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US 12,384,651 B2Granted
Stackable spool cable manager
AssigneeBelden Canada Ulc
InventorsChristian Roa-Quispe, Oscar Alberto Lazarte Barrios
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Abstract
A stackable spool cable manager assembly may include a plurality of like cable manager spools. The cable manager spools may include a locking mechanism such that the cable manager spools can be stacked and such that when locked together a cable support arm of each the cable manager spools is offset from the others. A magnet may also be provided, for example, for securing to a bottom one of a stack of cable manager spools such that they can be secured to a metal tray or the like.
Claims20
A spool cable manager configured to maintain minimum curve bend radius of fiber optic cables, comprising:
- a cylindrical center portion comprising a top surface and a bottom surface opposite the top surface and a locking portion comprising a first locking portion on the top surface and a second locking portion on the bottom surface;
- a single support portion extending radially outwards from the bottom surface and comprising an end stop portion and a flat cable support portion between the end stop portion and the cylindrical center portion;
- wherein the first locking portion comprises a first plurality of engaging portions on the top surface and spaced along a first path concentric with the cylindrical center portion;
- wherein the second locking portion comprises a second plurality of engaging portions on the bottom surface and spaced along a second path concentric with the cylindrical center portion and in parallel to the first path;
- wherein the spool cable manager comprises a first cable manager spool that is configured to engage a like second cable manager spool;
- wherein the first plurality of engagement portions comprises a plurality of L-shaped tab portions that each extend from the top surface and are spaced along the first path, the second plurality of engagement portions comprises a plurality of tab receiving slot portions that extend from the bottom surface and are spaced along the second path, and the first cable manager spool is configured to be secured to the like second cable manager spool when one of the plurality of L shaped tab portions of the first cable manager spool engage a respective one of the plurality of tab receiving slot portions of the second cable manager spool;
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- wherein the single support portions of the first and second cable manager spools are structurally configured to be offset axially from one another so as to manage lengths of fiber optic-cables in high-density applications while maintaining minimum curve bend when the first and second cable manager spools engage each other.
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A spool cable manager, comprising:
- a cable manager spool that is configured to be secured to a second cable manager spool when a locking portion of the first cable manager spool engages a second locking portion of the second cable manager spool;
- wherein the cable manager spool is structurally configured to be secured to the second cable manager spool by receiving the locking portion into the second locking portion and then rotating the cable manager spool relative to the second cable manager spool;
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- wherein a support portion of the cable manager spool is structurally configured to be offset axially from a second support portion of the second cable manager spool when the cable manager spool is secured to the second cable manager spool so as to provide support to different lengths of fiber optic-cables in high-density applications while maintaining minimum curve bend radius of each of the different lengths of fiber optic cables.
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A cable manager comprising:
- a cable support manager comprising a center portion and a support portion fixedly extending from the center portion;
- wherein the support portion defines a cable receiving portion having a cable support portion extending from the center portion to a bottom portion of an end stop portion and a projecting portion extending from a top portion of the end stop portion partially to the center portion to provide an open upper portion of the cable receiving portion;
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- wherein the cable support manager is structurally configured to selectively engage a second cable support manager so as to manage a plurality of different lengths of fiber optic cable while maintaining a minimum curve bend radius of each of the plurality of different lengths of fiber optic cable.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.