US 6,021,909 A · Equipment enclosure rack support rail system

Abstract

An equipment enclosure rack support rail system comprising an elongated support rail including an elongated side portion adapted to mount directly to the rack and an elongated base portion adapted to directly support an equipment component, and further comprising a low profile tie-down clamp that is securely mountable to the support rail to secure the equipment component supported by the support rail. The support rail of the system is further provided with a pair of upper alignment tabs and a pair of lower alignment tabs that extend rearwardly from the side portion of the support rail. One upper alignment tab and one lower alignment tab are positioned at each end of the support rail, and are vertically spaced a fraction of an EIA-U from each other such that the lower alignment tabs can be used to mount the rail in a whole EIA-U position and the upper alignment tabs can be used to mount the rail and equipment component in a fractional EIA-U position.

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Dependent claims

A rack support rail system for use in an equipment enclosure including a rack to which equipment components are to be mounted, said rail system comprising:

an elongated support rail including an elongated side portion adapted to mount directly to the rack and an elongated base portion adapted to directly support an equipment component, said side portion being substantially planar and having a top edge, first and second ends which form first and second outer edges, and a plurality of mounting holes provided therein, said base portion being substantially planar and having an outer edge and first and second ends;
a tie-down clamp securely mountable to said support rail to secure the equipment component supported by said support rail, said tie-down clamp being configured to have a low profile so as not to intrude substantially into the horizontal equipment envelope within the equipment enclosure such that individual equipment component modules can be removed from the equipment component without the need to remove the entire equipment component;
and
alignment means for aligning said elongated support rail with the enclosure rack in incremental positions so that equipment storage density can be maximized within the enclosure.

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A rack support rail for use in an equipment enclosure including a rack to which equipment components are to be mounted, said rail comprising:

an elongated side portion adapted to mount directly to the rack, said side portion being substantially planar and having a top edge, first and second ends which form first and second outer edges, and a plurality of mounting holes provided therein, said side portion further having a pair of upper alignment tabs and a pair of lower alignment tabs which extend rearwardly from said side portion of said support rail, one of said pairs of alignment tabs being adapted to align said support rail in a whole EIA-U position within the enclosure and one of said pairs of alignment tabs being adapted to align said support rail in a fractional EIA-U position within the enclosure;
and
an elongated base portion adapted to directly support an equipment component, said base portion being substantially planar and having an outer edge and first and second ends.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Equipment enclosure rack support rail system

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Abstract

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