US 6,245,998 B1 · Cable management assembly for equipment racks

Abstract

A cable management assembly for use with equipment racks wherein equipment panels are fastened along vertical mounting rails of the rack. In one embodiment, the assembly includes an elongated trough having a back wall, a bottom wall and a front wall. The back wall is constructed to be fastened to the mounting rails of the equipment rack, and the bottom wall extends a sufficient distance forward so that the trough accommodates wire or fiber optic cables terminated at one or more equipment panels fastened to the rack above the back wall of the trough. A door has its bottom edge hinged to the front wall of the trough, and the door extends at a first position to protect cables terminated at one or more equipment panels mounted on the rack above the back wall of the trough. The door can be swung to a second position to permit access to the cables and the panels at which they terminate.

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Dependent claims

A cable management assembly for an equipment rack wherein equipment panels are fastened along vertical mounting rails of the rack, the assembly comprising:

an elongated trough having a back wall, a bottom wall and a front wall;
wherein opposite end portions of the back wall in the long direction of the back wall are arranged to be fastened to the mounting rails of the equipment rack;
and
the bottom wall of the trough extends a sufficient distance from the back wall so that the trough can accommodate a number of cables when connected on one or more equipment panels fastened to the rack above the back wall of the trough, and the cables can be dressed along the length of the bottom wall;
and
a generally rectangular door, and hinge parts associated with the front wall of the trough for engaging the door near a bottom edge to permit swinging movement of the door with respect to the trough between a first position whereat the door extends vertically to protect cables terminated at one or more equipment panels fastened to the rack above the back wall of the trough, and a second position whereat the door is swung downward to permit access to the cables and the panels at which they terminate.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Cable management assembly for equipment racks

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Cable management assembly for equipment racks

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