Bendable Cable Support Bracket for Multi-Orientation Mounting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional non-continuous supports for data cables are often complex, bulky, and expensive, designed for specific mounting scenarios, making them inefficient for versatile use and requiring multiple types for various installations, which can complicate overhead-mounted arrangements and increase costs.
Innovation Solution
A cable support system featuring a bendable mounting tab and associated structures that allow for customizable mounting configurations, enabling the support to be securely attached to various building structures such as walls, ceilings, and rods, using a single compact bracket, with features like secondary tabs and anti-rotation elements to prevent rotation and enhance stability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional non-continuous supports are designed for specific mounting scenarios, then mounting reliability is improved, but device complexity and quantity requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting tab is designed with multiple configurations to perform different mounting functions. By bending the mounting tab at different angles and positions, a single support can be mounted to walls, ceilings, rods, or other structures, eliminating the need for multiple specialized support types while maintaining reliable mounting in each scenario
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple types of supports are used for various installations, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting tab incorporates bendable regions that allow it to be dynamically reconfigured into different shapes and orientations. This dynamic adaptability enables a single support type to replace multiple fixed-configuration supports, reducing inventory complexity while maintaining versatility across different mounting scenarios
3Device complexity
If a single compact bracket is used for multiple mounting orientations, then device complexity is reduced, but mounting reliability may worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting tab features localized bendable regions with specific geometric characteristics optimized for different mounting surfaces. Each region has tailored properties (such as bend radius, thickness, and shape) that ensure reliable mounting when configured for its intended purpose, while the rest of the support structure remains simple and unified
Data Source
AI summary
A cable support includes a support body, a mounting tab, and at least one extension connecting the mounting tab to the support body. The support body includes a saddle configured to support cables and a stem extending in a first direction from a rear end of the saddle, which is opposite a front end. The mounting tab is configured to be secured to a support structure and includes a secondary tab. The at least one extension is bendable to move the mounting tab between a wall-mount configuration and a rod-mount configuration.