Sliding Cable Management Device for Lighting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing retractable cable management devices for lighting installations are cumbersome and aesthetically unpleasing due to the need for exposed power supply cables that require length adjustments with changes in shelf width and lamp position, increasing the workload of cable management.
Innovation Solution
A retractable cable management device featuring a strip-shaped housing with a sliding mechanism and a tightening system that adjusts the output cable length by sliding along the housing, utilizing a limit post and fastening knob for convenient length adjustment, keeping most cables inside and maintaining a neat appearance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the cable length is adjusted to meet changes in lamp installation position, then the adaptability to different shelf widths is improved, but the device complexity increases due to frequent cable management adjustments
Solution Approach 1:
The cable management device employs a dynamic sliding mechanism where the cable guide can move along the housing to adjust cable length. This dynamic adjustment capability allows the device to adapt to different shelf widths and lamp positions without requiring complex reconfiguration, resolving the contradiction between adaptability and device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The cable is nested within the housing structure, with excess cable stored inside the housing and only the necessary length extending outward. This nesting approach conceals the cable management complexity within the housing while maintaining simple external adjustments, addressing both adaptability and complexity concerns.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a certain length of cable is reserved for subsequent adjustments, then the adaptability for future repositioning is improved, but the appearance is worsened due to exposed cables
Solution Approach 1:
The cable is nested within the housing structure, with excess cable stored inside the housing and only the necessary length extending outward. This nesting approach conceals the cable management complexity within the housing while maintaining simple external adjustments, addressing both adaptability and complexity concerns.
Solution Approach 2:
The cable guide can slide along the housing to adjust the exposed cable length as needed. This dynamic adjustment allows the user to minimize exposed cable for aesthetic purposes while retaining the ability to extend cable length for future repositioning, thus resolving the appearance versus adaptability contradiction.
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
The device allows for easy adjustment of cable length to match different shelf widths and lamp positions, reducing the complexity of cable management and maintaining a clean, concealed cable appearance.
Implementation Method 1
a fastening knob that is threaded to the limit post
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AI summary
The invention relates to a retractable cable management device, comprising a strip-shaped housing and a sliding device. The housing is provided with an opening formed along the length direction of the housing, an input cable is provided at one end of the housing and an output cable is provided at other end. One end of the sliding device extends into the housing through the opening and is electrically connected to the input cable and the output cable. The sliding device can slide along the length direction of the opening and the extension length of the output cable relative to the housing changes accordingly during sliding. With this design, by adjusting the sliding device of the power supply rail, the extension length of the output cable relative to the housing can be changed accordingly, thereby meeting the different length requirements of the power supply cable, the operation is very convenient, and the appearance is beautiful.