Patent Application
20180184539
This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201611208195.4 filed on Dec. 23, 2016 the contents of which are incorporated by reference herein.
The subject matter herein generally relates to a server rack.
The server generally needs hot-swappable hard drive. Therefore, a server rack must receive the hard disk, and the server rack is equipped with slide rails to conveniently slide the hard drive into the rack.
Implementations of the present technology will now be described, by way of example only, 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 exemplary embodiments described herein. However, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that the exemplary 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. The drawings are not necessarily to scale and the proportions of certain parts may be exaggerated to better illustrate details and features. The description is not to be considered as limiting the scope of the exemplary embodiments described herein.
Several definitions that apply throughout this disclosure will now be presented.
The term “outside” refers to a region that is beyond the outermost confines of a physical object. The term “inside” indicates that at least a portion of an object is contained within a boundary formed by another object. 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” means “including, but not necessarily limited to”; it specifically indicates open-ended inclusion or membership in a so-described combination, group, series, and the like.
The bracket 20 includes a plurality of baffles 26, and the baffles 26 are parallel to each other. Each end of each baffle 26 is perpendicular to the sidewall 22. The baffles 26 divide the receiving space 25 into a plurality of receiving portions 251, and each receiving portion 251 is configured to receive a plurality of data storages 10.
One of the sidewall 22 includes a plurality of fasteners 221 secured on the server rack 100 to secure the bracket 20 on the server rack 100. One side of the front wall 23 includes a handle 231, and the handle 21 is configured to pull or push the bracket 20. The rear wall 24 includes a plurality of electrical connectors (not shown). The electrical connectors are configured to transmit data and power.
The bottom plate 45 includes a plurality of mounting plates 46, and the mounting plates 46 are perpendicularly connected with the bottom plate 45 and parallel to the side plate 50. The top end of one of the mounting plate 46 defines a plurality of mounting holes 465. A plurality of fixing members (not shown) can be inserted into the mounting holes 465 to secure a slide rail module 70 on the mounting plate 46. The other mounting plate 46 includes an adapter plate 468, and the extension of the adapter plate 468 is parallel to the bottom plate 45.
The shell includes a power supply module 47 at the rear end of the rear plate 45. The power supply module 47 is configured to provide power to the data storages. The adapter plate 468 is equipped with a hollow positioning column 469 close to the power supply module 47. The positioning column 469 defines a plurality of internal threads, and a connecting device 60 is configured to be inserted into the positioning column 469 to be secured on the adapter plate 468. The power supply module 47 is connected with the connecting device 60 through a cable 475. The shell 40 includes a plurality of interfaces 48 at the rear end of the rear plate 45. The electrical connector of the bracket 20 is inserted into the interface 48 to connect the data storage 10 with a server.
The protective member 61 includes a cover 611 and fixing ring 615 surrounding the cover 611. The middle portion of the cover 611 defines a through hole 612. A securing member 613 can pass through the through hole 612 and be inserted into the positioning column 469 to secure the protective member 61 on the adapter plate 468. The fixing ring 615 defines two gaps 616 for allowing the cable 475, 65 to pass through.
The resilient ring 63 is bent in a spiral shape. The resilient ring 63 includes a first end and a second end opposite to the first end. The first end is secured on the positioning column 469 and the second end is connected with the cable 475, 65. The cables 475, 65 are substantially flat, and the cable 65 is surrounding the outside of the resilient ring 63. The cable 65 and the resilient ring 63 are received in the protective member 61. One end of the cable 65 is electrically connected to one end of the cable 475, and cables 65 and 475 are together secured on the first end of the resilient ring 63. The other end of the cable 65 is electrically connected to the bracket 20.
The first end of the resilient ring 63 is secured on the positioning column 469 of the adapter plate 468. Both sides of the cable 475 are secured on the second end of the resilient ring 63 and the power supply module 47. The cable 65 surrounds the resilient ring 63, and one end of the cable 65 is secured on the second end of the resilient ring 63, to be electrically connected to the cable 475.
The protective member 61 is located on the adapter plate 468, the resilient ring 63 and the cable 65 are received in the protective member 61. The other end of the cable 65 can pass through one of the gaps 616 of the protective member 61, and the cable 475 can pass through the other gap 616 of the protective member 61. The through hole 612 of the protective member 61 is aligned with the positioning column 469, and the securing member 613 passes through the through hole 612 and screw into the positioning column 469. The connecting device 60 is thereby secured on the adapter plate 468. Thus the shell 40 is assembled completely.
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When the bracket 20 is received in the shell 40, the resilient ring 63 elastically rewound to pull on the cable 65, and the cable 65 is retracted into the protective member 65, to prevent the cable 65 from heaping or lying loose in the shell 40.
The exemplary embodiments shown and described above are only examples. Many details are often found in the art such as the other features of a server rack. Therefore, many such 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 exemplary embodiments described above may be modified within the scope of the claims.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 201611208195.4 | Dec 2016 | CN | national |
