Cable management systems

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10003183-B2
Application number	US-201715612782-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 2, 2017
Priority date	Sep 1, 2016
Publication date	Jun 19, 2018
Grant date	Jun 19, 2018

Abstract

A cable management system has an outer rotating plug. An inner rotating plug is disposed off-center from and within the outer rotating plug. The inner rotating plug is rotatable independent of a rotation of the outer rotating plug. A tower extends from the inner rotating plug and has an arm pivotally connected to the tower which defines a cable guide.

First claim

We claim:

1. A cable management system, comprising:
an outer rotating plug comprising an outer rotating plug axis;
an inner rotating plug disposed off-center from and within the outer rotating plug, the inner rotating plug comprising an inner rotating plug axis, wherein the inner rotating plug is rotatable independent of a rotation of the outer rotating plug; and
a tower extending from the inner rotating plug, the tower comprising an arm pivotally connected to the tower,
wherein the arm pivots about an arm axis parallel to the inner rotating plug axis; and
wherein the arm defines a cable guide.

2. The cable management system according to claim 1 , wherein the tower is disposed off-center from the inner rotating plug axis.

3. The cable management system according to claim 1 , wherein the cable guide has a cable guide axis, the cable guide axis being parallel to the arm axis.

4. The cable management system according to claim 1 , wherein the arm is connected to the tower at an outer circumference of the tower.

5. The cable management system according to claim 1 , further comprising a gantry secured to an overhead structure positioned above the tower.

6. The cable management system according to claim 5 , wherein the gantry includes a gantry cable guide having a gantry cable guide axis parallel to the arm axis.

7. The cable management system according to claim 6 , wherein the gantry is configured to allow the gantry cable guide to move in a plane orthogonal to the cable guide axis, thereby accommodating movement resulting from rotation of the inner rotating plug and the outer rotating plug.

8. The cable management system according to claim 6 , wherein the gantry includes:
a gantry arm pivotally secured on a first end and movably coupled to the overhead structure on a second end; and
a gantry extension arm linearly movably coupled to the gantry arm, wherein a distal end of the gantry extension arm includes the gantry cable guide.

9. The cable management system according to claim 6 , wherein the gantry includes:
a first guide rail and a second guide rail parallel to the first guide rail;
a first gantry arm movably coupled to the first and second guide rails; and
a second gantry arm movably coupled to the first and second guide rails and parallel to the first gantry arm,
wherein the gantry cable guide is disposed between, and movably coupled to, the first gantry arm and the second gantry arm.

10. The cable management system according to claim 1 , further comprising a cable passing through the cable guide and contacting the outer rotating plug at a fixed location.

Assignees

• Terrapower Llc

Inventors

• Gibbons Peter W
• Odedra Ashok
• Park P Harley
• Waldo James B

Classifications

• H10W72/00

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