Adjustable cable management for fiber and cable

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10076054-B2
Application number	US-201615243178-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 22, 2016
Priority date	Mar 31, 2016
Publication date	Sep 11, 2018
Grant date	Sep 11, 2018

Abstract

In one embodiment, an adjustable cable management system is disclosed. The system includes a tray base having a first end. The system also includes a tray door coupled to the tray base and substantially opposite the first end of the tray base when in a closed position. The system further includes a plurality of cable guides coupled to the first end of the tray base and located between the first end of the tray base and the tray door. A particular cable guide is coupled to the first end of the tray base at a selected angle from among a plurality of selectable angles.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An adjustable cable management system comprising:
a tray base having a first end;
a tray door coupled to the tray base and substantially parallel and opposite the first end of the tray base when in a closed position;
a plurality of apertures formed only in the first end the tray base around a central standoff at a plurality of selectable circumferential locations from the central standoff; and
a plurality of cable guides coupled to the first end of the tray base and located between the first end of the tray base and the tray door, wherein a proximal end of a particular cable guide of the plurality of cable guides is coupled to the central standoff and at a selected circumferential location from among the plurality of selectable circumferential locations through at least one aperture of the plurality of apertures,
wherein the particular cable guide includes an elongated portion and is configured to engage the tray door with a distal end opposite the proximal end.

2. The cable management system as in claim 1 , wherein the tray door is rotatably coupled to the tray base to allow a user access to the plurality of cable guides.

3. The cable management system as in claim 1 , wherein each location of the plurality of selectable circumferential locations is approximately 45 degrees apart from a respective adjacent circumferential location.

4. The cable management system as in claim 1 , wherein the particular cable guide further comprises a single prong that engages a selected one of the apertures that corresponds to the selected circumferential location.

5. The cable management system as in claim 1 , wherein the particular cable guide further comprises a plurality of prongs that engage a selected subset of the apertures that correspond to the selected circumferential location.

6. The cable management system as in claim 1 , wherein one or more of the cable guides further comprise a magnet to releasably couple the tray door to the one or more cable guides.

7. The cable management system as in claim 1 , wherein the distal end of the particular cable guide proximate to the tray door is shaped to allow sufficient clearance for a card ejector.

8. The cable management system as in claim 1 , further comprising: a screw that couples the proximal end of the particular cable guide to the first end of the tray base.

9. The cable management system as in claim 1 , further comprising: a spring loaded plunger that couples the proximal end of the particular cable guide to the first end of the tray base, wherein the spring loaded plunger comprises a rotation lock configured to orient the particular cable guide at the selected circumferential location.

10. The cable management system as in claim 1 , wherein the tray door further comprises a label.

11. The cable management system as in claim 1 , wherein the particular cable guide further comprises: a curved portion extending from the elongated portion to the proximal end engaged with the tray door, wherein the curved portion is configured to direct a cable into contact with the elongated portion.

Assignees

• Cisco Tech Inc

Inventors

• Goergen Joel R
• Gupta Rohit Dev
• Jayaprakash Arjun
• Curto Robert
• Byers Charles Calvin

Classifications

• F16B2001/0035

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

• G02B6/444

  Systems or boxes with surplus lengths · CPC title

• G02B6/4457

  Bobbins; Reels · CPC title

• G02B6/4471

  Terminating devices (demountable connectors G02B6/3807); Cable clamps · CPC title

• G02B6/4453

  Cassettes · CPC title