Fastening systems for manifolds of datacenter racks
AssigneeNVIDIA Corporation
InventorsHarold Miyamura, Jeremy Rodriguez, Ali Heydari
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Abstract
An adapter plate and a fastening system for fastening a manifold to a rack in a datacenter is disclosed. The adapter plate is associated with the manifold and has holes to receive buttons in configurable positions. The configurable positions enable the buttons to mate with keyholes of a bracket of the rack in order to fasten the manifold to the bracket.
Claims18
An adapter plate for fastening a manifold to a rack in a datacenter, the adapter plate having holes to receive buttons in configurable positions and at least one button fastened to the adapter plate at at least one of the holes via a fastener, wherein the configurable positions enable the at least one button to mate with at least one keyhole of a bracket of the rack in order to hang the manifold from the bracket such that the at least one button supports a weight of the manifold.
A system for fastening a manifold to a rack in a datacenter, comprising:
- a bracket having keyholes to receive buttons, the bracket adapted for coupling to the rack;
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- an adapter plate having second holes to receive the buttons in configurable positions on the adapter plate and at least one button fastened to the adapter plate at at least one of the second holes, the configurable positions to enable the at least one button to mate with at least one of the keyholes of the bracket in order to hang the manifold from the rack such that the at least one button supports a weight of the manifold.
A method for fastening a manifold to a rack in a datacenter, the method comprising:
- determining locations of keyholes on a bracket of a rack;
- determining configurable positions for holes of an adapter plate so that at least one hole of the holes is aligned with a keyhole when the adapter plate is fastened to the manifold;
- fastening a button in the at least one hole using a fastener and fastening the adapter plate to the manifold;
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- mating the button with the keyhole to hang the manifold from the rack such that the button supports a weight of the manifold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.