Abstract: A flexible wire clip dimensioned to be snapped into a side groove on a photovoltaic module frame, wherein the wire clip flexes during installation such that a catch moves away from a frame-receiving slot and slides upwardly against a side edge of a photovoltaic module frame so that a frame member of a photovoltaic module frame can be inserted into the frame-receiving slot, and wherein the wire clip returns to a substantially non-flexed position after it has been snapped into the side groove of a photovoltaic module frame.

Abstract: A wiring clip 1 includes: an attaching portion 10 configured to be overlapped with a wiring harness; a locking portion 11 extended vertically from the attaching portion 10 and configured to be locked in a hole provided on a panel; and a pressing portion 12 configured to press the panel in a direction away from the attaching portion 10 when the locking portion 11 is locked in the hole. The pressing portion 12 includes: an inclined portion 19 continued to the attaching portion 10 and inclined with respect to both a vertically extending direction of the locking portion 11 from the attaching portion 10 and a longitudinal direction of the wiring harness overlapped with the attaching portion 10; and a parallel portion 20 continued to the inclined portion 19 and extended parallel to the locking portion 11 from the inclined portion 19.

Abstract: An antenna clip includes a clip body and a fixing body extended from the clip body. The clip body includes a first wall and a second wall formed by bending and extending the first wall. The first wall is corresponded to the second wall and stretches relative to the second wall. The first wall includes at least one first resisting arm located between the first wall and the second wall. An electronic device employing the antenna clip is also disclosed.

Abstract: A damper assembly is provided with a grommet and a tubular clamp. The grommet includes a split tubular body that defines a substantially cylindrical cavity for receiving an elongated member. The split tubular body includes an oblong projection that extends radially outward. The tubular clamp defines a cavity for receiving the grommet within. The tubular clamp includes an axially extending gap and a slot formed through, wherein the slot is sized for receiving the oblong projection for locating the grommet to the tubular clamp. Wherein a longitudinal length of the grommet extends substantially beyond a length the tubular clamp for damping vibration of the elongated member.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fixture for objects for providing a secure, space-saving, individually customizable and clearly arranged retaining system for the objects, such as vials and the like, such as for storage and/or transport of the same, wherein at least the holding device for holding at least one object can be attached to the fixture and wherein furthermore fastening means are designed on the fixture in order to fasten the fixture to a frame or the like.

Abstract: A conducting path includes a plurality of cables, and a cable clamp for clamping the plurality of cables together. The cable clamp includes a single metal plate molded along a perimeter of the plurality of cables, an attachment flange formed by overlapping both ends of the metal plate, and a cable supporting member for supporting the plurality of cables between the cable supporting member and the metal plate. The cable supporting member includes a coolant passage formed therein for passing a coolant to cool the plurality of cables in a longitudinal direction of the plurality of cables.

Abstract: A routing clip for securing a line to a structure comprising: a base for attaching the clip to a structure; and a clamp comprising: a first flexible strap which extends from the base and has one or more projections extending from its side; and a second flexible strap which extends from the base and has a passageway for receiving the first flexible strap and a locking surface which is arranged to engage one of the projections on the first flexible strap to prevent the first flexible strap from being withdrawn from the passageway. At least part of the clip is made from an elastomeric material.

Abstract: A hanger configured to be mounted to a supporting surface includes a fastener receiving body configured to be positioned on the supporting surface. The hanger also includes a hook portion positioned adjacent to the fastener receiving body and configured to receive a retainable object therein. The hanger additionally includes a first datum surface associated with a first orientation direction of the fastener body. The hanger further includes a second datum surface associated with a second orientation direction of the fastener body. The relative positions of the first datum surface and the second datum surface are arranged such that when a fastener tool abuts the first datum surface and the second datum surface, a fastener applied by the fastener tool is positioned within a bounded area of the fastener receiving body.

Abstract: A cable holder includes: a pair of arm portions to form a holding space for holding a cable; and a guide portion, provided at an end portion of each of the pair of guide portions to block the holding space, to guide the cable into the holding space while elastically deforming the pair of arm portions in directions in which the pair of arm portions move away from each other when contacting with the cable.

Abstract: A line retention device configured to releasably retain one or more lines therebetween. The device has a retention bracket with a female detent on a first end portion and having a receiving aperture defined by a primary opening and a keyway. A male detent is on a second end portion and has a proximal portion, a head portion, and an intermediate portion. The intermediate portion extends through the receiving aperture when the retention bracket is in the closed position with proximal and head portions on one side of the female detent and the intermediate portion on the opposite side of the female detent.

Abstract: A wire management clip formed of an elastic material to clip onto a structural element. The clip is formed to include an area for supporting a wire or wire bundle. Preferably, the clip includes holes formed on opposing sides to allow a strap attachment, such as a zip-tie, to hold a conduit or wire outside the clip.

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.

Abstract: A fastening clip has at least one seat for a line, and at least one hermaphroditic coupling section for connecting the fastening clip to a second fastening clip of identical construction. The first connecting structure has a groove that widens away from an oblong opening and is open in the longitudinal direction, and the second connecting structure has a protruding rail that can engage into the groove and has a thickened portion on its free end. A second locking structure is arranged offset by 180 degrees in relation to a first locking structure. The locking structures are arranged such that the first locking structure of a first fastening clip can lock with the second locking structure of a second fastening clip having an identical coupling section, and the second locking structure of the first fastening clip can lock with the first locking structure of the second fastening clip.

Abstract: Conduit spacers useful in preparing duct banks with reduced electromagnetic fields (EMF) are disclosed. The conduit spacers are designed to maximize phase cancellation of EMF from a closely-spaced series of electric power cables placed in conduits supported underground by the conduit spacers. The spacers are also designed to minimize the EMF above ground by reducing the distance needed to bury the cables for a given EMF above ground. In one embodiment, the spacers place conduits adjacent one another for maximum cancellation of a single three-phase cable installation. In another embodiment, the spacers place conduits adjacent one another for maximum cancellation for a dual three-phase cable installation, including cross-phase cancellation, e.g., A-B-C and C-B-A.

Abstract: This device for holding at least one longitudinal element, of the wiring harness or tube type, on a support, comprises a deformable clamp that allows said longitudinal element to be inserted into the clamp and holds the longitudinal element, and a protective layer that at least partially covers the clamp. The clamp is made of thermoplastic, the protective layer being overmolded onto the clamp.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments are directed to cable storage devices and associated methods. The exemplary cable storage device includes at least one chamber and at least one chamber path. The at least one chamber path detachably secures at least one cable in the at least one chamber path. The at least one chamber is configured and dimensioned to have at least one of a spring-like property or a flexible property. An alternative exemplary cable storage device includes at least one chamber and at least one coupling member. The coupling member detachably secures at least one cable in the at least one chamber path and further includes a first coupler and a second coupler having at least one of a spring-like property or a flexible property. In alternative exemplary embodiments, methods of cable storage are provided.

Abstract: The present invention includes a C-type resin clip projecting from an exterior surface on a band tightener in a band-type wire harness mount or from a front surface on a middle portion of a substrate in a substrate-type wire harness mount, and a C-type metal clip having a length shorter than the C-type resin clip. The C-type metal clip is mounted between upper and lower tabs of the C-type resin clip. A pressing projection is provided on opposing interior surfaces of each of the upper and lower tabs of the C-type resin clip, and a press-down tab is provided on the upper and lower tabs of the C-type metal clip. When a bracket is pressed in between the upper and lower tabs of the C-type metal clip, the press-down tabs are lifted by the pressing projections and both the upper and lower surfaces of the bracket are pinched and held.

Abstract: A clamp has a function of attaching a pipe harness in which electric wires are inserted into a metal pipe to a vehicle body, and a function of externally fitting and fixing a grommet to the pipe harness. A first portion and a second portion having a pair of semicircular inner surfaces are coupled with a thin-walled hinge, the clamp being provided with a locking portion and a locked portion that can be locked to each other on free end sides, a vehicle body fixing portion being provided on either the first portion or the second portion, and grommet fixing projections extending in the circumferential direction being provided on the semicircular inner surfaces of the first portion and the second portion, and a cylindrical portion of the grommet that is externally fitted to the pipe harness is covered with the first portion and the second portion.

Abstract: A tube retention fastener includes a polymeric material body having first and second walls and a semi-circular sleeve defining a longitudinal cavity. First and second deflecting wings individually connected to one of the first or second walls are directed toward a longitudinal axis of the longitudinal cavity in a non-deflected condition. An elastically resilient material isolation member includes a first portion fixed to the semi-circular sleeve, and first and second contact ends fixed to the first and second deflecting wings. Isolation member free extending portions are positioned and freely extend between the first portion and the contact ends. First and second wing receiving cavities are created between the deflecting wings and the first and second walls in the non-deflected condition. The deflecting wings, the contact ends and the free extending portions elastically deflect into one of the wing receiving cavities when a tube is positioned between the deflecting wings.

Abstract: A fitting assembly adapted for securing an elongate member to a bracket having an open-ended slot into which the fitting assembly is received. The fitting assembly includes a first fitting member adapted for attachment to the elongate member and having an axis and a second fitting member adapted for receipt into the open end of the slot and fixed engagement with the bracket through relative movement between the second fitting member and the bracket solely in a direction substantially lateral to the axis. The first and second fitting members are connected together and have first and second positions relative to each other in a direction substantially lateral to the axis and are constrained against relative movement substantially along the axis. The first and second fitting members are substantially immovable relative to each other in a direction substantially lateral to the axis in the second position.

Abstract: The present application relates to a mount (10) for mounting a cable harness to a support. The mount (10) comprises a harness receiving portion (42), and a fastener attachment portion (80) from which a fastener for securing the mount (10) to a support is extendable. The mount (10) orientates a fastener extending from the fastener attachment portion (80) to extend about the harness receiving portion (42) to secure a cable harness to the mount (40) when the mount is secured to a support by the fastener. The present application also relates to a mount assembly and a method of mounting a cable harness to a support.

Abstract: There is provided a cable fixing structure which improves actuation reliability of a device and facilitates decision of a wiring layout. The cable fixing structure A for fixing cables including a group of signal cables and a group of power cables includes: a support member; a first cable clamp which is mounted on the support member and in which a cable insertion hole for retaining the group of signal cables inserted therethrough is formed; and a second cable clamp which is mounted on the support member, in which a cable insertion hole for retaining the group of power cables inserted therethrough is formed, and which is disposed away from the first cable clamp in a direction intersecting an axial direction of the cables.

Abstract: A structural element for constructing an auxiliary means for the manufacture of a reinforcement includes at least one coupling point for coupling the structural element to another structural element. The structural element is formed from a basic element. The structural element may further include a holding means for holding a reinforcement rod. A method for constructing an auxiliary means and a method for manufacturing a reinforcement are also provided.

Abstract: A bracket for carrying pipes on an underside of a vehicle includes a molded body laterally spanning a recess in the underside of the vehicle. The molded body can have an angled forward face for deflecting underside road debris. The bracket can additionally include an integrally molded carrying structure extended upward from the molded body for carrying one or more longitudinally extending pipes within the recess.

Abstract: A fastener for securing pipes or wire bundles to a foundation structure includes a body and a separate pipe or wire clamp. The body has a clamp holder for receiving and holding the clamp. The clamp holder receives the clamp with a gap allowing the clamp to vibrate. Leaf springs are formed on the side walls of the clamp holder to resiliently support the side wall of the clamp within the clamp holder. Second leaf springs with anti-release pawls are formed on the bottom of the clamp, and second leaf spring receiving grooves are formed in the bottom of the clamp holder to resiliently engage the second leaf springs and anti-release pawls. Third leaf springs are formed on the bottom of the clamp, and third leaf spring receiving grooves are formed on the bottom of the clamp holder to resiliently engage the third leaf springs.

Abstract: A bracket for mounting wiring on a stud. The bracket includes a stud securement portion configured for attachment to a wall stud. A stationary jaw has a longitudinal axis extending laterally outward from adjacent a rear end of a side wall of the stud securement portion. A clamping jaw has a longitudinal axis extending laterally outward from adjacent the rear end of the side wall. The clamping jaw is at least one of pivotable relative to the stationary jaw and bendable along its longitudinal axis for clamping the wiring between the stationary jaw and the clamping jaw. A locking tie is secured to the clamping jaw adjacent the free longitudinal end of the clamping jaw. The locking tie includes a toothed, elongate member receivable in the locking opening to lock the free longitudinal end of the clamping jaw to the stationary jaw.

Abstract: A holding device has an elastic locking piece having an extending part extending to the outside from a locking claw part. The contact part of an unlocking operating piece contacts the outside of the extending part to reduce the unlocking force of the unlocking operating piece. A sawtooth-form part is in a locked state when a locking piece of an elastic locking piece enters the sawtooth-form part. The elastic locking piece has the extending part extending outside from the locking claw part. The unlocking operating piece has a contact part for contacting with the extending part. The contact part contacts the outside of the extending part when the unlocking operating piece is pressed, the locking claw part of the elastic locking piece is ejected from the indented part of the sawtooth-form part by the contact, and the locked state between the sawtooth-form part and the locking claw part is unlocked.

Abstract: A pipe connection member for connecting a pipe to a pair of parallel brackets includes a pair of clamping members. Each clamping member has a pipe receiving opening extending therethrough. The inner sides of the clamping members cooperate to form a pair of parallel channels sized to receive the brackets. At least one fastener interconnects the clamping members for drawing them toward one another and against the brackets. One of the clamping members further includes a collet having integrally formed fingers extending outwardly around its pipe receiving opening. The other clamping member includes a countersink sized and positioned to receive the fingers such that as the clamping members are drawn toward one another the fingers are compressed against a pipe extending through the pipe receiving openings to fasten the pipe to the pipe connection member.

Abstract: A clamp, assembly and method for connecting a panel to a vehicle including longitudinally opposed end portions that are initially snap-fit in a loose slip-fit orientation to a vehicle support in order to adjustably fit the panel and finally coupled in a non-slip-fit orientation about a periphery of the contour of the vehicle support to fix the panel.

Abstract: A cable catching and retaining device is described, having a catching and retaining region in the form of a spiral. With introduction of a cable or wire having a connection and/or plug into the spiral region via the entrance to the spiral the connectors or plugs on the cables passing through the region are caught. The spiral cable catching and retaining region is made of wire and is integral with a region of the device in the form of a wire tension spring for securing the device to the edge of a table or work surface. The device may be manufactured using spring forming machines. The spiral region retains catches and retains cables passing through the region by preventing the connectors or plugs on the cables passing through the region.

Abstract: A supporting bracket for a monitor device includes a stand and a controlling structure. The stand comprises a shank. The controlling structure comprising an installation member, a blocking member, a clamping member, a resilient member and a controlling member. The installation member comprises an installation portion in which an installation hole is defined. The blocking member is engaged in the installation hole. The clamping member is installed on the blocking member and against the shank. The resilient member is sandwiched between the installation portion and the clamping member. The controlling member installed in the installation member. The controlling member is rotatable relative to the installation member to modulate a friction between the shank and the clamping member.

Abstract: A supporting bracket for a monitor includes a stand and a control structure. The stand comprises a pole. The control structure comprises a installation member, a clamping member, a resilient member and a control member. The installation member comprises an installation portion in which an installation hole is defined. The clamping member is engaged in the installation hole and against the pole. The resilient member is sandwiched between the inside wall of the installation portion and the clamping member. The control member is installed in the installation member. The control member is rotatable relative to the installation member to modulate a friction between the pole and the clamping member.

Abstract: A pipe support is disclosed for restraining a pipe at a position in close proximity to a joint formed by the pipe and a pipe fitting. The pipe support includes a base configured to be secured to a support surface and to interface with an outer surface of the pipe. The pipe support also includes a clamp operable with the base to restrain the pipe. Additionally, the pipe support includes a hinge coupling the base and the clamp, operable to facilitate relative movement between the base and the clamp. The base positions the outer surface of the pipe at a pre-determined distance from the support surface sufficient to at least offset a distance between the outer surface of the pipe and an outer surface of the pipe fitting, thereby preventing a bending load from occurring at the joint upon securing the pipe support to the support surface.

Abstract: An anchor arrangement for a safety line system is for use with a bracket to secure to a structure for mounting the safety line. The anchor arrangement either includes an alignment collar arranged to seat in a seat provided on the bracket, the alignment collar being able to seat in a plurality of different orientations with respect to the bracket; a resilient biasing means acting between the bracket and a reaction member provided as part of the anchor arrangement or a tension indicator for the safety line, which has a part of the bracket aligned adjacent and indicia zone on the anchor arrangement.

Abstract: A quick-release cable management apparatus includes a securing board and cable management clip. Cables can very conveniently be secured in the clip, or removed from the clip, and the clip itself can be detached and remounted elsewhere very quickly. The securing board defines a securing hole. The cable management clip includes a base and a pressing member pivoting on the base. The base includes a sprung wedge located in the securing hole to lock the clip in place. The pressing member is adapted to rotate between a locking position and a unlocking position. In the locking position, the pressing member is locked with the base to form a cable management space between the pressing member and the base. In the unlocking position, the pressing member is unlocked with the base to open the cable management space.

Abstract: Rotation of a joint from a first angular position to a second angular position without damage to a cable therein utilizes a spirally wound cable in a space between inner and outer cylinders of the joint. In various embodiments, the cable is wrapped around an outer surface of the inner cylinder at the first angular position and unwrapped from the outer surface of the inner cylinder at the second angular position.

Abstract: A bracket includes a base having a first face and a second face and at least one side edge between the first face and the second face and a connector configured to support a cable projecting from the base. At least one opening extends through the base, and the base includes a wall portion adjacent to the at least one opening. A clip includes a body and first and second legs projecting from the body, each of the first and second legs including a tab, the tab of the first leg projecting away from the tab of the second leg. The clip is mounted to the base with the first leg projecting through the at least one opening and the body overlying the wall portion.

Abstract: A device for securing cable to a structural support, such as a rafter or joist. The device is characterized as having two U-shaped members, each U-shaped member having a base portion and two arm portions. Each arm portion has a proximal end and a distal end, each proximal end extending from said base portion. The distal ends are spaced from one another a distance to capture the structural support and to frictionally secure the device thereto.

Abstract: A spacer device for spacing electrical harnesses in a turbomachine such as an airplane turboprop or turbojet is disclosed. The spacer device includes clips fastened on a support. A first clip is mounted on a harness via a retention device which prevents the spacer device from moving relative to the harness, and the spacer device includes a strip mounted around the first clip in order to close the first clip after a harness has been mounted in the first clip. The strip is fastened to the support in a non-releasable manner.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a cable, a protrusion, and a recessed portion. The cable is routed along a surface of a wall in a housing. The protrusion protrudes on the surface of the wall, and includes a first protrusion and a second protrusion that elastically hold the cable. The recessed portion is formed on the surface between the first protrusion and the second protrusion. The cable is elastically held between the first protrusion and the second protrusion while at least part of the cable is fitted in the recessed portion.

Abstract: A clip and a wire harness equipped with a clip are provided that can restrain the clip from readily falling down from an electrical wire bundle, can be easily mounted on the bundle, and can reduce a protruding amount of the clip from the bundle to as small as possible. A clip includes an inserting section to be inserted into an attaching hole in a vehicle body, and a holding section for holding an electrical wire bundle. The holding section includes a projection portion that protrudes from the inserting section, and distal end spreading portions that spread from a distal end of the projection portion toward spaces at opposite sides of the projection portion. The distal end spreading portions are curved in convex shapes in a distal end direction of the projection portion as a whole.

Abstract: A support device for supporting at least one electric harness where it passes through a through hole in a composite material structure, the structure presenting two faces into which the hole opens out, the device including a first element made of dielectric material presenting a first bearing surface designed to be applied against one of the faces of the structure and a sleeve having a first end secured to the first bearing surface and having outside dimensions that are smaller than those of the hole so as to be capable of being inserted therein, and a second element made of dielectric material presenting at least one second bearing surface suitable for being applied against the other face of the structure.

Abstract: A cable management apparatus includes a securing board and a cable management clip. A clipping portion and a securing portion are located on the securing board. The cable management clip includes a mounting base and a pressing clip pivotally attached to the mounting base. A cable may be locked between the mounting base and the pressing clip. Elastic arms extend from the mounting base, the elastic arms deform to allow the fitment and removal of the cable management clip from the securing board.

Abstract: The invention refers to a mounting arrangement for the energizing cables of an electric motor of a refrigeration compressor, the electric motor being mounted in the interior of a casing of the compressor and the energizing cables presenting an end connected to the electric motor and an opposite end operatively connected to an electric current power source, external to the casing, through the latter. The arrangement includes at least one immobilizing means mounted internally to the casing, so as to retain the energizing cables, maintaining at least part of the extension thereof in a predetermined positioning in the interior of the casing.

Abstract: A beam clamp providing for a positive attachment to I-beams, H-beams, T-bars, pairs of conventional angles, bulb angles, channels, plates and other similar structural shapes wherein the beam clamp includes a pair of clamping hooks incorporated into opposing clamp bodies that capture an attached elongated rectangular, round or other shape. The shapes are secured against the structure using one or more bolt with nut assemblies to pull the halves together towards each other and the attached member and towards the structure.

Abstract: A system for displaying a strand of lights on a residence or building using an elongated member which attaches to a standard gutter or an eave of the building. The member can be made of metal and has a number of spaced apart hooks for securing a portion of the strand of lights. The system can include a plurality of vertically spaced clips located on a downspout or other structure of the building which secure a portion of the strand of lights or an electric wire such as an extension cord. Additionally, a mesh gutter guard can be utilized with the system and attached to the elongated member. The guard spans the width of the gutter and can be tucked under the drip edge of the roof or under shingles.

Abstract: A tube retention fastener includes a polymeric material body having first and second walls and a semi-circular sleeve defining a longitudinal cavity. First and second deflecting wings individually connected to one of the first or second walls are directed toward a longitudinal axis of the longitudinal cavity in a non-deflected condition. An elastically resilient material isolation member includes a first portion fixed to the semi-circular sleeve, and first and second contact ends fixed to the first and second deflecting wings. Isolation member free extending portions are positioned and freely extend between the first portion and the contact ends. First and second wing receiving cavities are created between the deflecting wings and the first and second walls in the non-deflected condition. The deflecting wings, the contact ends and the free extending portions elastically deflect into one of the wing receiving cavities when a tube is positioned between the deflecting wings.

Abstract: The present invention provides a support clip for a vehicle cable, which is significantly prevented from being inappropriately coupled to a socket member connected to a cable, and which makes it possible to couple and decouple components without using a tool, thereby assembling and replacing components more efficiently.

Abstract: A component fixing device includes a holding portion for holding a component with a hollow portion while restricting a movement of the component; and a fixed portion elastically connected to the holding portion and to be fixed to an object. The holding portion is inserted into the hollow portion of the component for holding the component. The holding portion may have a center holding portion abutting against an outer surface of the component and a pair of arm portions disposed at both sides of the center holding portion and capable of bending relative to the center holding portion, so that the center holding portion and the arm portions sandwich the component.

Abstract: The present invention includes a C-type resin clip projecting from an exterior surface on a band tightener in a band-type wire harness mount or from a front surface on a middle portion of a substrate in a substrate-type wire harness mount, and a C-type metal clip having a length shorter than the C-type resin clip. The C-type metal clip is mounted between upper and lower tabs of the C-type resin clip. A pressing projection is provided on opposing interior surfaces of each of the upper and lower tabs of the C-type resin clip, and a press-down tab is provided on the upper and lower tabs of the C-type metal clip. When a bracket is pressed in between the upper and lower tabs of the C-type metal clip, the press-down tabs are lifted by the pressing projections and both the upper and lower surfaces of the bracket are pinched and held.