Cable fixing device and antenna
View Patent ↗A cable fixing device includes an upper body to contact a cable, a lower body to travel through an opening of a plate-shaped structure along an engagement direction, and a middle body positioned between the upper body and the lower body along the engagement direction, the middle body to contact a side wall of the opening of the plate-shaped structure, where a height H1 of the sidewall of the opening of the plate-shape structure along the engagement position is smaller than a height H2 of the middle body along the engagement direction, and where a height difference ΔH between H2 and H1 decreases as the cable travels through the upper body along the engagement direction.
1. A cable fixing device, comprising:
an upper body to contact a cable;
a lower body to travel through an opening of a plate-shaped structure along an engagement direction; and
a middle body positioned between the upper body and the lower body along the engagement direction, the middle body comprising recessed arms, the recessed arms substantially following a profile of a side wall of the opening and each contacting the side wall of the opening of the plate-shaped structure, wherein a height H1 of the sidewall of the opening of the plate-shape structure along the engagement position is smaller than a height H2 of the middle body along the engagement direction, and wherein a height difference ΔH between H2 and H1 decreases as the cable travels through the upper body along the engagement direction.
2. The cable fixing device of claim 1 , wherein the upper body, the lower body, and the middle body are integral to each other.
3. The cable fixing device of claim 1 , wherein the upper body differs from the middle body in material, the upper body differs from the lower body in material, or the middle body differs from the lower body in material.
4. The cable fixing device of claim 1 , wherein the upper body defines a passageway extending along the engagement direction for the cable to travel through along the engagement direction, the passageway defining a neck width (W1), a chest width (W2), and a waist width (W3) along the engagement direction, and wherein the chest width is larger than the neck width or the waist width.
5. The cable fixing device of claim 4 ,
wherein at a first position, the upper body is separate from the cable; and
wherein at a second position, the upper body contacts the cable, the neck width is enlarged to allow the cable to travel through the passageway along the engagement direction, and a rib of the upper body presses on the plate-shaped structure while the lower body rides up in a direction opposite of the engagement direction to reduce the height difference (ΔH) between H1 and H2.
6. The cable fixing device of claim 1 , wherein:
at a first position, the cable fixing device is separate from the cable; and
at a second position, the cable fixing device contacts the cable, and a stretch area of the middle body rides above a face surface of the plate-shaped structure to be positioned between the cable and the face surface of the plate-shaped structure.
7. The cable fixing device of claim 1 , wherein the lower body defines a cavity.
8. The cable fixing device of claim 7 , wherein the cavity is of a tail width (W4) smaller than the chest width of the upper body.
9. The cable fixing device of claim 8 , wherein the tail width of the cavity defined by the lower body is smaller than the neck width or the waist width of the upper body.
10. The cable fixing device of claim 7 , wherein the cavity is part of a passageway defined by the upper body, the middle body, and the lower body.
11. The cable fixing device of claim 1 , wherein a cross-section of the middle body along a planar direction (P) is four-sided, including a front side, a back side, a left side, and a right side, wherein one or both of the left side and the right side extends along a length direction of the cable at an engagement position.
12. A cable fixing assembly, comprising: a plate-shaped structure and a cable fixing device, wherein the cable fixing device comprises:
an upper body to contact a cable;
a lower body to travel through an opening of the plate-shaped structure along an engagement direction; and
a middle body positioned between the upper body and the lower body along the engagement direction, the middle body comprising recessed arms, the recessed arms substantially following a profile of a side wall of the opening and each contacting the side wall of the opening of the plate-shaped structure, wherein a height H1 of the sidewall of the opening of the plate-shape structure along the engagement position is smaller than a height H2 of the middle body along the engagement direction, and wherein a height difference ΔH between H2 and H1 decreases as the cable travels through the upper body along the engagement direction.
13. The cable fixing assembly of claim 12 , wherein the upper body, the lower body, and the middle body of the cable fixing device are integral to each other.
14. The cable fixing assembly of claim 12 , wherein the upper body defines a passageway extending along the engagement direction for the cable to travel through along the engagement direction, the passageway defining a neck width (W1), a chest width (W2), and a waist width (W3) along the engagement direction, and wherein the chest width is larger than the neck width or the waist width.
15. The cable fixing assembly of claim 14 ,
wherein at a first position, the upper body is separate from the cable; and
wherein at a second position, the upper body contacts the cable, the neck width is enlarged to allow the cable to travel through the passageway along the engagement direction, and a rib of the upper body presses on the plate-shaped structure while the lower body rides up in a direction opposite of the engagement direction to reduce the height difference (ΔH) between H1 and H2.
16. The cable fixing assembly of claim 12 , wherein the plate-shaped structure is a reflector plate.
17. The cable fixing assembly of claim 12 , wherein the lower body defines a cavity, and the cavity is of a tail width (W4) smaller than the chest width of the upper body.
18. A cable fixing assembly, comprising: a cable and a cable fixing device, wherein the cable fixing device comprises:
an upper body to contact the cable;
a lower body to travel through an opening of a plate-shaped structure along an engagement direction; and
a middle body positioned between the upper body and the lower body along the engagement direction, the middle body comprising recessed arms, the recessed arms following a profile of a side wall of the opening and each contacting the side wall of the opening of the plate-shaped structure, wherein a height H1 of the sidewall of the opening of the plate-shape structure along the engagement position is smaller than a height H2 of the middle body along the engagement direction, and wherein a height difference ΔH between H2 and H1 decreases as the cable travels through the upper body along the engagement direction.
19. The cable fixing assembly of claim 18 , wherein the upper body defines a passageway extending along the engagement direction for the cable to travel through along the engagement direction, the passageway defining a neck width (W1), a chest width (W2), and a waist width (W3) along the engagement direction, and wherein the chest width is larger than the neck width or the waist width.
20. The cable fixing assembly of claim 18 , wherein a thickness of the plate-shaped structure is T, the height difference ΔH at a first position where the upper body is separate from the cable is ΔH1, and ΔH1 is positively related to T.