Cable management system

• US 5,893,539 A
• Filed: 09/25/1997
• Issued: 04/13/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Teradata US, Inc. (Teradata Corporation)
• Original Assignee: NCR Corporation
• Inventors: Tran, Bao Quoc, McCreary, Nancy, Norman, Milton E. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ramirez, Ramon O.
• Assistant Examiner(s): LIPCSIK, ROBERT N
• Application Number:
  US08/937,632
• Time in Patent Office: 565 Days
• Field of Search: 248/49, 248/58, 248/68.1, 248/69, 248/282.1, 221/26, 312/223.1, 312/223.6, 312/319.2, 312/319.3
• US Class Current: 248/68.1
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/0443 formed by wire or analogous netting
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/1491 having cable management arrangements management of optical cables G02B6/444; in telecommunication cabinets H04Q1/06

Abstract

A harness device which includes an elongated arm and affixed in spaced locations. G or C-shaped guides for receiving cables loosely and/or in a bound fashion within the guide. The arm has a spring mounted hinge whereby the arm is essentially two components, the spring mounted hinge urges the two components towards a folded closure position. In this manner, cables for electronic components such as elements of a computer can be neatly and conveniently housed in a cabinet.

Claims

1. A harness device for holding multiple cables in a cabinet housing for electronic components comprising:

a rigid arm, for attachment to the cabinet, the rigid arm having a length, wherein the rigid arm comprises two sequential rigid components articulated through a hinge and capable of assuming a folded position in a substantially overlapping relationship; and

at least one guide attached to the length of the rigid arm, for receiving multiple cables directed along the arm length, the guide having a mouth through which the multiple cables can enter or be removed from the guide such that the cables can extend along the length of the rigid arm.

2. A harness device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the guide is substantially G-shaped in profile such that the cables rest on a base limb of the G.

3. A harness device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the guide is substantially C-shaped in profile such that the cables rest on a base limb of the C.

4. A harness device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the guide includes a substantially circumscribing shape in profile, the shape having a mouth in one side of the guide for entry or removal of the cables, and wherein the cables can be selectively bound to one portion of the circumscribing shape of the guide.

5. A harness device as claimed in claim 1, wherein each component includes at least two guides at a spaced interval along the length.

6. A harness device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hinge comprises a hinged spring means.

7. A harness device as claimed in claim 1, including a spring mount for attaching the end of the rigid arm to a vertical structure of the cabinet.

8. A harness device for holding multiple cables in a cabinet housing for electronic components comprising:

a rigid arm for attachment to the cabinet, the arm having a length, wherein the rigid arm comprises two sequential rigid components articulated through a hinge and capable of assuming a folded position in a substantially overlapping relationship; and

at least two guides, rigidly attached to the arm at a spaced interval along the length of the arm, for receiving multiple cables directed along the arm length, each guide having a mouth for entry and removal of the cables from the guide.

9. A harness device for holding multiple cables in a cabinet housing for electronic components comprising:

a rigid arm for attachment to the cabinet, the arm having a length, wherein the rigid arm comprises two sequential rigid components articulated through a hinge and capable of assuming a folded position in a substantially overlapping relationship; and

at least two guides attached to each component of the rigid arm at a spaced interval along the length of the arm, each guide having a substantially circumscribing shape for receiving and removing cables and a mouth through which the cables can enter or be removed from the guide.

10. A harness device as claimed in claim 9, wherein the components are articulated through a hinged means, the hinged means being for directing the components between an opened and a closed folded position in substantially overlapping relationship.