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Cable management device and method

US7298951B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 16, 2006
Grant dateNov 20, 2007
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Expiry dateFeb 16, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B6/4459
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A cable management device, and associated assembly including a panel. The device including a segmented cable-managing arrangement having a plurality of radius limiting surfaces vertically and forwardly offset from one another. The device provides a number of incremental slack cable storage lengths that accommodates storage of slack cable without the occasion of loose slack. The assembly can include a single device used in combination with one or more other cable management devices, or nested devices to add to the versatility in accommodating various slack cable lengths.

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