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Apparatus and system to mount a device to a rack

US6891727B2 · kind B2 · utility

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18Claims
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Filing dateAug 21, 2002
Grant dateMay 10, 2005
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Expiry dateNov 1, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH05K7/1489
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and apparatus to mount devices to a rack is disclosed. Embodiments may comprise mounting hardware configured to adaptively accommodate attachment features of a rack to mount devices such as servers to the rack. A device attachment member may couple with the device, and some of these device attachment members may comprise a bent portion to facilitate coupling the device to vertical members of a rack. Many device attachment members may have in place of or in addition to the bent portion, a slide attachment member and rack attachment slidably coupled with the device attachment member to provide tool-less attachment of the device to the rack via pins. These rack attachments may also adaptively accommodate attachment features such as round openings, square openings, and/or threaded openings of a vertical member of the rack and may advantageously provide a threaded member to secure the device attachment member to vertical members.

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