Cable retaining ring having slide closure and cable support tray including the cable retaining ring
AssigneeCommScope, Inc. of North Carolina
InventorsGil Ruiz, Jony Liu
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Abstract
A cable retaining ring includes a base having at least one mounting opening or at least one mounting projection for connecting the cable retaining ring to a cable support tray, an elongate interior defining a cable retention region, a gap through the ring for allowing a cable to be placed into or removed from the interior, and a slide mounted on the ring and shiftable between a first position substantially blocking the gap to prevent the cable from being placed into or removed from the interior and a second position unblocking the gap.
Claims20
A cable retaining ring comprising:
- a base having at least one mounting opening or at least one mounting projection for connecting the cable retaining ring to a cable support tray;
- an elongate interior defining a cable retention region;
- a gap through the ring for allowing a cable to be placed into or removed from the interior;
- and
- a slide mounted on the ring and shiftable between a first position substantially blocking said gap to prevent the cable from being placed into or removed from the interior and a second position unblocking the gap.
A cable support tray comprising:
- a body portion configured to support at least one electronic or optical or telecommunications module;
- a cable support trough at one end of said body;
- and
- at least one cable retaining ring mounted on said cable support trough, said at least one cable retaining ring including:
- an elongate interior defining a cable retention region;
- a gap through the at least one cable retaining ring for allowing a cable to be placed into or removed from the interior;
- and
- a slide mounted on the at least one cable retaining ring and shiftable between a first position substantially blocking said gap to prevent the cable from being placed into or removed from the interior and a second position unblocking the gap.
A cable retaining ring comprising:
- a base having mounting means for mounting the cable retaining ring to a cable support tray;
- an elongate interior defining a cable retention region;
- a gap through the ring for allowing a cable to be placed into or removed from the interior;
- and
- closure means for selectively closing said gap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.