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US 12,197,997 B2Granted
Cable management system and method
AssigneePanduit Corp.
InventorsKevin A. Marley, Brian L. Kelly, Frank J. Graczyk, Daniel E. Host, Shawn T. Kemp, Andrew J. Stroede, Joshua Soto, Bartolo A Nambo
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Abstract
A cable management system includes a cable bundling system for tracking a plurality of cables included in a cable bundle. The cable bundling system includes a pair of cable bundlers, including a first cable bundler for installing a first end of a cable, and a second cable bundler for installing a second end of the cable.
Claims20
A cable bundling system comprising:
- a first cable bundler comprising a first body, a plurality of first holders, a first identifier of the first cable bundler, and a second identifier of the first cable bundler, wherein each holder included in the plurality of first holders is configured to hold a first end of a cable included in a cable bundle;
- a second cable bundler comprising a second body, a plurality of second holders, a first identifier of the second cable bundler, and a second identifier of the second cable bundler, wherein each holder included in the plurality of second holders is configured to hold a second end of the cable included in the cable bundle;
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- wherein the first identifier of the first cable bundler and the first identifier of the second cable bundler indicate the first cable bundler and the second cable bundler are part of a common pair.
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A method for installing a plurality of cables from a cable bundle into a cable bundling system, the method comprising:
- scanning an identifier of a first cable bundler into a cable management tool;
- installing a first end of a first cable into a first holder of the first cable bundler;
- installing a first end of a second cable into a second holder of the first cable bundler;
- securing a belt of the first cable bundler around an outer circumference of the first cable bundler;
- scanning an identifier of a second cable bundler into the cable management tool;
- installing a second end of the first cable into a first holder of the second cable bundler;
- installing a second end of the second cable into a second holder of the second cable bundler;
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- securing a belt of the second cable bundler around an outer circumference of the second cable bundler.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.