IP Library Granted Patent US 11,991,846
Granted Patent B2
US 11,991,846 · App. 17/402,946 · Granted May 21, 2024

Cable management system

Inventor: Brian William Wallace (Raleigh, NC)
Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
H05K5/0247G06F1/1607H01R13/639
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Patent No.
US 11,991,846
App. No.
17/402,946
Granted
May 21, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system can include a display assembly that includes a display, a display side, a back side, a frame and a serial bus socket; and a cable clip, removably attachable to the back side of the display assembly, that receives a portion of a cable that includes a serial bus connector receivable by the serial bus socket.

Claims (25)

1. A system comprising:

a display assembly that comprises a display, a display side, a back side, a frame and a serial bus socket; and

a unitary, polymeric cable clip, attachable to the back side of the display assembly, that comprises opposing sides and a clamp disposed between the opposing sides at a clamp portion end that receives a portion of a cable that comprises a serial bus connector receivable by the serial bus socket,

wherein the display assembly comprises vent walls that define vent openings and wherein the unitary, polymeric cable clip comprises prongs disposed between the opposing sides on a prong portion end and a vent wall recess between the prongs that extends between the opposing sides, wherein the unitary, polymeric cable clip is attachable to the display assembly via three vent walls of the vent walls that define two vent openings of the vent openings, wherein the three vent walls comprise a middle vent wall disposed between two adjacent vent walls that are adjacent to the middle vent wall, wherein the middle vent wall is receivable in the vent wall recess with a clearance, wherein each of the prongs is receivable in a respective one of the two vent openings, and wherein each of the prongs comprises an extension for contacting one of the two adjacent vent walls and, responsive to force applied to the clamp portion end of the unitary, polymeric cable clip, translating along the one of the two adjacent vent walls while diminishing a portion of the clearance and snapping resiliently behind the one of the two adjacent vent walls to attach the unitary, polymeric cable clip to the display assembly.

2. The system of claim 1 , comprising the cable, wherein the cable is operatively coupled to an accessory mountable to the frame of the display assembly.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the unitary, polymeric cable clip comprises a rotatable clasp.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the unitary, polymeric cable clip comprises a clasp lock.

5. The system of claim 1 comprising:

a curved cable guide cable clip that comprises a connector portion attachable to the back side of the display assembly and a curved cable guide portion that receives a portion of the cable, wherein the curved cable guide portion comprises a first curved portion and a second curved portion that form a curved cable guide.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the curved cable guide cable clip is a unitary component.

7. The system of claim 5 , wherein the connector portion of the curved cable guide cable clip comprises a prong receivable in at least one vent opening of the vent openings of the back side of the display assembly.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the prong comprises a T-shaped portion that comprises a width that is greater than a vent opening width, a thickness that is less than the vent opening width, a length that is greater than a vent opening wall depth and wherein rotation of the T-shaped portion locks the curved cable guide cable clip with respect to the at least one vent opening of the vent openings.

9. The system of claim 5 , wherein the connector portion of the curved cable guide cable clip comprises prongs, wherein each of the prongs is receivable in at least one of the vent openings of the back side of the display assembly.

10. The system of claim 5 , wherein the connector portion of the curved cable guide cable clip comprises at least one magnet that generates a magnetic attraction force with respect to magnetic material.

11. A cable clip comprising:

a connector portion removably attachable to a back side of a display assembly, wherein the connector portion comprises a prong receivable in a vent opening of the back side of the display assembly, wherein the prong comprises a T-shaped portion that comprises a width that is greater than a vent opening width, a thickness that is less than the vent opening width, and a length that is greater than a vent opening wall depth, and wherein rotation of the T-shaped portion locks the cable clip with respect to the vent opening; and

a cable guide portion that receives a portion of a cable that comprises a serial bus connector receivable by a serial bus socket of the display assembly, wherein the cable guide portion comprises a rotatable clasp, and wherein, in a closed position of the rotatable clasp, an extension of the rotatable clasp is received in the same vent opening as the T-shaped portion.

12. The cable clip of claim 11 , wherein the cable clip comprises a clasp lock and wherein, in a closed position, the rotatable clasp defines a cable guide space of the cable guide portion sized to prevent passage of a cable serial bus connector.

13. The cable clip of claim 12 , wherein the clasp lock comprises a bolt.

14. The cable clip of claim 11 , wherein, in the closed position, the extension is an anti-rotation feature such that the T-shaped extension cannot be rotated for purposes of removal.

15. The system of claim 1 , wherein the unitary, polymeric cable clip is removably attachable to the back side of the display assembly.

16. A unitary, polymeric cable clip, attachable to a back side of a display assembly, comprising:

opposing sides and a clamp disposed between the opposing sides at a clamp portion end that receives a portion of a cable that comprises a serial bus connector receivable by the serial bus socket,

wherein the display assembly comprises vent walls that define vent openings and wherein the unitary, polymeric cable clip comprises prongs disposed between the opposing sides on a prong portion end and a vent wall recess between the prongs that extends between the opposing sides, wherein the unitary, polymeric cable clip is attachable to the display assembly via three vent walls of the vent walls that define two vent openings of the vent openings, wherein the three vent walls comprise a middle vent wall disposed between two adjacent vent walls that are adjacent to the middle vent wall, wherein the middle vent wall is receivable in the vent wall recess with a clearance, wherein each of the prongs is receivable in a respective one of the two vent openings, and wherein each of the prongs comprises an extension for contacting one of the two adjacent vent walls and, responsive to force applied to the clamp portion end of the unitary, polymeric cable clip, translating along the one of the two adjacent vent walls while diminishing a portion of the clearance and snapping resiliently behind the one of the two adjacent vent walls to attach the unitary, polymeric cable clip to the display assembly.

17. The unitary, polymeric cable clip of claim 16 , wherein the unitary, polymeric cable clip is removably attachable to the back side of the display assembly.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 20, 2025
From: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD.
To: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 070269/0077 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 20, 2025
From: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
To: LENOVO SWITZERLAND INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 070269/0092 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 15, 2021
From: LENOVO (UNITED STATES) INC.
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 058132/0698 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 16, 2021
From: WALLACE, BRIAN WILLIAM
To: LENOVO (UNITED STATES) INC.
Reel/Frame 057189/0509 →