Disclosure of Invention
The invention provides an adjustable automatic folding cable management system, which can be applied to cable arrangement with different lengths and has stronger applicability, and the specific scheme is as follows:
an adjustable automatic folding cable management system comprises a plurality of cable collators, wherein each cable collator enables a cable to form a bend;
the cable collator includes:
the cable limiting groove comprises a U-shaped groove formed by surrounding three side surfaces;
one end of the cable cover is rotatably connected with the cable limiting groove, and the other end of the cable cover can be clamped with the cable limiting groove; the cable cover is clamped and connected with the cable limiting groove to form a channel for the cable to pass through;
and the rotary spring is arranged at the rotary connection part of the two cable limiting grooves and is used for enabling the two cable limiting grooves to have the tendency of folding and contracting.
Optionally, a rotary connector is arranged between the two cable limiting grooves, and the rotary connectors are respectively rotatably connected to the end portions of the two cable limiting grooves, so that the two cable limiting grooves can rotate relatively.
Optionally, the cable limiting groove is of an axisymmetric structure, and both ends of the cable limiting groove can be rotatably connected with the rotary connector.
Optionally, the end of the two cable limiting grooves is provided with an angle limiting block, and the two angle limiting blocks can be abutted against each other to limit the opening angle of the cable collator.
Optionally, a connection ring is installed at an end of the cable limiting groove, and the connection ring can be sleeved on a wire rail arranged on the chassis to guide and limit the cable collator integrally.
Optionally, the cable limiting device further comprises a connecting rod, one end of the connecting rod is directly or indirectly connected to the cable limiting groove, and the other end of the connecting rod can be sleeved on a line rail arranged on the case.
Optionally, the cable limiting groove includes an upper cable seat and a lower cable seat, and both the upper cable seat and the lower cable seat have a right-angle bending structure formed by two side surfaces;
the cable seat of going up with one of them side of cable seat overlaps each other down to can relative slip and location, in order to adjust go up the cable seat with the distance of two sides of mutual parallel arrangement between the cable seat down.
Optionally, the upper cable seat is provided with a guide sliding block and a positioning clamping groove, and the lower cable seat is provided with a guide sliding rail and a positioning buckle;
the guide sliding block is clamped into the guide sliding rail and slides along a straight line, and the positioning buckle can be clamped into different positioning clamping grooves to fix positions.
Optionally, the cable cover includes a cable upper cover and a cable lower cover, one end of the cable lower cover is hinged to the lower cable seat, an adjusting chute is arranged on the cable lower cover, and an adjusting slider and a clamping interface are arranged on the cable upper cover;
the adjusting slide block can be guided to slide along the adjusting slide groove, and the clamping interface can be clamped and fixed on a clamping rod arranged on the cable seat.
The invention provides an adjustable automatic folding cable management system which comprises a plurality of cable collators, wherein each cable collator comprises a cable limiting groove, a cable cover and a rotating spring, each cable limiting groove comprises a U-shaped groove formed by surrounding three side faces, and a cable penetrates through the U-shaped groove and plays a role in limiting; one end of the cable cover is rotatably connected with the cable limiting groove, the other end of the cable cover can be clamped with the cable limiting groove, the cable cover can be enclosed at the open side of the U-shaped groove, and a channel for the cable to pass through is formed by the cable cover and the cable limiting groove after the cable cover is clamped, so that the cable is limited in the channel; the two cable limiting grooves are in relative rotating connection, and the rotating spring is arranged at the rotating connection position of the two cable limiting grooves and used for enabling the two cable limiting grooves to have a folding and contracting trend and enabling the cable to keep a folding and contracting trend; set up a plurality of cable collators on a cable, every cable collator makes the cable form one and buckles, consequently a cable forms a plurality of structures of buckling through a plurality of cable collators, and the interval of two adjacent cable collators can freely be adjusted, consequently does not receive the restriction of quick-witted case space, can be applied to the cable arrangement of different length.
Drawings
In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without creative efforts.
FIGS. 1A and 1B are schematic diagrams of a cable organizer of the prior art from two different perspectives;
FIG. 2A is a schematic structural view of a cable organizer;
fig. 2B and 2C are respectively a structural view of the cable organizer and the cable in cooperation with each other.
Fig. 3A to 3C are structural views of three different states of the cable limiting groove, respectively;
FIG. 4A is a schematic structural view of two parallel cable-limiting grooves;
FIG. 4B is a schematic view of the structure of two cable retaining grooves opened at an obtuse angle;
FIG. 4C is a schematic view of the two cable retention slots being opened to a maximum angle;
FIG. 4D is a schematic view of the angle stoppers abutting against each other;
FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the structure of the cable limiting groove and the cable
Figure 6A is a top view of a module within a chassis configured with two rows of rails,
figure 6B is a top view of the interior module of the chassis with a row of rails,
figure 6C is a top view of the interior module of the chassis without the rails,
FIG. 7A is a cross-sectional view of a cable retaining groove;
fig. 7B and 7C are sectional structural views of the upper cable base and the lower cable base at the second stop and the third stop, respectively;
FIG. 8A is an exploded view of a cable retaining groove;
fig. 8B is an exploded view of the various components of the cable organizer.
The figure includes:
the cable fixing device comprises acable limiting groove 1, anupper cable seat 11, aguide sliding block 111, apositioning clamping groove 112, aclamping rod 113, alower cable seat 12, aguide sliding rail 121, apositioning buckle 122, anangle limiting block 13, acable cover 2, a cableupper cover 21, an adjusting slidingblock 211, aclamping interface 212, a cablelower cover 22, an adjusting slidinggroove 221, a rotatingspring 3, a rotatingconnector 4, a connectingring 5 and a connectingrod 6.
Detailed Description
The core of the invention is to provide an adjustable automatic folding cable management system, which can be applied to cable arrangement with different lengths and has stronger applicability.
In order to make those skilled in the art better understand the technical solution of the present invention, the adjustable automatic retracting cable management system of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.
The invention provides an adjustable automatic folding cable management system, which comprises a plurality of cable collators, wherein each cable collator bends a cable; fig. 2A is a schematic structural diagram of the cable organizer, and fig. 2B and 2C are structural diagrams of the cable organizer and the cable in cooperation with each other, respectively.
The cable collator comprises acable limiting groove 1, acable cover 2, arotating spring 3 and other structures, wherein thecable limiting groove 1 comprises a U-shaped groove surrounded by three side surfaces, as shown in fig. 3A to 3C, the structure diagrams of thecable limiting groove 1 in three different states are respectively shown; the cross section of thecable limiting groove 1 is U-shaped, a groove-shaped structure with two through ends is formed, the U-shaped groove is enclosed by three side faces, the cable can be placed into the U-shaped groove from one side without the side faces, and the cable extends along the length direction of the U-shaped groove.
Thecable cover 2 is arranged on one side of the U-shaped groove without lacking the side face, one end of thecable cover 2 is rotatably connected with thecable limiting groove 1, the direction of the rotating shaft is approximately parallel to the extending direction of the cable, the other end of thecable cover 2 can be clamped with thecable limiting groove 1, and thecable cover 2 and thecable limiting groove 1 form a channel for the cable to pass through after being clamped with each other; the length of thecable cover 2 is smaller than that of thecable limiting groove 1, if the length of thecable limiting groove 1 is too long, two cable covers 2 can be arranged, and generally only onecable cover 2 needs to be arranged on onecable limiting groove 1; the cable can be put into when thecable lid 2 is opened, and is spacing with the cable when thecable lid 2 is closed.
The cable collator comprises at least twocable limiting grooves 1, thecable limiting grooves 1 are in relative rotation connection, arotating spring 3 is arranged at the rotation connection position of the twocable limiting grooves 1 and used for enabling the twocable limiting grooves 1 to have the tendency of folding and contracting, and the twocable limiting grooves 1 are in a parallel state under the condition of not being subjected to other external force, as shown in fig. 4A, the cable collator is a schematic structural diagram that the twocable limiting grooves 1 are in a parallel state; fig. 4B is a schematic structural view of twocable limiting grooves 1 opened to form an obtuse angle; fig. 4C is a schematic structural view of the twocable limiting grooves 1 being opened to the maximum angle; when the cable is under tension, the twocable limiting grooves 1 are opened, and the larger the tension is, the larger the opening angle is.
According to the adjustable automatic folding cable management system, the plurality of cable collators are arranged on one cable, and each cable collator enables the cable to form one bending, so that one cable forms a plurality of bending structures through the plurality of cable collators; the cable collator has the tendency of folding and shrinking, so that the cable can be bent and shrunk to keep a folded state; when the module is pulled out of the server, the cable is pulled to be flat, and the angle of the twocable limiting grooves 1 is expanded to be increased, so that the length requirement of the pulled cable of the module is met; when the module was pushed back the server, the pulling force that the cable received was got rid of, and under the elastic force effect ofrotating spring 3, the angular contraction of twocable spacing grooves 1 reduced, and the cable is folded, keeps the clean and tidy of the inside cable of server.
The distance between two adjacent cable collators in the adjustable automatic folding cable management system can be freely adjusted, so that the adjustable automatic folding cable management system is not limited by the space of a case, and a cable forms a multi-bending structure through the mutual matching of a plurality of cable collators, so that the folding requirement of the cable is met, and the adjustable automatic folding cable management system can be applied to the cable collation of different lengths and has higher application flexibility.
On the basis of the scheme, therotary connector 4 is arranged between the twocable limiting grooves 1, therotary connectors 4 are respectively and rotatably connected to the end parts of the twocable limiting grooves 1, and the twocable limiting grooves 1 are rotatably connected through therotary connector 4, so that the twocable limiting grooves 1 can rotate relatively. Of course, if the end of thecable limiting groove 1 is provided with a bent structure, the twocable limiting grooves 1 can be directly hinged and connected.
Preferably, thecable limiting grooves 1 in the cable limiting device are of an axisymmetric structure, two ends of eachcable limiting groove 1 can be rotatably connected with therotary connector 4, thecable limiting grooves 1 are not divided into left and right parts during machining and manufacturing, the same specification is adopted, machining cost is saved, any twocable limiting grooves 1 can be connected with therotary connector 4 during assembling, and assembling is facilitated.
The end parts of the twocable limiting grooves 1 are provided withangle limiting blocks 13, the twoangle limiting blocks 13 on the two adjacentcable limiting grooves 1 can be mutually abutted to limit the opening angle of the cable collator, and as shown in fig. 4D, theangle limiting blocks 13 are schematic diagrams of mutual abutment; it sets up twoangle stopper 13 respectively at every end ofcable spacing groove 1 shown in the figure, andcable spacing groove 1 can't continue to open whenangle stopper 13 mutual butt has injectd the biggest opening angle of cable on the one hand, and the excessive deformation ofrotating spring 3 is avoided to another direction.
As shown in fig. 5, it is a schematic structural diagram of thecable limiting groove 1 and the cable; the connectingring 5 is installed at the end part of thecable limiting groove 1, a hole is formed in theangle limiting block 13, the connectingring 5 is installed in the hole, and the connectingring 5 can be sleeved on a wire rail arranged on the case to limit the overall guide of the cable collator. The connectingring 5 can also be directly fixed on thecable limiting groove 1 or adopt other forms.
As shown in fig. 6A, a top view structure diagram of a module inside a chassis with two rows of wire rails is shown, wherein two wire rails a are arranged, B in the drawing shows a cable organizer, the length direction of the wire rails is parallel to the moving direction of the module, i.e. the arrow direction in the drawing, when the module moves downwards along the arrow, the module is pulled out in a lateral moving manner, and when the module moves upwards along the arrow, the module is pushed into the chassis in a lateral moving manner.
Two rows of wire rails are arranged in fig. 6A, each wire rail can guide a plurality of cable collators, the cable collators can move along a straight line through the wire rails and keep at the height limited by the wire rails, the cable collators cannot move downwards due to gravity, and the cables are always kept at the same height.
As shown in fig. 6B, for a top view structure diagram of a chassis internal module provided with a row of wire rails, for a chassis where two wire rails are not allowed to be provided under certain spatial conditions, only one wire rail may be provided, in order to be able to limit other cable organizers, a connectingrod 6 is further provided, one end of the connectingrod 6 is directly or indirectly connected to thecable limiting groove 1, and the other end can be sleeved on the wire rail provided on the chassis; the connectingrod 6 can be directly connected to the opening of the cable organizer or can be connected to the opening by the connectingring 5, and these embodiments are all included in the scope of the present invention.
The wire track structure is not necessary, and as shown in fig. 6C, the top view structure of the internal module of the chassis without the wire track is a structure that the wire track can be extended to a longer length without the wire track.
On the basis of any one of the above technical solutions and the combination thereof, thecable limiting groove 1 of the present invention includes anupper cable seat 11 and alower cable seat 12, as shown in fig. 7A, which is a cross-sectional structure view of thecable limiting groove 1; theupper cable seat 11 and thelower cable seat 12 are both of a right-angle bending structure formed by two side surfaces, namely the section is L-shaped and is formed by two vertical plate surfaces; one of the side surfaces of the upper andlower cable trays 11 and 12 is overlapped with each other and can be slid and positioned relatively to adjust the distance between the two side surfaces disposed parallel to each other between the upper andlower cable trays 11 and 12, i.e., the length of d in fig. 7A.
The present invention provides a specific arrangement form of mutual adjustment of theupper cable seat 11 and thelower cable seat 12, as shown in fig. 7B and 7C, which are respectively cross-sectional structure diagrams of theupper cable seat 11 and thelower cable seat 12 at the second gear and the third gear; theupper cable seat 11 is provided with aguide sliding block 111 and apositioning clamping groove 112, the drawing is provided with threepositioning clamping grooves 112, eachpositioning clamping groove 112 corresponds to a gear, and thelower cable seat 12 is provided with aguide sliding rail 121 and apositioning clamping buckle 122; theguide slider 111 is inserted into theguide rail 121 to slide linearly, that is, vertically in fig. 7B and 7C, and thepositioning fastener 122 can be inserted into differentpositioning fastener slots 112 to fix the position.
Fig. 7A shows the first gear, thepositioning buckle 122 is engaged with theuppermost positioning slot 112, and the vertical height of the entirecable limiting groove 1 is the minimum; fig. 7B is at every second position, and moves upward in the direction of the arrow relative to fig. 7A, thepositioning buckle 122 is engaged with thepositioning slot 112 in the middle, and the height of thecable limiting groove 1 is increased; in the third position shown in fig. 7C, when the cable stopper is moved upward in the direction of the arrow relative to fig. 7B, thepositioning catch 122 is engaged with thelowermost positioning slot 112, and the height of thecable stopper groove 1 is further increased.
The invention is explained by taking the arrangement of three gears as an example, namely, threepositioning clamping grooves 112 with different heights are arranged and adjusted according to the number of cables so as to achieve the best matching effect and prevent the cables from moving in thecable limiting groove 1.
As shown in fig. 8A, is an exploded view of thecable retaining groove 1; FIG. 8B is an exploded view of the various components of the cable organizer; thecable cover 2 includes a cableupper cover 21 and a cablelower cover 22, the cableupper cover 21 and the cablelower cover 22 are separately and independently disposed, one end of the cablelower cover 22 is hinged to thelower cable seat 12, that is, the lower end of the cablelower cover 22 is hinged to thelower cable seat 12, and the cablelower cover 22 can rotate relative to thelower cable seat 12.
The cablelower cover 22 is provided with an adjustingchute 221, the adjustingchute 221 shown in the figure is a flat through hole which is arranged along the plate surface direction of the cablelower cover 22 in a penetrating way, and the cableupper cover 21 is provided with an adjustingslider 211 and a clampinginterface 212; the adjustingslide block 211 can be clamped into the adjustingslide groove 221, the adjustingslide block 211 and the adjustingslide groove 221 are in guiding fit with each other, the adjustingslide block 211 slides along the adjustingslide groove 221 in a guiding manner, and then the vertical position of the whole cableupper cover 21 is adjusted.
The clampinginterface 212 can be clamped and fixed on the clampingrod 113 arranged on theupper cable seat 11, the clampinginterface 212 is a cylindrical groove, the cross section of the clamping interface is an arc, elastic deformation can be generated, and then the clamping interface is clamped on the clampingrod 113 to realize relative fixation.
When theupper cable seat 11 moves to different gear positions, theupper cable cover 21 can correspondingly move vertically, and can be clamped and fixed with the clampingrod 113 at the three gear positions.
The previous description of the disclosed embodiments is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make or use the present invention. Various modifications to these embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. Thus, the present invention is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and features disclosed herein.