Top loading cartridge

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10178807-B2
Application number	US-201314780521-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 26, 2013
Priority date	Mar 26, 2013
Publication date	Jan 8, 2019
Grant date	Jan 8, 2019

Abstract

A top loading cartridge is provided herein. The top loading cartridge includes a support member, a rail member, and a lock mechanism. The support member to receive an electronic module. The rail member attached to the support member to engage with a tray that receives the top loading server cartridge. The lock mechanism to lock the top loading cartridge.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A top loading server cartridge comprising:
a support member that receives a fan module;
a rail member attached to the support member that engages with a tray that receives the top loading cartridge; and
a lock mechanism including:
a housing hingedly attaches to the support member and the housing rotates between an unlocked position to a locked position;
a tab to connect to the housing, the tab moves with a lock engagement member between a first position and a second position;
a hooked tray engagement member that is retracted in the housing in the unlocked position and extends from the housing to engage with the tray attached to a chassis in the second position;
the lock engagement member that extends from the tab at least partially into a receptacle included in the support member; and
a resilient member to connect to the tab, the resilient member moves the tab between an equilibrium position and a displaced position based on a force applied to the tab.

2. The top loading cartridge of claim 1 , wherein the rail member includes a first rail portion and a second rail portion, the first rail portion and the second rail portion spaced apart from one another to mate the first rail portion with the support member and to engage the second rail portion with the tray.

3. The top loading cartridge of claim 1 , wherein the fan module comprises six fans connected via a set of wires and powered by a battery.

4. The top loading cartridge of claim 1 , wherein the fan module to receive power from a system board.

5. The top loading cartridge of claim 1 , wherein the lock engagement member to move with the tab as a unitary member.

6. The top loading cartridge of claim 1 , wherein when the housing is in the locked position, the hooked tray engagement member engages with the tray and the lock engagement member engages with the support member.

7. The top loading cartridge of claim 6 , wherein the lock engagement member engages with the support member when the tab is in the first position and the housing is in the locked position.

8. The top loading cartridge of claim 1 , wherein the support member includes a lock receptacle formed therein to receive the lock engagement member, the receptacle including a lock protrusion extending therefrom to engage with the lock engagement member and secure the housing in a locked position.

9. A system for modular computing, the system comprising:
a top loading cartridge including:
a support member to receive a fan module;
a rail member attached to the support member to engage with a tray that receives the top loading cartridge; and
a lock mechanism including:
a housing that hingedly attach to the support member;
a hooked tray engagement member to extend from the housing to engage with the tray attached to a chassis when the housing is rotated from an unlocked position to a locked position, the hooked tray engagement member retracts into the housing in the unlocked position;
a tab that connects to the housing, the tab moves between a first position and a second position;
a lock engagement member that extends from the tab at least partially into a receptacle included in the support member when the hooked tray engagement member is engaged with the tray; and
a resilient member to connect to the tab, the resilient member to move between an equilibrium position and a displaced position based on a force applied to the tab;

a chassis to receive the top loading cartridge; and
the tray to attach to the chassis, the tray to align the top loading cartridge in the chassis.

10. The system of claim 9 , further comprising a system board coupled to the chassis, the system board to connect with the top loading cartridge to enable communication therebetween.

11. The system of claim 9 , wherein the tray further comprises a guide rail to mate with the rail member, the rail member includes a first rail portion and a second rail portion, the first rail portion to lie flush with the support member, the second rail portion spaced apart from the support member to engage with the guide rail.

12. The system of claim 9 , wherein the support member comprises:
two side walls spaced apart from one another;
a top wall to traverse the two side walls; and
a support wall to extend between the two side walls to receive the fan module.

13. The system of claim 9 , wherein in the locked position the lock engagement member engages with the support member and the hooked tray engagement member engages with the tray.

14. The system of claim 9 , wherein the tray further comprises a tray receptacle formed therein, the tray receptacle to receive the hooked tray engagement member, the tray receptacle including a tray protrusion extending therefrom to engage with the hooked tray engagement member and to secure the top loading cartridge therein.

15. The system of claim 9 , wherein the tray further comprises a plurality of air apertures to circulate air from the fan module throughout the tray.

Assignees

• Hewlett Packard Entpr Dev Lp

Inventors

• Conn Kevin D
• Kuehn Keith J
• Bowden Thomas Robert

Classifications

• H05K7/20736 Primary

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• G06F1/183

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• G06F1/181 Primary

  Enclosures (for portable computers G06F1/1613) · CPC title

• H05K7/1485

  Servers; Data center rooms, e.g. 19-inch computer racks · CPC title