Cable Management Bracket Assembly for Small Server Cable Ports

Solution Overview

Problem

The housings of calculation and storage modules in servers lack space for larger cable management ports, which affects structural strength and airflow.

Innovation Solution

A cable management assembly comprising an assembly bracket and a cable management bracket, where the cable management bracket is designed to mount a cable female element and is aligned with the cable management port as the module body is moved into the housing, allowing for reduced size of the cable management port.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If larger cable management ports are provided on housings to facilitate wiring, then cable management is improved, but structural strength and airflow are affected

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecable managementVSAvoidstructural strength

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSStrength

Solution Approach 1:

The cable management function is extracted from the housing structure and placed in a separate, movable cable management bracket. This allows the housing to maintain its structural integrity while the cable management bracket provides the necessary cable routing capabilities through its accommodation space and limiting portions.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

A movable cable management bracket is introduced as an intermediary component between the housing and cables. This bracket can be positioned to align with cable management ports during assembly, facilitating cable management without requiring large permanent openings in the housing structure.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Ease of operation

If larger cable management ports are provided on housings to facilitate wiring, then cable management is improved, but airflow is affected

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecable managementVSAvoidairflow

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The cable management function is extracted from the housing structure and placed in a separate, movable cable management bracket. This allows the housing to maintain its structural integrity while the cable management bracket provides the necessary cable routing capabilities through its accommodation space and limiting portions.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

A movable cable management bracket is introduced as an intermediary component between the housing and cables. This bracket can be positioned to align with cable management ports during assembly, facilitating cable management without requiring large permanent openings in the housing structure.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Ease of operation

If the module body is moved into the housing until aligned with the cable management port, then cable management bracket can be mounted, but assembly complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecable management bracket mountingVSAvoidassembly process

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The cable management bracket is pre-mounted on the module body before the module is installed in the housing. The bracket includes pre-configured limiting portions and positioning structures that guide the alignment process, reducing the complexity of the final assembly operation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The movable cable management bracket is designed to self-align with the cable management port through its limiting portions and positioning structures. When the module body is moved into the housing, the bracket automatically positions itself correctly without requiring complex alignment procedures or additional adjustment steps.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS12238889B1Cable management assembly and cable management method

Publication Date: 2025.02.25 SQ TECH (SHANGHAI) CORP

AI summary

The present disclosure relates to a cable management assembly and a cable management method. The management assembly includes an assembly bracket and a cable management bracket. During assembly, a cable female element is mounted on the cable management bracket, the assembly bracket is mounted on a side surface of a module body facing the cable management port, and an external force is exerted on the module body to move the module body into a housing. When the module body is moved to the assembly bracket is aligned with the cable management port, the movement of the module body is stopped, and the cable management bracket is mounted on the assembly bracket through the cable management port. After the management cable bracket is mounted on the assembly bracket, the module body continues to be moved in the housing until the module body is moved to a mounting position.