Slide rail assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10213017-B2
Application number	US-201715475138-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 31, 2017
Priority date	Oct 5, 2016
Publication date	Feb 26, 2019
Grant date	Feb 26, 2019

Abstract

A slide rail assembly comprises a first rail, a second rail, a third rail and an engaging member. The first rail comprises a releasing feature. The second rail is movable relative to the first rail. The third rail is movable relative to the second rail. The engaging member is pivoted to the second rail. Wherein, the engaging member is configured to engage with the third rail to allow the second rail and the third rail to be synchronously moved relative to the first rail along a first direction, and the releasing feature is configured to disengage the engaging member from the third rail when the second rail is synchronously moved with the third rail relative to the first rail to a predetermined position.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A slide rail assembly, comprising:
a first rail comprising a releasing feature;
a second rail movable relative to the first rail;
a third rail movable relative to the second rail, the third rail comprising a first wall, a second wall and a side wall connected between the first wall and the second wall, at least one of the first wall and the second wall of the third rail being arranged with a cut-out portion defining a groove, the groove being concaved from a surface of the at least one of the first wall and the second wall of the third rail; and
an engaging member pivoted to the second rail;
wherein the engaging member is configured to engage with the third rail to allow the second rail and the third rail to be synchronously moved relative to the first rail along a first direction, and the releasing feature is configured to disengage the engaging member from the third rail when the second rail is synchronously moved with the third rail relative to the first rail to a predetermined position.

2. The slide rail assembly of claim 1 , wherein:
when the third rail is moved relative to the second rail along the first direction from a retracted position to a first predetermined position, the engaging member is configured to engage with the third rail to allow the second rail and the third rail to be synchronously moved relative to the first rail along the first direction;
when the second rail is synchronously moved with the third rail relative to the first rail along the first direction to a second predetermined position, the releasing feature is configured to disengage the engaging member from the third rail to allow the third rail to be moved relative to the second rail along the first direction to an extension position.

3. The slide rail assembly of claim 2 , wherein the slide rail assembly further comprises an elastic member configured to provide an elastic force to the engaging member, the third rail comprises a first wall, a second wall and a side wall connected between the first wall and the second wall, and when the third rail is located at the retracted position relative to the second rail, the engaging member abuts against the first wall to be held in a first state in response to the elastic force of the elastic member.

4. The slide rail assembly of claim 3 , wherein the third rail has an opening and a rail wall adjacent to the opening, the engaging member comprises an engaging part, and when the third rail is located at the first predetermined position relative to the second rail, the engaging member is rotated relative to the second rail from the first state to a second state in response to the elastic force of the elastic member, such that the engaging part enters the opening to correspond to the rail wall.

5. The slide rail assembly of claim 2 , wherein the second rail has a through hole facing toward the first rail, the engaging member comprises an extension part passing through the through hole, the releasing feature comprises a first guiding part, when the second rail is synchronously moved with the third rail along the first direction to the second predetermined position, the engaging member is guided by the first guiding part through the extension part to be no longer in the second state, so as to allow the engaging member to be disengaged from the third rail, the first guiding part has an inclined face or an arc face.

6. The slide rail assembly of claim 5 , wherein the releasing feature further comprises a blocking part, when the second rail is moved relative to the first rail from the second predetermined position to a third predetermined position along a second direction opposite to the first direction, the extension part of the engaging member is blocked by the blocking part for preventing the second rail from being moved relative to the first rail along the second direction.

7. The slide rail assembly of claim 6 , wherein during a process of the third rail being moved relative to the second rail along the second direction from the extension position, the third rail is configured to drive the engaging member for moving the extension part of the engaging member to be no longer blocked by the blocking part.

8. The slide rail assembly of claim 6 , wherein the releasing feature further comprises a second guiding part and a linear part, the blocking part and the linear part are located between the first guiding part and the second guiding part, wherein the blocking part has a wall located between the first guiding part and the linear part, the second guiding part has an inclined face or an arc face.

9. The slide rail assembly of claim 1 , wherein the third rail has a plurality of mounting holes spaced from each other, and the third rail comprises an extension feature for defining a vertical hole part and a longitudinal hole part of the mounting hole, the longitudinal hole part is communicated with the vertical hole part.

10. The slide rail assembly of claim 1 , further comprising a sliding auxiliary device arranged between the second rail and the third rail, the sliding auxiliary device comprises a holding base and a plurality of rolling members arranged on the holding base, the plurality of rolling members are in rolling contact with the second rail and the third rail.

11. The slide rail assembly of claim 10 , further comprising a first operating piece mounted to the third rail, wherein the first operating piece is configured to be operatively switched between a first working state and a second working state, the second rail comprises a blocking feature having a blocking section, when the engaging member is disengaged from the third rail by the releasing feature, and the third rail is moved relative to the second rail along the first direction to an extension position, the first operating piece is configured to abut against one side of the blocking section of the blocking feature in the first working state.

12. The slide rail assembly of claim 11 , wherein the second rail has a first aperture and the sliding auxiliary device has a second aperture, when the third rail is located at the extension position, the first aperture, the second aperture and one of the mounting holes of the third rail are communicated with each other, and when the first operating piece is operatively switched from the first working state to the second working state, the third rail is detachable from the second rail along the first direction.

13. A slide rail assembly, comprising:
a middle rail;
an inner rail movable relative to the middle rail, the inner rail comprising a first wall, a second wall and a side wall connected between the first wall and the second wall, at least one of the first wall and the second wall of the inner rail being arranged with a cut-out portion defining a groove; and
a first operating rod having one side partially located in the groove of the inner rail;
wherein the groove is concaved from a surface of the at least one of the first wall and the second wall of the inner rail, and a width of the groove is substantially equal to a thickness of the one side of the first operating rod.

14. The slide rail assembly of claim 13 , wherein the middle rail comprises a blocking feature, the blocking feature has a blocking section, a protrusion part is arranged on the side wall of the inner rail and configured to abut against another side of the first operating rod, the slide rail assembly further comprises a first operating piece mounted to the inner rail, the first operating rod is configured to be operatively switched between a first working state and a second working state, when the inner rail is located at an extension

Assignees

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

Inventors

• Chen Ken-Ching
• Yang Shun-Ho
• Chang Wei-Chen
• Wang Chun-Chiang

Classifications

• F16C29/12

  Arrangements for adjusting play · CPC title

• F16C29/04

  Ball or roller bearings · CPC title

• H05K7/183

  support rails therefor · CPC title

• A47B88/493

  with rollers, ball bearings, wheels, or the like · CPC title

• H05K7/1489

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