Cable management assembly, system and method

US7083051B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ADC Telecommunications, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Trevor D. Smith · Eden Prairie, US
• James J. Solheid · Lakeville, US
• Timothy Jon Haataja · Lakeville, US
• Michael Wentworth · Belle Plaine, US
• David E. Rapp · Eden Prairie, US
• Michael Jay Follingstad · Prior Lake, US
• Michael John Shorter · Lonsdale, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 15, 2002
• Grant date: Aug 1, 2006
• Expiry date: Nov 15, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04Q2201/02
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A cable management assembly, and method related thereto, including a riser panel having an interface portion and a plurality of cable management devices. The interface portion having a plurality of shaped apertures. The cable management devices having attachments that correspond to the shaped apertures to secure the cable management devices to the panel at selected vertical and horizontal locations. The cable management assembly being configured to extend between two adjacent telecommunications racks or to couple to the end of a telecommunications rack.