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US 6,888,069 B1Granted
Equipment tray for simplified insertion and removal of rack-mounted equipment
AssigneeNortel Networks Limited
InventorsEdward Chen, Michael Bishop, David Donald, David Pell
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Abstract
An equipment tray for simplified insertion and removal of electronic equipment to a rack is described. The electronics equipment can be horizontally or vertically mounted. The tray has a first region in which electronics equipment is releasably secured and a second region that provides cable management and exhaust airflow control.
Claims18
An equipment tray for mounting electronics equipment within a rack comprising:
- a bottom panel having a first edge, a second edge, and a third edge;
- a first edge panel adjacent to the first edge and extending normal to the bottom panel, the first edge panel having a tab extending from an outside face of the first edge panel, the tab having a opening for receiving a fastener to attach the equipment tray to the rack;
- a second edge panel adjacent to the second edge and extending normal to the bottom panel, the second edge panel having a tab extending from an outside face of the second edge panel, the tab having an opening for receiving a fastener to attach the equipment tray to the rack;
- a lip adjacent to the third edge and extending normal to the bottom panel;
- a second lip between the first edge panel and the second edge panel, the second lip extending normal to the bottom panel and being parallel to the first edge panel, the second lip, the first edge panel and the second edge panel defining a first region for receiving the electronics equipment and a second region;
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- a locking mechanism for securing the electronics equipment to the equipment tray and releasing the electronics equipment from the equipment tray.
4 more elements
An electronics equipment rack comprising:
- a first stanchion and a second stanchion separated from and in parallel arrangement with each other, each stanchion having a plurality of openings;
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- an equipment tray comprising:
- a bottom panel having a first edge, a second edge, and a third edge;
- a first edge panel adjacent to the first edge and extending normal to the bottom panel, the first edge panel having a tab extending from an outside face of the first edge panel, the tab having a opening for receiving a first fastener to attach the equipment tray to the first stanchion;
- a second edge panel adjacent to the second edge and extending normal to the bottom panel, the second edge panel having a tab extending from an outside face of the second edge panel, the tab having an opening for receiving a fastener to attach the tab to the second stanchion;
- a lip adjacent to the third edge and extending normal to the bottom panel;
- a second lip between the first edge panel and the second edge panel, the second lip extending normal to the bottom panel and being parallel to the first edge panel, the second lip, the first edge panel and the second edge panel defining a first region for receiving the electronics equipment and a second region;
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- a locking mechanism for securing the electronics equipment to the equipment tray and releasing the electronics equipment from the equipment tray.
7 more elements
A system for mounting electronics equipment comprising:
- means for supporting one of the electronics modules, the means for supporting being fastened to the means for stacking;
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- means for locking and releasing one of the electronics modules without removing the means for supporting from the means for stacking, the means for locking and releasing being integral with the means for supporting.
An equipment tray for mounting electronics equipment within a rack comprising:
- a bottom panel having a first edge, a second edge, and a third edge;
- a first edge panel adjacent to the first edge and extending normal to the bottom panel, the first edge panel having a tab extending from an outside face of the first edge panel, the tab having a opening for receiving a fastener to attach the equipment tray to the rack;
- a second edge panel adjacent to the second edge and extending normal to the bottom panel, the second edge panel having a tab extending from an outside face of the second edge panel, the tab having an opening for receiving a fastener to attach the equipment tray to the rack;
- an assembly attached to at least one of the second edge panel and the bottom panel to define a first volume for routing cables therein and a second volume for receiving the electronics equipment;
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- a locking mechanism integral with at least one of the first edge panel and second edge panel for securing the electronics equipment in the second volume and releasing the electronics equipment from the second volume.
3 more elements
A system for mounting electronics equipment comprising:
- means for stacking a plurality of electronics modules;
- means for supporting one of the electronics modules, the means for supporting being fastened to the means for stacking, the means for supporting defining a first volume for receiving the one of the electronics modules and a second volume for fiber routing;
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- means for locking the one of the electronics modules to the means for supporting and releasing the one of the electronics modules from the means for supporting, the means for locking being integral with the means for supporting and allowing for the replacement of the one of the electronics modules without removing the means for supporting from the means for stacking.
1 more element
An equipment tray for mounting electronics equipment within a rack comprising:
- a bottom panel having a first edge, a second edge, and a third edge;
- a first edge panel adjacent to the first edge and extending normal to the bottom panel, the first edge panel having a tab extending from an outside face of the first edge panel, the tab having a opening for receiving a fastener to attach the equipment tray to the rack;
- a second edge panel adjacent to the second edge and extending normal to the bottom panel, the second edge panel having a tab extending from an outside face of the second edge panel, the tab having an opening for receiving a fastener to attach the equipment tray to the rack;
- an assembly attached to the second edge panel and the bottom panel defining a first volume for exhausting an airflow and a second volume for receiving the electronics equipment;
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- a locking mechanism being integral with at least one of the first edge panel and second edge panel for securing the electronics equipment in the region of the equipment tray and releasing electronics equipment from the region of the equipment tray.
3 more elements
A system for mounting electronics equipment comprising:
- means for stacking a plurality of electronics modules;
- means for supporting one of the electronics modules, the means for supporting being fastened to the means for stacking, the means for supporting comprising a first volume for receiving the one of the electronics modules and a second volume for exhausting an airflow;
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- means for locking and releasing one of the electronics modules without removing the means for supporting from the means for stacking, the means for locking and releasing being integral with the means for supporting.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.