Systems and methods for mounting and dismounting computing components

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9804642-B2
Application number	US-201514789033-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 1, 2015
Priority date	Dec 18, 2014
Publication date	Oct 31, 2017
Grant date	Oct 31, 2017

Abstract

Various embodiments of the present technology provide systems and methods for mounting and dismounting a computing component (e.g., a HDD) of a server system. The server system contains one or more drawers, each of which can host a plurality of computing components. A computing component can have a side surface attached to a lever via a hinge. When the computing component is placed into a designated location of a drawer, pressing a first end of the lever in one direction can cause a second end of the lever to interact with at least one portion of the drawer and further cause the computing component to move into a close position or out of the close position.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system, comprising:
a computing component having a top surface, a side surface and a bottom surface;
a housing comprising a supporting surface, the housing having a slot on the supporting surface, the slot being associated with a location configured to receive and removably connect the computing component to the system; and
a lever attached to the computing component, the lever attached via a hinge to the side surface of the computing component and extending such that a first end of a lever arm of the lever extends above the top surface of the computing component and a second end of the lever arm extends below the bottom surface of the computing component, wherein the top surface of the computing device is opposite to the bottom surface of the computer device, wherein manipulation with the first end of the lever arm causes the lever arm to interact via the second end of the lever arm with an edge of the slot on the supporting surface to connect the computing component to the system or disconnect the computing component from the system,
wherein the computing component includes one or more guide pins, the one or more guide pins configured to facilitate aligning or placing the computing component into the location.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the computing component is removably connected to the system via a component board.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the component board is a backplane board, mid-plane board, or a motherboard.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the computing component is further attached to a latch, the latch configured to lock the first end of the lever when the computing component is connected with the system.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first end of the lever has a minimum threshold width for an operator or a machine to apply a force to the first end of the lever.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the system includes one or more drawers, each of the one or more drawers including at least one component board and a connector, the at least one component board configured to connect to the computing component, the connector configured to connect to the system.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein each of the one or more drawers includes at least one row, each of the at least one row containing one or more locations configured to receive and removably connect the computing component to a corresponding drawer.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein each of the one or more drawers includes a cover, the cover configured to improve a thermal stability of the system.

9. A computing component configured to be removably connected to a computing system having a housing, the housing comprising a supporting surface, the housing having a slot on the supporting surface, the computing component having a top surface, a side surface and a bottom surface, comprising:
a lever, the lever attached to the side surface of the computing component via a hinge and extending such that a first end of a lever arm of the lever extends above the top surface of the computing component and a second end of the lever arm extends below the bottom surface of the computing component, wherein the top surface of the computing device is opposite to the bottom surface of the computer device, wherein manipulation with the first end of the lever arm causes the lever arm to interact via the second end of the lever arm with an edge of the slot on the supporting surface of the computing system to connect the computing component to the computing system or disconnect the computing component from the computing system,
wherein the computing component includes one or more guide pins, the one or more guide pins configured to facilitate aligning or placing the computing component into a location of the computing system, the location configured to receive and removably connect the computing component to the computing system.

10. The computing component of claim 9 , wherein the computing component is removably connected to the system via a component board.

11. The computing component of claim 10 , wherein the component board is a backplane board, mid-plane board, or a motherboard.

12. The computing component of claim 9 , further comprising a latch, the latch configured to lock the first end of the lever when the computing component is connected with the computing system.

13. The computing component of claim 9 , wherein the first end of the lever has a minimum threshold width for an operator or a machine to apply a force to the first end of the lever.

14. The computing component of claim 9 , wherein the computing system includes one or more drawers, each of the one or more drawers including at least one component board and a connector, the at least one component board configured to connect to the computing component, the connector configured to connect to the system.

15. The computing component of claim 14 , wherein each of the one or more drawers includes at least one row, each of the at least one row containing one or more locations configured to receive and removably connect the computing component to a corresponding drawer.

Assignees

• Quanta Comp Inc
• Quanta Comp Inc

Inventors

• Chen Chao-Jung
• Chen Chi-Fu

Classifications

• G06F1/187 Primary

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