Cable support system having multi-position partition

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12025845-B2
Application number	US-202117517081-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 2, 2021
Priority date	Apr 28, 2017
Publication date	Jul 2, 2024
Grant date	Jul 2, 2024

Abstract

A system for improved cable management is disclosed in several example embodiments. The disclosed embodiments describe example structures for supporting cables, for example telecommunications and fiber optic cables, within a cable storage cabinet. The disclosed embodiments also describe a door for a cable storage cabinet. The example door includes a hinge control and handle system which allows the door to be opened along either side to therefore allow the door to be opened either way from a single handle. The disclosed embodiments also describes an indicator system which informs a user when the door for the cable storage cabinet is in either a closed position or an open position. Each of these embodiments improves the utility and safety of cable management, particularly within cable storage cabinets.

First claim

We claim:

1. A cable support system, comprising:
a frame;
a cable management device configured to be mounted to the frame, the cable management device including:
a first barrier wall that engages the frame when the cable management device is mounted to the frame;
a second barrier wall;
a cable carrier extending along an axis away from the first barrier wall to the second barrier wall;
a partition; and
a repositioning system for repositioning the partition from a first position to a second position along the axis relative to the first barrier wall, the first position and the second position being between the first barrier wall and the second barrier wall, the repositioning system including a lock having a follower that engages a guide, wherein the partition is locked at each of the first position and the second position by engagement of the follower with the guide, the repositioning system further including a flexing element configured to reflexively return from a flexed condition of the flexing element to a rest condition of the flexing element, the flexing element being further configured to allow the partition to move from the first position to the second position or from the second position to the first position when the flexing element is in the flexed condition and without the follower being flexed.

2. The cable support system of claim 1 , wherein the repositioning system includes fixed positions for supporting the partition, the fixed positions being separated from each other.

3. The cable support system of claim 2 , wherein the fixed positions include receivers for receiving the partition.

4. The cable support system of claim 3 , wherein the receivers include locking mechanisms for releasably fixing the partition to the fixed positions.

5. The cable support system of claim 2 , wherein the fixed positions include stoppers for releasably stopping the partition from moving along the axis.

6. The cable support system of claim 1 , wherein the guide includes a ratcheting surface having peaks and valleys, and the follower includes a tooth to disengageably engage the peaks and valleys.

7. The cable support system of claim 1 , wherein the partition includes the follower.

8. The cable support system of claim 1 , wherein the partition includes a planar plate with a receiver to releasably secure to the repositioning system.

9. The cable support system of claim 1 , wherein the cable management device includes a mounting system for mounting the cable management device to the frame.

10. The cable support system of claim 9 , wherein the mounting system includes a bracket.

11. The cable support system of claim 9 , wherein the mounting system includes an insert plug pivotally secured with respect to the cable carrier.

12. The cable support system of claim 1 , wherein the cable carrier includes a pair of spool halves.

13. The cable support system of claim 12 , wherein the spool halves are of identical construction.

14. The cable support system of claim 13 , wherein each of the spool halves includes a partition, a partition repositioning system, and a mounting system for mounting to the frame.

15. The cable support system of claim 1 , wherein the cable carrier includes a spool extending from the second barrier wall toward the first barrier wall along the axis.

16. The cable support system of claim 1 , including a plurality of the cable management devices.

17. A cable management cabinet including the cable support system of claim 1 , a moveable door and a system for opening the door comprising a first side edge and an opposite second side edge, the system comprising:
a handle being mechanically operable in a first direction to open the door only along the first side edge or in a second direction to open the door only along the second side edge;
a first hinge mechanism operably connected to the handle to releasably secure the door along the first side edge; and
a second hinge mechanism operably connected to the handle to releasably secure the door along the second side edge.

18. A cable management cabinet including the cable support system of claim 1 , a moveable door, and an indicator to show the status of the moveable door as being open or closed, the indicator comprising:
an indicator stimulus that indicates when the moveable door is closed; and
a cover to block the indicator stimulus to indicate when the moveable door is open, the cover being manipulated by the condition of the moveable door as being open or closed.

19. The cable support system of claim 1 , wherein the flexing element includes a channel defined by the partition, the channel being configured to widen as the flexing element moves from the rest condition to the flexed condition.

Assignees

• Commscope Technologies Llc

Inventors

• Wang Jing
• Wu Wenyong
• Thijs Danny Ghislain
• Dooley Christine Anne

Classifications

• G02B6/4452 Primary

  Distribution frames · CPC title

• G02B6/44524

  with frame parts or auxiliary devices mounted on the frame and collectively not covering a whole width of the frame or rack (cassettes G02B6/4453) · CPC title

• G02B6/44528

  Patch-cords; Connector arrangements in the system or in the box (routing arrangements H04Q1/00) · CPC title

• E05C9/14 Primary

  with pins engaging slots {(E05C9/025, E05C9/042 take precedence)} · CPC title

• H05K7/1491

  having cable management arrangements (management of optical cables G02B6/444; in telecommunication cabinets H04Q1/06) · CPC title