Cable management and identification device
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsYinggang Du, Julia Heard, Scott Lauffer
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Abstract
A cable management device is provided, which includes a first leg and a second leg connected by a connecting crown member. A first protrusion extends from the first leg. A second protrusion extends from the second leg. The first leg and the second leg both include an aperture. The cable management device includes passageway defined by an inner-surface of the first leg, an inner-surface of the second leg, and an inner-surface of the connecting crown member. The passageway is operable to hold a cable.
Claims20
A cable management device, comprising:
- a first leg and a second leg connected by a connecting crown member;
- a first protrusion disposed on the first leg and a second protrusion on the second leg;
- a first aperture in the first leg and a second aperture in the second leg, wherein the first aperture has a length approximately equal to a length of the first protrusion;
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- a passageway for receiving a cable defined by an inner-surface of the first leg, an inner-surface of the second leg, and an inner-surface of the connecting crown member.
An information handling system (IHS), comprising:
- a chassis;
- a cable assembly extending from the chassis, wherein the cable assembly includes a first cable and a second cable;
- a first cable management device connected to the first cable, such that the first cable extends through a passageway of the first cable management device, and wherein the first cable management device includes an aperture;
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- a second cable management device connected to the second cable, such that the second cable extends through a passageway of the second cable management device, wherein the second cable management device includes a protrusion, and wherein the first cable management device and the second cable management device are operable to be interlocked by positioning the protrusion in the aperture.
A method of cable management, comprising:
- providing a cable assembly having a first and second cable;
- providing a first and a second cable management device, wherein the first and the second cable management devices are each U-shaped;
- attaching the first cable management device to the first cable and attaching the second cable management device to the second cable;
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- interlocking the first cable management device and the second cable management device, wherein the interlocking includes positioning a portion of the first cable management device into an aperture in the second cable management device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.