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Wire harness
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1990-12-14
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Granted: 1991-11-26
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Expires: 2010-12-14
Abstract
Abstract A wire harness mounted on the face of a stud can support wires between two external surfaces of a wall. The harness has a plurality of wire clips on an L-shaped bracket. The bracket has two perpendicular arms. The plurality of wire clips is mounted on one of the arms, the other one having a mounting device. This mounting device can secure the bracket to the face of the stud. The mounting device is arranged to align the clips in a row that lies in a plane perpendicular to the face of the stud at a central location between the external surfaces of the wall.
Inventors
- 👤 Edward Miceli
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 06:09
CPC Classifications
H; H02; H02G; H02G3/00; H02G3/26; F; F16; F16L; F16L3/00; F16L3/22; F16L3/223; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/49826; Y10T29/49863; Y10T29/49876
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim
162 words
A wire harness for supporting wires from a face of a stud between two external surfaces of a wall, comprising: a plurality of wire clips having a plurality of barriers spaced for embracing therebetween one or more of said wires; and an L-shaped bracket having two perpendicular arms, said plurality of wire clips being mounted on one of said arm, the other one of said arms having mounting means for securing said bracket to the face of said stud, said mounting means being arranged to align said clips in a row that lies in a plane perpendicular to the face of said stud at a central location between said external surfaces of said wall, said mounting means being arranged to set said row perpendicular to the face of said stud, said plurality of clips each having an opening axis aligned to support each of the wires in a direction that is mutually orthogonal to the length of said arms of said bracket.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
162 words
A wire harness for supporting wires from a face of a stud between two external surfaces of a wall, comprising: a plurality of wire clips having a plurality of barriers spaced for embracing therebetween one or more of said wires; and an L-shaped bracket having two perpendicular arms, said plurality of wire clips being mounted on one of said arm, the other one of said arms having mounting means for securing said bracket to the face of said stud, said mounting means being arranged to align said clips in a row that lies in a plane perpendicular to the face of said stud at a central location between said external surfaces of said wall, said mounting means being arranged to set said row perpendicular to the face of said stud, said plurality of clips each having an opening axis aligned to support each of the wires in a direction that is mutually orthogonal to the length of said arms of said bracket.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
14 words
A wire harness according to claim 1 wherein said harness is made of plastic.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
27 words
A wire harness according to claim 2 wherein said harness is an integral plastic molding, said arms being made of a more rigid plastic than said barriers.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
44 words
A wire harness according to claim 1 wherein each of said clips has a clasp extending from one of said barriers for releasably closing on the other one of said barriers, said clasp being operable to retain one of the wires between said barriers.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
A wire harness according to claim 4 wherein an adjacent pair of barriers each have at least one opposing tab for gripping one of said wires.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
36 words
A wire harness according to claim 5 further comprising: a clasp barb at the end of said clasp; and a barrier barb at the top of that one of said barriers that said clasp closes upon.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
26 words
A wire harness according to claim 4 wherein an adjacent pair of barriers each has at least two opposing tabs for gripping one of said wires.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
29 words
A wire harness according to claim 1 wherein said wire clips are mounted on one of said arms on the side proximate to the other one of said arms.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
16 words
A wire harness according to claim 1 wherein said mounting means comprises at least one hole.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
17 words
A wire harness according to claim 1 wherein said mounting means comprises at least two nail holes.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
24 words
A wire harness according to claim 1 wherein that one of said arms having said mounting means is less than 21/4 inches in length.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
24 words
A wire harness according to claim 11 wherein that one of said arms having said mounting means is at least 11/2 inches in length.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
52 words
A wire harness according to claim 1 wherein that one of said arms having said mounting means, if positioned coterminous with an edge of said stud adjacent one of said external surfaces, is sized to bring said wires at least 11/4 inches from both edges of said stud adjacent said external surfaces.
Claim 15
Independent Claim
139 words
A method for installing wires on a face of a stud between two external surfaces of a wall with an L-shaped bracket having one arm supporting a plurality of wire clips, comprising the steps of: positioning said bracket with said clips in a row that lies in a plane perpendicular to the face of said stud at a central location between said external surfaces of said wall; affixing said bracket to the face of said stud by fastening a mounting means through said bracket into said stud, to keep both said row of clips and said wires in said clips (a) in said plane that is perpendicular to the face of said stud and (b) at said central location between said external surfaces of said wall; and clipping at least one of said wires into one of said clips.
Claim 16
Independent Claim
139 words
A method for installing wires on a face of a stud between two external surfaces of a wall with an L-shaped bracket having one arm supporting a plurality of wire clips, comprising the steps of: positioning said bracket with said clips in a row that lies in a plane perpendicular to the face of said stud at a central location between said external surfaces of said wall; affixing said bracket to the face of said stud by fastening a mounting means through said bracket into said stud, to keep both said row of clips and said wires in said clips (a) in said plane that is perpendicular to the face of said stud and (b) at said central location between said external surfaces of said wall; and clipping at least one of said wires into one of said clips.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
49 words
A method according to claim 14 wherein the step of clipping at least one of said wires is performed to orient that wire parallel to the length of said stud, the step of positioning said bracket is performed to make said row perpendicular to the face of said stud.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
43 words
A method according to claim 15 wherein the step of clipping at least one of said wires is performed to clip a plurality of wires separately into corresponding ones of said clips with the wires oriented parallel to the length of said stud.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
21 words
A method according to claim 15 wherein the row of said clips is centered between said external surfaces of said wall.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
34 words
A method according to claim 15 wherein the row of said clips is spaced a minimum of about 11/4 inches from the edges of the face of said stud adjacent to said external surfaces.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
21 words
A method according to claim 18 wherein the row of said clips is centered between said external surfaces of said wall.
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