Apparatus and method for the positional interchange of it hardware nodes at an it hardware rack
AssigneeSubmer Technologies, S.L.
InventorsJonathan Huet, Julia Marsal Perendreu, Daniel Esteve Pope Palacin, Scott Noteboom, Roger Ventura Torres
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Abstract
Apparatus and method for the positional interchange of IT hardware nodes at an IT hardware rack. The present apparatus comprises a primary and a secondary articulator independently controlled and configured for actuation to engage and grip IT hardware nodes and to insert and/or withdraw the nodes at an IT hardware rack.
Claims39
Apparatus for the positional interchange of IT hardware nodes at an IT hardware rack comprising:
- a primary articulator having a primary support to locate said articulator proximate to an IT hardware rack and a manipulator arm movably connected to the primary support;
- a secondary articulator having a secondary support attachable to the manipulator arm and opposed grippers movably connected to the secondary support and capable of movement in a lateral direction towards and away from one another to grip the IT hardware nodes;
- wherein the primary and secondary articulators are configured for actuation to engage and grip the IT hardware nodes via the grippers and to insert and/or withdraw the IT hardware nodes at the IT hardware rack.
Apparatus for the automated positional interchange of IT hardware nodes at an IT hardware rack comprising:
- a manipulator arm extending from a primary support for location proximate to an IT hardware rack and having grippers to engage and grip the IT hardware nodes;
- at least one first actuator to provide a movement of the grippers in a first direction relative to the primary support and/or the IT hardware rack to insert and/or withdraw the IT hardware nodes at the IT hardware rack;
- at least one second actuator to provide a movement of the grippers in a second direction laterally relative to the first direction to engage and grip the IT hardware nodes for the insertion and/or withdrawal at the IT hardware rack.
A method of automated positional interchange of IT hardware nodes at an IT hardware rack comprising:
- engaging and gripping an IT hardware node using grippers provided at a manipulator arm via movement of the grippers in a first direction;
- inserting the IT hardware node into an IT hardware rack via movement of the grippers and the IT hardware node in a second direction, the first and second direction being lateral relative to the second direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.