Temporary lifting device for an electronic chassis

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a temporary lifting device for electronic chassis such as a server chassis. The lifting device comprises a customized sling connected to a server using a strap to secure the server on the sling. The strap can be removed to detach the server from the sling as it is installed in a rack.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention generally relates to temporary lifting devices for electronic chassis such as server chassis. [0003] 2. Description of the Related Art [0004] An organization may maintain several servers to store and process large volumes of data, software and provide other network services. These servers are typically placed in one or more racks in a server room. Racks are typically box-like structures with shelves to house one or more servers. Servers may be placed in the rack by lifting the server and sliding it into a shelf or onto slides or rails in the rack. [0005] One problem with placing servers in a rack is that servers can be quite heavy and difficult to handle while lifting. Therefore, servers typically include handles that are integrated into the frame of the product. However, adding permanently integrated handles has several disadvantages. First, the cost associated with including the permanent han...

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Benefits of technology

[0008] One embodiment provides a method for installing a server chassis into a server rack using a temporary lifting device. The method generally includes placing the server chassis on top of at least one server sling comprising a handle at both ends of the server sling, the server sling being customized to hold the server chassis. The method further includes fastening the server chassis to the one or more slings using one or more straps to bind each server sling to the server chas

Problems solved by technology

One problem with placing servers in a rack is that servers can be quite heavy and difficult to handle while lifting.

However, adding permanently integrated handles has several disadvantages.

First, the cost associated with including the permanent handles may be prohibitive, making the product less feasible to manufacture and adding too much cost to pass along to customers.

Second, rack mounted servers have become increasingly complex and packed with several components.

However, because each server must fit into the predefined configuration and dimensions of the rack, any additional features or components must fit within the dimensional limitations.

The handles, which are used only for lifting, may occupy valuable space that could be used to add such desirable features and components.

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