Hinged Labelling Tags for Rackmount Optical Cases
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Solution Overview
Problem
Rackmount cases for optical equipment lack an efficient method to label and organize fiber-optic cables or connections without physically manipulating the cables, making it difficult for users to comprehend the organization.
Innovation Solution
A rackmount case design featuring a housing with labelling tags that are hingedly connected, allowing them to be moved between a stowed and viewing position, enabling easy access and readability of information without disturbing the cables, using a rectangular tag plate with first and second hinge elements for rotation and secure engagement within slots.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If traditional labeling methods are used in rackmount cases, then cables can be labeled, but users must physically manipulate the cables to read the labels, making it difficult to comprehend the organization
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions labeling from a cable-associated dimension to a housing wall dimension by providing labelling tags on the interior surface of the housing wall. This allows information to be accessed in a different spatial dimension without manipulating cables, resolving the contradiction between information access and ease of reading labels
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces labelling tags as intermediary elements that carry information independently of the cables themselves. These tags are attached to the housing wall and can be viewed without touching or moving cables, serving as a mediator between the cable organization system and the user
2Loss of information
If labels are permanently attached to cables, then organization information is always visible, but cables must be manipulated to read the labels, increasing complexity of operation
Solution Approach 1:
The labeling system moves from cable surface (1D) to housing wall surface (2D/3D space), allowing information to be displayed in a separate plane that doesn't require cable manipulation to access, reducing operational complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent separates the labeling function from the cable structure by providing independent labelling tags on the housing wall. This segmentation allows the information display system to operate independently from the cable management system, reducing overall complexity
Data Source
AI summary
A rackmount case for the accommodation of optical equipment and labelling tag is disclosed. The case comprises a box like housing comprising an end defining a rectangular opening, labelling tags each comprising a rectangular tag plate and a plurality of hinge elements arranged along an edge of the rectangular tag plate. At least one labelling tag receiving slot is within the housing for receiving one of the labelling tags. The slot comprises an opening adjacent the housing opening and a plurality of hinge elements adjacent the slot opening. The labelling tags are moveable between a first position, wherein the tags are held within the slot, and a second position wherein the tags are outside of the slot and each of the hinge elements is engaged by a respective of the second hinge elements such that the tags are rotatable about an axis in parallel to the slot opening.