US 11,677,205 B2
Method for moving cables between devices
Shree Rathinasamy, Round Rock, TX (US); Kannan Karuppiah, Fremont, CA (US); and Neal Beard, Austin, TX (US)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Jul. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/373,966.
Prior Publication US 2023/0013300 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 43/26 (2006.01); G06F 1/18 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 43/26 (2013.01) [G06F 1/181 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for moving cabling between devices, comprising:
engaging, by a respective cable engagement element on each of a plurality of cable attachment devices that extend from a base in a port identification sequence, respective cables that are connected to respective first ports on a first device;
securing, by a respective cable securing element on each of the plurality of cable attachment devices, each respective cable engagement element to each respective cable;
disconnecting the respective cables from the respective first ports on the first device;
connecting the respective cables to respective second ports on a second device based on the port identification sequence;
unsecuring, by each respective cable securing element on each of the plurality of cable attachment devices, each respective cable engagement element from each respective cable; and
disengaging, by each respective cable engagement element on each of the plurality of cable attachment devices, each respective cable that is connected to one of the respective second ports on the second device.