Fiber Patch Panel Cable Manager for Sliding Tray Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional distributed networks face inefficiencies in cable organization and maintenance due to increased complexity, leading to reduced peak performance and accessibility issues in fiber optic patch panels.
Innovation Solution
A fiber cable manager with a body portion that couples with a tray portion of a fiber optic patch panel, allowing sliding movement and featuring cable retaining portions that can transition between rest and deformed positions for efficient cable management and one-handed engagement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If more network components are added to increase capabilities, then network functionality is improved, but cable organization and maintenance become more complex and difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The cable manager is divided into multiple cable retention portions, each capable of independently retaining individual cables. This segmentation allows each cable to be managed separately, reducing overall complexity even as the number of cables increases.
Solution Approach 2:
The cable retention portions are designed to be movable between a retained position and a released position. This dynamic capability allows cables to be easily inserted and removed without complex disassembly, simplifying maintenance operations in high-capability networks.
2Reliability
If traditional cable management structures are used, then cable retention is achieved, but accessibility and ease of maintenance are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The cable retention portions can dynamically transition between retained and released positions. When in the retained position, they securely hold cables; when moved to the released position, they allow easy cable access for maintenance, combining secure retention with operational ease.
Solution Approach 2:
The cable retention portions are designed to be manually movable by technicians without requiring additional tools or complex mechanisms. The structure itself provides the means for its own operation, allowing simple cable access while maintaining secure retention during normal operation.
3Stability of the object's composition
If fixed cable retention structures are used, then cable organization is maintained, but adaptability for different cable configurations is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The cable retention portions can be dynamically repositioned between retained and released states, allowing the same structure to adapt to different cable insertion and removal needs while maintaining stable cable organization during operational states.
Solution Approach 2:
The position parameter of the cable retention portions can be changed between discrete states (retained/released), enabling the structure to adapt to different operational requirements while maintaining stable cable management in each state.
Data Source
AI summary
A fiber cable manager may have a body portion that may couple a tray portion with a rack portion of a fiber optic patch panel. The body portion may have a cable retaining portion that may retain a cable portion such that the cable portion extends through the body portion. The body portion may have a surface portion that extends in the longitudinal direction and may have a cable receiving portion that may be urged in a direction transverse direction, from a rest position to a deformed position. The body portion may maintain the cable receiving portion in the rest position in response to a longitudinal force being applied to the body portion such that the body portion may move relative to the rack portion with the cable receiving portion in the rest position so as to enhance operation of a tray portion in a fiber optic patch panel.