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US 7,023,708 B2Granted
Multilevel cable support arm and system and method incorporating same
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsMinh H. Nguyen, Alan B. Doerr, Stephen N. Bushong, Robert Hastings, Jelle M. Schuur
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Abstract
A cable support arm for a rack mount system. The cable support arm may have first and second arm sections, which are rotatably coupled one over the other at a hinge. The first and second arm sections also may have hinges, which are coupleable to a rack and a rack mounted device of the rack mount system.
Claims27
A cable support arm for a rack mount computer system, comprising:
- a first arm section having a first hinge structure coupleable to a rack;
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- a second arm section having a second hinge structure coupleable to a rack mounted computing device, wherein the first and second arm sections are rotatably coupled one over the other along an axis of a third hinge structure positioned substantially parallel with the first and second hinge structures, the first and second arm sections having a plurality of cable supports, wherein the first and second arm sections have a generally X-shaped closed configuration.
A rack computer system, comprising:
- a rack structure having a receptacle adapted to mount a rack mountable computing device;
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- a multilevel cable support arm coupled to a rear portion of the rack structure, wherein the multilevel cable support arm comprises a plurality of arm sections rotatably coupled in a stacked configuration that is perpendicular to a direction of movement of the plurality of arm sections, each of the plurality of arm sections having a cable retention strap, wherein the plurality of arm sections have a generally X-shaped closed configuration.
A system, comprising:
- a rack having a bay extending from a rear to a front;
- a computing device movably mounted in the bay;
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- a cable support arm having a first arm coupled to the computing device and a second arm coupled to the rack, the first and second arms each having a cable retention strap, wherein the first and second arms are rotatably coupled one over the other along a rotational axis, and the first and second arms are rotatable outward from the rear to provide rear access to the computing device, wherein the first and second arms are disposed in an X-shaped configuration when the computing device is substantially retracted into the bay.
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A system, comprising:
- a rack mount server adapted to mount movably within a rack;
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- a cable support arm having a first arm coupled to the rack mount server and a second arm adapted to mount to the rack, wherein the first and second arms are rotatably coupled one over the other along a rotational axis, and the first and second arms are rotatable between a V-shaped configuration and an X-shaped configuration.
A method of manufacturing a rack computer system, comprising:
- rotatably mounting a first arm of a cable support arm to a rack;
- rotatably coupling a second arm of the cable support arm to a computing device movably mounted within the rack, wherein the first and second arms are rotatably coupled one over the other along a rotational axis, and the first and second arms are rotatable between a V-shaped configuration and an X-shaped configuration;
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- configuring the cable support arm to expand into the rack, to contract to a rear portion of the rack, and to pivot outwardly from the rear portion of the rack to provide rear access to the computing device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.