Patent ID: 9551436
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: F16B,F16L,H02G

Claim:
1. A bracket for an elastic protective cable guide having an inner space, the bracket comprising: a first plate-shaped link member: a second plate-shaped link member integrally formed with the first plate-shaped link member; a first engaging member formed to be integral with the first plate-shaped link member and project from the first plate-shaped link member; and a second engaging member which detachably engages the second plate-shaped link member with a corresponding either one of a fixed member and a movable member, wherein the elastic protective cable guide presents a longitudinal direction, the elastic protective cable guide having an inner space extending in the longitudinal direction, a single curved strip-shaped base, and a plurality of sectioning members each having a ceiling opposed to the curved strip-shaped base, elongated members being accommodated through the inner space, the elongated members including at least either one of a flexible cable and a flexible duct, the curved strip-shaped base being elastically curved toward the inner space in a section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, the plurality of sectioning members (i) being integrally built on lateral edges of the strip-shaped base, (ii) providing the inner space together with the curved strip-shaped base, and (iii) being separated from one another by slits in the longitudinal direction, the bracket is composed of a pair of brackets detachably connecting, respectively, two end portions of the elastic protective cable guide to the fixed member and the movable member, the elastic protective cable guide moving together with a movement of the elongated members when the movable member moves, the first plate-shaped link member is inserted and located in the inner space in each of the end portions of the elastic protective cable guide, the second plate-shaped link member has a thickness larger than a thickness of the first plate-shaped link member such that a step is provided between the first plate-shaped link member and the second plate-shaped link member, which are mutually adjacent in the longitudinal direction, the step having a height equal to a thickness of the curved strip-shaped base such that the flattened curved strip-shaped base is allowed to be inserted between the first plate-shaped link member and either the fixed member or the movable member, the first engaging member is detachably engageable with the slits of the elastic protective cable guide, and the second engaging member detachably engages, outside the inner space, the second plate-shaped link member with the corresponding one of either the fixed member or the movable member.