Bend radius guide
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorMarco Mauricio Gutierrez Flores
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Abstract
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a cable bend radius guide. The cable bend radius guide comprises a flexibly rigid linear material of a predetermined length having a plurality of pairs of corresponding bend radius markers each separated by a predetermined distance along the predetermined length. The cable bend radius guide further comprises at least one constraint configured to fasten a first bend radius marker and a second bend radius marker of each pair of bend radius markers together to cause a portion of the flexibly rigid linear material between the first bend radius maker and second bend radius marker of each pair of bend radius markers to generate a substantially circular loop having a minimum bend radius corresponding to a cable's minimum bend radius.
Claims20
A cable bend radius guide comprising:
- a flexibly rigid linear material of a predetermined length having a plurality of pairs of corresponding bend radius markers each separated by a predetermined distance along the predetermined length, wherein each pair of bend radius markers of the plurality of pairs of bend radius markers are distinguishable from each other;
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- at least one restraint configured to fasten a first bend radius marker and a second bend radius marker of at least one respective pair of bend radius markers together to cause a portion of the flexibly rigid linear material between the first bend radius marker and second bend radius marker of the at least one respective pair of bend radius markers to generate a substantially circular loop having a bend radius corresponding to a cable's minimum bend radius.
A cable bend radius guide comprising:
- a galvanized steel wire of a predetermined length having at least three pairs of corresponding bend radius markers each separated by a predetermined distance along the predetermined length, wherein each pair of bend radius markers of the at least three pairs of bend radius markers are distinct colors such that they are visually distinguishable from each other;
- a pair of restraints coupled to each of the pairs of bend radius markers configured to fasten a first bend radius marker and a second bend radius marker of each pair of bend radius markers together to cause a portion of the galvanized steel wire between the first bend radius marker and second bend radius marker of each pair of bend radius markers to generate a substantially circular loop having a bend radius corresponding to a cable's minimum bend radius;
- a pair of bending guides disposed along the predetermined length configured to receive and retain a cable when the cable is bent along the cable bend radius guide, wherein the pair of bend radius guides are repositionable along the predetermined length.
A method comprising:
- providing a cable bend radius guide, the cable bend radius guide comprising:
- a flexibly rigid linear material of a predetermined length having a plurality of pairs of corresponding bend radius markers each separated by a predetermined distance along the predetermined length, wherein each pair of bend radius markers of the plurality of pairs of bend radius markers are distinguishable from each other;
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- at least one restraint configured to fasten a first bend radius marker and a second bend radius marker of each pair of bend radius markers together;
- obtaining a cable requiring bending;
- conjoining a first pair of bend radius markers by holding the first bend radius marker and the second bend radius marker of the first pair of bend radius markers together such that they are in proximity to each other and are adjacent, wherein conjoining the first pair of bend radius markers generates a substantially circular loop having a bend radius corresponding to the cable's minimum bend radius;
- restraining the first pair of bend radius markers using the at least one restraint;
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- bending the cable using the substantially circular loop as a reference such that the cable's bend radius is at least the minimum bend radius.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.