Universal rack cable management system
AssigneeBirchbridge Incorporated
InventorsJohn Craig Dunwoody, Teresa Ann Dunwoody
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Abstract
A cable slack management system may include a frame and a cable management module. The frame may include a plurality of perimeter frame members to provide support for a plurality of component modules. The plurality of component modules may be locatable between a first frame member and a second frame member parallel to the first frame member. The cable management module may be coupled to the first frame member and configured to slide into and out of the first frame member. The cable management module may be configured to hold a portion of one or more cables that run along the first frame member.
Claims18
A cable slack management system, comprising:
- a frame comprising a plurality of perimeter frame members to provide support for a plurality component modules, the plurality of component modules locatable between a first frame member of the plurality of perimeter frame members and a second frame member of the plurality of perimeter frame members, wherein the second frame member is parallel to the first frame member;
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- a cable management module coupled to the first frame member and configured to slide into and out of the first frame member, wherein the cable management module is:
- configured to hold a portion of one or more cables that run along the first frame member, and
- coupled to the first frame member by a drawer enclosure positioned within the first frame member.
A cable management system for a rack mount network platform, the cable management system comprising:
- a rack frame comprised of a plurality of perimeter frame members to provide support for a plurality of component modules insertable through a module insertion area on a first side of the rack frame having a first frame member of the plurality of perimeter frame members and a second frame member of the plurality of perimeter frame members, wherein the second frame member is parallel to the first frame member;
- a plurality of shelves coupled to the perimeter frame members within the rack frame, each shelf having a first surface and a second surface, the plurality of shelves substantially parallel to each other and substantially perpendicular to the plane of the first side of the rack;
- one or more modules inserted through the module insertion area between the first frame member and the second frame member, wherein at least one of the one or more modules is in operable communication with one or more cables and is included in the plurality of component modules;
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- one or more cable management modules coupled to at least one of the first frame member and the second frame member, each cable management module configured to slide into and out of a corresponding one of the first frame member or the second frame member, the cable management module being configured to hold a portion of the one or more cables configured to run along the corresponding one of the first frame member or the second frame member, and wherein each cable management module is coupled to its respective frame member by a drawer enclosure positioned at the corresponding one of the first frame member or the second frame member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.