Rack mount assembly
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorGerome A Haney
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Abstract
A rack mount assembly for supporting a computer enclosure in a rack system having vertical apertured column flanges. The rack mount assembly includes an elongated mount adapter having mounting flanges disposed at each end thereof. Each mounting flange includes an alignment protrusion that is configured to fit in a corresponding aperture in one of the column flanges of the rack system. The elongated mount adapter comprises, for example, a slide mechanism or a rack rail.
Claims22
A rack mount assembly for a rack system including opposing column flanges having flange apertures formed therein, the rack mount assembly comprising:
- a rack mount having a first end and a second end;
- a first mounting flange adjacent the first end of the rack mount, the first mounting flange having a first alignment protrusion formed thereon;
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- a second mounting flange adjacent the second end of the rack mount, the second mounting flange having a second alignment protrusion formed thereon,
- wherein the first and second mounting flanges are adapted to contact the opposing column flanges when the rack mount is in a first position between the opposing column flanges, wherein the first and second alignment protrusions are adapted to contact and slide relative to the opposing column flanges when the rack mount is in a second position between the opposing column flanges, and wherein the first and second alignment protrusions are adapted to engage the flange apertures when the rack mount is in a third position between the opposing column flanges,
- wherein the first and second mounting flanges are substantially orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of the rack mount, and wherein the alignment protrusions of the first and second mounting flanges extend toward each other.
A rack system, comprising:
- opposing column flanges each having flange apertures formed therein;
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- a rack mount including a first mounting flange at a first end thereof and a second mounting flange at a second end thereof,
- wherein the first mounting flange has a first alignment protrusion formed thereon and the second mounting flange has a second alignment formed thereon,
- wherein the first and second mounting flanges are adapted to contact the opposing flanges, wherein the first and second alignment protrusions are adapted to contact and slide relative to the opposing column flanges when the rack mount is in a second position between the opposing column flanges, and wherein the first and second alignment protrusions are adapted to engage the flange apertures when the rack mount is in a third position between the opposing column flanges, and
- wherein the first and second mounting flanges are substantially orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of the rack mount, and wherein the alignment protrusions of the first and second mounting flan extend toward each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.