Transport mechanism of server rack and pallet structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12116164-B2
Application number	US-202217987869-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 16, 2022
Priority date	Oct 6, 2022
Publication date	Oct 15, 2024
Grant date	Oct 15, 2024

Abstract

A transport mechanism of a server rack including a carrier plate, a server rack disposed and fixed onto a top surface of the carrier plate, and multiple supporting assemblies respectively stacked onto a bottom surface of the carrier plate is provided. Each of the supporting assemblies has at least one cushion member. The cushion member has at least one hollow portion, and an opening of the hollow portion is exposed to an environment. The stiffness of the cushion member is smaller than the stiffness of the carrier plate. A pallet structure is also provided.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A transport mechanism of a server rack, comprising:
a carrier plate;
a server rack disposed and fixed onto a top surface of the carrier plate; and
a plurality of supporting assemblies respectively stacked onto a bottom surface of the carrier plate, wherein each of the supporting assemblies comprises at least one cushion member, each of the cushion members has at least one hollow portion, an opening of the hollow portion is exposed to an external environment, and stiffness of the cushion member is smaller than stiffness of the carrier plate, wherein each of the supporting assemblies further comprises at least one filling member filled into the hollow portion or removed from the hollow portion through the opening of the hollow portion.

2. The transport mechanism of the server rack according to claim 1 , wherein each of the supporting assemblies further comprises an abutting member disposed at a bottom of the cushion member, so that the cushion member is located between the bottom surface of the carrier plate and the abutting member, the opening of the hollow portion is oriented differently from the carrier plate and the abutting member, and stiffness of the abutting member is larger than the stiffness of the cushion member.

3. The transport mechanism of the server rack according to claim 1 , wherein the hollow portion is a slot located on a surface of the cushion member or a through hole passing through the cushion member.

4. The transport mechanism of the server rack according to claim 1 , wherein the hollow portion and the filling member are components with outlines complementary to each other.

5. The transport mechanism of the server rack according to claim 1 , wherein stiffness of the filling member is larger than the stiffness of the cushion member.

6. The transport mechanism of the server rack according to claim 1 , wherein the filling member and the cushion member has a same material.

7. The transport mechanism of the server rack according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one filling member comprises a plurality of filling members, the at least one hollow portion comprises a plurality of hollow portions, and a number of the filling members is less than or equal to a number of the hollow portions.

8. The transport mechanism of the server rack according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one filling member comprises a plurality of filling members, the at least one hollow portion comprises a plurality of hollow portions, and the overall stiffness of each of the cushion members is proportional to a number of the filling members.

9. The transport mechanism of the server rack according to claim 1 , wherein the overall stiffness of each of the cushion members increases as the cushion member approaches a center of gravity of the server rack located on the carrier plate.

10. A pallet structure, comprising:
a carrier plate; and
a plurality of supporting assemblies respectively disposed on a bottom surface of the carrier plate, wherein a top surface of the carrier plate stands through the supporting assemblies after carrying an object, each of the supporting assemblies comprises at least one cushion member and an abutting member, the abutting member is located on a bottom surface of the cushion member, the cushion member is located between the carrier plate and the abutting member, each of the cushion members has at least one hollow portion, and an opening of the hollow portion is oriented differently from the carrier plate and the abutting member, wherein each of the supporting assemblies further comprises at least one filling member filled into the hollow portion or removed from the hollow portion through the opening of the hollow portion.

11. The pallet structure according to claim 10 , wherein stiffness of the abutting member is larger than stiffness of the cushion member, and stiffness of the carrier plate is larger than the stiffness of the cushion member.

12. The pallet structure according to claim 10 , wherein the hollow portion is a slot located on a surface of the cushion member or a through hole passing through the cushion member.

13. The pallet structure according to claim 10 , wherein the hollow portion and the filling member are components with outlines complementary to each other.

14. The pallet structure according to claim 10 , wherein stiffness of the filling member is larger than stiffness of the cushion member.

15. The pallet structure according to claim 10 , wherein the filling member and the cushion member has a same material.

16. The pallet structure according to claim 10 , wherein the at least one filling member comprises a plurality of filling members, the at least one hollow portion comprises a plurality of hollow portions, and a number of the filling members is less than or equal to a number of the hollow portions.

17. The pallet structure according to claim 10 , wherein the at least one filling member comprises a plurality of filling members, the at least one hollow portion comprises a plurality of hollow portions, and overall stiffness of each of the cushion members is proportional to a number of the filling members.

18. The pallet structure according to claim 10 , wherein overall stiffness of each of the cushion members increases as the cushion member approaches a center of gravity of the object located on the carrier plate.

Assignees

• Wiwynn Corp

Inventors

• Cheng Hao-Ting
• Jiang Jheng-Ying
• Lee Pei-Pei

Classifications

• F16F3/0876

  and of the same shape · CPC title

• F16F1/377

  having holes or openings ({F16F1/37} , F16F1/387 take precedence) · CPC title

• F16F1/3713

  with external elements passively influencing spring stiffness, e.g. rings or hoops · CPC title

• F16F15/08

  with rubber springs {(grommet- or bushing-type resilient mountings F16F1/3732, F16F1/38); with springs made of rubber and metal (arrangement of internal-combustion or jet-propulsion units B60K5/12; mounting of propulsion plants on vessels B63H21/30; mounting of vehicle drivers' cabs B62D33/0604)} · CPC title

• B65D2519/00815

  on the pallet · CPC title