Patent ID: 9590402
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: F16L,H02G

Claim:
1. A mounting clip for retaining a cable against a mounting surface, the mounting clip comprising: a planar mounting flange configured to be mounted to a mounting structure, the planar mounting flange having a first end and a second opposite end in a first direction and a third end and an opposite fourth end in a second direction, the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction; a first cable retainer extending from the planar mounting flange and defining a first passage configured to receive a length of a cable therethrough, the first cable retainer including: a second cable retainer extending from the first base wall of the planar mounting flange, the second cable retainer defining a second passage configured to receive the length of cable therethrough, the second cable retainer being resiliently movable between a rest position and a loaded position, the second cable retainer (i) in the rest position, extending into the first passage and defining the second passage smaller than the first passage, and (ii) in the loaded position, being moved in a direction away from the mounting structure by the length of the cable received in the first passage and being configured to apply a force to an outer surface of the length of the cable to hold the length of the cable against the mounting structure, wherein the second base wall is spaced from the first base wall by a first distance when the first base wall, the curved wall, and the second base wall are in a rest configuration, the curved wall has a semicircular cross-section in a plane that extends in the first direction, the semicircular cross-section having a diameter equal to the first distance when the first base wall, the curved wall, and the second base wall are in the rest configuration, when a first side of the planar mounting flange is placed against the mounting structure for mounting thereto, the curved wall is configured to cooperate with the mounting structure to delimit the first passage together with the first base wall and the second base wall, and when a first side of the planar mounting flange is placed against the mounting structure for mounting thereto, a maximum distance from the mounting structure to a surface of the curved wall in the third direction is equal to the first distance when the first base wall, the curved wall, and the second base wall are in the rest configuration.