Anchoring cables to rack with cable clamp arrangements

Abstract

Securing a cable to a panel includes assembling a cable clamp arrangement to a cable and mounting the cable clamp arrangement to the panel. Assembling the cable clamp arrangement includes disposing a grommet around an exterior surface of the cable; disposing a yoke around the grommet so that the yoke at least partially surrounds the grommet; and compressing the yoke and grommet between a bracket and a backing plate using a fastener so that the cable is compressed. Mounting the cable clamp arrangement to the panel includes sliding the bracket relative to the panel in a direction parallel to a surface of the panel until the bracket rests on fasteners extending from the panel. Mounting the clamp arrangement can also include tightening the fasteners.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method of securing a cable to a panel, the method comprising:
 assembling a cable clamp arrangement around a cable; and   mounting the cable clamp arrangement with the cable to the panel including sliding a bracket of the cable clamp arrangement relative to the panel in a direction parallel to a surface of the panel until the bracket is secured to the panel.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein sliding the bracket until the bracket is secured to the panel comprises:
 sliding the bracket so that screws extending outwardly from a major surface of the panel move into open-ended slots defined in the bracket until the bracket seats on the screws; and   tightening the screws to lock the bracket to the panel.   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 assembling a second cable clamp arrangement; and   mounting the second cable clamp arrangement to the panel at a location offset from the cable clamp.   
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3 , wherein a plurality of additional cable clamps are mounted to the panel in two staggered rows, wherein the cable clamp is mounted in a first of the rows and the second cable clamp is mounted in a second of the rows. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein assembling the cable clamp arrangement around the cable comprises:
 disposing a grommet around an exterior surface of the cable;   disposing a yoke around the grommet so that the yoke at least partially surrounds the grommet; and   compressing the yoke and grommet between a bracket and a backing plate using a fastener so that the cable is compressed radially inwardly.   
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein compressing the yoke and grommet between the bracket and the backing plate comprises:
 sliding the fastener through the bracket and through the yoke; and   threading the fastener through the backing plate.   
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 5 , further comprising:
 sliding a second fastener through the bracket and through the yoke, the second fastener being spaced from the fastener; and   threading the second fastener through the backing plate.