Suspending cable rack for patch panel

• US 6,568,542 B1
• Filed: 02/05/2002
• Issued: 05/27/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Surtec Industries, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Surtec Industries, Inc.
• Inventors: Chen, Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): GIBSON, ROBERT W
• Application Number:
  US10/066,371
• Time in Patent Office: 476 Days
• Field of Search: 211/26, 248/68.1, 361/826, 385/134, 385/135, 439/540.1
• US Class Current: 211/26
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 1/021 using pivoting mechanisms for accessing the interior of the apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 1/06 Cable ducts or mountings specially adapted for exchange installations
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 1/13 Patch panels for monitoring, interconnecting or testing circuits, e.g. patch bay, patch field or jack field; Patching modules

Abstract

A suspending cable rack for a patch panel adopts a movable design for hanging on one side of a patch panel to organize and hold communication cables in a centralized fashion. The suspending cable rack consists of a cable support plate, a suspending arm and an anchor element. The cable support plate is pivotally engaged with one end of the suspending arm, which has its other end fastened to the anchor element, which in turn is fastened to the patch panel. The suspending arm is detachable and movable, and can conveniently fasten the cable support plate to the communication cable end of the patch panel.

Claims

1. A suspending cable rack for a patch panel, comprising:

a cable support plate located on one side of the patch panel for organizing and holding communication cables, the cable support plate having two ends, with each end having a latch section;

a suspending arm having a first end formed with a latch lug to pivotally engage with one of the latch sections of the cable support plate and a second end formed as a latch hook; and

an anchor element for directly fastening to the patch panel, the anchor element having a slot to pivotally engage with the latch hook for fastening the suspending arm to the anchor element.

2. The suspending cable rack for a patch panel of claim 1, wherein the patch panel has a longitudinal axis and wherein the cable support plate is parallel with the longitudinal axis of the patch panel.

3. The suspending cable rack for a patch panel of claim 1, wherein the cable support plate has a plurality of paired apertures for bonding bands to thread through for bonding the communication cables to the cable support plate.

4. The suspending cable rack for a patch panel of claim 1, wherein the cable support plate is a face panel having a center portion thicker than two ends thereof and a bulging arched surface in the center thereof.

5. The suspending cable rack for a patch panel of claim 1, wherein the two ends of the cable support plate each have a latch section for pivotally engaging with the latch lug of the suspending arm.

6. The suspending cable rack for a patch panel of claim 1, wherein the latch section includes an elastic hook and an anchor channel, the latch lug of the suspending arm being slidable into the anchor channel to couple with the latch section for engaging with the elastic hook to thereby fasten the suspending arm to each of the two ends of the cable support plate.

7. The suspending cable rack for a patch panel of claim 1, wherein the latch hook of the suspending arm is engaged with the slot of the anchor element for fastening the suspending arm to the anchor element.

8. The suspending cable rack for a patch panel of claim 1, wherein the anchor element has a fasten aperture for directly fastening the anchor element to the patch panel.

9. The suspending cable rack for a patch panel of claim 1, wherein the cable support plate is pivotally engaged with the suspending arm, the suspending arm being fastened to the anchor element, the anchor element being fastened to the patch panel, thereby to mount the cable support plate to a communication cable end of the patch panel.