Cable management lacer bar
AssigneeA'n D Cable Products Inc.
InventorConrad L. Chompff
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides example cable management tools, e.g., lacer bars, as well as systems and methods for manufacturing the same. An example cable management tool may comprise: a first part having one or more pairs of slots configured to be filled with cable ties, a second part connected to the first part and configured to be attached to a chassis; and a third part connected to the first part and configured to be attached to the chassis. Each pair, in the one or more pairs, of slots has two slots with a same shape. The first part, the second part, and the third part, of the cable management tool, may be parts of a single metal piece. Alternatively, the second part and the third part are detachable from the first part.
Claims20
A cable management tool, comprising:
- a first part defined by two elongated edges having different thicknesses and two side edges,
- wherein the first part includes a plurality of pairs of slots configured to be filled with cable ties,
- wherein each pair, in the plurality of pairs, of slots includes two slots with a same shape,
- wherein the first part includes a first set of vertical pairs of slots and a second set of horizontal pairs of slots,
- wherein the first set of vertical pairs of slots and the second set of horizontal pairs of slots have a same number of pairs of slots;
- wherein slots in the first set of vertical pairs of slots are centrally located on the first part and have same space intervals therebetween, vertical to the two elongated edges, and parallel to the two side edges;
- wherein slots in the second set of horizontal pairs of slots are located along the elongated edges, vertical to the two side edges, and have same space intervals therebetween,
- wherein the first part has a powder-coated surface that includes rubber;
- a second part connected to the first part and configured to be attached to a chassis;
- and
- a third part connected to the first part and configured to be attached to the chassis, wherein the second part and the third part are both of an L shape and connected to the two side edges of the first part on top side of the L shape;
- and
- the second and third parts have a same length as a width of the first part.
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