Cable management apparatus

• US 8,387,933 B2
• Filed: 07/30/2010
• Issued: 03/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Yu, Mo-Ming, Chen, Ze-Hong, Gu, Guang-Hua, Hu, Wen-Feng
• Primary Examiner(s): Smith, Nkeisha
• Application Number:
  US12/846,853
• Publication Number:
  US 20110290955A1
• Time in Patent Office: 949 Days
• Field of Search: 248/220.31, 248/222.11, 248/222.12, 248/221.11, 248/225.11, 248/220.21, 248/220.22, 248/220.41, 211/26, 211/175, 211/189, 211/187, 174/69, 312/223.1, 312/330.1, 312/265.1, 312/265.4
• US Class Current: 248/220.22
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/1491 having cable management arrangements management of optical cables G02B6/444; in telecommunication cabinets H04Q1/06

Abstract

A cable management member is mounted between two slide rail apparatuses. The cable management member includes an arm assembly and a support member. The arm assembly includes a rear arm, a front arm, and a connecting member pivotably connected to the rear arm and the front arm. First ends of the rear arm and the front arm opposite to the connecting member are correspondingly pivotably connected to a stationary rail and a movable rail of one of the slide rail apparatuses. Opposite ends of the support member are correspondingly connected to the two slide rail apparatuses, and slidable relative to the stationary rails of the corresponding slide rail apparatuses. The connecting member is slidably supported on the support member. The connecting member includes a first positioning button and a second positioning button to restrict the support member therebetween, thereby preventing the support member from disengaging from the connecting member.

Claims

1. A cable management apparatus located between a first slide rail apparatus and a second slide rail apparatus, each of the first and second slide rail apparatuses comprising a stationary rail, and at least one movable rail slidably coupled to the stationary rail to extend from an end of the stationary rail, the cable management apparatus comprising:

a foldable arm assembly comprising a rear arm, a front arm, and a connecting member pivotably connected to corresponding first ends of the rear and front arms adjacent to the stationary rail of the second slide rail apparatus, second ends of the rear and front arms opposite to the connecting member being correspondingly pivotably connected to the stationary rail of the first slide rail apparatus and one of the at least one movable rail of the first slide rail apparatus; and

a support member comprising two opposite ends engaged with the corresponding first and second slide rail apparatuses, slidable along the stationary rails;

wherein the connecting member is supported by and slidable along the support member, the connecting member comprises a first blocking button and a second blocking button, the support member is restricted between the first and second blocking buttons; and

wherein each of the first and second blocking buttons comprises a neck depending on the connecting member, and a head formed at a distal end of the neck, the support member is adapted to engage with the necks of the first and second blocking buttons.

2. The cable management apparatus of claim 1, wherein the rear arm of the arm assembly is pivotably connected to the stationary rail of the first slide rail apparatus by a first mounting member, the first mounting member comprises a locking piece locked to the stationary rail, and a connecting piece comprising opposite ends corresponding pivotably engaging with the locking piece and the rear arm of the arm assembly.

3. The cable management apparatus of claim 1, wherein the front arm comprises a first arm segment and a second arm segment pivotably connected to the first arm segment, the first arm segment engages with the connecting member opposite to the second arm segment, the second arm segment is connected to the at least one movable rail of the first slide rail apparatus.

4. The cable management apparatus of claim 3, wherein the second arm segment of the front arm is pivotably connected to the at least one movable rail of the first slide rail apparatus by a mounting member, the mounting member is fixed to the at least one movable rail and hinged with the second arm segment of the front arm.

5. A cable management assembly comprising:

a first slide rail apparatus comprising a first stationary rail, a first intermediate rail slidably received in the first stationary rail, and a first inner rail slidably received in the first intermediate rail;

a second slide rail apparatus comprising a second stationary rail, a second intermediate rail slidably received in the second stationary rail, and a second inner rail slidably received in the second intermediate rail;

a foldable arm assembly comprising a rear arm, a front arm, and a connecting member pivotably connected to corresponding first ends of the rear and front arms, second ends of the rear and front arms opposite to the connecting member being correspondingly pivotably connected to the first stationary rail and the first inner rail of the first slide rail apparatus; and

a support member having opposite ends respectively directly connected to the first and second intermediate rails of the first and second slide rail apparatuses, and sliding along the first and second stationary rails with an angle between the support member and each of the first and second slide rail apparatuses kept unchanged;

wherein the connecting member is supported by and slidable along the support member, the connecting member comprises a first blocking button and a second blocking button, the support member is restricted between the first and second blocking buttons.

6. The cable management assembly of claim 5, wherein each of the first and second intermediate rails comprises a linking plate defining a coupling hole, two coupling pins respectively extend from the opposite ends of the support member to engage in the coupling holes of the corresponding linking plates.

7. The cable management assembly of claim 5, wherein the first stationary rail of the first slide rail apparatus forms two tabs each cooperatively bounding a guide slot and defines a locking hole between the two tabs, the rear arm of the arm assembly is pivotably connected to the first stationary rail of the first slide rail apparatus by a first mounting member hinged with the rear arm of the arm assembly, the first mounting member comprises a locking piece engaged in the guide slot, and defining a through hole, a locking button extends through the through hole of the locking piece, and engages in the locking hole of the stationary rail.

8. The cable management assembly of claim 5, wherein the first inner rail of the first slide rail apparatus comprises a locking plate forming two tabs to cooperatively bounding a guide slot, and defining a locking hole between the two tabs, the front arm of the arm assembly is pivotably connected to the first inner rail of the first slide rail apparatus by a mounting member hinged with the front arm of the arm assembly, the mounting member is engaged in the guide slot of the locking plate and defines a through hole, a locking button is mounted to the mounting member, aligned with through hole, and extends into the locking hole of the locking plate of the first slide rail apparatus.