Vehicle Cable Binder Grooves for Vibration-Safe Cable Routing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Standard cable binders for automotive applications, such as vehicle lamps, often result in twisted or loosely secured cables, leading to damage from vibration and scraping against vehicle components, which can cause noise and require premature replacement.
Innovation Solution
A cable binder with a body and a strip that forms a loop around the cables, featuring grooves and ridges to guide and secure them, along with a securing mechanism like a zip tie, and poka-yoke elements for correct mounting, ensuring the cables are held tightly and aligned to prevent damage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If standard zip tie binders are used to secure cables, then the cables can be held together, but the cables become twisted and can move within the binder, leading to damage from vibration and scraping
Solution Approach 1:
The binder incorporates grooves at specific locations within the binding section that create localized contact points with the cables. These grooves are positioned to match the expected cable arrangement, providing localized support that prevents cables from shifting or twisting within the binder while maintaining overall cable security.
Solution Approach 2:
The grooves are pre-formed in the binder at predetermined positions before the cables are installed. This preliminary configuration ensures that when cables are placed in the binder, they are automatically guided into the correct positions and prevented from twisting or moving, rather than requiring adjustment after installation.
2Device complexity
If cables are allowed to move freely in the binder, then the binder structure remains simple, but the cables can twist and vibrate, causing damage and noise
Solution Approach 1:
Rather than making the entire binder complex, the invention introduces simple groove features at specific locations within the binding section. These localized grooves provide cable guidance and vibration prevention without requiring complex structures throughout the entire binder, maintaining simplicity while addressing the harmful effects of cable movement.
3Ease of manufacture
If the binder is designed without cable guidance features, then manufacturing is simpler, but cables can become misaligned and damaged during vehicle operation
Solution Approach 1:
The grooves are integrated into the binder structure at specific locations where cable contact is needed. These localized features can be incorporated into the molding process or fabrication of the binder, adding minimal complexity to manufacturing while providing significant improvements to cable alignment and protection during vehicle operation.
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AI summary
Cable binder for vehicles, cable-binding assembly, and vehicle lamp with the assembly. The binder comprises a body for attachment to the vehicle, a strip for binding cables, and a securing mechanism for closing a section of the binder into a loop around the cables, wherein the section comprises at least a part of the strip and optionally a part of the body. This section is provided with at least one cable-guiding groove for fitting at least part of a perimeter of at least one cable, wherein the groove extends across the width of the section and is placed on the inner side of the loop when the section is closed into the loop. The binder can further comprise at least one rib for squeezing cables, the rib being oriented perpendicularly with respect to the groove.