Telecom Frame Side Cable Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing telecommunications equipment frames face challenges in managing cables efficiently, preventing tangles and messes, while also requiring a compact size for space savings without compromising access to cables and equipment.
Innovation Solution
The proposed telecommunications equipment frame features a central zone with an open equipment zone above a lower cable tray zone, along with slack storage zones on the sides. This design includes front and rear trays for cable management, with no cable management trays in front of or behind the equipment zone, allowing for flexible cable routing and access.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If cable management trays are placed in front of and behind the equipment zone, then cable management capability is improved, but device complexity and space consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes traditional cable management trays from the front and rear of the equipment zone, extracting the cable management function to side-mounted trays only. This simplifies the overall frame structure while maintaining effective cable organization through dedicated side trays and cable access channels.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from front-rear cable management to side-mounted cable management, utilizing the lateral dimension of the frame. Side trays are positioned at the sides of the central zone, with cable access channels providing pathways from the front and rear to these side trays, effectively managing cables in a different spatial dimension.
2Ease of operation
If cable management trays are placed in front of and behind the equipment zone, then cable management capability is improved, but the frame size increases reducing space savings
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts cable management functionality from space-consuming front and rear trays, consolidating it into more space-efficient side-mounted trays. This reduction in tray placement areas directly decreases the overall frame footprint while preserving cable management effectiveness.
Solution Approach 2:
By relocating cable management to the side dimension rather than occupying front and rear spaces, the patent optimizes the frame's spatial utilization. The side trays and cable access channels create an efficient cable management system that minimizes the frame's external dimensions.
3Area of stationary object
If the frame is made compact for space savings, then space efficiency is improved, but access to cables and equipment becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent maintains compact dimensions by utilizing side-mounted trays and front-to-rear cable access channels. These channels provide unobstructed pathways for cable routing from the front to the rear of the frame, ensuring easy access to cables and equipment within the compact footprint without requiring additional space.
4Ease of operation
If side trays are positioned away from the central zone, then equipment access is improved, but cable routing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces cable access channels as intermediary structures that bridge the gap between the front and rear of the frame, connecting to side trays positioned away from the central zone. These channels serve as dedicated pathways that simplify cable routing despite the increased distance, preventing cable tangling and managing cable paths efficiently.
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AI summary
A telecommunications equipment frame including a base, and two vertical uprights, and a top member; the upright members defining an upper equipment zone and a lower cable tray zone. One or more front trays are in the lower cable tray zone, and openings are provided through the frame to one or more rear trays. The equipment zone defined by the two uprights is open without cable management structure for receiving telecommunications equipment. At least one slack storage zone adjacent to the central zone includes a plurality of cable management devices for storing cable slack.