CABLE MANAGEMENT SPOOL MOUNTING ASSEMBLY

摘要

A spool assembly and a cable management assembly are provided for supporting cables in a rack or housing. A mounting member is provided having a spool opening for receiving a spool. The spool opening has a longitudinal dimension and a transverse dimension where the longitudinal dimension is greater than the transverse dimension. A detent extends from a longitudinal side edge of the spool opening toward a second longitudinal side edge of the spool opening to define a first open portion and a second open portion. In one embodiment, the first open portion and second open portion can be substantially same size and have a substantially circular configuration. In another embodiment, the first open portion can have a dimension greater than a dimension of the second open portion.

主权项

1. A spool assembly for supporting a cable in the cable management assembly, said spool assembly comprising:
a mounting member in the cable management assembly having a spool opening, said spool opening having a longitudinal dimension greater than a transverse dimension of said spool opening; and a spool having a shaft with a longitudinal dimension, a first longitudinal end and a second longitudinal end, a first prong and a second prong extending axially from said first longitudinal end and received in said spool opening; each said prong having an outwardly extending base configured for contacting a first side of said mounting member and an outwardly extending shoulder configured for contacting a second side of said mounting member, said spool being rotatable between a first position where said spool is removable from said spool opening and a second position where said spool is retained in said spool opening of said mounting member.