Stabilized Cable Hanger Structure for Multi-Size Cable Support
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cable hangers struggle to securely mount and support a wide variety of cable sizes, particularly fiber optic and hybrid cables, which are heavier and more diverse in diameter, leading to increased load and stress, and often require multiple hangers to be stacked, occupying space and increasing installation complexity.
Innovation Solution
A cable hanger design featuring a flat base with extending arms, locking members, gripping members, and stabilizing features that provide enhanced gripping and support, allowing for secure mounting and stacking, while accommodating various cable diameters and resisting relative movement under load.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple cable hangers are stacked to accommodate various cable sizes, then the number of mountable cables increases, but the space occupied and installation complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple cable-holding functions into a single integrated hanger structure. The hanger includes a base with multiple arms, where each arm can independently hold a cable. This merging of multiple cable-holding capabilities into one unit eliminates the need to stack multiple separate hangers, thereby reducing installation complexity while maintaining versatility for accommodating various cable sizes.
Solution Approach 2:
The hanger is designed with universal applicability through its multi-armed structure, where each arm can accommodate cables of different diameters. The base portion provides a common mounting interface, while the arms provide specialized cable-holding functions. This multi-functional design allows a single hanger to perform the work of multiple stacked hangers.
2Strength
If multiple cable hangers are stacked to support heavier fiber optic and hybrid cables, then the load capacity increases, but the number of components and space requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the load-bearing functions of multiple hangers into a single integrated structure. The base is designed to distribute and support heavy loads from multiple arms simultaneously. This consolidation reduces the quantity of hanger components needed while maintaining or enhancing the overall load capacity required for heavy fiber optic and hybrid cables.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of increasing load capacity by stacking hangers vertically (adding more units), the patent distributes the load-bearing function across multiple arms extending from a common base in a radial arrangement. This dimensional change from vertical stacking to radial distribution allows a single hanger to support heavier cables without requiring multiple stacked units.
3Stability of the object's composition
If cable hangers are designed with stabilizing members to resist wind loading, then the stability against lateral forces improves, but the structural complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The stabilizing members are merged with the existing arm structure of the hanger. The arms themselves are configured to provide lateral stability, and the stabilizing members are integrated into the arm design rather than being separate additions. This integration provides wind load resistance while minimizing increases in overall structural complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The hanger structure is segmented into a base and multiple arms, with stabilizing features distributed across the arms. This segmentation allows each arm to independently contribute to lateral stability, providing distributed resistance to wind loading without requiring a single complex stabilizing mechanism.
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 design effectively secures and supports multiple cable sizes, reduces the need for multiple hangers, and enhances stability against wind loading, thereby optimizing space utilization and reducing manufacturing costs.
Implementation Method 1
a flexible tying section extending between the support member and the first gripping members. The tying section is configured such that, when the cable hanger is not grasping a cable, the tying section has slack therein, but that sufficient deflection of the first gripping while grasping a cable can cause the tying section to become taut, thereby providing additional support to the first gripping member.
Implementation Method 2
first and second gripping members, each of the first and second gripping members extending from the base or one of the arms and forming a pocket configured to receive and grasp a cable
Data Source
AI summary
A cable hanger includes: a generally flat base with at least one opening: first and second arms extending in a first direction from opposite edges of the base: first and second locking members extending in the first direction from, respectively. ends of the first and second arms. each of the locking members comprising a respective hook: first and second gripping members, each of the first and second gripping members extending from the base or one of the arms and forming a pocket configured to receive and grasp a cable: and a fixed-fixed beam support member extending from the base and/or the first arm. the support member sized and positioned to engage the first gripping member when the first gripping member deflects to grasp a cable. The first and second locking members are forced toward each other to mount the cable hanger in a mounting location via the hooks, such movement causing the first and second gripping members to grasp a cable in the pocket.