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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 1993
Filed:
Dec. 12, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02G / ; H01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
174 / ; 248 56 ; 174135 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for controlling the routing of operating cables from a computer or terminal. The apparatus includes a terminal and a cable block. The terminal has a mounting wall and a receiver for detachably securing the cable block thereto. The cable block has a U-shaped housing having an open side which faces the mounting wall and it also has internal dividers to provide open compartments to receive the cables. The U-shaped housing has resilient tangs thereon which cooperate with corresponding tangs on the terminal to detachably secure the cable block to the housing with the cables being routed between the compartments and the mounting wall.