Adjustable Cable Clip Structure for Tight Computing Spaces
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cable clips for securing cables in computing devices face challenges due to heat and space constraints, making it difficult to properly route and secure cables, leading to potential damage or disconnection.
Innovation Solution
A cable clip design featuring a baseplate with movable walls and resilient fingers that create an adjustable interior space to securely hold cables, allowing for flexible attachment to various surfaces and accommodating different cable sizes and configurations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional fixed cable clips are used, then cable securing is simple, but cables cannot be properly secured in constrained spaces and are prone to damage or disconnection
Solution Approach 1:
The cable clip employs a movable wall that can transition between locked and unlocked positions, allowing the interior space to be dynamically adjusted. This dynamic mechanism enables the clip to adapt to different cable sizes and constrained spaces while maintaining secure cable retention when locked, thereby resolving the contradiction between reliability and adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The clip changes the parameter of interior space width by moving the first wall relative to the second wall. This parameter adjustment allows the clip to accommodate various cable configurations and fit into constrained spaces while still providing reliable cable securing when the wall is in the locked position.
2Adaptability or versatility
If adjustable cable clips are designed to accommodate different cable sizes, then adaptability improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The cable clip is segmented into distinct functional components: a baseplate, a movable first wall with inward projection, and a fixed second wall. This segmentation allows the first wall to independently move and adjust the interior space width, providing cable size adaptability without requiring complex overall structure. The segmented design enables simple manufacturing and assembly.
Data Source
AI summary
A clip for securing one or more cables associated with a computing device includes a baseplate, a first wall, and a second wall. The first wall and the second wall extend from the baseplate. The first wall has a first inward projection at a distal end thereof. The second wall has a second inward projection at a distal end thereof. The first wall is generally parallel to the second wall. The first wall and the second wall are spaced apart from each other by an interior space configured to receive the one or more cables. The first inward projection and the second inward projection aid in preventing the one or more cables from moving outside of the interior space.