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US 12,628,306 B2Granted
Double unlocking mechanism for slide rails
AssigneeAsia Pacific CIS (Wuxi) Co. Ltd.
InventorsQi Yu, Sheng Pang
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Abstract
A server slide can include a first rail and a second rail configured to slidably receive the first rail. In one example, a first pull rod for a locking mechanism can be slidably mounted to the first rail. A second pull rod for the locking mechanism can be slidably mounted to the first rail. The first and second pull rods can be mechanically connected such that actuation of the first pull rod simultaneously actuates the second pull rod to operate the locking mechanism.
Claims19
A server slide, comprising:
- a first rail;
- a second rail that slidably receives the first rail;
- a first pull rod defining a first slot having a first length, the first pull rod slidably mounted to the first rail via a fastener arranged through the first slot;
- and
- a second pull rod defining a second slot having a second length, the second pull rod slidably mounted to the first rail via a fastener arranged through the second slot;
- a first locking pawl rotatably supported on the first rail to engage a locking block extending from the second rail;
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- a second locking pawl rotatable supported on the first rail to engage a locking block extending from the second rail;
- wherein the second length of the second slot of the second pull rod is greater than the first length of the first slot of the first pull rod;
- and
- wherein the first and second pull rods are mechanically connected such that actuation of the first pull rod simultaneously actuates the second pull rod.
8 more elements
A server slide, comprising:
- a first rail;
- a second rail that slidably receives the first rail;
- a first pull rod, the first pull rod slidably mounted to the first rail;
- a second pull rod, the second pull rod slidably mounted to the first rail;
- a first locking pawl rotatably supported on the first rail to engage a locking block extending from the second rail;
- and
- a second locking pawl rotatably supported on the first rail to engage a locking block extending from the second rail;
- wherein the first and second pull rods are mechanically connected such that actuation of the first pull rod simultaneously actuates the second pull rod;
- wherein actuation of the first pull rod causes the second pull rod to rotate the first locking pawl to permit unidirectional movement of the first rail relative to the second rail;
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- wherein actuation of the second pull rod causes the second pull rod to rotate both the first and second locking pawls to permit bidirectional movement of the first rail relative to the second rail.
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A method of actuating a server slide, comprising:
- actuating, via a first handle of a first pull rod, a first pull rod secured to a first rail and a second pull rod secured to a first rail, to rotate a first locking pawl of the server slide via contact with a first engagement portion of the second pull rod and thereby permit slidable movement of the first rail relative to a second rail in a first direction;
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- actuating the second pull rod via a second handle of the second pull rod to rotate the first locking pawl via contact with the first engagement portions of the second pull rod and rotate a second locking pawl via contact with a second engagement portion of the second pull rod and thereby permit slidable movement of the first rail in both a first direction and a second, opposite, direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.