Adhesive Cable Harness Fastener for Faster Vehicle Body Assembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing fastening apparatuses for securing cable harnesses to vehicle bodies are complex, time-consuming, and require additional fasteners like adhesive tape or cable ties, posing challenges in simplicity, safety, and reliability.
Innovation Solution
A fastening apparatus with a single, integrally connected fastening and receiving body, featuring a trench-shaped receiving portion with adhesive means, allowing direct and secure attachment of cable harnesses to a vehicle body without additional fasteners, adaptable to varying diameters, and producible as a single component.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional fastening apparatuses are used with additional fasteners like adhesive tape or cable ties, then the cable harness can be secured to the vehicle body, but the assembly process becomes complex and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the fastening body and receiving body into a single integrally connected component. The fastening apparatus includes a fastening body with a fastener for connecting to the vehicle body and a receiving body with a receiving portion for receiving the cable harness, where these two bodies are integrally connected as one piece. This eliminates the need for separate fasteners like adhesive tape or cable ties, reducing assembly complexity while maintaining securing capability.
2Reliability
If traditional fastening methods with multiple components are used, then the cable harness can be secured, but the assembly time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The integrally connected fastening and receiving bodies allow the cable harness to be received and secured in a single operation. The receiving portion with adhesive means is pre-integrated into the fastening body, enabling simultaneous fastening and securing actions rather than sequential operations with multiple components.
Solution Approach 2:
The adhesive means is pre-applied to the receiving portion during manufacturing, so that when the cable harness is inserted into the receiving portion, the adhesive is already in position to provide immediate bonding. This eliminates the need for separate adhesive application steps during assembly, reducing assembly time while ensuring reliable securing.
3Reliability
If additional fasteners like adhesive tape or cable ties are used, then the cable harness can be secured to the fastening apparatus, but material costs and assembly steps increase
Solution Approach 1:
The fastening body and receiving body are manufactured as a single integral component, eliminating the need to separately manufacture and assemble multiple fastening elements. The adhesive means is integrated into the receiving portion during the same manufacturing process, reducing the number of parts and manufacturing steps.
Solution Approach 2:
The integrally connected fastening apparatus serves multiple functions in a single component: it provides structural support, cable harness reception, adhesive bonding, and vehicle body fastening all through one unified component rather than requiring separate specialized parts for each function.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Facilitates quick, reliable, and cost-effective attachment of cable harnesses to vehicle bodies, reducing assembly time and material costs while ensuring high retention force and flexibility in diameter adaptation.
Implementation Method 1
an adhesive means (8) is arranged on the receiving surface (7) in order to connect a first component (9) to the receiving body (3) directly by via an adhesive
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed is a fastening apparatus for fastening a first strand-like or elongated component having an approximately circular cross-section to a second component, such as for fastening a cable or a cable harness to a carrier component of a vehicle body of a motor vehicle. The fastening apparatus includes a fastening body and a receiving body. The fastening body having a fastener for connecting the fastening apparatus to a second component, in particular a carrier component or a vehicle body of a motor vehicle. The receiving body forms a receiving portion having a receiving surface facing in the direction of a first component for receiving a first component. An adhesive means is arranged on the receiving surface of the receiving portion in order to connect a first strand-like component, in particular a cable or a cable harness, to the receiving body directly by via an adhesive.