Resilient Tray Cable Holder for Quick Insertion and Restraint
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cable holders often provide unnecessary restraints that complicate the insertion and removal of cables, making these processes cumbersome.
Innovation Solution
A cable holder design featuring a frame with resilient trays and rails that allow for quick insertion and release of cables, while maintaining cable restraint through a combination of low and high rails and an upward lip, along with a clip for secure attachment to structures.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If cable holders include mechanisms that restrain motion of cables, then cable organization and support are improved, but cable insertion and removal become cumbersome
Solution Approach 1:
The cable holder employs a resilient tray that can dynamically change its state between restrained and unrestrained positions. The tray is designed to be resiliently flexible, allowing it to be depressed to an unrestrained position for easy cable insertion/removal, then return to a restrained position for cable organization. This dynamic capability resolves the contradiction by making the restraint mechanism adaptable to different operational needs.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention changes the physical state parameter of the tray from rigid to resiliently flexible. This parameter change allows the tray to deform under applied force (when depressed) to release cables, then automatically return to its original restrained position. The material property modification enables both easy cable access and effective cable restraint without requiring complex mechanical mechanisms.
2Reliability
If cable holders provide strong cable restraint mechanisms, then cable support stability is improved, but cable insertion and removal speed decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The resilient tray provides strong cable restraint during normal operation, ensuring cable support stability. When cable insertion or removal is needed, the tray can be quickly depressed to an unrestrained position, allowing rapid cable access. The dynamic transition between restrained and unrestrained states enables both high reliability during operation and high productivity during cable management tasks.
Solution Approach 2:
The resilient tray automatically returns to its restrained position after being depressed, without requiring manual intervention to reset it. This self-service characteristic means that after cable insertion or removal, the tray autonomously恢复到 its cable-restraining position, maintaining stability without additional user actions. This eliminates the need for separate locking/unlocking mechanisms, improving both reliability and operational speed.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables efficient and easy management of cables by allowing simple insertion and removal while maintaining cable organization and restraint, accommodating various cable diameters and configurations.
Implementation Method 1
each of the plurality of trays is resiliently flexible such that it is moveable by depressing the upward lip
Data Source
AI summary
A cable holder including a frame having a plurality of resiliently flexible trays arranged in a column. A top surface of one of the plurality of trays and the bottom surface of another of the plurality of trays immediately positioned above it forms a pocket that is sized and shaped to receive at least one cable. Each of the trays includes at least one low rail extending from the top surface thereof, and the remainder of the trays includes at least one high rail extending from the bottom surface thereof. A clip is secured to the frame for attachment to a bracket. The trays are depressed to open the pocket, enabling insertion of one or more cables therein or removal therefrom. The resiliency of the trays along with the low rails and high rails deform the cables to form slight bends therein to prevent side-to-side movement or slippage of the cables.