Patent Grant
11234513
The subject matter herein generally relates to server cabinets.
Cabinets are configured to received servers which can be long and wide. Thus, there is small space available for placing other components inside the cabinet and some components, for example, power distributors, may be fixed to a door panel of the cabinet to save space. During transport of the cabinet, such components are vulnerable to damage.
Therefore, there is room for improvement within the art.
Implementations of the present technology will now be described, by way of embodiments with reference to the attached figures.
It will be appreciated that for simplicity and clarity of illustration, where appropriate, reference numerals have been repeated among the different figures to indicate corresponding or analogous elements. In addition, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the embodiments described herein. However, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that the embodiments described herein can be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, methods, procedures, and components have not been described in detail so as not to obscure the related relevant feature being described. Also, the description is not to be considered as limiting the scope of the embodiments described herein. The drawings are not necessarily to scale, and the proportions of certain parts may be exaggerated to show details and features of the present disclosure better. The disclosure is by way of embodiments and not by way of limitation in the figures of the accompanying drawings, in which like references indicate similar elements. It should be noted that references to “an” or “one” embodiment in this disclosure are not necessarily to the same embodiment, and such references mean “at least one.”
Several definitions that apply throughout this disclosure will now be presented.
The term “substantially” is defined to be essentially conforming to the particular dimension, shape, or other feature that the term modifies, such that the component need not be exact. For example, “substantially cylindrical” means that the object resembles a cylinder, but can have one or more deviations from a true cylinder. The term “comprising,” when utilized, means “including, but not necessarily limited to”; it specifically indicates open-ended inclusion or membership in the so-described combination, group, series, and the like. The references “a plurality of” and “a number of” mean “at least two.”
The door panel 11 defines a locking hole 13. The fixing device 200 includes a latching member 30. The latching member 30 is mounted on the door panel 11 and disposed at the locking hole 13. The latching member 30 includes an telescopic portion 322 and an operation portion 321 connected to the telescopic portion 322. The operation portion 321 can expand and contract the telescopic portion 322 to fix a component in place and unlock the component.
The telescopic portion 322 is movable between a first position (not shown) and a second position (not shown). When the power distributor 20 is fixed on the door panel 11 and the operation portion 321 is rotated, the operation portion 321 drives the telescopic portion 322 from the first position out of the locking hole 13 into the second position. The latching member 30 thus holds the power distributor 20. When operation portion 321 is rotated back, the operation portion 321 brings the telescopic portion 322 from the second position back to the first position, the power distributor 20 is thereby unlocked from the door panel 11.
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If the door panel 11 does not need to be rotated through 180 degrees, the locking hole 13 may include the first locking hole 131 and one of the second locking holes 132. In another embodiment, the locking hole 13 is defined on the door panel 11 to fix the power distributor 20 on the door panel 11.
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In the embodiment, a number of the power distributors 20 are disposed on the cabinet 100, and at least that number of fixing devices 200 can be employed in the cabinet 100.
The fixing device 200 and the cabinet 100 provided a better use of the space of the cabinet 100.
The power distributors 20 are positioned on the door panel 11 to save space in the cabinet 100. The power distributors 20 are held firmly and stably on the door panel 11 through the fixing device 200 to prevent damage to the power distributors 20 during transportation.
The embodiments shown and described above are only examples. Therefore, many commonly-known features and details are neither shown nor described. Even though numerous characteristics and advantages of the present technology have been set forth in the foregoing description, together with details of the structure and function of the present disclosure, the disclosure is illustrative only, and changes may be made in the detail, including in matters of shape, size, and arrangement of the parts within the principles of the present disclosure, up to and including the full extent established by the broad general meaning of the terms used in the claims. It will, therefore, be appreciated that the embodiments described above may be modified within the scope of the claims.
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