Damper for an electronic equipment rack
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsChad Albertson, Eric J. Campbell, Nicholas Ollerich, Kevin O'Connell
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Abstract
Provided is a damper system for an electronic equipment rack. The damper system may include an electronic equipment rack, a battery back-up unit, and a plurality of rails disposed within the electronic equipment rack. The battery back-up unit is slidably secured to the plurality of rails and tuned to dampen seismic oscillations of the electronic equipment rack during an earthquake. The battery back-up unit is also able to provide power to the electronic equipment disposed in the rack during a power outage.
Claims15
A damper system for an electronic equipment rack comprising:
- an electronic equipment rack;
- a battery back-up unit;
- and
- a plurality of rails disposed in a removably secured drawer within the electronic equipment rack, wherein the battery back-up unit is slidably secured to the plurality of rails and tuned to dampen seismic oscillations of the electronic equipment rack,
- wherein a first rail of the electronic equipment rack includes a safety disconnect configured to deactivate the power supply to the drawer when the drawer is removed from the electronic equipment rack.
A damper system for a server rack comprising:
- an electronic equipment rack;
- a battery back-up unit;
- and
- a plurality of rails disposed in a removably secured drawer within the electronic equipment rack, wherein the battery back-up unit is slidably secured to the plurality of rails and tuned to dampen seismic oscillations of the electronic equipment rack,
- wherein power is supplied to the battery back-up unit through a connection between a first rail of the electronic equipment rack and a wheel of the drawer to recharge the battery back-up unit.
A damper system for an electronic equipment rack comprising:
- an electronic equipment rack;
- a battery back-up unit;
- and
- a plurality of rails disposed in a removably secured drawer within the electronic equipment rack, wherein the plurality of rails comprises a set of multi-axis rails that allow the battery back-up unit to slide in an x-y plane within the drawer,
- wherein the battery back-up unit is slidably secured to a first pair of rails of the set of multi-axis rails and tuned to dampen seismic oscillations of the electronic equipment rack.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.