US 9,883,605 B2Granted

Rack attic device coupling system

AssigneeDell Products L.P.

InventorsJohn Charles Donachy, Craig Warren Phelps, Amelia Cosgrove Thomas, Peter Kaltenbach, Orin M. Ozias

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Abstract

A rack system includes a rack base defining a plurality of device slots. A rack wall on the rack base defines a rack volume adjacent a first device slot. A rack volume device coupling system is located in the rack volume and includes a rack volume base positioned in the rack volume. A rack tray is moveably coupled to the rack volume base and configured to move from a first orientation where the rack tray is located in the rack tray housing, to a second orientation where the rack tray extends from the rack volume and into the first device slot. A device is then moved through the first device slot and into the rack tray when the rack tray is in the second orientation. The rack tray is then moved from the second orientation and into the first orientation such that the device is located in the rack volume.

Claims16

Dependent claims

A rack system, comprising:

a rack base that defines a plurality of device slots;
a rack wall that is included on the rack base and that defines a rack volume adjacent a first device slot of the plurality of device slots;
and
a rack volume device coupling system that is located in the rack volume, wherein the rack volume device coupling system includes:
a rack volume base that is positioned in the rack volume and that defines a rack tray housing;
and
a first rack tray that is moveably coupled to the rack volume base, wherein the first rack tray is configured to:
move from a first orientation in which the first rack tray is located in the rack tray housing and into a second orientation in which the first rack tray extends from the rack volume and into the first device slot;
receive and house a first device that is moved through the first device slot and into the first rack tray when the first rack tray is in the second orientation;
and
move from the second orientation and into the first orientation such that the first device is located in the rack volume, wherein the rack wall impedes access to the rack volume by the first device such that the first device must be moved through the first device slot and into the first rack tray to access the rack volume.

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A rack volume device coupling system, comprising:

a rack volume base that defines a rack tray housing, that includes a first plurality of device engagement features, and that is configured to mount to a rack;
and
a first rack tray that is configured to moveably couple to the rack volume base and that is configured to:
move from a first orientation in which the first rack tray is located in the rack tray housing and into a second orientation in which the first rack tray extends from the rack volume base;
receive and house a first device that is moved into the first rack tray when the first rack tray is in the second orientation;
and
move from the second orientation and into the first orientation such that the first device is located in the rack volume base, wherein the first plurality of device engagement features are configured to engage the first device in order to resist movement of the first device when the first rack tray is in the first orientation.

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A method for coupling a device to a rack, comprising:

providing a rack that defines a plurality of device slots and that includes a rack wall that defines a rack volume adjacent a first device slot of the plurality of device slots;
positioning a rack volume base in the rack volume, wherein the rack volume base defines a rack tray housing;
moving a first rack tray from a first orientation in which the first rack tray is located in the rack tray housing and into a second orientation in which the first rack tray extends from the rack volume and into the first device slot;
receiving and housing a first device in the first rack tray by moving the first device through the first device slot and into the first rack tray when the first rack tray is in the second orientation;
and
moving the first rack tray from the second orientation and into the first orientation such that the first device is located in the rack volume, wherein the rack wall impedes access to the rack volume by the first device such that the first device must be moved through the first device slot and into the first rack tray to access the rack volume.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.