Cable Hanger Tying Section and Stabilizers for Side-Load Stability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cable hangers struggle to securely manage a variety of cable diameters, especially heavier fiber optic cables, which induce greater load and stress, and often fail to prevent relative movement under side loads, leading to potential disengagement from mounting structures.
Innovation Solution
The proposed cable hanger design features a flat base with arms, locking members with hooks, gripping members forming pockets, and stabilizing features that engage to inhibit relative movement, along with a flexible tying section that becomes taut when grasping cables, providing additional support and stability against side loads.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If traditional cable hangers are used to secure multiple cables, then the number of cables mountable to a single attachment point increases, but the stability and resistance to side loads deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The cable hanger is divided into multiple independent arms (first arm, second arm, third arm) that can be individually configured to secure different cables. Each arm has its own locking member and gripping member, allowing separate adjustment and optimization for different cable sizes while maintaining overall structural stability through the common base and stabilizing members.
Solution Approach 2:
The cable hanger employs stabilizing members made from materials with appropriate mechanical properties to resist side loads. The combination of the base, arms, locking members, gripping members, and stabilizing members creates a composite structure that balances cable-holding capacity with resistance to wind loading and other lateral forces.
2Strength
If cable hangers are designed for heavier fiber optic cables, then the load-bearing capacity increases, but the gripping force and stability under stress deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
Different portions of the cable hanger have specialized features optimized for their specific functions. The gripping members have pockets with specific geometries tailored to different cable diameters, the locking members have hooks designed to engage with mounting structures, and the stabilizing members are positioned to provide localized support where side loads are most critical. This local optimization ensures reliable gripping of heavy cables while maintaining overall stability.
3Stability of the object's composition
If stabilizing members are added to prevent relative movement, then the resistance to side loads improves, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The stabilizing members are integrated with the existing structure of the cable hanger rather than being completely separate components. They are positioned to engage with the base and arms, merging their stabilizing function with the overall structure. This integration provides resistance to side loads while minimizing the increase in device complexity by utilizing the existing structural elements in a multi-functional arrangement.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This design effectively secures multiple cable diameters, including heavier ones, and prevents disengagement from mounting structures under wind loading, enhancing the hanger's stability and gripping force.
Implementation Method 1
a flexible tying section extending between the support member and the first gripping members. The tying section is configured such that, when the cable hanger is not grasping a cable, the tying section has slack therein, but that sufficient deflection of the first gripping while grasping a cable can cause the tying section to become taut, thereby providing additional support to the first gripping member.
Implementation Method 2
The first and second stabilizing members are configured so that, when the cable hanger is mounted on a mounting structure and a side load is applied to one of the first and second arms, the first and second stabilizing members engage to inhibit relative movement of the first and second locking members.
Data Source
AI summary
A cable hanger includes: a generally flat base with at least one opening; first and second arms extending in a first direction from opposite edges of the base; first and second locking members extending in the first direction from, respectively, ends of the first and second arms, each of the locking members comprising a respective hook; first and second gripping members, each of the first and second gripping members extending from the base or one of the arms and forming a pocket configured to receive and grasp a cable; and first and second stabilizing features, each mounted to and extending from a respective one of the first and second locking members. The first and second locking members are forced toward each other to mount the cable hanger in a mounting location vis the hooks, such movement causing the first and second gripping members to grasp a cable in the pocket. The first and second stabilizing features are configured so that engagement of the first and second stabilizing members inhibits relative movement of the first and second locking members.