Lear Corporation

John Montgomery

William Ralph Bond

Jun Roz Ruayana

Erwin Baga-an

Albert M Cabañero

Edgar Michael Racho

Alexzyev Dolumbal

Vinodh Krishnan Balasubramanian

Muhammad Ashrafi

A cable retainer may include a base and a retention member. The base may include a platform, a fastener, a securing protrusion, and a securing protrusion opening disposed in the securing protrusion. The fastener may extend from the platform and may be engageable with a second object. The securing protrusion may extend from the platform and may be disposable through a portion of a flat cable. The retention member may include a wall and a retention member opening. The securing protrusion may be connectable to the wall to secure said flat cable between the platform and the retention member. When in an assembled configuration, the securing protrusion opening and the retention member opening may be at least partially aligned with one another and define a common passage to receive a connector to connect a first object to the base and the retention member.

Cable retainer and method

A cable retainer for connecting a flat cable to an external object may include a base and/or a locking member. The base may include a platform, a securing protrusion, and/or a fastener. The securing protrusion may extend from the platform in a first direction and the fastener may extend from the platform in a second direction opposite the first direction. The fastener may be configured for connection with said external object. The locking member may include an interior surface defining a hole and an internal connection formation extending from at least a portion of the interior surface. In an assembled configuration, the locking member may be connected to the base, and the cable retainer may be configured to secure a portion of said flat cable between the platform of the base and the locking member.

A method of connecting a cable with a cable retainer may include forming a hole into a flat cable, forming a first slit into the flat cable, and/or forming a second slit into the flat cable. The first slit, the second slit, and/or the hole may define an opening. A cable retainer may include a base, a first portion connected to the base and having a first length, and/or a second portion connected to the first portion having a second length that may be greater than the first length. The method may include inserting an edge of the second portion into the opening at an oblique or right angle relative to the flat cable, and/or positioning the cable retainer such that the first portion is partially disposed in the hole and a portion of the flat cable is disposed between the base and the second portion.

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