Single piece, hinged cable routing device
AssigneeScientific-Atlanta, Inc.
InventorAndrew F. McCann
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Abstract
Systems and methods for providing for a single piece, hinged cable routing device for use with cables. The device includes sections hingedly connected allowing each section to flex and bend. The device can include fingers on an upper portion of the device. Upon pushing a cable through the fingers, the cable securely remains in position within the device. In a preferred embodiment, the device connects cables to an amplifier housing in a cable television network. When the amplifier housing closes, the device folds securely within the amplifier housing ensuring the cable remains in a position within the amplifier housing that avoids electrical interference and noise.
Claims6
An apparatus for connecting cables to an amplifier housing, comprising;
- a routing device having a plurality of sections capable of folding and unfolding, the sections further comprising:
- a first section capable of attaching to a first half of the amplifier housing and having fingers adapted to receive the cables;
- a second section hingedly connected to the first section;
- a third section hingedly connected to the second section having fingers adapted to receive the cables on a first side of the third section;
- a fourth section hingedly connected to the third section having fingers adapted to receive the cables on a first side of the fourth section;
- a fifth section hingedly connected to the fourth section having fingers adapted to receive the cables on a first side of the fifth section;
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- a sixth section hingedly connected to the fifth section having fingers adapted to receive the cables on a first side of the sixth section and capable of attaching to a second half of the amplifier housing.
The apparatus of 1, wherein the sixth section further comprises tabs affixed to a second side of the sixth section for attaching the sixth section to the second half of the amplifier housing.
The apparatus of 1, wherein the first section attaches to the first half of the amplifier housing using screws.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.