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US 7,480,154 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for securing a cable management system
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsBradley Michael Lawrence, Allison McGrew, Robert Nerhood
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Abstract
A cable management system securing apparatus includes a rack mount. A cable management system securing arm is pivotally coupled to the rack mount and operable to be pivoted and locked in a securing position and a release position. The rack mount may be mounted to an information handling system rack and the cable management system securing arm may be pivoted and locked in the securing position in order to secure a cable management system in the information handling system rack.
Claims24
A cable management system securing apparatus, comprising:
- a rack;
- a cable management system pivotally connected to a first side of the rack;
- a rack mount mounted to a second side of the rack that is opposite the rack from the first side;
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- a cable management system securing arm pivotally coupled to the rack mount and operable to be pivoted and locked in each of a securing position and a release position, wherein in the securing position, the cable management system securing arm engages the cable management system in order to prevent pivoting of the cable management system relative to the rack in at least one direction, and wherein in the release position, the cable management system is allowed to pivot to an overpivoted position.
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A cable management system securing apparatus, comprising:
- an information handling system rack;
- a cable management system comprising a first cable management member that is pivotally connected to the information handling system rack and a second cable management member that is pivotally connected to the first cable management member;
- a rack mount mounted to the information handling system rack opposite the information handling system rack from the pivotal connection of the first cable management member and the information handling system rack;
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- a cable management system securing arm pivotally coupled to the rack mount and operable to be pivoted and locked in each of a securing position and a release position, wherein in the securing position, the cable management system securing arm engages the cable management system in order to prevent pivoting of the cable management system relative to the information handling system rack in at least one direction, and wherein in the release position, the cable management system is allowed to pivot to an overpivoted position.
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A method for securing a cable management system, comprising:
- providing an information handling system rack including a cable management system pivotally connected to a first side of the information handling system rack, whereby the cable management system is pivotable from a storage position to an overpivoted position;
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- mounting a cable management system securing apparatus to a second side of the information handling system rack that is opposite the information handling system rack from the first side, the cable management system securing apparatus including a rack mount mounted to the second side of the information handling system rack and a cable management system securing arm that is pivotally coupled to the rack mount and operable to be pivoted into a securing position and a release position, wherein in the securing position, the cable management securing arm engages the cable management system in order to hold the cable management system in the storage position and prevent pivoting of the cable management system relative to the information handling system rack in at least one direction, and wherein in the release position, the cable management system is allowed to pivot to the overpivoted position.
A cable management system securing apparatus, comprising:
- an information handling system rack;
- a rack mount mounted to the information handling system rack;
- a cable management system securing arm moveably connected to the rack mount and operable to be secured in each of a securing position and a release position;
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- a cable management system coupled to the information handling system rack, the cable management system comprises a first cable management member that is pivotally connected to the information handling system rack, a second cable management member that is pivotally connected to the first cable management member, and an information handling system that is pivotally connected to the second cable management member and that is located in the information handling system rack, wherein the cable management system is operable to move between an overpivoted and a storage position when the cable management system securing arm is in the release position, and wherein the cable management system is prevented from moving between the storage position and the overpivoted position when the cable management system securing arm is in the securing position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.