Wire Distribution (e.g., Harness, Rack, Etc.) Patents (Class 361/826)
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Publication number: 20110209741Abstract: A wire harness connects multiple solar panel junction boxes to a recombiner box. The wire harness includes in-line fuse assemblies, with optional blocking diodes, so each string of solar panels is associated with one fuse. In the event of a blown fuse, only one upstream solar panel string is affected. Entire wire harnesses and/or individual in-line fuse assemblies can be easily swapped out, thereby decreasing the time and expense of troubleshooting and repairing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2010Publication date: September 1, 2011Inventor: Dean Solon
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Publication number: 20110211329Abstract: An equipment cabinet (2) includes an equipment rack (3) for mounting equipment (20), and includes organizational elements for organizing cables within the cabinet. The cables may be organized to reduce impeding airflow to or from the equipment, and/or to reduce unwanted bending of the cables themselves. The organizational elements may include one or more of: a trunk cable (40) including a furcation plug (45) and universal clip (47); a furcation bracket—either vertical (60) or horizontal (80); a termination panel (100); a trunk cable manager (140, 200); and/or an accessory bracket (180). The organizational elements may be used in various combinations with one another, and may be provided in a kit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2011Publication date: September 1, 2011Applicant: CHATSWORTH PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: David Lee DEAN, JR., David Brian Donowho, Richard Evans Lewis, II, Karl Theodore Messmer, Alan William Ugolini
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Publication number: 20110211328Abstract: An equipment cabinet (2) includes an equipment rack (3) for mounting equipment (20), and includes organizational elements for organizing cables within the cabinet. The cables may be organized to reduce impeding airflow to or from the equipment, and/or to reduce unwanted bending of the cables themselves. The organizational elements may include one or more of: a trunk cable (40) including a furcation plug (45) and universal clip (47); a furcation bracket—either vertical (60) or horizontal (80); a termination panel (100); a trunk cable manager (140, 200); and/or an accessory bracket (180). The organizational elements may be used in various combinations with one another, and may be provided in a kit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2011Publication date: September 1, 2011Applicant: CHATSWORTH PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: David Lee DEAN, JR., David Brian Donowho, Richard Evans Lewis, II, Karl Theodore Messmer, Alan William Ugolini
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Patent number: 8004826Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical switchgear comprising at least one panel, especially for low voltage, a device compartment especially for receiving inserts, switching devices, control devices, and similar, a busbar compartment in which the busbars are accommodated in a horizontal direction, a multi-terminal busbar compartment in which the multi-terminal busbars extend vertically, and at least one wire compartment. The wire compartment for control wires and signal wires is located on one side of the panel while the wire compartment for power wires is placed on the other side of the panel.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2006Date of Patent: August 23, 2011Assignee: ABB Patent GmbHInventors: Hans-Peter Merkel, Gunnar Zank
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Patent number: 7999181Abstract: An overmolded harness configured to be received in a receiving structure of an engine includes a body having at least one surface, and at least one retainer configured for engagement with the receiving structure. The retainer protrudes from at least one surface. At least one indicator is overmolded with the body and marks the location of the retainer.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2007Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Inventor: Jeffrey L. Drye
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Patent number: 7999183Abstract: A vertical cable manager includes a base, an interconnected double-spine assembly topped by a top frame, and a pair of doors. The double-spine assembly is supported by the base. Each door is removably coupled at each lower corner to the base and at each upper corner to the top frame, thus permitting each door to be opened or hinged along either of its lateral sides or removed entirely. The double-spine assembly may support selectively repositionable mounting members, which may in turn support a large cable spool, a selectively repositionable shelf-mounted handle spool assembly, and various other cable management accessories.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2009Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Chatsworth Products, Inc.Inventors: Jose Arturo Garza, Daniel Alaniz, D. Brian Donowho, James I. Lawrence, Joshua James Young, Wayne Arnold Zahlit, Hillman Lee Bailey, Lawrence Randolph Gravell
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Patent number: 7995357Abstract: A telecommunications system including a frame to which telecommunications equipment is mounted. The frame defines a patch panel region and an active equipment region. Patch cords are interconnected between the patch panel region and the active equipment region. The system further includes a slack storage panel that stores patch cord slack. The slack storage panel defines a single cable routing pathway. The patch cords are routed through the slack storage panel such that no portion of the length of each patch cord overlaps itself. In systems including both copper and fiber cables, the copper cables are routed separately from the fiber cables.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2010Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.Inventors: Kevin L. Hruby, Glen Cordle, Cindy S. Walters, Michael Kenneth Barth
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Publication number: 20110182049Abstract: A wiring structure for an electronic apparatus has a structure in which a first wiring path where a first harness that is used for transmitting a primary power is wired and a second wiring path where a second harness that is used for transmitting a secondary power is wired are formed, and a structure related to the first wiring path is formed so that, in a case where the first harness is wired, the first harness is integrated with the structure related to the first wiring path.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2010Publication date: July 28, 2011Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoyuki IWATA, Atsushi AKETO
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Patent number: 7978481Abstract: A harness routing structure comprises: a battery case that defines an internal space which houses a battery and an electric appliance on a hybrid motor vehicle, and that is formed of a first member; a reinforcement that is provided in the battery case, and that is formed of a second member having a greater strength than the first member and that reinforces the battery case; and a harness routed at a position along the reinforcement.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2006Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takenori Tsuchiya, Takahiro Suzuki
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Patent number: 7974105Abstract: An equipment cabinet (2) includes an equipment rack (3) for mounting equipment (20), and includes organizational elements for organizing cables within the cabinet. The cables may be organized to reduce impeding airflow to or from the equipment, and/or to reduce unwanted bending of the cables themselves. The organizational elements may include one or more of: a trunk cable (40) including a furcation plug (45) and universal clip (47); a furcation bracket—either vertical (60) or horizontal (80); a termination panel (100); a trunk cable manager (140, 200); and/or an accessory bracket (180). The organizational elements may be used in various combinations with one another, and may be provided in a kit.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2009Date of Patent: July 5, 2011Assignee: Chatsworth Products, Inc.Inventors: David Lee Dean, Jr., David Brian Donowho, Richard Evans Lewis, II, Karl Theodore Messmer, Alan William Ugolini
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Publication number: 20110157823Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a housing, a wiring, a wiring holder, and a wall portion. The housing houses a plurality of components including a first component and a second component located near the first component The wiring is installed around the second component in the housing and connected to at least one of the components. The wiring holder is located around the second component in the housing to hold the wiring. The wall portion includes a cover that covers the second component and an opening. The opening includes a first area where the first component is exposed and a second area where a periphery of the wiring holder is exposed. The second area is formed around the cover continuously from the first area.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2010Publication date: June 30, 2011Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventor: Shinji HIRATOMO
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Patent number: 7969751Abstract: A high-speed signal transmission apparatus comprises: a housing; a plurality of daughter boards juxtaposed to one another in the housing; board-side connectors each provided on corresponding each of the juxtaposed daughter boards; and cable-side connectors fixed in the housing; wherein each of the board-side connectors is insertable/removable into/from corresponding each of the cable-side connectors, and wherein a cable group whose impedance matching can be achieved makes connection between the predetermined cable-side connectors.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2008Date of Patent: June 28, 2011Assignee: Hitachi Cable, Ltd.Inventors: Keiichi Yamamoto, Norio Chujo, Takashi Kumakura, Yosuke Ishimatsu
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Patent number: 7963486Abstract: A variably spaced cable management assembly according to the present invention is used in conjunction with a conventional equipment rack to route cables between and otherwise to or from equipment stored in the conventional rack. Implementations of the variably spaced assembly include various elongated guide members projecting from a rear wall of the variably spaced assembly interspaced in juxtaposition with one another by a variable amount.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2008Date of Patent: June 21, 2011Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Craig Wilson, Frank Chin-Hwan Kim, Brian Groenig
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Patent number: 7956286Abstract: A cable handling structure for a linear axis includes a base member, a slide member capable of linearly sliding in parallel with the base member, and a cable guide configured to guide a cable extended from the base member to the slide member with the cable accommodated in the cable guide. The cable guide is curved into a U-shape with one end thereof fixed to the base member and the other end thereof fixed to the slide member, and disposed so as to extend in a moving direction of the slide member and incline with respect to the base member as seen from the moving direction of the slide member.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2009Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa DenkiInventor: Masatoshi Furuichi
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Publication number: 20110115494Abstract: A connector arrangement includes a plug nose body; a printed circuit board positioned within a cavity of the plug nose body; and a plug cover that mounts to the plug nose body to enclose the printed circuit board within the cavity. The printed circuit board includes a storage device configured to store information pertaining to the electrical segment of communications media. The plug cover defines a plurality of slotted openings through which the second contacts are exposed. A connector assembly includes a jack module and a media reading interface configured to receive the plug. A patch panel includes multiple jack modules and multiple media reading interfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2010Publication date: May 19, 2011Applicant: ADC TelecommunicationsInventors: CHRIS TAYLOR, Gordon John White, Alastair Hoath, Joseph C. Coffey, Loren J. Mattson, Duane R. Sand
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Patent number: 7939763Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a horizontal cable manager. A horizontal base can include a first molded section and an identical second molded section adapted to be coupled together. The horizontal cable manager can include a plurality of fingers extending from each one of the first molded section and the second molded section. The fingers can include a shaft and an arrow-shaped end. The arrow-shaped end can include a first triangular member and a second triangular member each coupled to opposite sides of the shaft at a first distance away from a distal end of the shaft. The horizontal cable manager can include hinge supports with a cover removably coupled to the hinge supports. The horizontal base can include an attachment hole, a first extension, and a second wing extension for temporary attachment to an electronic equipment rack.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2008Date of Patent: May 10, 2011Assignee: Hoffman Enclosures, Inc.Inventors: Trent Jones, Jeremy Fink, Marcus Adrian Koukkari, Brian Lynn Mordick
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Patent number: 7936572Abstract: The invention relates to a distribution box connection module (1) for telecommunications and data technology, comprising a housing in which externally accessible input and output contacts (10, 20, 30, 40) are arranged for the connection of cables and cores, with the housing having a cavity in which at least one printed circuit board (50) is arranged, with the input and output contacts (10, 20, 30, 40) being arranged on the opposite end faces of the housing, and with the input contacts (10, 20) being associated with one input side and the output contacts (30, 40) being associated with one output side, with the input contacts 10, 20) being in the form of at least two mutually opposite rows of contacts, and the output contacts (30, 40) being in the form of at least one plug connector, with at least two input contacts (10) in the first row and at least two input contacts (20) in the second row being connected to the output contacts (30; 40) in the at least one plug connector, and with the input contacts (10, 20)Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2009Date of Patent: May 3, 2011Assignee: ADC GmbHInventors: Ralf-Dieter Busse, Antony Nijhuis, Harald Klein, Joachim Stark, Carsten Storbeck
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Patent number: 7916502Abstract: A cable tray is provided comprising a housing defining an interior portion, the housing having at least one positioned opening formed therein and also having plural, open ends in communication with the interior portion and the at least one positioned opening for passage of at least one cable therethrough. The housing is adapted to be coupled to at least one external surface, such that at least one of the plural, open ends substantially aligns with at least one open end of a housing of at least one further cable tray.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2008Date of Patent: March 29, 2011Assignee: Tellabs Operations, Inc.Inventors: Kimon Papakos, Scott A. Blakemore, Mark E. Boduch
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Patent number: 7907423Abstract: A modular electrical power distribution assembly is provided. The assembly includes a plurality of modular containers, each container configured to receive electrical components for interconnection to electrical systems of a predetermined configuration. The plurality of containers is configured for mechanical interconnection.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2007Date of Patent: March 15, 2011Assignee: Tyco Electronics Brasil Ltda.Inventors: Ednei Lopes, Aguinaldo Vicenza, Alexandre Perussi
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Patent number: 7894196Abstract: A connection module that mounts to a frame includes a housing and electrical contacts positioned on different ends of the housing. A first fixing member defines a channel sized to receive at least a portion of a frame. A second fixing member is moveable relative to the first fixing member to extend at least partially across the channel of the first fixing member.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2010Date of Patent: February 22, 2011Assignee: ADC GmbHInventors: Heiko Neumetzler, Harald Klein, Johann Oltmanns, Antony Nijhuis
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Patent number: 7893356Abstract: A vertical cable manager includes a base, an interconnected double-spine assembly topped by a top frame, and a pair of doors. The double-spine assembly is supported by the base. Each door is removably coupled at each lower corner to the base and at each upper corner to the top frame, thus permitting each door to be opened or hinged along either of its lateral sides or removed entirely. The double-spine assembly may support selectively repositionable mounting members, which may in turn support a large cable spool, a selectively repositionable shelf-mounted handle spool assembly, and various other cable management accessories.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2010Date of Patent: February 22, 2011Assignee: Chatsworth Products, Inc.Inventors: Jose Arturo Garza, Daniel Alaniz, D. Brian Donowho, James I. Lawrence, Joshua James Young, Wayne Arnold Zahlit
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Patent number: 7889516Abstract: A cable management system with an inspection window allows a technician to see available ports in a telecommunications module. The cable management systems inspection window is substantially transparent to permit visual access to underlying ports and associated electrical connectors. The inspection window is solid to prevent physical access to the electrical connectors, thereby preventing contamination, short-circuiting or other damage. The visual access permitted by an inspection window prevents the need to remove a cable trough to find available ports, which reduces the chance of causing a disruption in service by inadvertently disconnecting a cable that is in or around the cable trough.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2007Date of Patent: February 15, 2011Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Darrel L. McDowell, Melbourne F. Ervin
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Patent number: 7876580Abstract: Embodiments include methods, apparatus, and systems for a cable strain relief. One embodiment includes a cable strain relief having a body for supporting cables connected to a computer. A bracket and arm connect to the body so the body can rotate to plural different locked positions.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2007Date of Patent: January 25, 2011Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventor: David W. Mayer
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Patent number: 7855872Abstract: Systems and method for installing computer equipment and power distribution equipment in facilities is provided. In one aspect, the present invention provides a power distribution rack, and uninterruptible power supply rack and a plurality of equipment racks. A plurality of power cables are run from the power distribution rack to each of the plurality of equipment racks using power cable tracks located on the roofs of the equipment racks. A plurality of data cables run between the plurality of equipment racks using data cable tracks located on the roofs of the equipment racks. The power cable tracks and data cable tracks are designed to be installed on the roofs of the equipment racks without the need for tools.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2008Date of Patent: December 21, 2010Assignee: American Power Conversion CorporationInventors: Neil Rasmussen, William Ziegler, Peter Francis
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Publication number: 20100315800Abstract: A cable management system is provided including a rack for holding telecommunications equipment, and a ribcage cable support member along a vertical side of the rack. The ribcage cable support member includes a plurality of forwardly and rearwardly extending ribs. The ribs each include cable retention tabs. A plurality of spools are provided for cable storage on the ribcage cable support member. Holes through the ribcage cable support member allow access between the front and rear portions. An additional rack may be positioned on an opposite side of the ribcage cable support member to the first rack, and two columns of ribs are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2010Publication date: December 16, 2010Applicant: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.Inventors: Michael Jay Follingstad, Eric Levaasen, Jane Livingston, Al Feaster
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Patent number: 7829787Abstract: A telecommunications system including a frame to which telecommunications equipment is mounted. Fiber cables exiting the equipment are routed upward along each of the right and left sides of the frame. The fiber cables routed along the right and left sides merge within a horizontal trough section of a cable exit assembly. The cable exit assembly is located adjacent to the top of the frame and defines a single common exit point at which the merged fiber cables exit the frame.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2007Date of Patent: November 9, 2010Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.Inventors: Kevin L. Hruby, Glen Cordle
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Patent number: 7830649Abstract: A ballast with multilateral lead wires is provided for supplying a power for fluorescent lamps. The ballast comprises a lid and a longitudinal container for containing a ballast circuit for processing an input power and generating a lamp power supply to one or more of the lamps. The circuit includes an input connector mounted on an edge of the circuit for receiving input power wires and an output connector mounted on the opposite edge of the circuit from the input connector for connecting one or more sets of output lead wires. The lid is tightly fastened over the container and has two opposite edgewise basins with access openings for the wires to the input and output connectors.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2008Date of Patent: November 9, 2010Inventor: Kevin Yang
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Patent number: 7817444Abstract: A cable manager for arranging a plurality of electronic data cables in fixed positions for presentation to corresponding connection positions of an electronic communications connector block, including a plurality of cable guides for securing sections of the cables in spaced apart positions so that they converge at a common location remote from the cable manager.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2007Date of Patent: October 19, 2010Assignee: ADC GmbHInventor: Wayne William Dennes
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Patent number: 7813146Abstract: Techniques pertaining to powering multiple platforms with a minimum impact on air passage in a predefined environment are disclosed. Instead of connecting each of the platforms in a chassis to a power supply therein, the present invention uses what is referred to as cascading powering to power all platforms within minimum cable delivery. According to one embodiment of the present invention, each platform is provided with a pair of power connectors. At least one of the platforms has a power connector located towards or near a power supply so that only a short cable is needed to power the platform. The power is serially provided to an adjacent platform via a pair of corresponding connectors, each located on one of the two adjacent platforms. Such configuration is extended to the remaining platforms. As a result, all platforms are powered by the same power supply without using individual cables directly to the power supply.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2006Date of Patent: October 12, 2010Assignee: Super Micro Computer, Inc.Inventor: Manhtien Phan
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Patent number: 7807926Abstract: Flexible cables are connected to a movable member at a first end and a fixed member at a second end, each having a curve in between the first end and the second end. The flexible cables each include a first positioning system near the first end in the curve and a second positioning system near the second end in the curve, and they have different distances between the first positioning system and the second positioning system. The first positioning system and the second positioning system are fixed to a first positioning portion and a second positioning portion respectively. The flexible cables are spaced from each other to define clearances thereamong at the curve.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2003Date of Patent: October 5, 2010Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Kenji Samoto
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Publication number: 20100248534Abstract: A cable management unit having a base section and a top section, the base section and the top section defining a space therebetween, a plurality of distribution walls coupled between the base section and the top section and having a front surface facing the space and a back surface facing away from the space, an electronic device disposed within the space, and a plurality of ports disposed on the back surface of the contiguous section of the plurality of distribution walls and each having a port surface extending beyond the back surface of the contiguous section.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2010Publication date: September 30, 2010Applicant: EPICENTER, INC.Inventors: Edward Behrens, Tho Tu, David Wang
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Publication number: 20100214761Abstract: An electronic apparatus wiring harness is provided that includes: a fixed-side casing and a moving-side casing each having a circuit and rotatably journalled by a shaft having a through hole at its center, the moving-side casing being provided with a moving-side casing base which is rotatably journalled to the fixed-side casing, and a sliding portion which is provided so as to be slidable on a slide surface provided in the moving-side casing base. The circuit of the sliding portion and the circuit of the fixed-side casing are electrically connected together by an electric wire. The electric wire is a wiring harness having a flat cable portion in which a number of electric wire bodies are arranged in parallel and which is formed in a tape shape by jackets, and a jacket strip portion in which a number of the electric wire bodies are bundled; the flat cable portion is arranged in a bent manner so as to form a U shape on the slide surface of the moving-side casing base.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2010Publication date: August 26, 2010Applicant: FUJIKURA LTD.Inventors: Takashi MATSUKAWA, Yuuki TANAKA, Masako ITO, Tomoyuki SHINOHARA, Shigeru ASHIDA, Yasushi NAKAGAWA
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Publication number: 20100214760Abstract: A harness-integrated slide hinge is provided that connects between a plurality of casings having circuits therein while allowing the casings to move relatively. The harness-integrated slide hinge includes: a first sliding plate fitted to the one casing; a second sliding plate fitted to the other casing; a sliding mechanism that connects between the first sliding plate and the second sliding plate while allowing them to move relatively; and a harness that has a plurality of wirings, and connection sections provided on both ends of these wirings, and that is routed between the first sliding plate and the second sliding plate, wherein a wiring lamination section having a plurality of the wirings laminated therein is bent in a U-shape and accommodated in a space section between the first sliding plate and the second sliding plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2010Publication date: August 26, 2010Applicant: Fujikura Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Matsukawa, Yuuki Tanaka, Tomoyuki Shinohara, Shigeru Ashida, Yasushi Nakagawa, Shou Ueda
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Patent number: 7782632Abstract: When a module is inserted into a bay of an electronic system, an electrical signal connector on the electronic system engages a mating signal connector on the module and an electrical power connector on the electronic system engages one of two mating power connectors on the module. The electrical power connector on the electronic system is on either a first side or a second side of the electrical signal connector. The mating power connectors are on the first and second sides of the mating signal connector on the module.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2006Date of Patent: August 24, 2010Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Troy A. Della Fiora, Gregory L. Gibson, David W. Sherrod, John R. Grady
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Publication number: 20100186985Abstract: A wind turbine wiring enclosure cabinet is provided having a housing and an electrical circuit connection means. The housing has a top surface and a sidewall in contact therewith. The top surface has a plurality of apertures formed therein. The housing also has an interior accessed by a door in the sidewall. The electrical circuit connection means includes at least one non-conductive beam attached to the sidewall, and a plurality of conductive elements each having a top and bottom portion connected to respective electrical connectors, with the plurality of conductive elements attached to the non-conductive beam. Preferably, the conductive elements are attached to the non-conductive beam by non-conductive attachment means, each attachment means having a first portion in contact with at least one non-conductive beam and a second portion in contact with at least one of the conductive elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2009Publication date: July 29, 2010Inventor: Kevin F. Puccini
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Patent number: 7762405Abstract: A cable manager is disclosed. The cable manager includes a backbone, a plurality of finger sections connected to the backbone to form a vertical cable channel, and a first pair of horizontal rails connected to the top end of the backbone and a second pair of horizontal rails connected to the bottom end of the backbone. The cable manager also includes a first cross brace connected to the first pair of horizontal rails and a second cross brace connected to the second pair of horizontal rails, and a door hingedly connected to the first and second cross braces. Each cross brace includes a mounting surface having a plurality of guide surfaces and an alignment aid protruding from the mounting surface and extending beyond a horizontal axis extending between the guide surfaces. The door includes a pair of latches connected to a hinge pin through a pair of windows, and a spring connected to the hinge pin and the pair of latches.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2005Date of Patent: July 27, 2010Assignee: Panduit Corp.Inventors: Mark A. Vogel, Michael J. McGrath
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Patent number: 7760516Abstract: A modular uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system includes a plurality of UPS system component modules, each configured to be arranged in at least one equipment rack, each of the UPS system component modules having at least one flexible power cable extending therefrom and having a pluggable first connector at an end thereof. The system also includes a modular power interconnect assembly configured to be attached to at least one equipment rack, the modular power interconnect assembly including a housing, a plurality of bus bars positioned within the housing, and a plurality of second connectors positioned at a face of the housing, electrically connected to the plurality of bus bars and configured to pluggably mate with the first connectors to provide electrical interconnection among the plurality of UPS system component modules.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2006Date of Patent: July 20, 2010Assignee: Eaton CorporationInventors: Robert W. Johnson, Jr., Lennart Rune Jonsson
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Publication number: 20100172118Abstract: The invention provides a modular mapping system and apparatus for organizing and enclosing one or more electrical cables or cords that originate from and are connected to separate electronic devices and appliances. The system and apparatus can be made of a suitable size to house one or more electrical devices whereby the individual electrical cables or cords can be connected to or plugged into the electrical device. The individual electrical cables or cords never exit the apparatus and the electrical device is concealed from view. Another embodiment of the invention provides an apparatus for organizing and concealing for easy transport the various electrical cables and cords of the AC adapter cables and/or peripheral devices of a computer. The system and apparatus comprises a body that securely folds around the cables or cords in a closed configuration. The cords/cables can be restrained using wrapping system units and/or Velcro® wraps.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2010Publication date: July 8, 2010Inventor: Oscar G. Loayza
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Patent number: 7751206Abstract: A cable management system includes a cable base comprising a first end, a second end, and a resilient member that is operable to allow a rest distance between the first end and the second end to be changed. A plurality of cables are partially housed in the cable base, wherein each cable includes a first section that extends from the first end of the cable base and a second section that extends from the second end of the cable base.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2007Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Michael Kosacek, Ravi Kumar
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Publication number: 20100155105Abstract: The present invention provides a cable and box support plate which is a rectangular, flat plate with integral cable/conduit support member formed therewith. The cable/conduit support members are made from the same material as the remaining plate and formed by punching or stamping out the support members therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2009Publication date: June 24, 2010Applicant: Thomas & Betts International, Inc.Inventor: Cong Thanh Dinh
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Publication number: 20100142176Abstract: The present invention is directed to a spillover fitting that routes cables from a lateral trough. The spillover fitting includes fitting walls and a floor positioned between the fitting walls. The floor has an extension flange that extends into the lateral trough. The spillover fitting also includes a containment member that extends from the extension flange. The containment member is positioned over the lateral trough to contain cables routed out of the lateral trough into the spillover fitting.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2009Publication date: June 10, 2010Applicant: Panduit Corp.Inventor: Jack E. Caveney
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Publication number: 20100139733Abstract: A fused wiring harness having a fused wiring assembly and a second wiring assembly. The fused wiring assembly includes a first primary conductor, a first secondary fused conductor, and a second secondary fused conductor. The first secondary fused conductor is conductively connected to the first primary conductor at a first junction. The second secondary fused conductor is conductively connected to the first primary conductor at a second junction. The second wiring assembly includes a second primary conductor, a first secondary conductor, and a second secondary conductor. The first secondary conductor is conductively connected to the second primary conductor at a third junction. The fused wiring harness further includes a first overmold portion at least partially enveloping the first junction and the third junction, thereby securing the fused wiring assembly to the second wiring assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2009Publication date: June 10, 2010Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Ralf Jonczyk, Veasna Sok
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Patent number: 7729132Abstract: A harness wiring structure includes a first link that has a first fixing member, a second link that has a second fixing member, and a shaft portion that swingably connects the first link to the second link. When the first link and the second link are extended to each other, a wire harness is wired in a straight line so as to pass above the shaft portion and is fixed to the first link and the second link by the first fixing member and the second fixing member respectively.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2007Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Masataka Yamamoto, Mitsunori Tsunoda, Tomoyasu Terada
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Patent number: 7724543Abstract: A communication apparatus which occupies small space and yet can be connected with numerous external cables and which permits a cooling arrangement to be constructed at low cost. An information processing device constituting the communication apparatus has external cable connection ports provided on both top and bottom surfaces thereof, and thus, more external cables can be connected than in the case of connecting the cables to the side surfaces. Also, the external cables connected to the ports are guided along the top and bottom surfaces toward the front of the communication apparatus with their heights restricted by external cable covers and, therefore, do not occupy substantial space above and below the device. Further, since the external cables are connected to the top and bottom surfaces, the front and rear surfaces of the device have spare space, making it possible to construct a ventilation arrangement such as vent holes and fans.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2007Date of Patent: May 25, 2010Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Fujio Ozawa, Tetsuya Murayama, Junichi Hayama, Hiroyuki Abe, Hisato Sato
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Patent number: 7712615Abstract: A support slide assembly for a cable management arm is coupled with two slide assemblies. Two ends of the cable management arm are connected to one of the two slide assemblies. The support slide assembly includes a sliding member provided between the two ends of the cable management arm and sustained by the support slide assembly to travel in relation to the support slide assembly. Two ends of the support slide assembly respectively connected to the two slide assemblies. The support slide assembly includes a first rod and a second rod sliding into each other to become one retractable piece, allowing change of its total length. The two rods of the support slide assembly each is pivoted to a sliding block.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2008Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: King Slide Works Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Shih-Long Hwang, Shun-Ho Yang, Chun-Chiang Wang
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Patent number: 7715213Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a rack for telecommunications equipment. The rack includes a frame defining a bay opening sized and shaped for receiving a plurality of jack modules. The rack also includes a first set of cable management brackets that define a first vertical channel arranged and configured for receiving and vertically managing a plurality of cross-connect cables. Each of the cable management brackets includes a pivot portion that is pivotally movable relative to the frame. The pivot portions are pivotally movable between first positions in which the pivot portions extend partially across a front of the bay opening, and second positions in which the pivot portions are generally offset from the front of the bay opening. The present disclosure also relates to a rack for telecommunications equipment that includes rear cable management structure that defines a plurality of vertical channels along a back side of the rack.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2008Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.Inventor: Jose-Filonel Tawag Mendoza
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Patent number: 7710743Abstract: A printed circuit board (PCB) connector assembly for a wiring harness is disclosed. The PCB connector assembly may include a PCB, a connector housing disposed on a surface of the PCB, and a plurality of ID resistors for identifying data and limiting voltages through the cordless power tool. The ID resistors are mounted on the surface of the PCB. An encapsulant covers the plurality of ID resistors.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2006Date of Patent: May 4, 2010Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.Inventor: Robert J. Opsitos, Jr.
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Publication number: 20100085687Abstract: A back-wiring board that connects to a main circuit board of a power distribution system. The back-wiring board includes a plurality of connectors configured to mechanically secure to a plurality of bus bars. The connectors of the back-wiring board are further configured to receive a voltage signal from the plurality of bus bars and to transmit the voltage signal to the back-wiring board. The back-wiring board also includes a plurality of wire-wrap pins integrated into a surface of the back-wiring board, wherein the wire-wrap pins are configured to receive data input signals. The back-wiring board includes a right-angle connector configured to couple the back-wiring board to the main circuit board.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2009Publication date: April 8, 2010Applicant: Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc.Inventors: Paul Shannon, Mahesh Mistry
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Patent number: 7693386Abstract: A parallel path cable routing system that incorporates parallel paths into a single system. The parallel path cable routing system includes a first cable trough having a cable pathway and a second cable trough having a cable pathway. The first cable trough is parallel to the second cable trough. The parallel path cable routing system also includes a single component having a cable pathway that is coupled to both the first and second cable troughs. The single component connects the first cable trough pathway to the second cable trough pathway to allow the cables to run from the first cable trough to the second cable trough thereby transitioning the cables in the parallel path cable routing system.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2006Date of Patent: April 6, 2010Assignee: Panduit Corp.Inventor: Dennis J. Waszak
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Patent number: 7687716Abstract: A cable management system for an electrical component having a connectivity interface configured to connect with cables includes a cable support bracket having a cable support plate configured to support the cables connected to the connectivity interface, and an arm having first and second arm portions. The first arm portion being coupled to the cable support plate and the second arm portion configured to be coupled to the electrical component. The first and second arm portions are selectively positionable with respect to one another such that the position of the cable support plate may be changed with respect to the connectivity interface.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2007Date of Patent: March 30, 2010Assignee: Tyco Electronics CorporationInventors: Paul John Pepe, Jeffrey Lane McNeal, Stephen Scott Herndon