Rotatable housing assembly
AssigneeAccuride International, Inc.
InventorDavid Laniado Lacarra
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Abstract
A rotatable housing assembly for use in mounting slides to equipment racks has components for different mounting options on different sides of the housing, and a retractable pin for use in positioning the housing. In some embodiments the housing is rotatably mounted to a bracket attached to a slide member, for example approximate a front of the side, and the retractable pin extends into a semicircular slot of the bracket for use in indexing position of the housing. The housing may include a button for use in retracting the retractable pin, and the assembly may provide for toolless mounting of the slide, and do so in a variety of rack configurations.
Claims25
A slide assembly for use in rack mounted applications, comprising:
- a first slide member;
- a second slide member extendably coupled to the first slide member;
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- a housing rotatably coupled to the first slide member, the housing having protrusions extending from opposing sidewalls of the housing, a retractable pin normally biased by a spring to extend from the housing, the retractable pin engageable with a feature associated with the first slide member;
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- a button configured to cause retraction of the retractable pin when depressed.
A housing assembly for mounting a slide to a rack for computer equipment, comprising:
- a body, the body having an aperture for use in rotatably mounting the housing assembly;
- protrusions for a first mounting configuration extending from the body in a direction orthogonal to an axis of the aperture;
- protrusions for a second mounting configuration extending from the body in a direction other than a direction of extension of the protrusion for the first mounting configuration;
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- a retractable pin extending from the body in a direction parallel to the axis of the aperture;
- wherein each of the protrusions comprises a wall extending from the body and forming a portion of a surface of each protrusion;
- wherein each of the protrusions further comprises an attachment forming a body of each protrusion, the attachment disposed in a slot in the body having an aperture for use in rotatably mounting the housing assembly.
A housing assembly for mounting a slide to a rack for computer equipment, comprising:
- a body, the body having an aperture for use in rotatably mounting the housing assembly;
- protrusions for a first mounting configuration extending from the body in a direction orthogonal to an axis of the aperture;
- protrusions for a second mounting configuration extending from the body in a direction other than a direction of extension of the protrusion for the first mounting configuration;
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- a retractable pin extending from the body in a direction parallel to the axis of the aperture;
- further comprising a depressible button configured to cause retraction of the retractable pin when depressed.
A mounting assembly for mounting a slide to a rack for computer equipment, comprising:
- a bracket for coupling to a slide member;
- a housing assembly rotatably coupled to the bracket comprising:
- a body having a generally parallelepiped shape;
- an aperture extending between first and second surfaces of the body, the housing assembly rotatably mounted to the bracket at the aperture;
- protrusions for a first mounting configuration disposed on a third surface of the body;
- protrusions for a second mounting configuration disposed on a fourth surface of the body, the fourth surface opposite the third surface;
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- a retractable pin extending from the first surface toward the bracket;
- wherein each of the protrusions comprises a wall extending from the body and forming part of a surface of the protrusion;
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- wherein each of the protrusions further comprises an attachment forming a body of the protrusion, the attachment disposed in a slot in the body having a generally parallelepiped shape.
A mounting assembly for mounting a slide to a rack for computer equipment, comprising:
- a bracket for coupling to a slide member;
- a housing assembly rotatably coupled to the bracket comprising:
- a body having a generally parallelepiped shape;
- an aperture extending between first and second surfaces of the body, the housing assembly rotatably mounted to the bracket at the aperture;
- protrusions for a first mounting configuration disposed on a third surface of the body;
- protrusions for a second mounting configuration disposed on a fourth surface of the body, the fourth surface opposite the third surface;
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- a retractable pin extending from the first surface toward the bracket;
- wherein the housing assembly further comprises a second pin extending from the first surface and situated opposite the retractable pin from the aperture, and
- wherein the bracket includes an approximately semicircular slot to engage the retractable pin and the second pin, the semicircular slot arranged so that the retractable pin is approximate a first end of the semicircular slot and the second pin is approximate a second end of the semicircular slot when the housing assembly is rotated for use in the first mounting configuration and the retractable pin is approximate the second end of the semicircular slot and the second pin is approximate the first end of the semicircular slot when the housing assembly is rotated for use in the second mounting configuration.
A mounting assembly for mounting a slide to a rack for computer equipment, comprising:
- a bracket for coupling to a slide member;
- a housing assembly rotatably coupled to the bracket comprising:
- a body having a generally parallelepiped shape;
- an aperture extending between first and second surfaces of the body, the housing assembly rotatably mounted to the bracket at the aperture;
- protrusions for a first mounting configuration disposed on a third surface of the body;
- protrusions for a second mounting configuration disposed on a fourth surface of the body, the fourth surface opposite the third surface;
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- a retractable pin extending from the first surface toward the bracket;
- wherein the housing assembly further comprises a depressible button configured to cause retraction of the retractable pin when depressed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.