Features for cable managers and other electronic equipment structures
AssigneeChatsworth Products, Inc.
InventorsPreston Ellis Hennrich, William Drew Krietzman
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Abstract
A cable manager includes a backbone assembly and at least one side wall extending from the backbone assembly. The at least one side wall optionally includes one or more cable finger units. The backbone assembly includes a spine member having an extruded construction. The spine member includes one or more channels extending substantially an entire length thereof to facilitate easy attachment, removal and/or repositioning of a structure relative to the spine member. The cable manager optionally includes an accessory rod, a half-spool assembly, a cable finger accessory, a strap/buckle accessory, and/or a door assembly having an interference-free hinge set.
Claims20
A hinge set assembly for use in facilitating access in an electronic equipment structure, the hinge set assembly comprising:
- (a) a hinge set arrangeable at either of a left side edge or a right side edge of a panel that covers an access opening, the hinge set including a latch assembly and a bottom hinge assembly, wherein
- (i) the latch assembly includes a rotatable gear and a lower lock rod operably connected with the gear such that rotation of the gear facilitates upward movement of the lower lock rod,
- (ii) the bottom hinge assembly includes a hinge body having a cavity and a bolt longitudinally translatable within the cavity, and
- (iii) at a proximal end, the bolt engages with a distal end of the lower lock rod and, at a distal end, the bolt is positionable to extend beyond an edge of the hinge body;
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- (b) a hinge mount disposed beneath the hinge set, the hinge mount including a stationary hinge pin and a lifter disk having a central opening and a raised bearing surface, wherein the lifter disk is disposed such that the hinge pin extends through the central opening;
- (c) wherein, when the panel is being opened, the bolt of the bottom hinge assembly is adapted to engage the raised bearing surface of the lifter disk, thereby raising a bottom edge of the panel above a lower support member extending across the access opening.
A hinge set assembly for use in facilitating access in an electronic equipment structure, the hinge set assembly comprising:
- (a) a hinge set arrangeable at either of a left side edge or a right side edge of a panel that covers an access opening, the hinge set including a latch assembly and a bottom hinge assembly, wherein
- (i) the latch assembly includes a rotatable gear and a lower lock rod operably connected with the gear such that rotation of the gear facilitates upward movement of the lower lock rod,
- (ii) the bottom hinge assembly includes a hinge body having a cavity and a bolt longitudinally translatable within the cavity, and
- (iii) at a proximal end, the bolt engages with a distal end of the lower lock rod and, at a distal end, the bolt is positionable to extend beyond an edge of the hinge body;
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- (b) a hinge mount disposed beneath the hinge set and including an upwardly-extending hinge pin and a lifter disk having a central opening, the lifter disk being disposed such that the hinge pin extends through the central opening;
- (c) wherein the lifter disk includes a plurality of surface features for interaction with the hinge body as the panel is opened and closed about an axis of rotation, the surface features including:
- (i) a lifting surface adapted to make contact with the hinge body while the panel is being opened and, through such contact, is adapted to lift the panel to an elevated state, and
- (ii) a bearing surface adapted to support the panel at the elevated state and to continue supporting the panel at the elevated state while the panel is being closed, thereby avoiding interference between a bottom edge of the panel and a lower support member extending across the access opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.