Plural Pipe Or Cable Patents (Class 248/68.1)
  • Patent number: 9267633
    Abstract: A home appliance, such as a dishwasher, and a method of assembling a home appliance includes a basin with an integrally formed hose lock. The hose lock includes a slot component and a tab connected to the slot component by way of a living hinge. When the living hinge is bent, a slot in the slot component is closed-off by the tab to secure a hose in the slot component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: BSH Home Appliances Corporation
    Inventor: Jeff Vogus
  • Patent number: 9267830
    Abstract: A holding part is provided for connecting two pipes running parallel to each other, such as the two parallel measuring pipes of a Coriolis mass flowmeter, at a defined spacing. The holding part includes a first holding ring with a first holding opening for a first pipe, a second holding ring with a second holding opening for a second pipe, and a holding web firmly connecting the two holding rings and defining the spacing between the two holding rings. The holding part also includes a first slot running radially and having a first slot width in the first holding ring, a second slot running radially and having a second slot width in the second holding ring, and a slot width changing device, by actuation of which the first and the second slot width and therefore the diameter of the first and second holding opening can be changed simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: ABB TECHNOLOGY AG
    Inventors: Günter Rasche, Karl-Heinz Rackebrandt, Laurenc Wertheim
  • Patent number: 9252410
    Abstract: A power storage apparatus includes a power storage module having a plurality of power storage elements which are aligned in one direction; a device placed adjacently to the power storage module in the direction of the alignment of the power storage elements; a high-voltage cable used in charge and discharge of the power storage module; and a support structure configured to support the high-voltage cable at a plurality of points to position the high-voltage cable along a reference path. The high-voltage cable is configured to electrically connect an electrode terminal of the power storage module to the device. The electrode terminal is one of two electrode terminals of the power storage module and is located on a farther side of the power storage module from the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Kosaki, Masaaki Iwabe, Kenji Iida, Shinsuke Azuma, Shigeyuki Ogasawara
  • Patent number: 9243723
    Abstract: A mounting clamp for securing a conduit to a surface is disclosed. The clamp has a strap and a clampback. The clampback has a conduit support on one end portion and a curved section on another end portion. The strap has a first strap portion facing the conduit support and a second strap portion connected to the curved section to allow the first strap portion to bend toward or away from the conduit support. The first strap portion has at least one curved portion with a first radius of curvature to secure a conduit of a first range of sizes, and another curved portion with a second radius of curvature to secure a conduit of a second range of sizes that is partially different from the first range of sizes. The conduit support portion has two sidewalls spaced from each other, each with a curved segment to receive the conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: BRIDGEPORT FITTINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher W. DeCesare, Erik G. Senseney
  • Patent number: 9212525
    Abstract: A riser clamp (20) comprising a first jaw portion (211) and a second jaw portion (212) that can be opened and closed relative to each other. The jaw portions (211/212) each comprise a thermoplastic body (301/302) that can be, for example, injection molded pieces of polyethylene (e.g., HDPE). The jaw portions (211/212) can be connected by a hinge (39) that is integrally formed therewith. The clamp (20) can also include cradles (701/702) and caps (711/712) for holding auxiliary lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Parker-Hannifin Corporation
    Inventors: Travis L. Sessions, Gary W. Schroeder, Tyler B. Miner, Larry G. Cobb
  • Patent number: 9206925
    Abstract: A conduit hanger assembly that supports at least one conduit is disclosed. The conduit hanger assembly includes a first member and a second member extending from the first member. The first member has a U-shaped clamp that engages a building structure to support the hanger assembly. The second member has a base with arms extending therefrom. The U-shaped clamp, base and arms define a channel to support the conduit therein. The conduit hanger assembly may include gangable add-on conduit hangers that connect to the conduit hanger assembly to support additional conduits in the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Panduit Corp.
    Inventors: Rodney Rouleau, James Banaszak
  • Patent number: 9206927
    Abstract: A utility conduit supporting device, system, and method for quickly and inexpensively securing multiple conduits, including cables, pipes, or other utility lines, to structural members such as I-beams and other planar or curved structural members, includes one or more clamping members, such as one or more beam clamps, and one or more elongate platforms with spaced apart connections for attachment members, e.g., conduit clamps. The device and method can be used to install utility conduits in multiple orientations, to readily fit between, over, under, or away from existing installations when additional conduits are needed, without having to measure, drill, and tap conduit supporting straps and without having to disassemble and reassemble existing installations, and to make use of void, unused spaces on structural members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Inventors: Brian K. Carter, Abraham E. Bishop
  • Patent number: 9190192
    Abstract: A cable holder includes a pair of holding members that are relatively moved in a predetermined sliding direction to sandwich and hold a cable therebetween. The pair of holding members each include a plurality of guide planes each parallel to the sliding direction and a plurality of sliding contact surfaces parallel to the sliding direction. One of the pair of holding members is guided in the sliding direction by sliding the sliding contact surfaces thereof on the guide planes of the other holding member. The other holding member is guided in the sliding direction by sliding the sliding contact surfaces thereof on the guide planes of the one of the holding members. The pair of holding members are fixed to each other by a frictional force between the sliding contact surfaces and the guide planes in a state of holding the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Tomita, Nobuyuki Yamashita, Masaaki Imahori, Kenichi Egami
  • Patent number: 9188248
    Abstract: A wire management device can facilitate the organization and retention of a plurality of wires. The wire management device may include a plurality of semi-enclosed arms through which a plurality of wires can be passed. The plurality of semi-enclosed arms can support the plurality of wires, and one or more of the wires can be directed outside of the wire management device, at various positions along the wire management device, through gaps between adjacent semi-enclosed arms. In some implementations, flexible cable retainer(s) can be attached to the plurality of semi-enclosed arms and can be operable to preclude wires from being inadvertently removed from the wire management device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Dale W. Kern, Leonard Scott Huff
  • Patent number: 9181966
    Abstract: In a clamp, a holding portion provided with an opening for inserting a long object (for example, a pipe) such as the pipe and the like, and holding the long object (for example, the pipe); a main body portion disposed leaving a certain space on an outer circumferential face of the holding portion; and a fixed portion fixing to an attached member (for example, a panel) such as the panel and the like, are connected. In the clamp, the fixed portion is fixed to the attached member (for example, the panel), so that the long object (for example, the pipe) is attached to the attached member (for example, the panel). A vibration-absorption portion for reducing a transmission of a vibration provides support between the holding portion and the main body portion. The holding portion, the main body portion, and the vibration-absorption portion are made from the same resin material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: NIFCO INC.
    Inventor: Takaya Ogawa
  • Patent number: 9145985
    Abstract: A trapeze conduit support system includes a support bracket, and a moveable retention member, which are configured to be suspended from and carried by a pair of vertically extending support members, such as for mounting of conduits at or near a ceiling, beam, or like supporting structure of an installation. The retention member is moveable between a first, open position, wherein the conduits can be “laid in” to the support bracket, and a second, closed position wherein the retention member retains the conduits in position within the support bracket. Convenient and efficient installation of conduits is thus facilitated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Inventors: Peter A. Vrame, Paul A. Vrame
  • Patent number: 9127740
    Abstract: An anti-vibration clamp for holding pipes includes a pipe holding component which further includes pipe holders for locking the pipes; a clamp body including a stud locking portion for locking to a stud, and a floating attachment portion for holding the pipe holding component; and an elastic connecting component made of soft resin placed between the pipe holding component and the clamp body so that the pipe holding component and the clamp body do not contact one another directly. The pipe holding component, the elastic connecting component and the clamp body are held so that it is difficult for them to each slip mutually.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: NEWFREY LLC
    Inventor: Yoshinori Shinoda
  • Patent number: 9120525
    Abstract: A bicycle frame assembly having a number of elongate tubes that are connected to define a shape of the bicycle frame. The assembly includes a passage that is defined by the elongate member, a partition, and a bridge. The partition isolates the passage from an interior volume of the elongate tube. The bridge extends in a direction normal to an elongate direction of the passage and defines an inlet and an outlet of the passage. The inlet, outlet, and bridge are generally flush with an exterior surface of the elongate tube and provide a passage that cooperates with a flexible connector, such as a cable tie, for securing supplemental structures, such as brake and shift control cables, to the elongate tube of the bicycle frame assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Trek Bicycle Corporation
    Inventor: James Colegrove
  • Patent number: 9118055
    Abstract: A battery pack that has end plates and side plates so as to define an opening. The end plates and side plates are interconnected to inhibit swelling of the batteries in direction of the end plates. The battery pack includes a top plate that is interconnected to the side plates so as to maintain an interval between the side plates to inhibit swelling of the batteries in the direction of the side plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jun-Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 9093826
    Abstract: Described is a metal sheet for a metal sheet assembly, in particular for a bottom plate of a distribution panel of an electrical switchgear. The metal sheet assembly includes at least one opening for conducting a cable therethrough. The metal sheet is provided with at least one cutout on the longitudinal side, wherein the metal sheet assembly is composed of at least two metal sheets and the two metal sheets abut along the longitudinal side. The two metal sheets are oriented, relative to each other, in such a way that the cutouts in the two metal sheets are arranged opposite each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SACHSENWERK GMBH
    Inventors: Rudolf Zimmerer, Manuel Osterrieter
  • Patent number: 9080698
    Abstract: A clamp for attaching a pipe with a narrow width portion to a support member, includes a first member including a first concave portion adapted to be connected to the support member; and a second member whose base end is hinge-connected to the first member and whose front end is selectively engaged with the first member. The second member includes a second concave portion facing the first concave portion and defines a housing portion receiving the narrow portion together with the first concave portion in a state wherein the front end is engaged with the first member. The first concave portion and the second concave portion support the narrow portion in a posture wherein the first radial direction is orthogonal to a direction in which the first member and the second member face each other, and abut against a portion in the first radial direction of the narrow portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: NIFCO INC.
    Inventor: Mitsuru Fukumoto
  • Patent number: 9074706
    Abstract: A piggybacking clamp for subsea laying of two or more elongate elements in a piggybacked arrangement is disclosed. The piggybacking clamp has a plurality of clamp segments assembled to surround and clamp the elongate elements. Each clamp segment has two or more generally parallel mutually spaced recesses shaped to extend partially around respective ones of the elongate elements. The piggybacking clamp additionally has retainers that hold the clamp segments together when assembled, such that the assembled clamp segments apply clamping forces to the elongate elements in the recesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: Subsea 7 Limited
    Inventors: Lee Karl Rolf, Henry William Himsworth, Lukasz Sobczak
  • Patent number: 9077167
    Abstract: An aircraft raceway mounting apparatus comprising an attachment formation for attachment of the apparatus to an aircraft structure, a raceway receiving formation for receiving a raceway, the raceway receiving formation comprising a snap fit formation for retention of a raceway. An aircraft raceway clamping apparatus comprising a concave raceway receiving formation having a raceway support region and a mouth, a bridge member configured to at least partially span the mouth, a clamping member movably mounted to the bridge member to advance into the mouth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Jack Blanchard, David Routledge
  • Patent number: 9077162
    Abstract: A holding structure is provided for an option connector that is mounted at an end of a branch line of a wire harness of a vehicle. A fixing part is defined at an area of the branch line separated from the option connector by a predetermined distance. A holding part is provided on a peripheral component of the vehicle that is in a vicinity of the wire harness. The holding part is configured for releasably holding the fixing part of the branch line so that a tip area of the branch line that begins at the fixing part and includes the option connector extends out from the holding part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Kitamura
  • Patent number: 9057457
    Abstract: A drain hose clip for securing a drain hose to a household appliance, and a household appliance having the drain hose clip and drain hose. The drain hose clip includes a body configured to be coupled to the drain hose and to secure the drain hose to the household appliance, and an orientation control feature on the body that engages a corresponding orientation control feature on the drain hose to maintain a fixed position of the drain hose with respect to the body of the drain hose clip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: BSH Home Appliances Corporation
    Inventor: Napat Wanweerakul
  • Patent number: 9046198
    Abstract: A multifunctional comb includes an upper half-comb provided to be mounted on a support and a lower half-comb provided to be mounted on the support through the upper half-comb and a screw system. The half-combs have arches facing each other to grip the piping. In addition, each of the half-combs has at least two half-bores located in front of each other to form bores of the comb, as well as inter-arches connecting faces. The half-bores, the arches and the connecting faces are continuously covered by an electrically conductive coating in order to ensure the plating function. Moreover, the half-bores, the upper half-comb and the bottom half-comb include structure coupled to the half-combs that can be secured to the support respectively in a temporary and permanent way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Patrick Mongiorgi, Stephane Pauchet, Maud Didnee
  • Patent number: 9038247
    Abstract: A rope clasp device for securing a rope eliminates the need for a knot in a rope by selectively clasping and encasing at least one portion of a rope in a toothed clamp. The rope clasp device comprises a base, at least one, but generally two swinging doors, and a lock. The swinging doors are pivotably coupled to the base in order to be moved between an open position and a closed position. In the closed position, a pair of channels for passage of a rope is defined between the base and the doors. The channels are defined by a plurality of clasping teeth to retain the rope therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Inventor: Benjamin Dodge
  • Patent number: 9038967
    Abstract: A fluid line clamp includes one or more blocks with holes for receiving fluid lines therein. The fluid line clamp further includes a first backing plate, a second backing plate, and a shielding plate. The first and second backing plates are spaced apart from each other to receive the blocks therebetween. The shielding plate is disposed at a distance from the blocks and includes an inner surface, and an outer surface. The inner surface of the shielding plate is rigidly attached to the backing plates. The outer surface of the shielding plate is configured to rigidly attach to a hot body of a machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Solar Turbines Incorporated
    Inventors: Bruno E. Struck, Eugene R. Hicks
  • Patent number: 9033298
    Abstract: The invention relates to a supporting apparatus for devices for maintaining blood circulation, in particular for a heart-lung machine, comprising a plurality of retaining units arranged on the device side for retaining blood-conducting and/or blood-treating devices and control units, and comprising at least one fastening unit arranged on the patient side for detachably and quickly fastening the supporting apparatus to a patient or an object arranged near the patient, wherein at least one screen-like wall element is arranged between the device-side retaining units and the patient-side fastening unit as a protective element for the devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Universitaetsklinikum Regensburg—Anstalt Des Oeffentlichen Rechts
    Inventors: Alois Philipp, Matthias Arlt
  • Publication number: 20150131957
    Abstract: A cable supporting device includes a first support and a second support. The first and second supports have respective first and second channel members with an inwardly facing opening. The channel members support and retain a cable or fiber optic component, for example a fiber optic cable or drop wire. The supports may be used in an enclosure or suspended from an aerial transmission line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Kyle Bradford Gilbreath, Joseph Forrester, Joshua Charles Wilson
  • Publication number: 20150129726
    Abstract: A modular retainer assembly for electrical cables is disclosed. The modular retainer assembly includes a base having an upper surface and a lower surface. The upper and lower surfaces of the base define a thickness of the base therebetween. The modular retainer assembly also includes a plurality of divider walls projected outwardly from the upper surface of the base. Each divider wall of the plurality of divider walls define a channel disposed between the divider wall and an adjacent divider wall. Also, each divider wall has a curved profile along a length of each divider wall. Further, a cross section of each divider wall defines a top portion thickness and a bottom portion thickness, the bottom portion thickness of the divider wall being less than the top portion thickness of the divider wall measured at the cross section of the divider wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: John A. Sherman, Joseph M. Spanier, Michael H. Noble, Lori Lents
  • Patent number: 9029699
    Abstract: An outer periphery of a single core conductor having a round rod shape and configuring an electric wire is coated with an insulation film such as enamel, except for a partial conductor exposed part at an end portion of the single core conductor, an end portion of the single core conductor is inserted into a through-hole of a seal member made of an elastic material that is mounted to a waterproof casing with being closely contacted thereto, an inner periphery of the through-hole of the seal member is in close contact with an outer periphery of the coated insulation film, and a connection terminal is provided to the partial conductor exposed part at the end portion of the single core conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Hajime Kato
  • Publication number: 20150123297
    Abstract: The present invention involves a fabrication of plastic-tube-screen-fill using plastic tubes. The plastic-tube-screen-fill consists of several plastic tubes suspending between top and bottom tube holding perforated frames in the shape of a rectangular thin plate as a vertical string screen. The tube holding perforated frames are in same configuration to be used in two ways and fabricated by assembling a perforated frame and tube holding frame. The tube holding frame is a straight male band connector with several short solid rods positioned and fixed on band for push-fitting into the holes on perforated frame. The short solid rod on tube holding frame has a male push-fit connector on its lower part to be push-fitted into one edge of tube. The tubes used in the present invention are spiral corrugated tubes. Fabrication and assembling method of perforated frames, tube holding frames, and spiral corrugated tubes are described in the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventor: Chong Mook Park
  • Patent number: 9022327
    Abstract: A device for managing cables for an information handling system may include a rigid but flexible body defining multiple cable retaining regions. Each of the multiple cable retaining regions may include a first portion shaped and sized to receive and retain a first type of cable having a first cross-sectional geometry, and a second portion shaped and sized to receive and retain a second type of cable having a second cross-sectional geometry different than the first cross-sectional geometry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Douglas Wallingford, Gregory Lane Henderson, Riyad E. Moe
  • Publication number: 20150115110
    Abstract: A device for holding lines in a holder secured around and object such as a shaft of garden equipment. The device comprises a hollow body having an outer surface and an inner surface, two opposing end surfaces; a plurality of longitudinal bores passing through the body from the end surfaces, wherein each of the bores is configured to receive and hold an individual line; and at least one fastener to secure the body to an object. Each of the bores has a substantially straight axis so that the individual lines when inserted, remain securely retained, and are conveniently removed when needed. The device body may be further divided into two body segments with one or more flanges on each of the two body segments, and an aperture on each of the one or more flanges for receiving a fastener to securely lock the body to the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventor: Ernest Kalani Makainai
  • Patent number: 9016639
    Abstract: In a fixation clip (10) for at least one line (18), with a frame (12) which defines a receiving space (14, 14a, 14b) for the line (18), into which space the line (18) can be introduced such that the frame (12) encloses the line (18) in circumferential direction, wherein an insertion opening (16, 16a, 16b) for the line (18) is provided at the frame (12), and with at least one swivel arm (22, 22a, 22b) mounted on the frame (12), which can be moved from a holding position, in which the line (18) is fixed in the receiving space (14, 14a, 14b), in a swivel direction (S) into an assembly position in which the line (18) can be introduced through the insertion opening (16, 16a, 16b) into the receiving space (14, 14a, 14b), a web (24) is provided, which with a first end is mounted on the swivel arm (22, 22a, 22b) and with a second end is mounted on the inside of the frame (12), wherein the web (24, 24a, 24b) includes at least one joint (34, 34a, 34b) and is folded in the assembly position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: TRW Automotive Electronics & Components GmbH
    Inventors: Michel Kuhm, Jeremy Jacotey
  • Publication number: 20150108288
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pipe clamp, more specifically to a pipe clamp having a first coupling frame, a second coupling frame, a connecting element, and a tightly contacting lever connected rotatably to each other and structured so as to surround the pipe one and a half times around, that is, 540 degrees, and, because the tightly contacting lever tightly adheres simultaneously to the outer circumferential surface of the first coupling frame, the pipe clamp having a superior pipe holding force and additionally preventing completely the possibility of having the clamp spontaneously open without the intention of a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventor: Kye-Yoon Lee
  • Patent number: 9012775
    Abstract: A wire fixing structure and a liquid crystal display device using the same, wherein the wire fixing structure comprises a base and a clamping portion extended from the base, a wire fixing ring is formed by an enclosure of the clamping portion and the base for a wire to be inserted into. Thereby, the wire can be fixed in the liquid crystal display device conveniently and securely by the present technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Rui-Lian Yang, Chong Huang
  • Publication number: 20150103488
    Abstract: There is provided a cable support apparatus included in an information processing apparatus having a plurality of electronic equipment units, the cable support apparatus includes: a slide member configured to assemble cables connected to the plurality of electronic equipment units; a holding board on which the slide member is installed, the holding board being pivotable downward; and a link mechanism capable of sliding the slide member toward rotary shafts of the holding board, during the pivoting of the holding board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventor: MASAYOSHI TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20150102181
    Abstract: A furcated eye bolt assembly includes a bolt with a head having a plurality of openings defined by a corresponding plurality of rings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventor: Wesley K. Hook
  • Publication number: 20150097089
    Abstract: The present teachings provide for a wire harness mounting assembly including a first retention member, a first guide member, a second retention member, and a second guide member. The first retention member and the first guide member are each configured to be spaced apart from the second retention member and the second guide member to suspend a wire harness across a space defined therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: DENSO International America, Inc.
    Inventors: Dwayne R. Taylor, Aaron Martin, Jeffrey Basinski
  • Publication number: 20150096952
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure generally relate to a cable management system for use in the petrochemical industry. In one embodiment, a cable management system is provided. The cable management system includes an arm assembly coupled to a base that is movable relative to a track structure, wherein the arm assembly includes a first end to couple to a movable platform that moves the arm assembly during movement of the movable platform, and a second end of the arm assembly is coupled to the base and is movable relative to the base during movement of the movable platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Joshua Carl HALL, Iryna ILYK
  • Patent number: 8998151
    Abstract: A cable organizer including a front surface and a rear surface, wherein the front surface and the rear surface define a width therebetween; a first end and a second end, wherein the first end and the second end define a length therebetween; a bottom surface, wherein the bottom surface is adapted for placement proximate a work surface; a top surface, wherein the top surface comprises at least one aperture for receiving a cable therethrough, and wherein the top surface comprises at least one of a tab and detent which is controllably bendable, thereby facilitating releasable insertion of a cable into at least one cable channel such that the cable is retained in the at least one cable channel during normal use and removable by a user upon upward displacement of the cable by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Inventor: Ross Matthew Hoek
  • Publication number: 20150090845
    Abstract: A medical device supporting apparatus for use in a medical environment to releasably secure a medical device to a support structure, the medical device supporting apparatus having a base member configured to releasably mount the medical device supporting apparatus on the support structure; and a medical device mounting assembly including a base attachment portion and a device attachment portion connected to the base attachment portion, and further including a connection mechanism mounting the base attachment portion on the base member for rotation about a roll axis relative to the base member whereby the medical device mounting assembly can hold the medical device at different selected angles about the roll axis with respect to the base member, the device attachment portion being constructed for translational, sliding reception of the medical device into mounting engagement with the device attachment portion. The medical device supporting apparatus also can have a tube holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Lester Trelford, Joel Wiesner, James Harr, Kenneth Breitweiser
  • Patent number: 8991774
    Abstract: The present invention is directed towards a cable tie mount. The cable tie mount includes a body and a mount. The mount includes a top, a bottom, sides, and a channel therethrough. The body has a base member with a mounting hole and a receiving member with a locking hole. The receiving member extends at an angle from the base member. The mount is installed on the receiving member of the body such that the receiving member is positioned within the channel of the mount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Panduit Corp.
    Inventor: Michael P. Hajduch
  • Patent number: 8985532
    Abstract: A configurable mounting system for supporting plumbing conduits on a boom arm of an agricultural sprayer includes a mounting base and an elongated platform portion. The platform portion has a front face, a rear face, and opposing side faces, the front face forming a base interface. The mounting system also has at least one conduit bracket having a conduit retaining portion and a bracket interface configured to slidingly engage and lock with the base interface of the mounting base. The mounting system also has an extension member mounted on the distal end of the mounting base. The extension member forms an extension to the platform portion increasing an area capable of receiving conduit brackets. The mounting system also has a horizontal spacer positionable between the mounting base and the conduit bracket that increases the separation between the mounting base and plumbing mount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventors: Kyle Chirpich, Glen D. Kroese
  • Patent number: 8987601
    Abstract: A plurality of wires are prevented from being damaged from contact with an edge of an end portion of a shield pipe through which the wires are inserted. A shield pipe through which a wire harness including a plurality of wires routed in a hybrid automobile or an electric automobile has partition walls separating the plurality of inserted wires one by one and projecting continuously in an axis direction of the pipe from an inner surface of a peripheral wall of a pipe main body. The partition walls corresponding to the number of wires inserted through the shield pipe are provided radially in a cross section. Each of the partition walls has at least one bending portion extending in the axis direction of the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouki Shiga, Hidetoshi Sugino
  • Patent number: 8985530
    Abstract: A cable support apparatus includes a flexible spine formed from a single piece of wire stock and a plurality of support members extending along a length of the flexible spine. Each of the support members is formed from a single piece of wire stock. The plurality of support members cooperate with one another to define a longitudinal passageway extending along a length of the flexible spine for retaining one or more cables therein. Each support member includes a body segment extending along and engaged to the flexible spine to define at least two attachment apertures therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Inventor: Roger Jette
  • Patent number: 8985529
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for supporting one or more elongated members are provided. A support member for supporting one or more elongated members can include a body; at least four support arms extending from the body, and at least one curved surface disposed between the support arms. Each curved surface can be concave relative to a centerline of the body. At least one curved surface can have a length that is at least twice as long as at least one other curved surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Aims International, Inc.
    Inventors: Rodney H. Masters, Blake R. Masters, Billy L. Griffith
  • Patent number: 8985533
    Abstract: A clamp block assembly for securing hydraulic pipes, the clamp block assembly comprising one or more unitary clamp blocks of deformable material each having a through hole for receiving a respective pipe, and a clamp adapted to apply a predetermined load around the clamp block(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations Limited
    Inventors: George Edmond, Philip Dickinson, Nicholas Siangolis
  • Patent number: 8985527
    Abstract: A bracket supports the weight of stand-off standard-width rack-mount equipment and can collapse flat for storage or shipping. An embodiment comprises a back member along the bracket's mounting plane and two stand-off arms each having portions extending along the plane and extending normal to it. Each arm moveably attaches to permit positioning the arm when the bracket is not installed so as to decrease the arm's normal dimension, and each arm comprises at least one anchor permitting attachment to a supporting structure. Another embodiment concerns a method of installing a bracket with a back member and moveably connected stand-off arms, comprising moving each arm in a manner that increases the arm's extension in a direction normal to the mounting plane, and attaching to at least one supporting structure each stand-off arm at at least one anchor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: ICC Corporation
    Inventor: Mike Lin
  • Patent number: 8985531
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a structure to include at least a portion of a conduit retention system is described. The method includes receiving parameters for the structure and the portion of the conduit retention system associated with the structure via a user interface, providing the parameters to a machine configured to fabricate the structure and incorporate the portion of the conduit retention system, the machine using a direct manufacturing process, and operating the machine to integrally fabricate the structure and the portion of the conduit retention system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Jeffrey H. Wood
  • Patent number: 8985528
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein comprise a cable system. The cable system has a plurality of cables and a plurality of cable hangers. The cable hangers are configured to support the plurality of cables in a building. The plurality of cable hangers have one or more cable supports configured to hold at least one of the plurality of cables and a support configured to couple the cable support to the building.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Colvin Industries, LLC
    Inventor: Douglas Colvin
  • Publication number: 20150076087
    Abstract: A cable management system includes elongated members mounted to a panel; and gate members configured to couple to at least some of the elongated members. Adjacent ones of the elongated members define management regions therebetween. Each gate member is rotatable relative to the respective elongated member to selectively inhibit and allow access to the respective management region. Each gate member can be fixed at any axial point along an adjustment region of the respective elongated member to adjust the depth of the management region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Jonathan R. Kaml, James Joseph Eberle, JR.
  • Patent number: 8979037
    Abstract: A cable tray apparatus is provided a people mover system such as a Sky Train or the like. The cable tray apparatus is made up of a plurality of identical cable trays which are secured together in an end-to-end relationship. The cable trays are selectively laterally horizontally adjustable with respect to one another and are selectively vertically adjustable with respect to one another to correspond to curves in the roadway of the system and to correspond to elevational changes in the roadway of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Terad Fabricating, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam J. Wurzer, Terry D. Wurzer, Cameron G. Lewis, David T. Wurzer