Cable management apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8931742-B2
Application number	US-201213678865-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 16, 2012
Priority date	Jun 29, 2012
Publication date	Jan 13, 2015
Grant date	Jan 13, 2015

Abstract

A cable management apparatus includes two mounting brackets, a cable management arm connected between the two mounting brackets and slidable vertically, and two elevating mechanisms. Each of the elevating mechanisms includes opposite sides respectively rotatably connected to one of the mounting brackets and abutting a bottom of the cable management arm. When the elevating mechanisms are rotated relative to the mounting brackets, the elevating mechanisms drive the cable management arm to slide vertically. The cable management arm defines a number of positioning holes. Each of the elevating mechanisms includes a locating pin to be operable to engage in one of the corresponding positioning holes to prevent the rotation of the elevating mechanisms.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cable management apparatus for cables of an electronic device, comprising:
two mounting brackets respectively fixed to opposite sides of the electronic device and extending out of an end of the electronic device;
a cable management arm mounted between the two mounting brackets, and defining a plurality of locating holes; and
two elevating mechanisms, each comprising a supporting member comprising a first coupling portion and a second coupling portion located on opposite ends of the cable management arm, two wheels connected to the second coupling portion and rotatably abutting the bottom of the cable management arm, the first coupling portion pivotably connected to a bottom side of one of the two mounting brackets; and each of the two elevating mechanisms further comprising a locating pin to engage in one of the corresponding locating holes to prevent the corresponding elevating mechanism from moving relative to the corresponding mounting bracket and the cable management arm.

2. The cable management apparatus of claim 1 , wherein each of the elevating mechanisms further comprises an operation member connected to the second coupling portion; wherein the first coupling portion is pivotably connected to a bottom side of one of the two mounting brackets, and the locating pin of the elevating mechanism extends from the operation member and is slidably connected to the cable management arm.

3. The cable management apparatus of claim 2 , wherein each of the first coupling portions of is curved, and the first coupling portion defines two notches, the two wheels are engaged in the two notches of the first coupling portion, and each of the elevating mechanisms further comprises a connecting pole extending through the first coupling portion of the supporting member and the two wheels of the corresponding elevating mechanism.

4. The cable management apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the cable management arm comprises a base plate and a rear flange perpendicularly connected to a rear side of the base plate, two blocks protrude from the rear flange and are respectively adjacent to the two mounting brackets, a slide slot is defined in each of the blocks for slidably receiving one of the locating pin of the corresponding elevating mechanism, the plurality of locating holes comprises two first locating holes respectively communicating with the slide slot of two blocks and adjacent to ends of the corresponding slide slots near the corresponding mounting brackets, and two second locating holes respectively communicating with the slide slots and adjacent to ends of the slide slots far away from the corresponding end plates, the cable management arm is positioned at an upper position in response to the locating pin of the operation member of each of the elevating mechanisms engaging in the corresponding first locating hole, and the cable management arm is positioned at a lower position in response to the locating pin of the operation member of each of the elevating mechanisms engaging in the corresponding second locating hole.

5. The cable management apparatus of claim 4 , wherein each of the elevating mechanisms further comprises a resilient member connected between the connecting pole and the operation member, and the locating pin of the operation member engages in the corresponding first or second locating hole in response to the resilient member is restored.

6. The cable management apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the operation member of each of the elevating mechanisms defines a mounting hole with an axis of the mounting hole being substantially perpendicular to the rear flange of the cable management arm, an annular abutting portion protrudes on an inner wall of the mounting hole adjacent to the cable management arm, each of the connecting poles comprises a cap at an end of the connecting pole away from the cable management arm, each of the resilient members is a coil spring placed around a corresponding connecting pole and received in the mounting hole of a corresponding operation member, opposite ends of the resilient member respectively abut the cap of the connecting pole and the annular abutting portion of the operation member.

7. The cable management apparatus of claim 2 , wherein each of the second coupling portions is curved and defines a notch; and a cylindrical connection portion is located at the bottom side of each of the mounting brackets, engaged in the notch of the second coupling portion of one of the supporting members, and is coaxial with the second coupling portion for a pivot pole extending through the second coupling portion and the cylindrical connection portion.

8. The cable management apparatus of claim 1 , wherein each of the mounting brackets defines a vertical slide slot, a fixing hole is defined in each of opposite ends of the cable management arm and aligns with the vertical slide slot of a corresponding mounting bracket, and two fasteners extend through the vertical slide slots of the mounting brackets and are fastened in the corresponding fixing holes of the cable management arm.

Assignees

• Scienbizip Consulting Shenzhen Co Ltd

Inventors

• Gong Xin-Hu
• Dai Ju-Wen
• Ding Wei-Fei

Classifications

• H05K7/1491 Primary

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

• H02G3/02 Primary

  Details · CPC title