A method and apparatus for attaching a bundle of wiring harnesses, air lines, hoses, tubes, cables, fuel lines, and the like to the frame or body of a vehicle or other machine uses a clipping device with a bi-stable flat spring having two states, a metastable flat state and a stable coiled state. The clipping device is preassembled to the vehicle or other machine with the bi-stable flat spring in its flat metastable state using a mounting feature. The bundle is pressed against the bi-stable flat spring, causing it to transition from the flat state to the coiled state, thereby encircling and retaining the bundle to the vehicle. The clipping device may be provided with a secondary locking feature and/or an initial flat state retaining feature.
BI-STABLE FLAT SPRING CLIPPING DEVICE
13.06.2019
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | F16M Rahmen, Gehäuse oder Grundplatten von Kraftmaschinen oder anderen Maschinen oder von Apparaten, nicht auf eine besondere Art von Maschine oder Apparat eingeschränkt, die anderweitig vorgesehen ist , FRAMES, CASINGS, OR BEDS, OF ENGINES OR OTHER MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO AN ENGINE, MACHINE, OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE / F16B DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES , Vorrichtungen zum Befestigen oder Sichern von Konstruktionselementen oder Maschinenteilen, z.B. Nägel, Bolzen, Schrauben, Sprengringe, Klemmen, Klammern oder Keile / B60R Fahrzeuge, Fahrzeugausstattung oder Fahrzeugteile, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR / B62D MOTOR VEHICLES , Motorfahrzeuge |