Cable Anchor Mounting Structure for Fast Cable Reconfiguration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cable management systems for telecommunications modules in racking systems are inefficient due to the complexity and cost of securing cables with multiple sizes and styles of clamps, and the need for frequent adjustments or replacements, which can be cumbersome and expensive.
Innovation Solution
A removably coupled cable anchor that slides onto a support plate with enlarged sections and rails, allowing for easy mounting and removal along two different paths, accommodating various cable sizes and shapes, and enabling stacking for multiple cable management at a common station.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If wrap-style fasteners are used to secure cables directly to the chassis or rack, then cables can be secured, but any changes require unwrapping or breaking the fastener and threading a new fastener through the mounting structure
Solution Approach 1:
The cable management system is divided into separate components: a reusable mounting structure with integrated cable anchors and removable cable securing mechanisms. This allows the mounting structure to remain in place while cables and their securing elements can be independently installed, removed, and reconfigured without affecting the underlying support structure.
Solution Approach 2:
Cable anchors serve as intermediary elements that provide dedicated attachment points on the mounting structure. These anchors receive and secure cables through integrated mechanisms (such as clamp-style fasteners with latch features), eliminating the need to thread fasteners through the mounting structure itself and enabling quick cable changes.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple sizes and styles of clamps are supplied to accommodate various cable cross-dimensions and shapes, then all cable types can be secured, but the multitude of parts becomes confusing and expensive to manufacture and supply
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting structure incorporates universal cable anchors that can accommodate multiple cable types, sizes, and shapes through a single standardized interface. Each anchor features an opening configured to receive various cable configurations and integrated clamp-style fasteners that can secure different cable diameters without requiring multiple specialized clamp designs.
Solution Approach 2:
The cable anchors are designed with adjustable parameters, such as openings of varying dimensions and clamp fasteners with adjustable securing mechanisms, allowing a single anchor design to adapt to different cable characteristics (diameter, shape, flexibility) without requiring multiple discrete anchor types.
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AI summary
A cable anchor includes an anchor mounting structure and a cable mounting structure. The anchor mounting structure can releasably mount to a support plate along either of two paths. The cable mounting structure secures one or more cables to the cable anchor. Some example cable mounting structures are configured to receive wrap-style fasteners to hold cables. Other example cable mounting structures include fanout bodies configured to receive epoxy. Other example cable mounting structures include cavities configured to engage overmolded retention features of a cable.