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US 10,871,259 B2Granted
Mounting brackets including clamps
AssigneeHewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
InventorTri Nguyen
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Abstract
In some examples, a mounting bracket includes a device clamp assembly having engagement members moveable with respect to one another to engage discrete corresponding engagement members of a device. The mounting bracket further includes a support clamp assembly comprising engagement members to engage a support structure to which the device is to mount.
Claims14
A mounting bracket comprising:
- a device clamp assembly comprising engagement members moveable with respect to one another to engage discrete corresponding engagement members of a device;
- a support clamp assembly comprising engagement members to engage a support structure to which the device is to mount;
- a first ratchet coupled to a first engagement member of the engagement members of the device clamp assembly, the first ratchet comprising teeth and moveable with respect to mating teeth of a rotatable gear to allow movement of the first engagement member respective to a user-applied force;
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- a clamp lock to lock the first ratchet in position after the engagement members of the device clamp assembly are engaged with the discrete corresponding engagement members of the device, wherein the clamp lock comprises a ramped disengagement surface engageable by an unlock key to release the clamp lock from the first ratchet to allow disengagement of the first engagement member of the device clamp from a respective engagement member of the device.
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A mounting bracket comprising:
- device clamps comprising engagement members moveable inwardly toward one another responsive to toolless user-applied forces to engage corresponding engagement members of a device;
- clamp locks to lock the device clamps in position after the device clamps are engaged to the device;
- a support clamp assembly comprising:
- engagement members to engage a support structure to which the device is to mount;
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- engagement gaps to engage the support structure after rotation of the mounting bracket from a first engaged position with respect to the support structure to a second engaged position with respect to the support structure;
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- guide structures, each guide structure of the guide structures comprising an angled engagement surface and an aligned engagement surface;
- wherein the angled engagement surfaces of the guide structures are engaged to sides of the support structure when the mounting bracket has the first engaged position;
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- wherein the aligned engagement surfaces of the guide structures are engaged to the sides of the support structure after rotation of the mounting bracket from the first engaged position to the second engaged position with respect to the support structure.
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A method comprising:
- attaching a device clamp assembly of a mounting bracket to a device, the device clamp assembly comprising engagement members moveable with respect to one another to an engaged position that engages corresponding discrete engagement members of the device;
- attaching a support clamp assembly of the mounting bracket to a support structure, the support clamp assembly comprising engagement members to engage the support structure to which the device is to mount;
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- engaging support clamps of the support clamp assembly in first engagement openings of the mounting brackets to accommodate a support structure of a first size, and engaging support clamps of the support clamp assembly in second engagement openings of the mounting bracket to accommodate a support structure of a second size different from the first size.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.