JP6689524B2 - Wiring unit - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a wiring unit which is fixed inside a casing of a box for storing electric and electronic equipment such as a rack and which stores wiring such as an optical cord and a LAN cable.

  Various electric / electronic devices are stored in a box for storing electric / electronic devices such as a rack, and therefore wiring to these devices is also required. For example, in a rack in which an optical connection box is housed, it is necessary to draw many optical cords inside the rack and connect them to the optical connection box. Further, when the server is housed inside, it is necessary to similarly connect a large number of LAN cables and the like.

  Generally, these cables have an extra length so that the wiring work can be easily performed. For this reason, a wiring unit (surplus length storage unit) for accommodating the surplus length portion of the wiring when the wiring is completed is mounted inside the housing, and the surplus length portion is accommodated.

  For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a wiring unit in which a wiring introduction port for introducing a cable is formed on the front surface of a unit body. As shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of openings 2 are formed on the front surface of the unit body 1, and a cord reel 3 projecting to the front surface of the unit body 1 is provided between the openings 2 and 2. There is. A cable 4 such as an optical cord or a LAN cable is pulled in from the front left-right direction of the unit main body 1 and held by the code reel 3, bent at the front face of the wiring unit and drawn into the unit main body 1 through the opening 2.

  However, it is necessary to bend the cable 4 from the left-right direction with a small radius of curvature in order to pass it through the front opening 2, and when the cable 4 is thick, it is difficult to reduce the bending radius and wiring is difficult. Moreover, if the cable 4 is forcibly bent, the cable 4 may be damaged.

JP, 2016-21009, A

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems and to provide a wiring unit that can be pulled into the inside of the unit body without difficulty even when the cable is thick.

  The present invention made to solve the above-mentioned problems is a wiring unit fixed to a mounting portion of a housing by a bracket, and a wiring introducing port for introducing a cable is formed on a side surface of a unit main body. The open / closed state of the wiring inlet can be selected by changing the mounting position of the bracket with respect to the unit body. When the wiring introducing port is opened as in claim 2, the wiring introducing port can be positioned in front of the mounting portion of the housing. When the wiring inlet is closed as described in claim 3, the mounting portion at the front end of the bracket can be located in front of the front plate formed at the front end of the unit body. According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the unit main body includes a main body portion and an accommodating portion that is formed so as to be drawn from the main body portion and that accommodates a cable. The wiring introducing port may be formed in the accommodating portion. it can.

  In the wiring unit of the present invention, a wiring introduction port for introducing a cable is formed on the side surface of the unit body, and the open / closed state of the wiring introduction port can be selected by changing the mounting position of the bracket with respect to the unit body. Therefore, the cable can be easily introduced inside the unit main body. In addition, one unit can be used as a unit for routing the cable from the front or a unit for routing the cable from the side, and it is possible to properly use the unit according to the usage situation.

  It should be noted that when the wiring inlet is opened, the wiring inlet is located in front of the mounting part of the housing to allow the cable from the side of the unit to have a curvature in the unit body. Can be introduced internally.

  Further, when the wiring inlet is closed, the mounting portion at the front end of the bracket is located in front of the front plate formed at the front end of the unit body, so that the cord reel can be attached to the front plate. When attached, it is possible to prevent interference between the door of the housing and the cord reel.

  Also, if the unit main body is composed of a main body part and a storage part that stores a cable that can be pulled out from this main body part, by storing the cable in the storage part that has been pulled out and returning it to the main body part, The cable can be easily stored without damaging the cable.

It is a perspective view which shows the conventional wiring storage unit. FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a box for storing electric / electronic equipment to which a wiring unit of the present invention is attached. It is a perspective view which shows the state which attached the wiring unit and the optical connection box vertically adjacently. It is a perspective view showing the state where the cable was pulled in from the side of a wiring unit. It is a perspective view which shows the structure of a wiring unit. It is a perspective view which shows the state which retreated the bracket. It is a perspective view which shows the state which advanced the bracket. It is a perspective view which shows the state which advanced the bracket further. It is a side view which shows various attachment states of a wiring unit. It is a perspective view showing various attachment states of a wiring unit.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below.
FIG. 2 is an overall perspective view of an electric / electronic device storage box to which the wiring unit of the present invention is attached. It is the mount angle. As is well known, a large number of mounting holes are formed in the mount angle 11 at a predetermined pitch, so that various kinds of equipment can be mounted. In FIG. 2, an optical connection box 12 and a wiring unit 13 of the present invention are shown as typical examples of equipment.

  FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which the wiring unit 13 of the present invention and the optical connection box 12 are vertically and adjacently attached to the mount angle 11. The wiring unit 13 is fixed by fixing the brackets 14 on both side surfaces to the front surface of the mount angle 11 which is the mounting portion 15 of the housing. Similarly, the optical connection box 12 is also fixed to the front surface of the mount angle 11, which is the mounting portion 15 of the housing, with screws. The detailed structure of the bracket 14 will be described later.

  The front plate 16 of the wiring unit 13 is provided with a plurality of openings 17 and cord reels 18 as in the conventional case, and a cable (optical cord or optical cable) pulled out from the connecting portion 19 on the front surface of the optical junction box 12. 20 can be drawn into the opening 17 on the front surface of the wiring unit 13 directly below.

  However, when the wiring unit 13 and the optical connection box are vertically separated from each other, the cable 20 connecting the wiring unit 13 and the optical connection box is vertically arranged along the mount angle 11 as shown in FIG. Become. In order to draw such a cable 20 into the inside of the opening 17 on the front surface of the wiring unit 13, the cable 20 must be bent on the front surface of the wiring unit 13 as in the conventional case, and particularly when the cable 20 is thick. Bending with a small radius of curvature may damage the cable 20. Therefore, in the present invention, the wiring introduction port 21 is formed on the side surface of the wiring unit 13 so that the cable 20 can be pulled in from the side surface of the wiring unit 13 as shown in FIG.

  FIG. 5 shows details of the structure of the wiring unit 13. As shown in FIG. 5, the unit main body 22 of the wiring unit 13 includes a main body portion 23 fixed to the mount angle 11 which is the mounting portion 15 of the housing, and a storage portion 24 formed so as to be pulled out from the main body portion 23. Consists of. Each of these has a shallow box shape, and while the left and right side walls 26 of the storage section 24 are in contact with the insides of the left and right side walls 25 of the main body section 23, the storage section 24 has a pull-out position shown in FIG. It is possible to slide between.

  The storage portion 24 is a portion for storing the cable 20, and the front plate 16 thereof is provided with a plurality of the openings 17 and the cord reels 18 described above. The wiring introducing port 21 is formed between the front ends of the left and right side walls 26 of the storage section 24 and the front plate 16.

  As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, brackets 14 are attached to the front portions of the left and right side walls 25 of the main body portion 23. The front end of the bracket 14 is bent outward to form a mounting portion 27 on the wiring unit 13 side. The bracket 14 is provided with a plurality of screw holes 28. The bracket 14 is retracted as shown in FIG. 6 so that the wiring introduction port 21 is located in front of the bracket 14, and as shown in FIG. The bracket 14 can be moved forward to take a position where the wiring introduction port 21 is closed by the bracket 14. That is, by changing the mounting position of the bracket 14, it is possible to select a state in which the wiring introduction port 21 shown in FIG. 6 is opened or a state in which the wiring introduction port 21 shown in FIG. 7 is closed. Further, as shown in FIG. 8, the mounting position of the bracket 14 may be further forward, and the mounting portion 27 at the front end of the bracket 14 may be positioned slightly forward of the front plate 16 of the wiring unit 13.

  The wiring unit 13 of the present invention thus configured is used by fixing the mounting portion 27 on the wiring unit 13 side at the front end portion of the bracket 14 to the front surface of the mount angle 11 which is the mounting portion 15 of the housing with screws. However, since the position of the bracket 14 can be changed in the three ways shown in FIGS. 6, 7, and 8 as described above, the mounting state changes accordingly.

  9 and 10 are a side view and a perspective view showing a state of attachment to the mount angle 11, and the lowermost stage shows the case where the bracket 14 is retracted as shown in FIG. In this state, the wiring introduction port 21 is located on the front side of the mount angle 11, and the cable 20 can be guided to the housing portion 24 of the wiring unit 13 from the side surface of the wiring unit 13 as shown in FIG.

  The uppermost row of FIGS. 9 and 10 shows a state in which the bracket 14 is advanced to close the wiring inlet 21 as shown in FIG. 7. In this state, the front plate 16 of the wiring unit 13 and the mounting portion 27 on the wiring unit 13 side are substantially flush with each other. This state is suitable when the wiring unit 13 is installed directly below the optical connection box 12 as shown in FIG. 3 and the cable 20 is pulled in from the opening 17 on the front surface of the wiring unit 13. In this state, the routing loss of the cable 20 can be reduced.

  In the middle of FIGS. 9 and 10, as shown in FIG. 8, the bracket 14 is further advanced to close the wiring introduction port 21, and the mounting portion 27 at the front end of the bracket 14 is positioned farther than the front plate 16 of the wiring unit 13. Shown in a slightly forward position. In this state, the front plate 16 of the wiring unit 13 is located on the rear side (rear side) of the front surface of the mount angle 11, and the cord reel 18 mounted on the front plate 16 is also in the retracted position. By doing so, it is possible to eliminate the possibility that the cord reel 18 interferes with the door of the housing 10.

  As described above, in the wiring unit 13 of the present invention, even when the cable 20 is thick, it can be pulled into the inside of the unit main body 22 without difficulty from the wiring introduction port 21 on the side surface, and the mounting position of the bracket 14 can be set. It is also possible to make various attachment states by changing.

1 Unit Body of Prior Art 2 Opening 3 Cord Reel 4 Cable 10 Housing 11 Mount Angle 12 Optical Connection Box 13 Wiring Unit 14 Bracket 15 Housing Attachment 16 Front Plate 17 Opening 18 Code Reel 19 Connection 20 Cable 21 Wiring inlet 22 Unit main body 23 Main body 24 Storage portion 25 Left and right side walls 26 of the main body portion Left and right side walls 27 of storage portion Attachment portion 28 on the wiring unit side Screw hole

Claims (4)

  A wiring unit fixed to a mounting portion of a housing by a bracket, a wiring introducing port for introducing a cable is formed on a side surface of a unit body, and by changing a mounting position of the bracket with respect to the unit body, A wiring unit characterized in that the open / closed state of the wiring inlet can be selected.   The wiring unit according to claim 1, wherein the wiring introduction port is located in front of the mounting portion of the housing when the wiring introduction port is opened.   When the wiring introducing port is closed, the mounting portion at the front end of the bracket can be positioned in front of the front plate formed at the front end of the unit body. The described wiring unit.   The unit main body comprises a main body portion and a storage portion that is formed so as to be pulled out from the main body portion and stores a cable, and the wiring introduction port is formed in the storage portion. The wiring unit according to any one.

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