US 11,754,203 B2
Support structure for supporting a cable
Rebecca Marie Alban, Columbia Station, OH (US); Andrew James Hanneman, Mayfield Heights, OH (US); Phillip Steven Vargo, Lyndhurst, OH (US); Bruno Aldo Maiano, Chevreuse (FR); and Théo Dominique Lambert, Mantes-la-Jolie (FR)
Assigned to PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS CO., Mayfield Village, OH (US)
Filed by Preformed Line Products Co., Mayfield Village, OH (US)
Filed on Mar. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/188,620.
Application 17/188,620 is a division of application No. 15/605,880, filed on May 25, 2017, granted, now 10,935,165.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/341,335, filed on May 25, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0180725 A1, Jun. 17, 2021
Int. Cl. F16L 3/12 (2006.01); F16G 11/02 (2006.01); F16G 11/14 (2006.01); F16L 3/08 (2006.01); F16L 3/06 (2006.01); F16L 3/26 (2006.01); F24D 3/14 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 3/1226 (2013.01) [F16G 11/02 (2013.01); F16G 11/146 (2013.01); F16L 3/06 (2013.01); F16L 3/08 (2013.01); F16L 3/1211 (2013.01); F16L 3/26 (2013.01); F24D 3/141 (2013.01); Y10T 403/4327 (2015.01); Y10T 403/4336 (2015.01); Y10T 403/4345 (2015.01); Y10T 403/4354 (2015.01); Y10T 403/4363 (2015.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A support structure for supporting a cable, the support structure comprising:
a body portion extending circumferentially about an axis, the body portion comprising:
a first wall having a first surface and a second surface;
a second wall having a first surface and a second surface, wherein the second surface of the second wall extends substantially parallel to the second surface of the first wall;
a third wall coupled between the first wall and the second wall and having a first surface, the first surface of the first wall, the first surface of the second wall, and the first surface of the third wall defining an opening extending along a circumferential length of the body portion, the body portion configured to receive the cable within the opening, wherein a width of the opening, measured between the first wall and the second wall, continuously varies from a top of the first wall to a bottom of the opening;
a first end; and
a second end, wherein:
the first wall, the second wall, and the third wall extend between the first end and the second end, and
the first end is spaced apart from the second end; and
a first retention structure coupled to the first wall, the first retention structure movable between a first orientation, in which the first retention structure extends substantially perpendicular to the third wall, and a second orientation, in which the first retention structure extends substantially parallel to the third wall, the first retention structure configured to retain the cable within the opening when the first retention structure is in the second orientation, wherein, in a direction of the circumferential length of the body portion, the first retention structure comprises a first planar surface facing the direction of the circumferential length and extending radially, a second planar surface facing the direction of the circumferential length and extending radially, and a third non-planar surface extending between the first planar surface and the second planar surface.