Method and apparatus for releasing a cable tie

US10035246B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Boeing Company · US

Inventors

• Donald W. Coffland · Seattle, US
• Christine Mary Anderson · Edmonds, US
• Curt Backman · Seattle, US
• Aaron Robert Ayers · Granite Falls, US
• David Scott Wright · Shoreline, US
• Scott Shapiro · Mill Creek, US
• Donald R. Young · Marysville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 28, 2014
• Grant date: Jul 31, 2018
• Expiry date: Jun 1, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B25B7/02
• WIPO field: Machine tools
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

One example of the present disclosure relates to a tool for releasing a cable tie. The tool includes a front member having a front indexing surface and a front extension member. The tool includes a rear member movably coupled to the front member, with the rear member including a rear indexing surface and a rear extension member. When the front member and the rear member engage a head of the cable tie in a closed state, the front extension member protrudes into an opening in the head, in an insertion direction, a front extension distance that is less than the length of the head minus a distance from the rear surface to a pawl of the cable tie along the insertion direction, and spaces a contact portion of the pawl, along a transverse direction, by a distance sufficient to disengage the cable tie.