Automatic unlocking system for IT cabinet
AssigneeSchneider Electric It Corporation
InventorsLe Wang, Bo Liu, MingJi Chen, JinNan Shen, Guanglin Zhu
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Abstract
An automatic unlocking system for an IT equipment rack includes a handle assembly mounted on a door of the IT equipment rack. The handle assembly includes a handle and a cam coupled to the handle. The system further includes an unlock assembly mounted on a wall of the IT equipment rack. The unlock assembly includes a unlock mechanism having at least one rod. The unlock mechanism is configured to open the door when the cam rotates causing the movement of the at least one rod, and open the door when the unlock assembly receives an electrical unlock signal.
Claims32
An automatic unlocking system for an IT equipment rack, the system comprising:
- a handle assembly configured to be mounted on a door of the IT equipment rack, the handle assembly including a handle and a cam coupled to the handle;
- and
- an unlock assembly configured to be mounted on a wall of the IT equipment rack, the unlock assembly including an unlock mechanism having at least one rod and a spring pin subassembly coupled to the cam and the at least one rod, the spring pin subassembly including a first spring pin configured to engage the cam and a second spring pin configured to engage the at least one rod, the unlock mechanism being configured to
- open the door when the cam rotates causing movement of the at least one rod, and
- open the door when the unlock assembly receives an electrical unlock signal.
A door opening system comprising:
- a handle;
- a cam coupled to the handle and configured to move at least one rod when rotated by the handle;
- and
- an unlock assembly including the at least one rod and a spring pin subassembly coupled to the cam and the at least one rod, the spring pin subassembly including a first spring pin configured to engage the cam and a second spring pin configured to engage the at least one rod, the unlock assembly being configured to
- open a door when the cam moves the at least one rod, and
- open the door when the unlock assembly receives an electrical unlock signal.
A method of opening a door of an IT equipment rack by one of two modes, the method comprising:
- opening the door by a first mode including rotating a handle and a cam coupled to the handle, the cam being configured to move at least one rod of an unlock mechanism when rotated to unlock a latch of the unlock mechanism, the unlock mechanism including a spring pin subassembly coupled to the cam and the at least one rod, the spring pin subassembly including a first spring pin configured to engage the cam and a second spring pin configured to engage the at least one rod;
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- opening the door by a second mode including sending an electrical unlock signal to the unlock mechanism to unlock a latch of the unlock mechanism.
An automatic unlocking system to open a door of an IT equipment rack, the system comprising:
- means for opening the door by a first mode including rotating a handle to unlock a latch and a cam coupled to the handle, the cam being configured to move at least one rod when rotated to unlock the latch, and including a spring pin subassembly coupled to the cam and the at least one rod, the spring pin subassembly including a first spring pin configured to engage the cam and a second spring pin configured to engage the at least one rod;
- and means for opening the door by a second mode including sending an electrical unlock signal to unlock the latch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.