US 11,013,140 B1Granted

Wall-mounted cable housing assemblies

AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.

InventorsDylan Thomas Cox, Jeremy Samuel De Bonet, Thomas Duester, Jennifer Li, Aaron M. McDaniel, Robert M. Riggs

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Abstract

Cable housing assemblies include frames and cable carriers slidably mounted to channels provided at edges of the frames. The cable carriers may house or support male or female connectors to the cables, which may be power or communications cables (e.g., Ethernet cables) that extend from the connectors within the cable carriers into the channels, and through voids within the frames to power sources or communications systems. The cable carriers are releasably inserted into channels at edges of the frames, and permitted to slide in either direction (e.g., up or down) to various positions within such channels, in order to make power or communications services available at such positions. When installed in association with a shelving unit, e.g., between a backerboard and shelves, the cable carriers may be used to provide power or communications services available to such shelves provided at any height within the shelving unit.

Claims12

Dependent claims

A system comprising:

a frame comprising:
a first panel;
a second panel, wherein the first panel and the second panel are substantially parallel to one another;
a first void between the first panel and the second panel;
a second void between the first panel and the second panel;
a first channel defined at least in part by a first edge of the first panel and a second edge of the second panel;
a second channel defined at least in part by a third edge of the first panel and a fourth edge of the second panel;
a first spacer coupled to each of the first panel and the second panel, wherein the first spacer is substantially perpendicular to each of the first panel and the second panel, and wherein the first void is defined at least in part by the first spacer, the first panel, the second panel and the first channel;
and
a second spacer coupled to each of the first panel and the second panel, wherein the second spacer is substantially perpendicular to each of the first panel and the second panel, and wherein the second void is defined at least in part by the second spacer, the first panel, the second panel and the second channel;
a first carrier slidably mounted to the frame, wherein the first carrier comprises:
a third panel having a first opening extending therethrough;
a first jack disposed within the first opening;
a fourth panel having a second opening extending therethrough;
and
at least a first retention element mounted to the fourth panel;
and
a first cable having a first end and a second end,
wherein the first end is coupled to the first jack disposed within the first opening,
wherein at least the first retention element is releasably inserted into the first channel, and
wherein a portion of the first cable extends from the first jack through the second opening into the first void by the first channel and out of the first void at a first end of the frame.

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A system comprising:

a frame comprising:
a first panel, wherein the first panel comprises a first section and a second sections;
a second panel, wherein the second panel comprises a third section and a fourth section, and wherein the first panel and the second panel are substantially parallel to one another;
a first void between the first panel and the second panel;
a first channel defined at least in part by a first edge of the first panel and a second edge of the second panel;
and
at least a first spacer coupled to each of the first panel and the second panel, wherein the first spacer is coupled to the first section of the first panel and the third section of the second panel, wherein the first spacer is substantially perpendicular to each of the first panel and the second panel, and wherein the void is defined at least in part by the first spacer, the first panel, the second panel and the first channel;
a first carrier slidably mounted to the frame, wherein the first carrier comprises:
a third panel having a first opening extending therethrough;
a first jack disposed within the first opening;
a fourth panel having a second opening extending therethrough;
and
at least a first retention element mounted to the fourth panel;
and
a first cable having a first end and a second end,
wherein the first end is coupled to the first jack disposed within the first opening,
wherein at least the first retention element is releasably inserted into the first channel,
wherein a portion of the first cable extends from the first jack through the second opening into the first void by the first channel and out of the first void at a first end of the frame,
wherein the second section of the first panel comprises the first edge,
wherein the fourth section of the second panel comprises the second edge,
wherein the second section of the first panel is substantially parallel to the first section of the first panel, and
wherein the fourth section of the second panel is substantially parallel to the third section of the second panel.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/141,769Filed 25 Sep 2018
Granted: 18 May 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification17 codes

H04Q 1/06
Constructional details: cable ducts or mountings specially adapted for exchange installations
H05K 7/186
Construction of rack or frame: for supporting telecommunication equipment
A47B 57/30
Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features for adjusting shelves or partitions: with means for adjusting the height of detachable…
H02G 3/06
Details: joints for connecting lengths of protective tubing or channels, to each other or to casings, e.g. to distribution boxes; Ensuring electrical…