Slide rail assembly for rack system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10123452-B2
Application number	US-201615045191-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 16, 2016
Priority date	Oct 16, 2015
Publication date	Nov 6, 2018
Grant date	Nov 6, 2018

Abstract

A rack system includes a rack, a slide rail assembly and a chassis. The slide rail assembly is mounted to the rack. The chassis includes an upper part and a lower part. The upper part has an upper part width, and the lower part has a lower part width narrower than the upper part width. Wherein, the lower part is engaged with the slide rail assembly.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A rack system, comprising:
a rack comprising at least one first post and at least one second post;
a first slide rail assembly mounted to the at least one first post of the rack and comprising a first rail;
a second slide rail assembly mounted to the at least one second post of the rack; and
a chassis comprising an upper part and a lower part, the upper part having an upper part width, the lower part having a lower part width narrower than the upper part width, and the lower part having a first side and a second side, wherein the first side of the lower part is engaged with the first slide rail assembly, and the second side of the lower part is engaged with the second slide rail assembly;
wherein each of the first side and the second side of the lower part of the chassis is arranged with at least one mounting element protruded from the chassis, each of the first slide rail assembly and the second slide rail assembly comprises a support rail, and the support rail comprises a supporting part, a mounting part, an extension part and a connection part, the mounting part is located adjacent to an end of the support rail, the supporting part abuts against a bottom of the upper part of the chassis, the connection part is connected to the first rail, the extension part has a first section and a second section, the second section is connected between the first section and the supporting part, the first section is connected to the connection part and away from the first rail, such that the second section of the extension part is spaced from the connection part by a distance, an engagement path is formed on the mounting part for accommodating the at least one mounting element protruded from the chassis.

2. The rack system of claim 1 , wherein the rack comprises a pair of first posts and a pair of second posts, the first slide rail assembly is mounted between the pair of first posts, and the second slide rail assembly is mounted between the pair of second posts.

3. The rack system of claim 1 , wherein the mounting part of the support rail comprises an entrance and a closed section, and the engagement path is located between the entrance and the closed section.

4. The rack system of claim 3 , wherein the mounting part of the support rail further comprises an upper blocking wall and a lower blocking wall, and the engagement path is defined by the upper blocking wall, the lower blocking wall and the closed section.

5. The rack system of claim 1 , wherein each of the first slide rail assembly and the second slide rail assembly further comprises a second rail mounted to the first rail, the support rail is attached to the first rail, the first rail and the second rail are arranged with a first bracket and a second bracket respectively, and each of the first slide rail assembly and the second slide rail assembly is mounted to the rack by the corresponding first bracket and the corresponding second bracket.

6. The rack system of claim 1 , wherein the engagement path is configured to receive the at least one mounting element from outside the engagement path along a longitudinal direction of the support rail.

Assignees

• King Slide Works Co Ltd
• King Slide Technology Co Ltd

Inventors

• Chen Ken-Ching
• Yang Shun-Ho
• Chen Yao-Tsung
• Wang Chun-Chiang

Classifications

• H05K7/183 Primary

  support rails therefor · CPC title

• A47B88/044

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A47B88/43

  at cabinet side · CPC title

• H05K7/1489 Primary

  characterized by the mounting of blades therein, e.g. brackets, rails, trays (H05K7/1491 takes precedence) · CPC title