| US 7,523,898 B1 | ||
| Wire holder with single step installation into T-shaped hole in support substrate | ||
| Keith Barry, San Diego, Calif. (US); Daniel Ebbeling, San Diego, Calif. (US); Eugene Kubota, San Diego, Calif. (US); Dennis McCray, San Diego, Calif. (US); Ryoji Naito, San Diego, Calif. (US); and Mario Sanchez, San Diego, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Sony Corporation, Tokyo (Japan); and Sony Electronics Inc., Park Ridge, N.J. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 31, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/23,426. | ||
| Int. Cl. F16B 15/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 248—71 [248/73; 248/74.1; 174/164] | 17 Claims |
| 1. A method comprising:
engaging at least one wire with a wire holder; and
using one and only one installation movement, engaging the wire holder with a T-shaped hole of a substrate such that the wire
holder cannot rotate in the hole, wherein the wire holder defines an enclosure into which the wire is disposed, the enclosure
being defined by opposed side walls bounded by a bottom support and two top flaps separated from each other by a slit through
which the wire may be moved, the wire holder including:
an anti-rotation guide formed on the bottom support, the guide defining at least two parallel opposed surfaces that are orthogonal
to the side walls; and
two clips depending down from the bottom support and straddling the guide, each clip being spaced from the guide by a respective
space, each clip terminating in a respective free end and pivoting about a respective hinge point on a side of the substrate
that is opposite the side of the substrate with which the free ends are engaged.
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