Cable Harness Mount Integrating Fastener and Tie-Wrap
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional methods for mounting cable harnesses to supports in aircraft and machinery are time-consuming, require multiple components, and can be prone to failure, leading to potential damage during maintenance and operation.
Innovation Solution
A cable harness mount with a harness receiving portion and a fastener attachment portion, where a tie-wrap serves as both a fastener to secure the mount to the support and a securing mechanism for the cable harness, minimizing the number of components and providing redundancy against failure.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional clamps with bolt attachment are used to mount cable harness to support, then secure attachment is achieved, but installation time increases and device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the clamp body and fastener into a single integrated unit. The fastener is directly formed as part of the clamp structure, eliminating the need for separate bolts, washers, and nuts. This merging of components reduces installation time while maintaining secure attachment through the integrated fastening mechanism.
Solution Approach 2:
The clamp is designed with multi-functionality by incorporating both the harness-receiving portion and fastener attachment portion into a single component. This universal design allows one component to perform multiple functions (securing the harness and fastening to the support) without requiring additional parts, thus reducing installation time and complexity.
2Reliability
If conventional clamps with multiple components are used, then secure attachment is achieved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple conventional components (clamp body, fastener, washers, nuts) into a single integrated clamp structure. The fastener is directly formed as part of the clamp body, reducing the component count from multiple separate parts to one unified component, thereby simplifying the device while maintaining secure attachment.
Solution Approach 2:
The integrated clamp design provides universality by making one component perform the functions of multiple conventional components. The single clamp structure simultaneously provides harness reception, fastener attachment, and securing mechanisms, eliminating the need for multiple specialized parts and reducing overall device complexity.
3Device complexity
If tie-wrap is used for both fastening mount to support and securing cable harness, then device complexity reduces and weight reduces, but reliability requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The tie-wrap is designed to perform multiple functions: it serves as both the fastener for attaching the mount to the support and the securing mechanism for the cable harness. This multi-functional design reduces device complexity and weight while the redundant application across two critical functions enhances overall system reliability through functional duplication.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines the fastening function and harness securing function into a single tie-wrap component. By merging these two functions into one element, the design reduces the number of components and overall weight, while the dual-function nature creates redundancy that addresses reliability concerns through functional overlap.
Data Source
AI summary
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.