walls, each locking wall configured to enclose a corresponding receiving space, the movable arm including at least one biasing member configured to apply an individual force toward each receiving space such that each of the dental blanks is held in the receiving spaces for a milling process.

Abstract: A cable mounting system that allows thermal expansion and contraction of cables. The cable mounting system includes straight ladder rack segments and widened ladder rack segments positioned adjacent the straight ladder rack segments. Cable bracket assemblies are mounted to the straight ladder rack segments and saddle bracket assemblies are mounted to the widened ladder rack segments. The cable bracket assemblies secure cables to the ladder rungs of the straight ladder rack segments and allow axial movement of the cables. The saddle bracket assemblies secure the cables on the ladder rungs of the widened ladder rack segments and allow axial and lateral movement of the cables.

Abstract: A clamp assembly mountable on a short span of structural tubing which can have any one of a broad spectrum of transverse cross-sectional shapes, sizes and vertical orientations, as found in bicycle frames and the like. Augmenting the assembly's inner and outer clamp members, so that one can use them to maintain a tight grip on the short span, is an assortment of inserts. Each insert, when deployed between the outer member's elongated flat face and the inner clamp member's midsection where it bounds a long, relatively narrow concavity, is designed to keep the clamp members from slipping sideways with respect to the compression force applied through them to the short span. Included is a two-headed insert, deployed one head at a time, as dictated by how much the short span fills said concavity and whether it extends, beyond it, perpendicularly to the elongated flat face.

Abstract: A wire harness and a method for manufacturing a wire harness. The wire harness includes a first wire harness to which a clamp is fixed at a predetermined position, and a second wire harness that is provided with a fitting portion into which the clamp can be fitted, and the second wire harness is attached to the first wire harness by fitting the clamp into the fitting portion.

Abstract: In a vibration damper (10) for at least one conduit (12, 12a, 12b), in particular in a vehicle, with at least one receptacle (14, 14a, 14b) in which a conduit (12, 12a, 12b) can be held, and a frame (16) in which the receptacle (14, 14a, 14b) is held and which encloses the receptacle (14, 14a, 14b) in circumferential direction (U), it is provided that the frame (16) is flexible and/or that flexible webs (18a, 18b, 18c, 18d, 18e, 18f) are provided, which keep the receptacle (14, 14a, 14b) spaced from the frame (16).

Abstract: A separator device for separating coils of a heat exchanger assembly has a top surface opposite a bottom surface, and an inner portion opposite an outer portion. The inner portion and the outer portion extend between the top surface and the bottom surface. The separator device further includes a pair of sides extending between the inner portion and the outer portion, each of the sides defining a concave curve having an apex. A lug is provided to connect the apex of each concave curve. At least one ramp is defined on the top surface and/or the bottom surface, extending from the inner portion toward the lug. The lug is arcuately shaped to project away from the top surface and the bottom surface and is shaped to correspond to a gap between adjacent coils of the heat exchanger assembly.

Abstract: A cable management assembly for managing cabling of equipment is provided. The cable management assembly may be utilized to manage the movement of cables attached to the enclosures when the enclosures are pulled into and out of the front of a structure during servicing. The cable management assembly may comprise one or more detachable cable support members that form a helix having a first attachment end and a second attachment end. The first attachment end may be attached to an enclosure and the second attachment end may be attached to a rear back plate assembly. The detachable cable support members include a plurality of flat segments having a generally elongated planar configuration or a curved configuration. A combination of planar and curved segments may be secured together forming a loop. A plurality of loops may be secured together forming the assembly.

Abstract: An objective is to provide a manufacturing method and a manufacturing device for a wire harness, and the wire harness and a retention component manufactured thereby, the wire harness including a wiring bundle, a retention portion configured to retain the wiring bundle, and an engagement portion to be attached to a vehicle body, the manufacturing method and the manufacturing device being capable of efficiently manufacturing the wire harness and being applicable to engagement portions having different shapes.

Abstract: A housing for an electrical connector has a connector for reversibly receiving flexible arms of a clamping element in a locking manner. Further, an assembly has the housing and a clamping element having at least two flexible arms, between which a receiving space is defined, in which the connector of the housing are reversibly held in a locking manner.

Abstract: Tubing clamps having a minimum contact area between the tubes and supporting surfaces of clamp support bodies are provided for minimizing the collection and retention of liquids at the supporting surfaces. A minimum spacing is maintained between the tubes supported by the tubing clamps while maintaining sufficient ventilation between the tubes and the clamp support bodies to permit drying of any liquids which contact the tubes and the clamp support bodies at tubing support points. This prevents electrolysis and corrosion which may be caused by liquid retention and by contact between dissimilar metals. The tubing clamps are adapted to secure tubes having differing outer diameters in a single row or in multiple rows, such as in a stacked configuration. The clamps are provided with upper and lower supports, each having matching grooves that have chamfered edges forming the upper and lower tubing contact surfaces. The supports are secured together with fasteners to clamp the tubing therebetween.

Abstract: A cable ladder formed by two side rails and crosspieces, all formed of extruded polymer material. The side rails have a channel receiving a corresponding end of the crosspieces. The channel has a lower rib and an upper rib. A projection of the lower rib or upper rib has openings along a longitudinal direction of the side rail. The ends of the crosspieces go through the opening of the projection and have a recess in which a corresponding portion of the channel is snap-fitted. The lower rib of the side rails is bent over itself along a bending line, such that a final section of the lower rib experiences downward expansion by elastic bending when the end of the crosspiece is introduced.

Abstract: A cable hanger includes: a base with a front wall having locking projections and a rear wall having an opening; a pair of arcuate front arms mounted to front locations on the base, the front arms extending laterally from opposite sides of the base and having first locking features; and a pair of arcuate rear arms mounted to rear locations on the base, the rear arms extending laterally from opposite sides of the base and having second locking features. The front and rear arms on one side of the base are mounted in back-to-back relationship, and the front and rear arms on the opposite side of the base are mounted such that they are in back-to-back relationship. The locking projections of the base are insertable into the opening. The first locking features of the front arms are interlockable with the second locking features of the rear arms.

Abstract: A collection of components for a cable tray system provide the components and basic hardware for assembling and installing a cable tray that can change direction in three dimensions to avoid obstacles or other cables' trays while negotiating a designated space. Components of the cable tray system may be modular, that is, pre-configured for ease of assembly, such as vertical kits and horizontal bend kits, while others are supplied in lengths for cutting them to fit jobsite requirements, such as rails and rungs. Both components provide an inherent framework that facilitates conceptualization and construction of a cable tray system at the jobsite with flexibility and simplicity to allow the present cable tray system to be employed more efficiently and accurately.

Abstract: An assembly includes: a foundation structure; first and second cables having a flattened profile; and a mounting member engaging the first and second cables such that the first and second cables are arranged in stacked relationship and are mounted to the foundation structure.

Abstract: The present subject matter relates to devices, systems, and methods for organizing and aggregating cables. In one aspect, a cable management device is provided in which a plurality of cable clips are coupled to a connector bar. In this arrangement, the plurality of cable clips are held at unique positions with respect to one another along a length of the connector bar and can be configured to receive and hold one or more cables in similarly unique positions with respect to one another.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle seat having a seat frame and a plurality of wire anchors attached to a lateral member of the seat frame. Each wire anchor is formed from a single continuous metallic wire and comprises an anchor portion, a first end that extends from the anchor portion and tangentially engages the lateral member proximate a top portion of the lateral member and extends downward over a rear portion of the lateral member and a second end that extends from the anchor portion and tangentially engages the lateral member proximate a bottom portion of the lateral member and extends upward over the rear portion of the lateral member, and wherein the wire anchor is free of engagement with a front portion of the lateral member.

Abstract: A multiple-look support strap is adapted for hanging one end of a hammock from a fixed structure. The support strap cooperates with a like strap to hang an opposite end of the hammock from a second fixed structure spaced apart from the first. The support strap comprises an elongated length of flexible strap folded upon itself to form first and second overlying strap sections. The strap sections are integrally joined together at a first end of the support strap, and a least one of the first and second strap sections terminates at an opposite second end of the support strap. A plurality of strap loops are formed with the first and second strap sections between opposite ends of the support strap.

Abstract: A rail-less roof mounting system for installing photovoltaic (PV) modules on a roof structure comprises a base mount assembly that engages with a clamp assembly and attaches to the roof structure. The base mount assembly comprises a base member having a waterproof means, a block slider, a top slider and a covering means. An elevated seal portion of a block slider includes a borehole to receive the waterproof means. A vertical engaging portion of the block slider is attached with a sliding seal member of the top slider. The clamp assembly includes a clamp member and a plate member and the clamp member is attached with a track of the top slider. The clamp member interlocks the PV modules to provide a corner-to-corner coupling arrangement, which enables the connection of PV module corners to adjacent PV module corners by sandwiching above and beneath frame members of the PV modules.

Abstract: The invention relates to a system for sealingly holding cables through an opening. The system comprises a holder substantially in the form of a plate having a central portion with a first thickness between a first side and a second side of the plate and a peripheral portion with a second thickness which is smaller than the first thickness, the holder having in the central portion a plurality of conduits extending in the thickness direction of the plate, each conduit being suitable for having one or more cables extending there through, at least one multi-part sealing plug of an elastic material for sealing an annular space between an inner wall of one of the conduits and a cable extending there through and a gasket of an elastic material and of a shape for placement against the peripheral portion so as to provide a sealing in a circumferential direction of the plate. The plug has at least one circumferentially extending outer rib and at least one circumferentially extending inner rib.

Abstract: A clip includes a pair of holding members arranged oppositely to one another to be capable of holding an elastic body therebetween, a base member, to which end portions of one side of the pair of holding members are coupled and at least one of the holding members is pivotably coupled, set on an object to be fixed, and pressing members provided on the holding members for pressing/retaining the elastic member between the pair of holding members.

Abstract: A system for supporting horizontal boiler tubes comprises a support plate, a vertical stringer tube, and a shear lug. The shear lug attaches the support plate to the vertical stringer tube through a slot in the support plate. A plurality of supporting arms extend outwardly from the first and second sides perpendicular to a main body portion of the support plate. Each supporting arm includes a retaining lip extending upwardly from a distal end of the supporting arm and a rounded recess, the rounded recess and retaining lip defining a cradle within which a horizontal boiler tube may rest.

Abstract: A wire support member for an environmental control system, the wire support member has a first bracket with inner and outer surfaces and a second bracket with inner and outer surfaces. A bracket connecter is disposed between and connects the first bracket and the second bracket. A ratio between the thickness of the first bracket and an offset between the first inner surface and the second inner surface optimizes the position of a wire harness and prevents the wire harness from contacting other surfaces within the aircraft.

Abstract: An apparatus for conduit to box unitary support bracket uses a plate. An electrical conduit box has end knockout openings on sides thereof, each end knockout opening having an elevation and size and location. The plate is disposed substantially perpendicular to said end knockout openings and comprising rows of thin, selectively bendable fingers bent towards the knockout openings to support at least one wire carrier in alignment with an elevation and size and location of corresponding end knockout openings. A method of assembling bends tabs on the plate 90 degrees, installs a connector in an end knockout on a side of the box, bends in a direction toward the electrical conduit box a plurality thin metal rowed fingers on the tab, secures the box to the plate, and feeds a wire carrier through the tabs, resting on the metal fingers bent and feeds the wire carrier into the connector.

Abstract: A mounting bracket mounting to a mounting surface includes a back plate having a first side and second side. The second side is adjacent to the mounting surface. A shelf portion extends outward from the first surface of the back plate. A retainer portion extends from the shelf portion.

Abstract: In a holding component 1, for a vehicle, having: a fixing portion 10 which houses and fixedly engages with a mounting tool 101 having been moved upward through a lower opening 11H; and a holding portion 20 for holding a predetermined member 5 by an upper holding portion 21 and a lower holding portion 22 being engaged with each other, in a state where an engagement portion 23 provided in the upper holding portion 21 is housed in and engaged with an engagement housing portion 24 provided in the lower holding portion 22, a pressing portion 200 provided in the engagement portion 23 presses downward the mounting tool 101 which is engaged with and fixed to the fixing portion 10.

Abstract: An anchoring system secures a catheter to the body of a patient and arrests axial movement of the catheter without meaningfully impairing fluid flow through the catheter. The anchoring system includes an anchor pad that adheres to the patient's skin and supports a retainer. The retainer includes interengaging structure that moves the retainer between an open and a closed position. When in the open position, the retainer can receive a portion of the catheter and be subsequently moved to the closed position. Advantageously, the interengaging structure allows the retainer to receive catheters of various sizes. The retainer may further include one or more retention mechanisms to further inhibit axial movement of the catheter relative to the retainer when the catheter is secured therein. The anchoring system may include a mount that allows the retainer to rotate relative to the anchor pad.

Abstract: Provided is a wire harness that enables a connector component and a cable bundle to be attached to an external member while facilitating the operation and preventing wobbling of the connector component. The connector component is connected to a cable branch line on the radially outward side of the cable bundle, and includes a pair of confining surfaces on each of two sides in the circumferential direction of the cable bundle. The pair of confining surfaces face each other across a gap. The bundling member is disposed between the pair of confining surfaces, and is wound around the connector component and the cable bundle together from the outer side. The fixture is fixed to the bundling member and to an external member.

Abstract: A multiple-look support strap is adapted for hanging one end of a hammock from a fixed structure. The support strap cooperates with a like strap to hang an opposite end of the hammock from a second fixed structure spaced apart from the first. The support strap comprises an elongated length of flexible strap folded upon itself to form first and second overlying strap sections. The strap sections are integrally joined together at a first end of the support strap, and a least one of the first and second strap sections terminates at an opposite second end of the support strap. A plurality of strap loops are formed with the first and second strap sections between opposite ends of the support strap.

Abstract: There is disclosed a clip attaching structure of a vehicle seat. The seat frame includes an attaching hole and an expanded hole which expands a hole thereof from the attaching hole in a radial direction. The clip includes a fitting portion inserted into the attaching hole to fit in an inner periphery of the attaching hole, and an extending portion which extends a shape thereof from the fitting portion in the radial direction to be inserted into the expanded hole. A tip of the extending portion extends beyond the fitting portion in an inserting direction. On a tip surface of the extending portion in the inserting direction, a guide surface is formed to abut on a peripheral edge portion of the expanded hole when an inserting position of the fitting portion shifts from the attaching hole in the radial direction, thereby guiding the fitting portion toward the attaching hole.

Abstract: A mounting clip for retaining a cable against a mounting surface includes a mounting flange configured to be mounted to a mounting structure, a first cable retainer, and a second cable retainer. The first cable retainer extends from the mounting flange and defines a first passage configured to receive a length of a cable therethrough. The second cable retainer extends from the mounting flange and defines a second passage configured to receive the length of cable therethrough. The second cable retainer is resiliently movable between a rest position and a loaded position. In the rest position, the second cable retainer extends into the first passage and defines the second passage smaller than the first passage.

Abstract: A cable manager includes a first portion and a second portion that cooperate to retain at least one cable. The first portion of certain types of cable managers is configured to be held in one or more rotationally fixed positions relative to the second portion. For example, the second portion may include at least one retaining arm that extends at least partially over a cable cradle of the first portion when the second portion is rotated to a closed position and that allows access to the cable cradle when rotated to an open position. The first portion of certain types of cable managers is configured to be held in one of a plurality of axially fixed positions relative to the second portion to accommodate cables of different diameters.

Abstract: Provided is a portable terminal. The portable terminal includes a metal frame including a cable accommodation part; an antenna cable accommodated into the cable accommodation part, the antenna cable including a conductive part; and a bracket clamping the antenna cable, the bracket being inserted into and coupled to the cable accommodation part. The bracket is formed of a conductive material and in contact with the conductive part.

Abstract: Clevis hanger systems including at least an upper bracket configured to connect to one or more support rods each able to receive one or more pipe hangers in various relative positions. I-beam sway bars, spacers and/or vertical plates may be incorporated in the clevis hanger systems as well.

Abstract: A guide 100 for a wire harness 610 is disclosed. The guide 100 comprises a first surface 120; a second surface 130, at least a second portion 132 of which is parallel to at least a first portion of the first surface 120; a contoured surface 140 between the first surface 120 and the second surface 130; and a plurality of through, circumferentially enclosed openings 170 extending from the first surface 120 to the second surface 130. The contoured surface 140 has a non-linear central axis 141 parallel to at least the first portion 122 of the first surface 120 and to at least the second portion 132 of the second surface 130. Further, the contoured surface 140 has a concave cross-section 142.

Abstract: An improved server frame for securing equipment thereto. The server frame includes four corner secured between a base and a top. Each corner has a plurality of standard openings to receive ends of a standard rail system used to secure the equipment to the frame. The improvement defined by four interior posts, each has a base plate and an arm plate extending from the base plate. Each interior post is separately secured about the corner post. Each arm plate includes rail apertures. A pair of outer rails secured from the front to the rear of the server frame. Each outer rail has rear and front rear facing hooks configured to allow the outer rail to slide into engagement with the rail apertures on the interior posts, such that the outer rails are configured to receive inner rails secured to equipment for sliding the equipment into the server frame.

Abstract: A wire management device is disclosed. The device comprises a clip comprising an upper planar member and a lower planar member, each planar member having an inner and outer surface, wherein the inner surface of the upper planar member includes a post extending toward the inner surface of the lower planar member, a stem extending from the outer surface of the lower planar member, the stem including two outwardly-extending flanges, each of the first and second outwardly-extending flanges including an edge portion extending toward the outer surface of the lower planar member, and a transverse passage extending along the outer surface of the lower planar member, the transverse passage extending across the stem, wherein the stem has a recessed portion along the transverse passage.

Abstract: Fastening device for fixing at least one cable, wherein the fastening device includes a clip for receiving and/or fixing a cable, wherein the clip is designed such that it can at least partially surround the cable and clamp the cable in a force-fitting and/or interlocking manner, and wherein the fastening device has a fixing element which includes a guide element and a retaining element, wherein the guide element is mechanically connected to the clip, and the retaining element is designed such that it allows the fastening device to be mounted in a fixed position, wherein the guide element is mounted in the clip in a mount which at least partially surrounds the clip in respect of its casing surface.

Abstract: Cable management apparatuses and related methods for managing a plurality of cables are provided. In one embodiment, there is disclosed a cable management apparatus having a body with a plurality of grooves. Each groove of the plurality of grooves is for receiving therein a portion of at least one cable. The body also has a plurality of cavities. Each cavity of the plurality of cavities is for receiving a portion of at least one securing member for securing the at least one cable to the body.

Abstract: The present application relates to a vacuum solar thermal panel with pipe housing (1) for a solar absorber pipe (10) of the type comprising at least a base portion (2) and a retention element (3) for the pipe (10). Advantageously according to the invention, the retention element (3) is in the form of a fork and has an elastic behavior when forced by the pipe (10). The vacuum solar thermal panel with pipe housing (1) according to the invention avoids the risk of a vertical movement of the pipe and then of the solar absorber being associated to the pipe while allowing an easy insertion or mounting of the pipe itself during the assembly or manufacturing of the vacuum solar thermal panel.

Abstract: An apparatus may include a first clip configured to receive a first portion of radiant heat tubing, a second clip configured to receive a second portion of radiant heat tubing, and an interconnecting brace. The interconnecting brace is connected to a base portion of the first clip and a base portion of the second clip, wherein the interconnecting brace is at least 3 inches long.

Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes a discharge portion capable of discharging a liquid, a carriage movable along scanning directions between a first position and a second position, a tube that is connected to the discharge portion and that supplies the liquid to the discharge portion, a frame provided at such a position as to be able to contact the tube, and a tube support portion that is provided between the frame and the carriage and that has a supporting surface capable of supporting the tube. The carriage includes an inclined portion that is inclined so as to move the tube toward the supporting surface when the carriage moves along the scanning directions while the tube is not supported by the supporting surface.

Abstract: A device for mounting an antenna to a rail is provided. The device includes a first clamp member and a second clamp member. The first clamp member includes a planar base plate having a first surface and a second surface. The planar base plate has at least two slots spaced apart on a longitudinal axis. At least two extension sections extend from the first surface of the planar base plate and being spaced apart along the longitudinal axis and closer to a center than the at least two slots. Each extension section includes a patterned cutout area configured to receive the rail. A plurality of threaded fasteners extend from the first surface of the planar base plate and being positioned outside the patterned cutout area along a transverse axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The second clamp member has a plurality of through-holes configured to receive the plurality of threaded fasteners and a planar surface facing toward the first surface of the first clamp member.

Abstract: A foldable extension arm for holding a camera, cellular phone, a recorder or the like has several foldable segments and a terminal mounting plate. The foldable segments have an edge portion joined to a main body with a longitudinal living hinge. The main bodies and the edge portions are joined together at the ends with a transverse living hinge. The foldable segments can be unfolded and retained in an extended configuration by folding the edge portion toward the main body. The mounting plate is joined to the last one of foldable segments with a living hinge and has a locking slot to receive a locking tab hinged on the last foldable segment so the mounting plate may be set at an angle from about 15 degrees to about 95 degrees with respect to the foldable extension arm.

Abstract: A Universal/Portable Cable Support and EMI Reduction Bar which to attenuate electromagnetic interference on the input/output cables of the electronics rack passing therethrough before the cables exit the rack. The bar works for cables exiting any part of the rack. The design involves an introduction of a grounding bar that can serve as EMI suppression (detuning frame resonance and reducing cable emissions) as well as cable support/retention functions. The bar provides a stable Ethernet cable support and EMI (Electromagnetic Interference) suppression structure which reduces EMI emission on the cable as well as eliminates the extra connection needed when using a separate RF (Radio Frequency) choke. A device, system and method are provided.

Abstract: A conduit-receiving device for receiving a conduit on a packing means handling machine has conduit carriers held along a course of the conduit-receiving device. The carriers are spaced apart from one another by being latched to a wall element of the machine. Each conduit carrier has a base section adjacent to the wall element, and an upper arm section that latches to a first profile section of the wall element to hold the conduit carrier. The upper arm section projects away from the base section. The conduit carrier is held to a second profile section of the wall element by a rear of the base section.

Abstract: A pipe mounting unit with grounding function, which includes a pipe holding section and a body fixing section, is formed by superposing a lid to a conductive plastic housing, between which there is disposed a conductive rubber clamp that holds a pipe in contact. In the space of the fixing section; a metal clip hooks together with a stud bolt on the housing; the metal clip has a current conducting plate that presses on the threading of the stud bolt, and the tip of the current conducting plate forming an angle to a radial direction of, and contacting the stud bolt, and is arranged such that its length extends beyond the threading of the stud bolt in an axial direction of the stud bolt. A conductive path is formed among the conductive rubber clamp, the conductive plastic housing and the current conducting plate of the metal clip.

Abstract: An aircraft comprises a plurality of spanner bars. Each spanner bar has a pattern of mounting holes separated by lands. A plurality of nut plates engage the spanner bars. Each nut plate includes a body having a mounting surface against one of the spanner bars; and first and second posts extending from the mounting surface and through respective holes in the corresponding spanner bar. Each post has an undercut portion that abuts against one of the lands. Each nut plate further includes a locking member occupying a space between one of the posts and the lands to prevent the nut plate from disengaging the corresponding spanner bar.

Abstract: A fastening clip comprises a base body and at least one holding portion which is integrally but flexibly connected to the base body, the base body as well as the holding portion comprising at least one receptacle for an elongated member. The holding portion is reversibly movable with respect to the base body in a predefined range, however, a rotation of the holding portion relative to the base body is limited by first stops.

Abstract: An exemplary wire clamping assembly is disclosed which includes a support body, a clamping strip and at least one clamping screw. The support body can include a first surface and a second surface, the at least one clamping screw being adapted to direct a clamping force to a clamping force receiving portion of the clamping strip for clamping at least one wire between the clamping strip and the first surface of the support body. The clamping strip can be a flexible strip, and the clamping force receiving portion of the clamping strip is, in use, located on the side of the second surface of the support body.