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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2025
Filed:
May. 01, 2024
Crestron Electronics, Inc., Rockleigh, NJ (US);
King Woo Cheung, New City, NY (US);
Ningsheng Zhu, Whippany, NJ (US);
Crestron Electronics, Inc., Rockleigh, NJ (US);
Abstract
A cable retractor includes a frame having first and second frame ends, opposing frame walls between the frame ends, and a track extending along one of the frame walls. A block slides along the track. A single first pulley is coupled to the block, is rotatable about a first axis that moves together with the block, is the sole pulley that is rotatable about the first axis, and has only a single groove. A spring spool is mounted at the first frame end. A spring has a coiled part wound around the spring spool and has a segment that extends away from the coiled part and is coupled to the block. A single second pulley is disposed at the second frame end, is rotatable about a fixed second axis, is the sole pulley that is rotatable about the second axis, and has only a single groove.