阅读说明：本技术 一种柔性电缆固定保护装置 (Flexible cable fixing and protecting device ) 是由 靳宇 刘松 刘克祥 赵金波 佟庆威 李延彬 王志源 于 2021-09-14 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明公开了一种柔性电缆固定保护装置,包括装置主体和柔性电缆,所述装置主体包括限定用于容纳柔性电缆的轴向腔的周壁,所述周壁包括至少四个侧面和四个短边,所述装置主体还包括设置在周壁的相对端并与轴向腔连通的两个轴向开口,所述装置主体还包括在周壁中获得并与轴向腔连通的至少两个第一径向开口和第二径向开口,所述第一径向开口和第二径向开口之间设有狭槽；本发明中的装置主体可用于对柔性电缆的保护和容纳,并且本装置主体提供成角度地间隔开的三个紧固松开装置,使得可以根据不同的安装配置将装置主体紧固到三个装置主体上,使用灵活性高。(The invention discloses a flexible cable fixing and protecting device, comprising a device body and a flexible cable, wherein the device body comprises a peripheral wall which defines an axial cavity for accommodating the flexible cable, the peripheral wall comprises at least four side surfaces and four short sides, the device body further comprises two axial openings which are arranged at opposite ends of the peripheral wall and are communicated with the axial cavity, the device body further comprises at least two first radial openings and two second radial openings which are obtained in the peripheral wall and are communicated with the axial cavity, and a slot is arranged between the first radial openings and the second radial openings; the device body of the present invention can be used for protection and containment of flexible cables and provides three fastening and unfastening means angularly spaced apart so that the device body can be fastened to the three device bodies according to different mounting configurations with high flexibility of use.)

1. A flexible cable fixing and protecting device comprises a device main body (100) and a flexible cable (4), and is characterized in that: the device body (100) comprising a peripheral wall (2) defining an axial cavity (1) for housing a flexible cable (4), the peripheral wall (2) comprising at least four lateral faces (22) and four short sides (23), the device body (100) further comprising two axial openings (11) provided at opposite ends of the peripheral wall (2) and communicating with the axial cavity (1), the device body (100) further comprising at least two first radial openings (12) and second radial openings (13) obtained in the peripheral wall (2) and communicating with the axial cavity (1), a slot (14) being provided between the first radial openings (12) and the second radial openings (13), the device body (100) further comprising a central portion (10) of the peripheral wall defining the first radial openings (12), and at least one end portion (20) of the peripheral wall provided at the first radial openings (12), the end portions (20) define a second radial opening (13), the central portion (10) and the end portions (20) having a "C" shaped cross-section.

2. The flexible cable securing device according to claim 1, wherein: the two end portions (20) define a second radial opening (13) in a position opposite to the first radial opening (12) defined by the central portion (10).

3. The flexible cable securing device according to claim 1, wherein: an intermediate portion (15) is provided between the central portion (10) and each of the end portions (20), the intermediate portion (15) being hinged to the central portion (10) by means of a provided hinge (5), the end portions (20) being hinged to the intermediate portion (15) by means of a provided hinge (5), the intermediate portion (15) having a "C" shaped cross section and defining a radial opening (16) for inserting a flexible cable (4).

4. The flexible cable securing device according to claim 1, wherein: the device body (100) further comprises three fastening and unfastening means (3), the three fastening and unfastening means (3) being respectively provided on the three sides (22), the fastening and unfastening means (3) comprising a male element (31) protruding from one of the three sides (22) and at least one female element (30), each of the resilient tabs (32) comprising a retaining tooth (33) having a tapered surface (34).

5. The flexible cable securing device according to claim 1, wherein: the utility model discloses a structure for fixing a mobile phone, including keep tooth (33) and elastic lug (32) between be equipped with dismouting structure, dismouting structure includes inserted block (35) and slot (36), the bottom that keeps tooth (33) is equipped with inserted block (35) of integral type, slot (36) have been seted up to the one end of elastic lug (32), inserted block (35) inserts to slot (36) in, the both sides surface of elastic lug (32) all is provided with curb plate (37), the surface of one of them curb plate (37) is equipped with first picture peg (38) of two integral types, another the surface of curb plate (37) is equipped with second picture peg (39) of two integral types, two perforation (41) have been seted up in the surface of inserted block (35) run through, jack (40) have all been seted up on the both sides surface of elastic lug (32), the one end of first picture peg (38) and second picture peg (39) all runs through to in perforation (41), and the first inserting plate (38) and the second inserting plate (39) which are positioned in the same through hole (41) are connected in a clamping way.

6. The flexible cable securing device according to claim 5, wherein: the surface of first picture peg (38) and second picture peg (39) all is equipped with the semicircular bulge (42) of integral type, just rectangular clamping groove (43) have all been seted up on the surface of first picture peg (38) and second picture peg (39), semicircular bulge (42) card is in rectangular clamping groove (43).

7. The flexible cable securing device according to claim 5, wherein: the inclined openings corresponding to the side plates (37) are formed in the surfaces of the two sides of the elastic lugs (32), and the side poking openings are formed in the surfaces of the two ends of each side plate (37).

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the technical field of cable protection, and particularly relates to a flexible cable fixing and protecting device.

Background

It is known that household appliances and electronic devices and the like are provided with cables for connecting the device to the mains or to another device, which are generally long and bulky, and the most typical and most annoying drawbacks of the cables are: cables can become tangled, making them difficult to identify, cables can occupy a large portion of the desk, cables cannot connect multiple cables to a single inlet (i.e., two or more USB devices are alternately connected to a single inlet), and cables cannot be easily disconnected or connected to clean the work space.

Protection devices for flexible cables are currently known, but none of them solves all the above problems simultaneously, the known protection devices comprising a cavity for housing and holding the cable after bending it into multiple parts, and having fastening means for fastening together, which are however provided at given positions of the apparatus, and therefore are not versatile and do not allow to have different mounting configurations, and moreover interfere with the casing containing the cable, thus significantly reducing the space of the casing, and therefore the size of the cable casing needs to be too large, which would compromise the overall volume of the apparatus, for which the invention proposes a flexible cable fixing protection device.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention is directed to a flexible cable fixing and protecting device, which solves the above problems.

In order to achieve the purpose, the invention provides the following technical scheme: a flexible cable fixing and protecting device comprising a device body and a flexible cable, the device body comprising a peripheral wall defining an axial cavity for housing the flexible cable, the peripheral wall comprising at least four sides and four short sides, the device body further comprising two axial openings provided at opposite ends of the peripheral wall and communicating with the axial cavity, the device body further comprising at least two first and second radial openings obtained in the peripheral wall and communicating with the axial cavity, a slot being provided between the first and second radial openings, the device body further comprising a central portion of the peripheral wall defining the first radial opening, and at least one end portion of the peripheral wall provided at the first radial opening, the end portions defining the second radial opening, the central portion and the end portions having a "C" -shaped cross section.

Preferably, both of said end portions define a second radial opening at a position opposite to the first radial opening defined by the central portion.

Preferably, between said central portion and each of said end portions there is provided an intermediate portion hinged to the central portion by means of a provided hinge, and to said intermediate portion by means of a provided hinge, said intermediate portion having a "C" -shaped cross-section and defining a radial opening for the insertion of a flexible cable.

Preferably, the device body further comprises three fastening and unfastening means, provided on three sides respectively, the fastening and unfastening means comprising a male element protruding from one of the three sides and at least one female element, each of the resilient tabs comprising a retaining tooth having a tapered surface.

Preferably, keep being equipped with the dismouting structure between tooth and the elasticity lug, the dismouting structure is including inserted block and slot, the bottom that keeps the tooth is equipped with the inserted block of integral type, the slot has been seted up to the one end of elasticity lug, the inserted block inserts to the slot in, the both sides surface of elasticity lug all is provided with the curb plate, and the surface of one of them curb plate is equipped with the first picture peg of two integral types, another the surface of curb plate is equipped with the second picture peg of two integral types, the surface of inserted block runs through and has seted up two perforation, the jack has all been seted up on the both sides surface of elasticity lug, the one end of first picture peg and second picture peg all runs through to the perforation in, and is in first picture peg and the block of second picture peg in same perforation and connects.

Preferably, the surfaces of the first inserting plate and the second inserting plate are provided with integrated semicircular bulges, rectangular clamping grooves are formed in the surfaces of the first inserting plate and the second inserting plate, and the semicircular bulges are clamped in the rectangular clamping grooves.

Preferably, the two side surfaces of the elastic lug are provided with inclined openings corresponding to the side plates, and the two end surfaces of the side plates are provided with side poking openings.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that:

1. the device body of the present invention can be used for protection and containment of flexible cables and provides three fastening and unfastening means angularly spaced apart so that the device body can be fastened to the three device bodies according to different mounting configurations with high flexibility of use.

2. Set up the dismouting structure through setting up between keeping tooth and elastic lug for can be quick pull down change after keeping the follow-up damage of tooth, thereby improve holistic maintenance convenience and use cost of protection device, the dismouting mode that keeps the tooth simultaneously is very simple and convenient, easily operation.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is an isometric view of the device body of the present invention during a cable retention step;

FIG. 2 is an isometric view of the body of the device of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic top view of six device bodies of the present invention fastened together;

FIG. 4 is a modified isometric view of the body of the device of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is an isometric view of the body of the device of FIG. 4 of the present invention inserted into a flexible cable;

FIG. 6 is a top view of five of the device bodies of the present invention secured together;

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of the connection of the retention tooth and the resilient tab of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is an enlarged view of a portion of the area A of FIG. 7 in accordance with the present invention;

in the figure: 1. an axial cavity; 10. a central portion; 11. an axial opening; 12. a first radial opening; 13. a second radial opening; 14. a slot; 15. a middle portion; 16. a radial opening; 2. a peripheral wall; 20. an end portion; 22. a side surface; 23. a short side; 3. a fastening and loosening device; 30. a female element; 31. a male element; 32. an elastic tab; 33. a retaining tooth; 34. a tapered surface; 35. inserting a block; 36. a slot; 37. a side plate; 38. a first board insert; 39. a second board plug; 40. a jack; 41. perforating; 42. a semicircular bulge; 43. a rectangular clamping groove; 4. a flexible cable; 5. a hinge; 100. a device body.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

Examples

Referring to fig. 1 to 8, the present invention provides a technical solution: a flexible cable fixing and protecting device comprising a device body 100 and a flexible cable 4, the device body 100 having a longitudinal axis X, the device body 100 comprising a peripheral wall 2 defining an axial cavity 1 for housing the flexible cable 4, the peripheral wall 2 comprising at least four lateral faces 22 and four short faces 23, each lateral face 22 having a thickness of about 1-2mm, the device body 100 further comprising two axial openings 11 provided at opposite ends of the peripheral wall 2 and communicating with the axial cavity 1, the axial openings 11 being intended for inserting the flexible cable 4 inside the axial cavity 1, the device body 100 further comprising at least two first radial openings 12 and second radial openings 13 obtained in the peripheral wall 2 and communicating with the axial cavity 1, for inserting the flexible cable 4 inside the axial cavity 1, a slot 14 being obtained in the peripheral wall 2 between the first radial openings 12 and the second radial openings 13, inserting the flexible cable 4 inside the first radial openings 12, then inserted through the slot 14 into the second radial opening 13, in such a way as to bend into an "S" shaped configuration, as shown in figure 5;

with reference to fig. 1, 2 and 3, the device body 100 further comprises a central portion 10 of the peripheral wall defining the first radial opening 12, and at least one end portion 20 provided at the peripheral wall of the first radial opening 12, the end portion 20 defining the second radial opening 13, the end portion 20 being flexible in such a way as to deform to introduce the flexible cable 4 into the axial cavity 1, the central portion 10 and the end portion 20 having a "C" shaped cross section.

In the present embodiment, preferably, as shown in fig. 1, the two end portions 20 define a second radial opening 13 in a position opposite to the first radial opening 12 defined by the central portion 10, in which case the two slots 14 are provided between the end portions 20 and the central portion, in such a way that the flexible cable 4 can be inserted in a zigzag configuration in the first radial opening 12 and in the second radial opening 13.

In the present embodiment, it is preferred, as shown in fig. 4, that between the central portion 10 and each of the end portions 20 there is provided an intermediate portion 15, the intermediate portion 15 being hinged to the central portion 10 by means of a hinge 5 provided, the end portions 20 being hinged to the intermediate portion 15 by means of a hinge 5 provided, so that the intermediate portion 15 and the end portions 20 can rotate with respect to the central portion 10, facilitating the insertion of the flexible cable 4 in the axial cavity 1, the intermediate portion 15 having a "C" -shaped cross section and defining a radial opening 16 for the insertion of the flexible cable 4, that between the central portion 10 and the two intermediate portions 15 and between the two intermediate portions 15 and the end portions 20 there are provided slots 14, through which the flexible cable 4 passes in a zigzag configuration, the radial opening 16 of the intermediate portion 15 being provided in a relative position with respect to the radial opening of the adjacent portion, in view of the above, the zigzag trajectory of the flexible cable 4 forced into the axial cavity 1, through the first radial opening 12, the second radial opening 13, the radial opening 16 and the enclosing walls of the central portion 10, the intermediate portion 15, the end portions 20, 15 have a length which is smaller than the length of the central portion 10, so that the end portions 20 and the intermediate portion 15 can be easily elastically bent for inserting the flexible cable 4.

In the present embodiment, preferably, referring to fig. 2 and 3, the device body 100 further includes three fastening and releasing devices 3, the three fastening and releasing devices 3 being respectively provided on the three side surfaces 22, and thus, it is possible to connect a plurality of apparatuses 100 together to align the flexible cables 4, and it is possible to fasten a plurality of device bodies 100 together according to different installation configurations due to the provided fastening and releasing devices 3, and thus, it is possible to arrange a plurality of device bodies 100 along the same flexible cable 4, wind up the flexible cable 4 and easily and quickly fix the overlapped portion of the flexible cable 4 by the device bodies 100, and combine together by the fastening and releasing devices 3 regardless of the direction and position of the device bodies 100, the fastening and releasing devices 3 including a male member 31 protruding from one of the three side surfaces 22 and at least one female member 30, the female member 30 including an opening obtained on one of the three side surfaces 22, such opening of the female element 30 is intended to receive the male element 31 and advantageously has a square shape, the female element 30 comprising two openings on each of the three sides 22 of the peripheral wall, and the male element 31 being arranged between the two openings of the female element 30, in such a way that the device can rotate freely through 180 degrees without a preferred fastening direction, each elastic tab 32 comprising a retaining tooth 33 with a tapered surface 34, in such a way that, when the male element 31 of one device body 100 is inserted in one opening of the female element 30 of the other device body 100, the tapered surface 34 of the retaining tooth contacts the edge of the device, the opening of the female element 30 is elastically bent inwards, the elastic tabs 32 snap elastically outwards when the retaining tooth 33 crosses the opening edge, the retaining tooth 33 stops against the opening edge, fixing the two devices together, when the elastic tab 32 is inserted in the opening of the female element 30, the retaining teeth 33 are pressed against the cable 4 and elastically bent towards the short sides 23, thus accommodating the cable 4 using the maximum possible width of the axial cavity 1, fig. 6 showing a combination of five device bodies 100 fastened together in which seven fastening and release devices 3 are free in seven different positions (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P7).

In this embodiment, preferably, a dismounting structure is provided between the holding tooth 33 and the elastic lug 32, the dismounting structure includes an insertion block 35 and an insertion slot 36, the bottom of the holding tooth 33 is provided with an integrated insertion block 35, one end of the elastic lug 32 is provided with an insertion slot 36 corresponding to the insertion block 35, the insertion block 35 is inserted into the insertion slot 36, the two side surfaces of the elastic lug 32 are provided with side plates 37, the surface of one side plate 37 is provided with two integrated first insertion plates 38, the surface of the other side plate 37 is provided with two integrated second insertion plates 39, the side plates 37, the first insertion plates 38 and the second insertion plates 39 are all made of rubber materials, the surface of the insertion block 35 is provided with two through holes 41, the two side surfaces of the elastic lug 32 are provided with insertion holes 40, one ends of the first insertion plates 38 and the second insertion plates 39 are all inserted into the through holes 41, and the first insertion plates 38 and the second insertion plates 39 in the same through holes 41 are connected by engaging with each other, the holding teeth 33 are easy to detach and replace, the surfaces of the first inserting plate 38 and the second inserting plate 39 are respectively provided with an integrated semicircular bulge 42, the surfaces of the first inserting plate 38 and the second inserting plate 39 are respectively provided with a rectangular clamping groove 43 corresponding to the semicircular bulge 42, and the semicircular bulge 42 is clamped in the rectangular clamping groove 43, so that the first inserting plate 38 and the second inserting plate 39 can be smoothly clamped together.

In this embodiment, preferably, the two side surfaces of the elastic protruding piece 32 are both provided with inclined openings corresponding to the side plates 37, and the two end surfaces of the side plates 37 are both provided with side pull openings, so that the subsequent side pull of the side plates 37 can be facilitated.

The working principle and the using process of the invention are as follows: when the holding teeth 33 need to be removed for replacement, the two side plates 37 are pulled at first, so that the semicircular protrusions 42 are extruded from the rectangular clamping grooves 43, and the first insert plate 38 and the second insert plate 39 are gradually separated until the first insert plate 38 and the second insert plate 39 can be drawn out from the through hole 41 and the insertion hole 40, the two side plates 37 can be smoothly detached, and under the condition that the limit of the first inserting plate 38 and the second inserting plate 39 is not available, the holding tooth 33 can be pulled to cause the inserting block 35 to move out of the slot 36, so that the holding tooth 33 can be smoothly detached for replacement, the inserting block 35 only needs to be inserted into the slot 36 during subsequent installation, and the two side plates 37 are respectively inserted into the two sides of the elastic lug 32, so that the first inserting plate 38 and the second inserting plate 39 can penetrate into the through hole 41 until the semicircular bulges 42 at the corresponding positions are clamped into the corresponding rectangular clamping grooves 43, and the quick installation of the retaining teeth 33 can be completed.

Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made in these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims and their equivalents.