Adjustable bracket device of a cable management arm for...

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2002-09-25

2004-04-06

Ramirez, Ramon O. (Department: 3632)

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Pipe or cable

C248S286100

Reexamination Certificate

active

06715718

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention is related to an adjustable bracket device of a cable management arm for furniture and more particularly to utilize an adjustable bracket, which has a guiding groove, applying to various depth sizes of a rack, which is adapted to adjust an assembled position of the cable management arm for extending and retracting in the rack to thereby avoid changing the specification of the rack, so that a universal specification of the cable management arm is capable of applying to the various depth sizes of the rack.
2. Description of the Related Art
Big industrial system, like factory computer and server, is consisted of a rack, and a plurality of individual component drawers. Large numbers of data cables and power cable connected between the rack and the component draw is usually served to communicate with other components and power supply. In order to flexibly repair and service the installed components, a cable management arm is generally used to manage these cables.
Referring to
FIG. 1
, a conventional cable management arm
30
comprises cable arms
31
, pivotal members
32
, a pair of brackets
33
and
34
. The cable arms
31
are used to mount the cables (not labeled). The cable arms
31
are connected by the pivotal members, permitting the cable arms
31
to fold together. Two ends of the combination of the cable arms
31
are connected to the two brackets
33
and
34
which are fixed on predetermined positions of the component drawer
20
and the rack
10
. In addition, two tracks
11
and
12
are fixed and connected between the component drawer
20
and the inner wall of the rack
10
. When the component drawer
20
moves fowards or rearwards along the track
11
and
12
on the inner wall of the rack
10
, the cable arms
31
are extended or extracted.
A specific cable management arm
30
is applied to a specific depth size of the rack
10
even though it is convenient for extraction, repair and service. There is a need for a new length specification or a different series count for the cable arms
31
when launching a new specification of the rack
10
in a market. Accordingly, manufacturers cannot reduce manufacturing cost or apply to various depth sizes of the rack
10
.
The present invention intends to provide an adjustable bracket device of a cable management arm having a guiding groove adapted to adjust an assembled position of a cable arm with respect to a rack in such a way to mitigate and overcome the above problem.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The primary objective of this invention is to provide an adjustable bracket device of a cable management arm comprising a guiding groove and a positioning unit to thereby choose an assembled position of the cable management arm with respect to the rack, so as to improving useful flexibility and convenient assembling.
The adjustable bracket device of the cable management arm of the present invention mainly comprises an adjustable bracket, and a positioning unit adapted to position the cable management arm with respect to the adjustable bracket between a rack and a chassis. The adjustable bracket includes a guiding groove adapted to receive the positioning unit to adjust an assembled position of the cable management arm with respect to a predetermined position of the rack, to thereby apply a universal specification of the cable management arm to various depth sizes of the rack.
Other objectives, advantages and novel features of the invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description and the accompanying drawings.


REFERENCES:
patent: 4353518 (1982-10-01), Taylor et al.
patent: 6286794 (2001-09-01), Harbin
U.S. patent application Publication US 2001/0030266 A1 to MacDonald et al.Publication Date Oct. 10, 2001.

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