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US 6,269,959 B1Granted
Rack mounting bracket and apparatus and method for mounting a rack mountable unit in a rack
AssigneeSun Microsystems, Inc.
InventorStephen P Haworth
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AssigneeSun Microsystems, Inc.
InventorStephen P Haworth
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A mounting bracket forms a rack mount for a rack-mountable unit. The mounting bracket includes a planar body portion and a latching pivot for insertion into an aperture in a side wall of the rack-mountable unit. A head on the latching pivot is arranged to be insertable into a correspondingly shaped aperture, with securing of the mounting bracket to the rack-mountable unit being achieved by rotating the rack mount with respect to the rack-mountable unit with the latching pivot fully inserted into the aperture. On rotation, the head of the latching pivot is arranged to engage behind the side wall of the rack-mountable unit to secure the mounting bracket to the rack-mountable unit. Detent flanges on the mounting bracket prevent over-rotation of the bracket. A flange is provided for attaching the mounting bracket to the rack. Bumps or other projections on the body portion urge the body portion away from the side of the rack mountable unit on rotation of the mounting bracket, whereby the head of the latching pivot engages securely behind the side wall of the rack-mountable unit.
A mounting bracket for mounting a unit within a rack, the mounting bracket comprising a substantially planar body portion having a first and second sides, first and second edges and first and second ends, a mounting portion on the first side of the body portion adjacent the first end thereof, a first detent portion on the second side of the body portion adjacent the first edge and towards the first end thereof, a second detent portion on the second side of the body portion adjacent the second edge and towards the second end thereof and a latching pivot portion on the second side of the body portion at least substantially at the centre thereof, the latching pivot portion being configured to be inserted in a hole in a side wall of the unit and to engage behind the wall on rotation of the mounting bracket about the latching pivot portion.
Electrical equipment including a rack-mountable unit having first and second end walls, each end wall having at least one shaped aperture, and two mounting brackets, each mounting bracket comprising a body portion, a mounting portion on a first side of the body portion and provided with formations connectable to a rack, and a latching portion on a second side of the body portion that is insertable into an aperture in a wall of the unit at a given relative orientation of the mounting bracket to the unit and engages behind the wall of the unit on relative rotation between the mounting bracket and the unit.
A mounting bracket for mounting a unit to a rack, comprising:
A mounting bracket for mounting a unit to a rack, comprising:
A mounting bracket for mounting a unit to a rack, comprising:
A mounting bracket for mounting a unit to a rack, the mounting bracket comprising planar means, mounting means on a first side of the planar means for attachment to a rack, pivot means on a second side of the planar means for being received within an aperture in a wall of the unit and for engaging behind the wall of the unit on rotation of the mounting bracket, and engagement means on the body for spacing the mounting bracket away from the unit to form a tight engagement between the unit and the mounting bracket.
A method of mounting a unit to a rack, comprising:
A method of mounting a unit within a rack, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.