Apparatus and method for rackmounting a chassis
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsRonald P. Dean, Sean W. Tucker
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Abstract
A system and method for mounting a device into a rack comprises a mounting shelf that is attached to the rack, a first bracket that is attached to a first side of the device, and a second bracket that is attached to a second side of the device, wherein the second side is located opposite to the first side, wherein the first bracket and the second bracket are substantially similar, and wherein the device, with the first bracket and the second bracket attached thereto, is slideably positioned into the mounting shelf and attached to the mounting shelf via the first bracket and the second bracket.
Claims20
A system for mounting a device into a rack comprising:
- a mounting shelf attached to the rack;
- a first bracket attached to a first side of the device;
- and
- a second bracket attached to a second side of the device;
- wherein the first bracket and the second bracket are interchangeable;
- and
- the device, with the first bracket and the second bracket attached thereto, is slideably positionable into the mounting shelf and attachable to the mounting shelf via the first bracket and the second bracket.
A method for mounting a device into a rack comprising:
- attaching a mounting shelf to the rack;
- attaching a first interchangeable bracket to a first side of the device;
- attaching a second interchangeable bracket to a second side of the device;
- slideably positioning the device, with the first bracket and the second bracket attached thereto, onto the mounting shelf;
- and
- attaching the device to the mounting shelf via the first bracket and the second bracket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.