# US 2014/0153187 A1 · Rack-mount server assembly with cable management apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0153187 A1 - Document ID: US20140153187A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/717,721 - Filed: 2012-12-18 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2012-12-05 - Assignees: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.; HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD. - Inventors: MING-YU LIU; AN-GANG LIANG; HUNG-YI WU - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140153187A1 ## CPC - G06F 1/16: Constructional details or arrangements - H02G 3/32: using mounting clamps - H05K 7/1491: {having cable management arrangements (management of optical cables G02B6/444; in telecommunication cabinets H04Q1/06)} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H02G: INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES - H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS ## Abstract A rack-mount server assembly includes a rack, server modules, and a cable management apparatus. The rack includes a support pole defining a number of through holes arrayed a row along a lengthwise direction of the support pole. The cable management apparatus includes a bracket, a number of cable binding members, and a number of cable positioning members. The bracket includes an installing plate mounted on an outer side surface of the rack adjacent to the support pole, a rear side plate, and an extending plate extending from the rear side plate. The cable binding members are attached to an outer surface of the installing plate. The cable positioning members are mounted on an outer surface of the extending plate. Cables of the server modules are extended through the through holes and are respectively clamped in the cable positioning members, and are then bound by the cable binding members. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A cable management apparatus to manage cables of a rack-mount server, the rack-mount server comprising a support pole defining a plurality of through holes arrayed a row along a lengthwise direction of the support pole, the cable management apparatus comprising: a bracket comprising an installing plate mounted on an outer side surface of the rack adjacent to the support pole, a rear side plate extending out from a rear side of the installing plate, and an extending plate extending rearward from the rear side plate; a plurality of cable binding members attached to an outer surface the installing plate; and a plurality of cable positioning members arrayed on an outer surface of the extending plate and in a row along a lengthwise direction of the extending plate; wherein, in managing the cables, the cables are extended through the through holes and are respectively clamped in the cable positioning members, and are respectively bound by the cable binding members. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The cable management apparatus of claim 1, wherein the installing plate is rectangular, a plurality of retaining portions protrudes from the installing plate, the retaining portions are arrayed in two rows along the lengthwise direction of the installing plate, and the cable binding members are respectively hung by the retaining portions. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The cable management apparatus of claim 2, wherein the extending plate defines a plurality of latching holes arrayed in a row along the lengthwise direction of the extending plate, each cable positioning member comprises a bar-shaped connecting plate, a hook protruding from the connecting plate and inserted into the corresponding latching hole, and a plurality of latching portions protruding from the connecting plate away from the hook for positioning the cables. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The cable management apparatus of claim 3, wherein the extending plate defines two opposite position holes located at top and bottom sides of each latching hole respectively, each cable positioning member further comprises two positioning pieces extending from two ends of the connecting plate and respectively latched into the position holes. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The cable management apparatus of claim 3, wherein two resilient abutting pieces respectively extending out from two opposite sides of each hook, the abutting pieces are resiliently abutted against the extending plate. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The cable management apparatus of claim 3, wherein each latching portion comprises two opposite resilient clamping pieces, the clamping pieces cooperatively bound a clamping slot for receiving the corresponding cable. ### Claim 7 A cable management apparatus to manage cables of a rack-mount server, the rack-mount server comprising a support pole defining a plurality of through holes arrayed a row along a lengthwise direction of the support pole, the cable management apparatus comprising: a bracket comprising an installing plate mounted on an outer side surface of the rack adjacent to the support pole, a rear side plate extending out from a rear side of the installing plate, and an extending plate extending rearward from the rear side plate; and a plurality of cable positioning members arrayed on an outer surface of the extending plate and in a row along a lengthwise direction of the extending plate; wherein, in managing the cables, the cables are extended through the through holes and are respectively clamped in the cable positioning members. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The cable management apparatus of claim 7, wherein the extending plate defines a plurality of latching holes arrayed in a row along the lengthwise direction of the extending plate, each cable positioning member comprises a bar-shaped connecting plate, a hook protruding from the connecting plate and inserted into the corresponding latching hole, and a plurality of latching portions protruding from the connecting plate away from the hook for positioning the cables. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The cable management apparatus of claim 8, wherein the extending plate defines two opposite position holes located at top and bottom sides of each latching hole respectively, each cable positioning member further comprises two positioning pieces extending from two ends of the connecting plate and respectively latched into the position holes. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The cable management apparatus of claim 8, wherein two resilient abutting pieces respectively extending out from two opposite sides of each hook, the abutting pieces are resiliently abutted against the extending plate. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The cable management apparatus of claim 8, wherein each latching portion comprises two opposite resilient clamping pieces, the clamping pieces cooperatively bound a clamping slot for receiving the corresponding cable. ### Claim 12 A rack-mount server assembly, comprising: a rack comprising a support pole defining a plurality of through holes arrayed a row along a lengthwise direction of the support pole; a plurality of server modules received in the rack; and a cable management apparatus comprising a bracket mounted on an outer side surface of the rack adjacent to the support pole, a plurality of cable binding members, and a plurality of cable positioning members; wherein the bracket comprises an installing plate mounted to the outer side surface of the rack, a rear side plate extending out from a rear side of the installing plate, and an extending plate extending rearward from the rear side plate, the cable binding members are attached to an outer surface of the installing plate, the cable positioning members are mounted to the extending plate and arrayed in a row along a lengthwise direction of the extending plate, cables of the server modules are extended through the through holes and are respectively clamped in the cable positioning members, and then are respectively bound by the cable binding members. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The rack-mount server assembly of claim 12, wherein the installing plate is rectangular, a plurality of retaining portions protrudes from the installing plate, the retaining portions are arrayed in two rows along the lengthwise direction of the installing plate, and the cable binding members are respectively hung by the retaining portions. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The rack-mount server assembly of claim 13, wherein the extending plate defines a plurality of latching holes arrayed in a row along the lengthwise direction of the extending plate, each cable positioning member comprises a bar-shaped connecting plate, a hook protruding from the connecting plate and inserted into the corresponding latching hole, and a plurality of latching portions protruding from the connecting plate away from the hook for positioning the cables. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The rack-mount server assembly of claim 14, wherein the extending plate defines two opposite position holes located at top and bottom sides of each latching hole respectively, each cable positioning member further comprises two positioning pieces extending from two ends of the connecting plate and respectively latched into the position holes. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The rack-mount server assembly of claim 14, wherein two resilient abutting pieces respectively extending out from two opposite sides of each hook, the abutting pieces are resiliently abutted against the extending plate. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The rack-mount server assembly of claim 14, wherein each latching portion comprises two opposite resilient clamping pieces, the clamping pieces cooperatively bound a clamping slot for receiving the cable.