Apparatus and method for automatically securing a chassis to a rackmount rail
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsAaron Roger Cox, Michael Allen Curnalia
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Abstract
An apparatus and method to automatically secure a chassis to a rackmount rail. The apparatus includes a pin operably attached to a chassis and an aperture disposed within a rackmount rail to receive the pin. The pin is attached to the chassis such that the pin automatically protrudes from the chassis upon inserting a component into the chassis. The aperture automatically receives the pin to secure the chassis. Removing the component from the chassis automatically disengages the pin from the aperture to release the chassis.
Claims6
An apparatus to automatically secure a chassis to a rackmount rail, the apparatus comprising:
- a pin to protrude from a chassis upon inserting a component into the chassis;
- and
- an aperture disposed within a rackmount rail to automatically receive the pin and secure the chassis.
A method to automatically secure a chassis to a rackmount rail, the method comprising:
- operably attaching a pin to a chassis, wherein the pin automatically protrudes from the chassis upon inserting a component into the chassis;
- and
- disposing within a rackmount rail an aperture to receive the pin and secure the chassis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.