Cable Routing Block Layout for Underfloor Cooling Airflow
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Solution Overview
Problem
In communication station buildings and data centers, cables often concentrate in specific areas, leading to inefficient airflow for cooling devices due to their layout under double floors, which hampers the effectiveness of air-conditioning systems.
Innovation Solution
The use of rectangular cuboid blocks with strategically arranged through holes allows cables to be routed in a way that prevents piling and allows for efficient airflow by enabling cables to pass through in various directions, maintaining airflow efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If cables are arranged depending on the situation without standardized blocks, then cable routing flexibility is improved, but cable concentration and piling occur leading to reduced airflow efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The cable management system is divided into modular blocks, each containing multiple through-holes arranged in specific patterns. These blocks segment the cable routing into organized pathways, preventing random cable placement and concentration while maintaining routing flexibility through the modular nature of the blocks.
Solution Approach 2:
Different regions of the block serve different functions: through-holes provide cable passage pathways, while the solid block structure provides structural support and airflow channels. The local quality of each region is optimized for its specific function, with through-holes strategically positioned to enable cable routing while preserving airflow efficiency in surrounding areas.
2Device complexity
If cables are concentrated in specific areas to simplify routing, then installation complexity is reduced, but airflow efficiency for cooling devices deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The block structure utilizes three-dimensional space efficiently by arranging through-holes in multiple directions and levels. This dimensional approach allows cables to be routed through the block from different sides without concentrating in a single plane, thereby simplifying installation while preserving airflow pathways in all spatial dimensions.
3Manufacturing precision
If through-holes are arranged in a lattice pattern with line symmetry, then manufacturing precision and assembly consistency are improved, but design complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
While the overall through-hole arrangement exhibits line symmetry for manufacturing consistency, the specific configuration of through-holes within each block can be asymmetric to optimize cable routing patterns. This controlled asymmetry within a symmetric framework allows design flexibility while maintaining manufacturing precision and assembly consistency.
Data Source
AI summary
In a block (10) for a cable of the present disclosure, the block has a shape of a rectangular cuboid in which an upper surface (11) and a bottom surface have square shapes, the block has plural bending through holes (21) between one side surface of the rectangular cuboid and a side surface (12) neighboring the one side surface, arrangement of open ends (22) of the plural through holes in the one side surface of the rectangular cuboid is in a lattice manner, the arrangement of the open ends is in line symmetry with respect to a middle line (31) between an upper side and a bottom side of the one side surface and with respect to a middle line (32) between a lateral side and a lateral side of the one side surface, and arrangement of open ends (22) of the plural through holes in the side surface neighboring the one side surface of the rectangular cuboid is the same as the arrangement of the open ends (22) of the plural through holes in the one side surface of the rectangular cuboid.