Rail mounting adapter assembly for rack

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018084907-A1
Application number	US-201715458986-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 15, 2017
Priority date	Sep 24, 2016
Publication date	Mar 29, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

A rack system includes a rack, a first adapter mechanism and a second adapter mechanism. The rack has a first side and second side. A first width is defined between the first side and the second side. The first adapter mechanism is detachably mounted to the first side of the rack. The second adapter mechanism is detachably mounted to the second side of the rack. A second width is defined between the first adapter mechanism and the second adapter mechanism. The second width is smaller than the first width.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A rail mounting adapter assembly configured to be mounted on a rack, the rack having a plurality of first mounting features and a plurality of second mounting features arranged on a side of the rack, the rail mounting adapter assembly comprising:
a first base comprising a first side plate and a first end plate substantially perpendicularly connected to the first side plate, wherein the first side plate is detachably mounted at a first position on the side of the rack, the first end plate has a plurality of first mounting holes; and a second base comprising a second sideplate and a second end plate, wherein the second side plate is detachably mounted at a second position on the side of the rack, the second end plate corresponds to the first endplate of the first base, the second end plate has a plurality of second mounting holes.

2 . The rail mounting adapter assembly of claim 1 , further comprising a supporting body extendedly connected between the first base and the second base.

3 . The rail mounting adapter assembly of claim 2 , further comprising a fastening member mounted on the first base, wherein the fastening member comprises an elastic part and an engaging part, the elastic part is configured to provide an elastic force, the engaging part is configured to be engaged with one of the first mounting features on the side of the rack in response to the elastic force of the elastic part.

4 . The rail mounting adapter assembly of claim 2 , wherein the supporting body comprises a supporting protrusion, the supporting protrusion is configured to be engaged with one of the second mounting features on the side of the rack.

5 . The rail mounting adapter assembly of claim 2 , wherein the rack further has a plurality of third mounting features arranged on the side of the rack, the second side plate of the second base is configured to be engaged with two of the third mounting features on the side of the rack.

6 . The rail mounting adapter assembly of claim 2 , wherein the supporting body comprises an auxiliary protrusion, the auxiliary protrusion is configured to be engaged with one of the first mounting features on the side of the rack.

7 . A rack system, comprising:
a rack having a first side and a second side, wherein a first width is defined between an inner face of the first side and an inner face of the second side; a first adapter mechanism detachably mounted to the first side of the rack; a second adapter mechanism detachably mounted to the second side of the rack, wherein a second width is defined between the second adapter mechanism and the first adapter mechanism, the second width is smaller than the first width; a first slide rail assembly mounted to the first adapter mechanism; a second slide rail assembly mounted to the second adapter mechanism; and a chassis mounted to the first slide rail assembly and the second slide rail assembly.

8 . The rack system of claim 7 , wherein the first adapter mechanism comprises a first base and a second base, the first base comprises a first side plate and a first end plate substantially perpendicularly connected to the first side plate, the first end plate has a plurality of first mounting holes configured to mount a portion of the first slide rail assembly, the second base comprises a second side plate and a second end plate, the second end plate corresponds to the first end plate of the first base, the second end plate has a plurality of second mounting holes configured to mount another portion of the first slide rail assembly, the rack has a plurality of first mounting features, a plurality of second mounting features and a plurality of third mounting features arranged on the first side of the rack.

9 . The rack system of claim 8 , wherein the first adapter mechanism further comprises a supporting body extendedly connected between the first base and the second base.

10 . The rack system of claim 8 , further comprising a fastening member mounted on the first base, wherein the fastening member comprises an elastic part and an engaging part, the elastic part is configured to provide an elastic force, the engaging part is configured to be engaged with one of the first mounting features of the rack in response to the elastic force of the elastic part.

11 . The rack system of claim 9 , wherein the supporting body comprises a supporting protrusion, the supporting protrusion is configured to be engaged with one of the second mounting features of the rack.

12 . The rack system of claim 8 , wherein the second side plate of the second base is configured to be engaged with two of the third mounting features of the rack.

13 . The rack system of claim 7 , wherein the second width meets a width requirement of EIA-310 specification.

14 . The rack system of claim 8 , wherein spacing between the plurality of first mounting holes of the first end plate and spacing between the plurality of second mounting holes of the second end plate meet hole spacing requirements of EIA-310 specification.

15 . A rack system, comprising:
A rack having a first side and a second side, wherein a first width is defined between an inner face of the first side and an inner face of the second side; a first adapter mechanism detachably mounted to the first side of the rack; and a second adapter mechanism detachably mounted to the second side of the rack, wherein a second width is defined between the second adapter mechanism and the first adapter mechanism, the second width is smaller than the first width; wherein the second width meets a width requirement of EIA-310 specification.

16 . The rack system of claim 15 , wherein the first adapter mechanism is configured to mount a first slide rail assembly, the second adapter mechanism is configured to mount to a second slide rail assembly.

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

• A47B57/34 Primary

  the grooved or notched parts being the side walls or uprights themselves · CPC title

• H05K7/183

  support rails therefor · CPC title

• H05K7/1489 Primary

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

• A47B96/07

  adjustable in themselves · CPC title