US 2016/0255744 A1 · VARIABLE-DEPTH MULTI DEVICE CHASSIS

Abstract

A multi device system includes a rack with a rack slot. A device chassis is positioned in the rack slot. The device chassis includes first device slot with a first device entrance, and a second device slot with a second device entrance. A first device stop member extends from the device chassis and into the first device slot. The distance between the first device stop member and the first device entrance is adjustable, and the first device stop member is configured to move a first device in the first device slot through the first device entrance. A second device stop member extends from the device chassis and into the second device slot. The distance between the second device stop member and the second device entrance is adjustable, and the second device stop member is configured to move a second device in the second device slot through the second device entrance.

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Dependent claims

A multi device system, comprising:

a rack that defines a rack slot;
a device chassis that is positioned in the rack slot, wherein the device chassis defines a first device slot that includes a first device entrance, and wherein the device chassis defines a second device slot that includes a second device entrance and that is located adjacent the first device slot;
a first device stop member that extends from the device chassis and into the first device slot, wherein the distance between the first device stop member and the first device entrance is adjustable, and wherein the first device stop member is configured to move a first device that is positioned in the first device slot through the first device entrance;
and
a second device stop member that extends from the device chassis and into the second device slot, wherein the distance between the second device stop member and the second device entrance is adjustable, and wherein the second device stop member is configured to move a second device that is positioned in the second device slot through the second device entrance.

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A multi-device coupling system, comprising:

a multi-device chassis that defines a first device slot and a second device slot in a side-by-side orientation;
a first device stop member that extends from the multi-device chassis and into the first device slot, wherein a location of the first device stop member along a length of the first device slot is adjustable, and wherein the first device stop member is configured to move a first device that is positioned in the first device slot out of the first device slot;
and
a second device stop member that extends from the multi-device chassis and into the second device slot, wherein a location of the second device stop member along a length of the second device slot is adjustable, and wherein the second device stop member is configured to move a second device that is positioned in the second device slot out of the second device slot.

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A method for coupling devices to a chassis, comprising:

providing a device chassis that defines a first device slot and a second device slot in a side-by-side orientation;
adjusting, along a length of the first device slot, a first device stop member that extends from the device chassis and into the first device slot;
adjusting, along a length of the second device slot, a location of a second device stop member that extends from the device chassis and into the second device slot;
positioning a first device in the first device slot;
positioning a second device in a second device slot;
moving the first device out of the first device slot using the first device stop member;
and
moving the second device out of the second device slot using the second device stop member.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Variable-depth multi device chassis

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Variable-depth multi device chassis

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Abstract

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