IP Library Granted Patent US 11,677,205
Granted Patent B2
US 11,677,205 · App. 17/373,966 · Granted Jun 13, 2023

Method for moving cables between devices

Inventors: Shree Rathinasamy (Round Rock, TX); Kannan Karuppiah (Fremont, CA); Neal Beard (Austin, TX)
Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
H01R43/26G06F1/181
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Patent No.
US 11,677,205
App. No.
17/373,966
Granted
Jun 13, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An inter-device cabling movement system includes a base and a plurality of cable attachment devices that extend from the base in a port identification sequence. Each of the plurality of cable attachment devices includes a cable engagement element that is configured to engage a respective cable, and a cable securing element that is configured to secure the cable engagement element to the respective cable. The cable engagement elements and cable securing elements may be utilized to secure each cable attachment device to respective cables connected to first ports on a first device so that those respective cables may be disconnected from the first pots on the first device and reconnected to second ports on a second device based on the port identification sequence.

Claims (18)

1. A method for moving cabling between devices, comprising:

engaging, by a respective cable engagement element on each of a plurality of cable attachment devices that extend from a base in a port identification sequence, respective cables that are connected to respective first ports on a first device;

securing, by a respective cable securing element on each of the plurality of cable attachment devices, each respective cable engagement element to each respective cable;

disconnecting the respective cables from the respective first ports on the first device;

connecting the respective cables to respective second ports on a second device based on the port identification sequence;

unsecuring, by each respective cable securing element on each of the plurality of cable attachment devices, each respective cable engagement element from each respective cable; and

disengaging, by each respective cable engagement element on each of the plurality of cable attachment devices, each respective cable that is connected to one of the respective second ports on the second device.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying, by port sequence identifiers that are included on the base, the port identification sequence.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of cable attachment devices includes a flexible element that connects the cable engagement element and the cable securing element to the base.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of cable attachment devices include a first subset of top row cable attachment devices that extend from the base in a top row port identification sequence, and a second subset of bottom row cable attachment devices that extend from the base in a bottom row port identification sequence.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

coupling, via a surface connection subsystem that is included on the base, the base to a surface.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

connecting, by the base, to at least one of the plurality of cable attachment devices without the use of a tool; and

disconnecting, by the base, from at least one of the plurality of cable attachment devices without the use of a tool.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

engaging, by a respective connector member that extends from each respective cable, a respective cable engagement element on a respective cable attachment device.

Assignments (8)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME (058014/0560) Recorded Jun 10, 2022
From: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
To: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
Reel/Frame 062022/0473 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME (057931/0392) Recorded Jun 10, 2022
From: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
To: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
Reel/Frame 062022/0382 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME (057758/0286) Recorded Jun 10, 2022
From: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
To: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
Reel/Frame 061654/0064 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 6, 2021
From: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
To: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 058014/0560 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 6, 2021
From: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
To: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 057758/0286 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 6, 2021
From: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
To: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 057931/0392 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Oct 1, 2021
From: DELL PRODUCTS, L.P.; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
To: CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH
Reel/Frame 057682/0830 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2021
From: RATHINASAMY, SHREE; KARUPPIAH, KANNAN; BEARD, NEAL
To: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
Reel/Frame 056835/0991 →
Continuity (1)
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