IP Library Granted Patent US 10,535,238
Granted Patent B2
US 10,535,238 · App. 15/826,934 · Granted Jan 14, 2020

Barbed tape and security sensor assembly

Inventor: Charles O. Nehls (Allen Park, MI)
Assignee: UNISTRUT INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
G08B13/122F41H11/08G01H1/00
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Patent No.
US 10,535,238
App. No.
15/826,934
Granted
Jan 14, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Exemplary approaches herein provide a barbed tape and security sensor assembly. In one approach, a barbed tape and security sensor assembly includes a vibration detection system including a sensor wire and a sensor housing, the sensor wire configured to be secured to a barrier for detecting vibration in the barrier. The barbed tape and security sensor assembly further includes a barbed tape directly coupled to the sensor housing or the sensor wire by a bracket.

Claims (31)

1. An assembly comprising:

a vibration detection system including a sensor wire and a sensor housing; and

a bracket directly coupling the sensor housing of the vibration detection system with a barbed tape, and a second bracket directly coupling the sensor wire with a second barbed tape, wherein the sensor wire extends outside the sensor housing, and wherein the sensor wire is in direct physical contact with the second bracket.

2. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the sensor wire extends through the sensor housing.

3. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the bracket comprises:

a first section affixed to an exterior of the sensor housing; and

a second section extending from the first section, the second section defining a slot for receiving the barbed tape.

4. The assembly of claim 3 , wherein the first section includes a first opening and a first fastener for securing the bracket to the sensor housing.

5. The assembly of claim 4 , wherein the first fastener is a threaded fastener extending through a first side and a second side of the sensor housing.

6. The assembly of claim 3 , wherein the second section includes a second opening and a second fastener for securing the bracket to the barbed tape.

7. The assembly of claim 6 , wherein the second fastener is a threaded fastener extending through a first leg and a second leg of the second section of the bracket.

8. The assembly of claim 7 , the first leg and the second leg positioned on opposite sides of the barbed tape.

9. The assembly of claim 3 , the first section including an indentation receiving a third fastener, the third fastener extending around the sensor wire.

10. The assembly of claim 3 , wherein the first section and the second section are oriented substantially perpendicular to one another.

11. The assembly of claim 3 , the barbed tape comprising a central support section and a set of barb clusters extending from the central support section, wherein the second section is secured to the central support section.

12. A barbed tape and security sensor assembly comprising:

a vibration detection system including a sensor wire and a sensor housing, the sensor wire configured to be secured to a barrier for detecting vibration in the barrier;

a barbed tape coupled to the sensor housing and the sensor wire by a bracket; and

a second barbed tape coupled to the sensor wire and a second bracket, wherein the sensor wire extends outside the sensor housing, and wherein the sensor wire is in direct physical contact with the second bracket.

13. The barbed tape and security sensor assembly of claim 12 , wherein the sensor wire extends through the sensor housing.

14. The barbed tape and security sensor assembly of claim 12 , wherein the bracket comprises:

a first section affixed to an exterior of the sensor housing; and

a second section extending from the first section, the second section defining a slot for receiving the barbed tape.

15. The barbed tape and security sensor assembly of claim 14 , wherein the first section includes a first opening and a first fastener for securing the bracket to the sensor housing.

16. The barbed tape and security sensor assembly of claim 15 , wherein the first fastener is a threaded fastener extending through a first side and a second side of the sensor housing.

17. The barbed tape and security sensor assembly of claim 14 , wherein the second section includes a second opening and a second fastener for securing the bracket to the barbed tape.

18. The barbed tape and security sensor assembly of claim 17 , wherein the second fastener is a threaded fastener extending through a first leg and a second leg of the second section of the bracket.

19. The barbed tape and security sensor assembly of claim 18 , the first leg and the second leg positioned on opposite sides of the barbed tape.

20. An assembly, comprising:

a vibration detection system including a sensor wire extending through a sensor housing; and

a first bracket directly coupling the sensor housing with a first barbed tape, and a second bracket directly coupling the sensor wire with a second barbed tape, wherein the sensor wire extends outside the sensor housing, and wherein the sensor wire is in direct physical contact with the second bracket for detecting a vibration in the second barbed tape.

Assignments (5)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 27, 2021
From: DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: AFC CABLE SYSTEMS, INC.; ALLIED TUBE & CONDUIT CORPORATION; ATKORE INTERNATIONAL, INC.; ATKORE STEEL COMPONENTS, INC.; UNISTRUT INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 056378/0147 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 27, 2021
From: AFC CABLE SYSTEMS, INC.; ALLIED TUBE & CONDUIT CORPORATION; ATKORE INTERNATIONAL, INC.; ATKORE STEEL COMPONENTS, INC.; CALPIPE INDUSTRIES, LLC; UNISTRUT INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION; WPFY, INC.; US TRAY, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 056409/0156 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Aug 28, 2020
From: AFC CABLE SYSTEMS, INC.; ATKORE INTERNATIONAL, INC.; UNISTRUT INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION; ATKORE STEEL COMPONENTS, INC.; ALLIED TUBE & CONDUIT CORPORATION
To: DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH
Reel/Frame 053631/0110 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 28, 2020
From: ATKORE INTERNTIONAL, INC.; AFC CABLE SYSTEMS, INC.; ALLIED TUBE & CONDUIT CORPORATION; ATKORE STEEL COMPONENTS, INC.; UNISTRUT INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION; WPFY, INC.
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 053635/0234 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 9, 2018
From: NEHLS, CHARLES OLEN
To: UNISTRUT INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044573/0804 →