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US 12,635,113 B1Granted
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for mounting chassis in a short depth server rack
AssigneeHewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
InventorsBasavaraja Munishamappa, Muthuraj Madasamy, Senthil Kumar Ramaswamy Venkat
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Abstract
Server racks may include an enclosure with an airflow inlet in a first lateral sidewall and an airflow outlet in a second, opposite lateral sidewall. A support structure may be rotatably mounted to the enclosure and rotatable between an open position and a closed position. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
Claims19
A server rack, comprising:
- an enclosure having a depth from a front to a back of the enclosure and a width between a first lateral sidewall and a second, opposite lateral sidewall of the enclosure, wherein the depth of the enclosure is less than the width of the enclosure, the enclosure including an airflow inlet in the first lateral sidewall and an airflow outlet in the second lateral sidewall for flowing air from the first lateral sidewall to the second lateral sidewall;
- a support structure rotatably mounted to the enclosure and rotatable between an open position and a closed position, wherein the support structure is rotatably mounted to the enclosure via a hinge positioned proximate an intersection between the first lateral sidewall and the front of the enclosure;
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- at least one chassis mount on the support structure oriented to vertically mount multiple server chassis to the support structure such that each of the server chassis is parallel to the width of the enclosure when the support structure is in the closed position, and the multiple server chassis rotate at least partially outside of the enclosure when the support structure is in the open position for access to the multiple server chassis.
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A mounting system for server chassis in a server rack, the mounting system comprising:
- a support structure including at least one chassis mount oriented to vertically mount multiple server chassis to the support structure;
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- a hinge for rotatably mounting the support structure to a server rack, the hinge having a vertical rotational axis and being configured to rotate the support structure from a closed position within the server rack to an open position at least partially outside of the server rack, wherein the multiple server chassis are parallel to a lateral width of the server rack when the support structure is in the closed position, wherein:
- the support structure has a lateral width that fits within the server rack in the closed position from a first lateral sidewall to a second, opposite lateral sidewall of the server rack and has a depth from a front to a back of the server rack, wherein the depth is less than the width, and
- the hinge is positioned proximate an intersection between the first lateral sidewall and the front of the server rack.
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A method comprising:
- rotatably coupling a support structure to a server rack such that the support structure is rotatable about a vertical axis from a closed position within the server rack having a depth from a front to a back of the server rack and a width from a first lateral sidewall to a second, opposite lateral sidewall, to an open position at least partially outside the server rack, wherein the support structure is rotatably coupled to the enclosure via a hinge positioned proximate an intersection between the first lateral sidewall and a front of the server rack, wherein the depth is less than the width;
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- mounting multiple server chassis vertically to the support structure in a position such that the multiple server chassis are parallel with a lateral width of the server rack when the support structure is in the closed position and the multiple server chassis are accessible when the support structure is in the open position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.