公开(公告)号：US20180229906A1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-16

申请号：US15895525

申请日：2018-02-13

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Dariusz Bednarowski ,  Kathryn F. Murphy ,  Krzysztof Dudek

IPC: B65D63/16 ,  B65D63/08 ,  B32B5/02 ,  B32B27/12 ,  B32B27/34 ,  B32B37/15 ,  B29C47/02 ,  B29C47/30 ,  B29C47/00

Abstract: A reinforced cable tie generally includes an elongate strap having a first end, a second end and an elongate planar strap body therebetween, a head having an upstanding central wall separating a first and a second elongate parallel passageway through the head for respective receipt of the first and second ends of said strap, a locking device supported in the head for retaining the first and second ends of the strap and a continuous reinforcement disposed in and extending substantially continuously along a path defining the strap. In a method for forming a cable tie, a continuous reinforcing strand is co-extruded within an elongate strap and a head is assembled to the strap.

公开(公告)号：US20170328700A1

公开(公告)日：2017-11-16

申请号：US15590208

申请日：2017-05-09

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Kathryn F. Murphy ,  Sheng Zhong ,  Cherif Ghoul

IPC: G01B7/16 ,  G01M5/00 ,  B65D63/10 ,  G01D11/30 ,  B65D63/00

CPC classification number: G01B7/16 ,  B65D63/00 ,  B65D63/10 ,  B65D63/1027 ,  G01B11/18 ,  G01D11/30 ,  G01L1/246 ,  G01M5/00 ,  G01M5/0008 ,  G01M5/0041

Abstract: A cable tie having a strain sensing device incorporated therein. In one embodiment, the strain sensing device is a fiber Bragg grating (FBG), which is preferably molded within the strap. In this case, the cable tie further includes a socket in optical communication with the fiber Bragg grating for coupling of the cable tie to an external light source. In another embodiment, the strain sensing device is a mechanical fuse that activates in the presence of a predetermined amount of strain on the cable tie. The mechanical fuse is preferably disposed on the strap and is made of a fuse material having a mechanical strength lower than a mechanical strength of the material of the strap so that the mechanical fuse will fracture or deform earlier than the material of the underlying strap when both the fuse and the strap experience the same increasing strain.