Abstract:
A server cabinet includes a housing and a cable management bracket. The cable management bracket includes a base plate fastened to the housing and two side plates extending from opposite sides of the base plate. Each side plate defines a number of openings for cables to extend through.

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION 
       [0001]    Relevant subject matter is disclosed in a pending U.S. patent application, titled “SERVER CABINET”, filed on May 16, 2012, with the application Ser. No. 13/472,512, which is assigned to the same assignee as this patent application. 
     
    
     BACKGROUND 
       [0002]    1. Technical Field 
         [0003]    The present disclosure relates to a server cabinet. 
         [0004]    2. Description of Related Art 
         [0005]    Switches are generally mounted on a top of a server cabinet; and a plurality of servers is mounted in the cabinet, below the switches. A plurality of cables is provided for connecting the switches and servers. However, due to the large number of cables, it is often difficult to manage the cables in a neat way. 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         [0006]    Many aspects of the present embodiments can be better understood with reference to the following drawings. The components in the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale, the emphasis instead being placed upon clearly illustrating the principles of the present embodiments. Moreover, in the drawings, all the views are schematic, and like reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views. 
           [0007]      FIG. 1  is an assembled view of an exemplary embodiment of a server cabinet. 
           [0008]      FIG. 2  is similar to  FIG. 1 , but viewed from a different perspective. 
           [0009]      FIG. 3  is a partially exploded, isometric view of the cabinet of  FIG. 2 , wherein the cabinet includes two latching members and a plurality of covers. 
           [0010]      FIG. 4  is an enlarged view of a circled portion IV of  FIG. 3 . 
           [0011]      FIG. 5  is an enlarged view of one of the latching members of  FIG. 3 . 
           [0012]      FIG. 6  is an enlarged view of one of the covers of  FIG. 3 , but viewed from a different perspective. 
       
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
       [0013]    The disclosure, including the accompanying drawings, is illustrated by way of example and not by way of limitation. It should be noted that references to “an” or “one” embodiment in this disclosure are not necessarily to the same embodiment, and such references mean at least one. 
         [0014]      FIGS. 1 and 3  show an exemplary embodiment of a server cabinet including a housing  10 , a cable management bracket  20 , two latching members  60 , and a plurality of covers  80 . 
         [0015]    A switch  30  is mounted on an inner surface of a top of the housing  10 . A plurality of servers  40  is mounted in the housing  10  from top to bottom, below the switch  30 . The housing  10  includes a side plate  11  to enclose the servers  40 . Two engaging portions  12  are respectively formed on an upper portion and a lower portion of an inner surface of the side plate  11 , behind the switch  30  and the servers  40 . Each engaging portion  12  is substantially U-shaped in cross-section, including a sidewall  123  parallel to the side plate  11 . An inlet  122  is defined in a top of each engaging portion  12 . A notch  125  is defined in each sidewall  123 , extending through a top of each sidewall  123 . A U-shaped cross section locking portion  13  is formed on a middle of the side plate  11 . A locking hole  131  is defined in a middle of the locking portion  13 . 
         [0016]      FIGS. 3 and 4  show each cable management bracket  20  including an elongated base plate  21 , and two side plates  22  perpendicularly extending from opposite sides of the base plate  21 . A through hole  211  is defined in a middle of the base plate  21 . A plurality of spaced openings  221  is defined in each side plate  22 , arranged along a lengthwise direction of the side plate  22  and extending through a first side of the side plate  22  away from the base plate  21 . A plurality of spaced bars  222  perpendicularly extends out from the first side of each side plate  22 , away from the other side plate  22 . Each opening  221  is located between two corresponding neighboring bars  222 . A slanting guiding surface  225  is formed on a distal side of each bar  222 , opposite to the corresponding side plate  22 . The distance between every two neighboring openings  221  of each side plate  22  is approximately the same as the height of the server  40 . 
         [0017]      FIG. 5  shows each latching member  60  including a main body  61 , a connection block  62  formed on a side of the main body  61 , and a fastening portion  63  formed on a side of the connection block  62  away from the main body  61 . 
         [0018]      FIG. 6  shows each cover  80  including an elongated covering plate  81  and two rows of spaced hooks  82  extending from opposite sides of the covering plate  81 . Each hook  82  is substantially L-shaped, perpendicularly extending from the corresponding side of the covering plate  81  and then extending toward the opposite side of the covering plate  81 . 
         [0019]      FIGS. 2 and 3  show in assembly, the fastening portions  63  are respectively welded to an upper portion and a lower portion of an outer side surface of the base plate  21  opposite to the side plates  22 . The main bodies  61  engage in the corresponding engaging portions  12  through the inlets  122 . The connection blocks  62  engage in the corresponding notches  125 . A fastener  100 , such as a screw, extends through the through hole  211 , and then engages in the locking hole  131 . Each server  40  corresponds to two corresponding openings  221  of the side plates  22  of the cable management bracket  20 . A cable  50  connected to a rear side of the server  40  extends through one of the two corresponding openings  221  of the side plates  22 , and extends up along the side plate  22  opposite to the server  40  to be connected to a rear side of the switch  30 . One of the covers  80  is pressed toward the cable management bracket  20 . The hooks  82  of the cover  80  engage with the corresponding bars  222 , due to guiding of the guiding surfaces  225  and the resilience of the hooks  82 . Therefore, the cover  80  is mounted to the cable management bracket  20 , preventing the cables  50  from disengaging from the cable management bracket  20 . Other covers  80  are mounted to the cable management bracket  20  from top to bottom, using the same manner as described above. 
         [0020]    Even though numerous characteristics and advantages of the embodiments have been set forth in the foregoing description, together with details of the structure and the functions of the embodiments, the disclosure is illustrative only, and changes may be made in details, especially in matters of shape, size, and arrangement of parts within the principles of the embodiments to the full extent indicated by the broad general meaning of the terms in which the appended claims are expressed.