Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Slider arm assembly for cable carrier
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Application No.: US15056439Application Date: 2016-02-29
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Publication No.: US09888603B1Publication Date: 2018-02-06
- Inventor: Matthew Vargas
- Applicant: EMC Corporation
- Applicant Address: US MA Hopkinton
- Assignee: EMC IP Holding Co. LLC
- Current Assignee: EMC IP Holding Co. LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Hopkinton
- Agent Barry N. Young
- Main IPC: F16L3/08
- IPC: F16L3/08 ; H05K7/14 ; F16M13/02

Abstract:
A slider arm assembly for a cable carrier of multiple electrical cables connected to rack-mounted electronics equipment includes a slider arm having a base disposed for sliding movement within a channel of a slider arm guide connected to the vertical rail of an equipment rack, and a latch for releasably connecting the slider arm to the slider arm guide at different locations. The slider arm guide channel is C-shaped and has a plurality of notched in a sidewall of the channel, and the slider arm has a releasable latch thereon that that cooperates with the notches to connect the slider arm to the slider arm guide at a predetermined location. The slider arm is slideable within the channel to locate the cable carrier appropriately to align the cables carried in the cable carrier with I/O ports of the electronics equipment, and to move the cable carrier for easy access to the electronics equipment mounted in the rack.
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