Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Retaining clip
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Application No.: US15720237Application Date: 2017-09-29
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Publication No.: US10208874B2Publication Date: 2019-02-19
- Inventor: Gerard G. Geiger , Giovanni Lewinski
- Applicant: HellermannTyton Corporation
- Applicant Address: US WI Milwaukee
- Assignee: HELLERMANNTYTON CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: HELLERMANNTYTON CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US WI Milwaukee
- Agent Robert J. Myers
- Main IPC: H01R4/64
- IPC: H01R4/64 ; F16L3/04 ; F16L3/123 ; F16L3/13 ; F16L3/237 ; F16L3/24 ; H02G3/30 ; H02S40/00 ; F24S80/00 ; F16B5/06 ; F16B5/12 ; F16B2/24

Abstract:
A retaining clip configured to secure an elongate member to a generally planar panel is described herein. The retaining clip includes a first side wall, a second side wall opposite the first side wall, and an end wall interconnecting the side walls. The side walls define a gap configured to receive the panel. The retaining clip includes further includes a resilient first cantilevered prong projecting into the gap from the first side wall and a resilient second cantilevered prong projecting from into the first gap from the second side wall. Free ends of the first and second prongs are characterized as having a pair of pointed barbs on distal edges of the first and second prongs. The pointed barbs are configured to increase a removal force required to remove the panel from the first gap. A method of forming such a retaining clip is also described.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180087692A1 RETAINING CLIP Public/Granted day:2018-03-29
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