Partition wall design for universal bay system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2022350935-A1
Application number	US-202117243231-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 28, 2021
Priority date	Apr 28, 2021
Publication date	Nov 3, 2022
Grant date	—

Abstract

A universal bay system is configurable to accommodate multiple sets of devices having different form factors and maximizes space utilization. A partition may be assembled with two walls and may engage receivers in a first support plane, wherein two adjacent partitions form a bay. Each wall may be configured with device retainers to accommodate a set of processing, memory, I/O or storage devices of different form factors, power supply units (PSUs) or provide an airflow channel relative to a specific set of devices.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A universal bay system for accommodating multiple sets of devices of an information handling system in a chassis, the universal bay comprising:
a pair of guide rails; a plurality of support planes connected to the pair of guide rails, wherein a first support plane and an adjacent second support plane are separated by a distance to form a row; and a plurality of partitions, wherein each partition comprises:
a first wall comprising a first wall connector and a support plane connector; and
a second wall comprising a second wall connector and a second support plane connector, wherein
the second wall connector engages the first wall connector to form the partition, and each partition is coupled to the first support plane and the second support plane to divide the row into a plurality of bays.

2 . The universal bay system of claim 1 , further comprising a device retainer coupled to each wall corresponding to a bay, wherein device retainer is configured to retain of a set of devices in the bay.

3 . The universal bay system of claim 2 , wherein device retainer comprises a plurality of device rails.

4 . The universal bay system of claim 3 , wherein the bay is configured to retain a set of memory devices, processing devices, storage devices or networking devices.

5 . The universal bay system of claim 3 , wherein the bay is configured to retain a power supply unit (PSU).

6 . The universal bay system of claim 3 , wherein the bay is configured as a channel for airflow through the chassis.

7 . The universal bay system of claim 1 , further comprising a device support assembly bracket coupled to the partition.

8 . A chassis for an information handling system comprising:
a rear portion for retaining cabling for one or more components of the information handling system; a front portion comprising:
a pair of guide rails;
a plurality of support planes connected to the pair of guide rails, wherein a first support plane and an adjacent second support plane are separated by a distance to form a row; and
a plurality of partitions, wherein each partition comprises:
a first wall comprising a first wall connector and a support plane connector; and
a second wall comprising a second wall connector and a second support plane connector, wherein
the second wall connector engages the first wall connector to form the partition, and each partition is coupled to the first support plane and the second support plane to divide the row into a plurality of bays.

9 . The chassis of claim 8 , further comprising a device retainer coupled to each wall corresponding to a bay, wherein device retainer is configured to retain of a set of devices in the bay.

10 . The chassis of claim 9 , wherein device retainer comprises a plurality of device rails.

11 . The chassis of claim 10 , wherein the bay is configured to retain a set of memory devices, processing devices, storage devices or networking devices.

12 . The chassis of claim 10 , wherein the bay is configured to retain a power supply unit (PSU).

13 . The chassis of claim 10 , wherein the bay is configured as a channel for airflow through the chassis.

14 . The chassis of claim 8 , further comprising a device support assembly bracket coupled to the partition.

15 . A method for manufacturing a chassis of an information handling system, the method comprising:
coupling a first support plane to a first guide rail and a second guide rail; forming a plurality of walls, wherein each wall comprises one of a first wall connector or a second wall connector for engaging the first wall connector; assembling a plurality of partitions from the plurality of walls; positioning the plurality of partitions on the first support plane, wherein the first support plane and the second support plane form a row; coupling a second support plane to the plurality of partitions, wherein the plurality of partitions divide the row into bays.

16 . The method of claim 15 , further comprising coupling a device retainer to each wall corresponding to a bay, wherein the device retainer is configured to retain of a set of devices in the bay.

17 . The method of claim 16 , wherein device retainer comprises a plurality of device rails.

18 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the bay is configured to retain a set of memory devices, processing devices, storage devices or networking devices.

19 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the bay is configured to retain a power supply unit (PSU).

20 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the bay is configured as a channel for airflow through the chassis.

Assignees

• Dell Products Lp

Inventors

• Strickland Stephen
• Lewis Jeffrey Michael
• Mundt Kevin Warren

Classifications

• G06F1/181 Primary

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

• G06F30/10 Primary

  Geometric CAD · CPC title

• G06F30/17 Primary

  Mechanical parametric or variational design · CPC title