Adaptive information handling system rack rail mount
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorGregory L. Henderson
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Abstract
A rail adjustable mount adjusts a rail to support information handling system chassis with different depths in racks of different depths. The adjustable mount couples to a rack front with a sliding portion extending into the rack interior. The adjustable mount sliding portion slidingly engages a guide of the rail to allow adjustment of the rail relative to the rack so that a rail fits into a rack having a depth that is greater than the length of the rail's housing. A floating portion of the rail supports the rail at the rear of the rack and allows the rail position to float relative to the rear of the rack. A biasing device of the adjustable mount biases the rail towards the front of the rack to aid full extension and retraction of the rail at the rack.
Claims20
An information handling system comprising:
- a rack having opposing sides to support plural opposing sets of rails;
- plural opposing sets of rails disposed on the rack opposing sides;
- at least one information handling system chassis supported by an opposing set of rails, the information handling system chassis having a processor and memory interfaced through a circuit board to process information, the rails operable to slide the chassis between an interior and exterior of the rack;
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- an adjustable mount coupled to each of the opposing set of rails to mount each of the opposing set of rails to the rack, the adjustable mount coupled to the rack and to the rail to provide movement of the rail relative to the rack, the movement between a first position associated with a chassis of a first depth and a second position associated with a chassis of a second depth.
A method for supporting an information handling system chassis in a rack, the method comprising:
- coupling the information handling system chassis to a sliding portion of a rail;
- mounting the rail in the rack, the rack having a front support and a rear support, the rail mounted to float relative to the front support and the rear support;
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- sliding the information handling system chassis out of the rack by floating the rail towards the front support and then moving the sliding portion relative to the rail.
A system for coupling an information handling system to a rack, the system comprising:
- a rail having a housing and a sliding portion, the sliding portion sliding out a front of the housing;
- an information handling system chassis mount disposed at the sliding portion and operable to couple with an information handling system chassis;
- an adjustable mount having a mounting portion operable to couple to a front of a rack, a sliding portion extending from the mounting portion and a guide coupled to the rail housing, the sliding portion engaged with the guide to move the rail relative to the adjustable mount.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.