US 12,088,070 B2
Method and system with two curves for guiding a cable tie
Herve Tressol, Toulouse (FR); and Sébastien Forasacco, Toulouse (FR)
Assigned to Airbus Operations (S.A.S.), Toulouse (FR)
Filed by Airbus Operations (S.A.S.), Toulouse (FR)
Filed on Sep. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/952,599.
Claims priority of application No. 2110279 (FR), filed on Sep. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0101231 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. H02G 1/06 (2006.01); F16L 3/233 (2006.01); H02G 3/30 (2006.01)
CPC H02G 1/06 (2013.01) [F16L 3/233 (2013.01); H02G 3/30 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A guide system for a cable tie comprising:
a guide device for the cable tie; and
a supporting element to which the guide device is applied;
wherein the guide device is configured to hold at least one cable on a front face of the supporting element that is oriented towards a cable or cables, an opposite face of the supporting element being a rear face,
wherein the cable tie is configured to traverse the supporting element from the front face to the rear face through a first passage, then again from the rear face to the front face through a second passage to surround the cable or cables, in which the two passages can be separate or a single passage,
wherein the guide device comprises a gutter with a guide surface with two curves, the two curves comprising a first longitudinal curve enabling the surface to extend from one of the passages to another passage and a second transverse curve forming a partial envelope for receiving the cable tie and guiding and holding the cable tie in the gutter,
wherein the gutter comprises a straight elongate portion that is configured to protrude on both sides of the supporting element when the guide device is installed on the supporting element, and
wherein the guide device comprises at least one protrusion with a wedging surface projecting from the surface of the gutter that is configured to come into contact with and wedge against the supporting element to lock the gutter in position in relation to the supporting element.