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US 6,615,992 B1Granted
Adjustable rackmount assembly
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsCraig Edward Lauchner, Joseph W. Kaminski
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Abstract
An adjustable rack mount assembly for a computer rack includes a support member, a bracket positionable beside the support member for supporting one end of the support member in the rack, a pin configured to extend from the support member through a slot in the bracket for positioning the support member relative to the bracket, and a spring clip engageable with an end of the pin for retaining the pin in the bracket.
Claims17
An adjustable rackmount assembly, comprising:
- a support member;
- a bracket positionable beside the support member for supporting one end of the support member in rack;
- a pin configured to extend from the support member and through the bracket for positioning the support member relative to the bracket;
- and
- a spring fastener, engageable with an end of the pin, for retaining the pin in the bracket,
- wherein the spring fastener includes a spring clip for clipping to an end of the pin, and
- wherein the spring clip is substantially U-shaped with a hole through at least one arm therof for receiving the pin.
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An adjustable rackmount assembly, comprising:
- a support member;
- first means, positionable beside the support member, for supporting one end of the support member in a rack;
- second means, configured to extend from the support member and through the first means, for positioning the support member relative to the first means;
- and
- means for clipping to an end of second means and retaining the second means in the first means,
- wherein said clipping means further comprises a substantially U-shaped spring clip with a first arm and a second arm.
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A rack, comprising:
- a base;
- a plurality of columns extending from the base;
- a support member, having a plurality of holes arranged along its length, extending between two of the columns;
- a bracket positioned beside the support member for securing one end of the support member to one of the two columns, the bracket having a plurality of slots arranged end-to-end and separated by a displacement between adjacent ends of each of the slots;
- a mounting pin assembly having two pins extending from one side of a yoke and separated by twice the displacement between adjacent ends of the slots, each pin extending through a hole in the support member and a slot in the bracket for positioning the support member relative to the bracket;
- and
- a spring clip engaged with the pins for retaining the pins in the bracket and the support member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.