Patent ID: 8464984
Filing Date: 2013-06-18
Classification: F16L,H02G

Abstract:
1. A cable management guide for a component rack having a first vertically oriented elongated post, and a second vertically oriented elongated post, the cable management guide comprising: a first bracket having a first opening configured to allow one or more cables to pass therethrough; a second bracket having a second opening configured to allow one or more cables to pass therethrough; an elongated back member comprising a plurality of attachment portions, and an opening positioned between adjacent ones of the plurality of attachment portions to provide a passageway through the elongated back member, the back member being sized to be coupled by the first bracket to the first vertically oriented elongated post at a first coupling location, the back member being further sized to be coupled by the second bracket to the second vertically oriented elongated post at a second coupling location to position the plurality of attachment portions of the back member away from the first and second coupling locations in a first direction, the first and second openings being spaced apart from the first and second coupling locations, respectively, along the first direction when the back member is coupled to the first and second vertically oriented elongated posts by the first and second brackets, respectively; and a plurality of cable stays, each of the cable stays extending from at least one of the plurality of attachment portions of the back member in a second direction substantially opposite to the first direction, the first and second openings being spaced apart from the back member along the second direction such that each of the cable stays is aligned with the first and second openings when the back member is coupled to the first and second vertically oriented elongated posts by the first and second brackets, respectively, each of the plurality of cable stays including an elongated first stay member and an elongated second stay member, the first stay member having a first extension portion extending away from a first position on the back member and a first free end portion positioned away from the back member, the second stay member having a second extension portion extending away from a second position on the back member and a second free end portion positioned away from the back member, the first position being spaced from the second position, the first and second free end portions of the first and second stay members being positioned to define a gap therebetween.