System and method for housing electronic equipment in a rack
AssigneeRaytheon Company
InventorsDonnan F. Becker, Patrick J. Crone
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Abstract
According to one embodiment of the invention, a system for housing electronic equipment includes a slide assembly configured to mount to either an inner top or inner bottom of a rack and a pair of opposed side panels coupled to the slide assembly. Each side panel has a plurality of ledges extending inwardly therefrom that are configured to support respective ones of a plurality of electronic units. The slide assembly is operable to extend the side panels outwardly from a front of the rack a distance that allows access to an area between the rears of the side panels.
Claims22
A system for housing electronic equipment, comprising:
- a rack;
- a first pair of slide mounting brackets coupled to an inner top of the rack;
- a second pair of slide mounting brackets coupled to an inner bottom of the rack;
- a first pair of slides coupled to respective ones of the first pair of slide mounting brackets;
- a second pair of slides coupled to respective ones of the second pair of slide mounting brackets;
- a pair of opposed side panels coupled to the first and second pair of slides, each side panel having a plurality of ledges extending inwardly therefrom;
- a plurality of electronic units supported by respective ones of the plurality of ledges, at least two of the electronic units coupled to one another with a cable;
- and
- whereby the first and second pair of slides are operable to extend the side panels outwardly from a front of the rack a distance that allows access to an area between the rears of the side panels.
A system for housing electronic equipment, comprising:
- a slide assembly configured to mount to both an inner top and inner bottom of a rack;
- a pair of opposed side panels coupled to the slide assembly, each side panel having a plurality of ledges extending inwardly therefrom configured to engage and support respective ones of a plurality of electronic units in a vertically stacked manner;
- a pair of side bezels coupled to respective ones of the side panels, the side bezels having a first set of mounting holes for securing the electronic units to the side bezels and a second set of mounting holes for securing the side panels to the rack;
- and
- whereby the slide assembly is operable to translate the side panels into and out of the rack.
A method for removing electronic equipment from a rack, comprising:
- vertically disposing a plurality of electronic units in a chassis, the chassis comprising;
- a slide assembly mounted to either an inner top or inner bottom of a rack;
- a pair of opposed side panels coupled to the slide assembly, each side panel having a plurality of ledges extending inwardly therefrom configured to support respective ones of the plurality of electronic units;
- coupling a pair of side bezels to respective ones of the side panels;
- securing the electronic units to the side bezels;
- securing the side bezels to the rack;
- extending the chassis outwardly from a front of the rack;
- disconnecting a cable from a respective one of the electronic units;
- and
- removing the respective one of the electronic units from the chassis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.