Curved Cable Bundle Clip for Snag-Free Conduit Installation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Cables often separate and get caught or snagged during installation in tight spaces and conduits, complicating the installation process in data centers and telecommunications equipment.
Innovation Solution
A cable management bundle clip with multiple cylindrical channels featuring a wall with convex and concave curvatures, designed to secure cables and prevent snagging, includes multiple bundle clips that can be used along cable lengths to facilitate smooth installation through conduits and around corners.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If cables are pulled through conduits and tight spaces during installation, then cables can be installed to provide communication lines, but cables may separate and get caught or snagged
Solution Approach 1:
The bundle clip is divided into multiple cylindrical channels, each capable of independently securing a cable. This segmentation allows cables to be organized and secured individually within the same clip structure, preventing separation and snagging during installation while maintaining overall bundle integrity
Solution Approach 2:
The bundle clip acts as an intermediary device between the cables and the installation environment. The curved edges serve as a mediator that prevents cables from getting caught on external obstructions, while the cylindrical channels mediate the organization and securing of multiple cables together as a unified bundle
2Stability of the object's composition
If cables are secured together to prevent separation, then cable management is improved, but the cables may still get caught on obstructions when pulled through tight spaces
Solution Approach 1:
The bundle clip features curved edges with convex and concave curvatures that eliminate sharp corners and protrusions. This curvature allows the cable bundle to smoothly navigate around corners and through tight spaces without getting caught on obstructions, while still maintaining secure cable organization through the cylindrical channel structure
Data Source
AI summary
An apparatus implements a cable management bundle clip. The apparatus includes multiple cylindrical channels to secure multiple cables. The apparatus further includes a wall of a cylindrical channel that includes multiple curves. The apparatus further includes an edge of the wall between an interior surface and an exterior surface. The edge includes a convex curvature and a concave curvature. The convex curvature is proximal to a center of the bundle clip and the concave curvature distal to the center of the bundle clip.