IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0356319
(2006-02-16)
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등록번호 |
US-7298951
(2007-11-20)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
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출원인 / 주소 |
- ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
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대리인 / 주소 |
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
22 인용 특허 :
29 |
초록
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A cable management device, and associated assembly including a panel. The device including a segmented cable-managing arrangement having a plurality of radius limiting surfaces vertically and forwardly offset from one another. The device provides a number of incremental slack cable storage lengths t
A cable management device, and associated assembly including a panel. The device including a segmented cable-managing arrangement having a plurality of radius limiting surfaces vertically and forwardly offset from one another. The device provides a number of incremental slack cable storage lengths that accommodates storage of slack cable without the occasion of loose slack. The assembly can include a single device used in combination with one or more other cable management devices, or nested devices to add to the versatility in accommodating various slack cable lengths.
대표청구항
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What is claimed is: 1. A cable management device, comprising: a) a cable-managing arrangement including a plurality of descending, segmented radius limiting surfaces, and a plurality of cable retaining structures, each of the descending, segmented radius limiting surfaces being vertically and forwa
What is claimed is: 1. A cable management device, comprising: a) a cable-managing arrangement including a plurality of descending, segmented radius limiting surfaces, and a plurality of cable retaining structures, each of the descending, segmented radius limiting surfaces being vertically and forwardly offset from one another; and b) a back plate including securing structure for securing the device to a panel; c) wherein a clearance space is defined under upper radius limiting surfaces of the plurality of surfaces, the clearance spaces being vertically offset in correspondence to the vertically offset radius limiting surfaces, the clearance spaces being located within the footprint of the cable management device. 2. The device of claim 1, wherein the radius limiting surfaces are defined by radius limiting elements. 3. The device of claim 2, wherein the radius limiting elements are half-spools having an arcuate structure extending approximately 180 degrees. 4. The device of claim 2, wherein the radius limiting elements are full-spools having an arcuate structure extending 360 degrees. 5. The device of claim 2, wherein the cable retaining structures are located at an outer edge of the radius limiting surfaces of the radius limiting elements. 6. The device of claim 5, wherein the cable retaining structures include tabs extending upward from the radius limiting surfaces. 7. The device of claim 2, further including a stepped mounting bracket, the stepped mounting bracket being configured to vertically and forwardly offset the radius limiting elements from one another. 8. The device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of radius limiting surfaces of the cable-managing arrangement includes three radius limiting surfaces. 9. The device of claim 1, wherein the radius limiting surfaces are discrete surfaces. 10. The device of claim 9, wherein the discrete surfaces extend outward from the back plate in generally perpendicular direction. 11. he device of claim 9, wherein the cable-managing arrangement is a stepped cable-managing arrangement. 12. The device of claim 1, wherein the descending, segmented radius limiting surfaces are defined by a continuous surface that is sectioned by the cable retaining structures. 13. The device of claim 12, wherein the continuous surface extends outward from the back plate in a non-perpendicular direction. 14. The device of claim 1, wherein the securing structure includes a hook attachment located adjacent to a first edge of the back plate, and a flexible tab located adjacent to a second edge opposite the first edge, the flexible tab providing a snap-fit connection. 15. A cable management assembly, comprising: a) a panel defining a number of mounting locations; b) a first cable management device detachably secured to the panel at a selected mounting location, the first device including a first cable-managing arrangement having a first plurality of radius limiting surfaces; c) a second cable management device secured to the panel, the second cable management device including a radius limiting structure; and d) a third cable management device detachably secured to the panel, the third device including a third cable-managing arrangement having a third plurality of radius limiting surfaces; e) wherein each of the first and third radius limiting surfaces of the first cable management device and the third cable management device, in cooperation with the radius limiting structure of the second cable management device, defines a slack cable storage length, the length corresponding to each radius limiting surface of the first and third devices being different from one another. 16. The assembly of claim 15, wherein the mounting locations of the panel are defined by a plurality of discrete openings, the plurality of discrete openings including first shaped apertures and second shaped apertures, each of the first and second cable management devices including mounting structure corresponding to the first and second shaped apertures of the panel. 17. The assembly of claim 15, wherein the first cable management device includes a stepped cable-managing arrangement having a plurality of cable limiting elements that define the radius limiting surfaces, the cable limiting elements being vertically and forwardly offset from one another. 18. The assembly of claim 17, wherein the radius limiting elements are half-spools having an arcuate structure extending approximately 180 degrees. 19. The assembly of claim 17, wherein the radius limiting elements are full-spools having an arcuate structure extending 360 degrees. 20. The assembly of claim 15, wherein the first plurality of radius limiting surfaces include three radius limiting surfaces defining three different slack cable storage lengths. 21. The assembly of claim 15, wherein the radius limiting surfaces are discrete surfaces. 22. The assembly of claim 15, wherein the radius limiting surfaces are defined by a continuous surface segmented by cable retaining structures. 23. The assembly of claim 15, wherein at least the first cable management device includes a flexible tab to detachably secure the device to the panel at the selected mounting location. 24. The assembly of claim 15, wherein the cable-managing arrangement of each of the first and third cable management devices is a descending, segmented cable-managing arrangement, each of the radius limiting surfaces of the descending, segmented cable-managing arrangement being vertically and forwardly offset from one another. 25. The assembly of claim 24, wherein the descending, segmented cable-managing arrangements of each of the first and third cable management devices is a stepped cable-managing arrangement having a plurality of cable limiting elements that define discrete radius limiting surfaces. 26. The assembly of claim 15, wherein the first and third cable management devices define six different slack cable storage lengths. 27. The assembly of claim 15, wherein the second cable management device secured to the panel is a spool having a curved radius limiting surface. 28. The assembly of claim 27, wherein the spool having the curved radius limiting surface is a half-spool. 29. A method of managing a fiber optic cable, the method comprising the steps of: a) securing first and second cable management devices to a panel, the first cable management device including a first plurality of radius limiting surfaces, each of the first plurality of radius limiting surfaces being vertically and forwardly offset from one another; b) securing a third cable management device to the panel, the third cable management including a third plurality of radius limiting surfaces, each of the third plurality of radius limiting surfaces being vertically and forwardly offset from one another; c) wrapping a first slack cable length of a fiber optic cable completely around one of the radius limiting surfaces of one of the first and third cable management devices and the second cable management device; and d) wrapping a second slack cable length of the fiber optic cable completely around another of the radius limiting surfaces of one of the first and third cable management devices, and the second cable management device, the second slack cable length being shorter than the first slack cable length. 30. The method of claim 29, wherein the step of securing the third cable management device to the panel includes nesting the third cable management device beneath the first cable management device. 31. A cable management assembly, comprising: a) a panel defining a number of mounting locations; b) a first cable management device detachably secured to the panel at a selected mounting location, the first device including a first cable-managing arrangement having a first plurality of descending, segmented radius limiting surfaces, the segmented radius limiting surfaces being vertically and forwardly offset from one another, the vertically and forwardly offset surfaces defining a stairwell space there under; and c) a second nested cable management device detachably secured to the panel, the second nested cable management device being located adjacent to the stairwell space defined by the first cable management device, the second nested device including a second cable-managing arrangement having a second plurality of descending, segmented radius limiting surfaces; d) wherein the stairwell space of the first cable management device provides clearance to access cabling stored on the radius limiting surfaces of the second nested cable management device. 32. The assembly of claim 31, wherein each of the radius limiting surfaces of the first cable management device and the second cable management device, in cooperation with another radius limiting structure, defines a slack cable storage length, the length corresponding to each radius limiting surface of the first and second devices being different from one another. 33. The assembly of claim 31, wherein the radius limiting elements are half-spools having an arcuate structure extending approximately 180 degrees. 34. The assembly of claim 31, wherein the radius limiting elements are full-spools having an arcuate structure extending 360 degrees.
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