Vehicle Cable Binder With Segmented Retainers
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing string-shaped-object binders fail to effectively allow relative movement between components while preventing excessive tension and interference, especially when multiple flexible objects like cables or hoses are installed in a vehicle, as they often restrict deformation and movement.
Innovation Solution
A string-shaped-object binder comprising a fixing retainer and a movement-allowing retainer that securely holds string-shaped objects in a slackened state between two vehicle components, allowing movement in axial and orthogonal directions, thereby reducing excessive tension and preventing interference.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If a binder structure is used to bind together multiple string-shaped objects, then the string-shaped objects are held together and prevented from moving separately, but the string-shaped objects cannot appropriately deform or move according to relative movement of components
Solution Approach 1:
The binder is divided into multiple retaining parts (first retaining part and second retaining part) that can move independently relative to each other. This segmentation allows each part to accommodate movement of individual string-shaped objects while maintaining the overall binding function, resolving the contradiction between holding objects together and allowing necessary deformation.
Solution Approach 2:
The binder incorporates dynamic characteristics by allowing the retaining parts to move relative to each other in response to forces applied by the string-shaped objects. This dynamic structure enables the binder to adapt to relative movements between vehicle components while still keeping the string-shaped objects bound together, preventing both excessive tension and interference.
2Reliability
If a fixed binder structure is used, then string-shaped objects are securely held, but excessive force and tension occur during relative movement of components
Solution Approach 1:
The binder allows retaining parts to move relative to each other dynamically, which prevents excessive force buildup while maintaining secure holding. The movement capability enables the binder to absorb forces generated during relative movement of vehicle components, ensuring reliable operation without damaging tension.
3Adaptability or versatility
If string-shaped objects are allowed to move freely, then deformation according to component movement is possible, but interference between objects occurs
Solution Approach 1:
By dividing the binder into multiple retaining parts that can move independently, each string-shaped object can deform and move according to component movements while the segmented structure prevents interference between objects. Each retaining part manages its associated string-shaped object separately, eliminating harmful interactions.
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AI summary
A string-shaped-object binder (10) that binds together a plurality of string-shaped objects (18), each routed in a slackened state between two vehicle components that move relative to each other, at a predetermined position between the two vehicle components. The string-shaped-object binder includes a fixing retainer (34a) that fixedly retains one of the string-shaped objects, and a movement-allowing retainer (34b, 34c) that retains another one of the string-shaped objects so as to allow the string-shaped object to move in a direction in which an axis of the string-shaped object extends and in directions orthogonal to the axis.