Case and network equipment
By designing a retractable wire management frame and support slide in the chassis, the problems of network equipment cable occlusion and pull damage are solved, and the convenience of wire management management and operation and maintenance operations are achieved.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202421265204.3
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-06-04
- Publication Date
- 2025-02-28
- Estimated Expiration
- 2034-06-04
AI Technical Summary
In the prior art, the cables of network equipment such as servers that are out of the front side can only be set downward, which makes it difficult to operate and maintain the network equipment below, and the cables are easily pulled and damaged.
A chassis is provided, including a chassis body, a wire rack and a support slide. The wire management frame is movable on the support slide, which can be moved outward in the working state, exposing the wire management duct to manage the cable, and can be retracted back to the inside when not needed.
Through a retractable wire management frame management cable, the cables can avoid blocking the equipment below and reduce pulling damage, simplify operation and maintenance operations, and do not occupy additional space and do not need to change the chassis structure.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] The present application relates to the technical field of network equipment, and in particular to a chassis and network equipment. Background Art
[0002] The wiring in the computer room has an important impact on energy saving and consumption reduction, extending the service life of cables, and avoiding the cost of later transformation and new construction. In the wiring of the computer room, the cable management of the outgoing cables of network equipment such as servers is particularly important.
[0003] In the related art, for network devices such as servers with cables coming out from the front, the cables can usually only be laid downward, covering other network devices below. On the one hand, the operation and maintenance of the network devices below are difficult, and on the other hand, the cables are easily damaged by pulling. Utility Model Content
[0004] The present application provides a chassis and a network device, which can solve the problem that the cables of the network device make the operation and maintenance of the network device below difficult and the cables are easily pulled and damaged.
[0005] The technical solution is as follows:
[0006] In one aspect, a chassis is provided, the chassis comprising: a chassis body, a cable management rack and a support slide;
[0007] The supporting slide is located in the chassis body, the cable management rack is movably arranged on the supporting slide, and the cable management rack is provided with at least one cable management groove;
[0008] The cable management rack includes a working state and a non-working state;
[0009] In the working state, the cable management arm moves along the supporting slide toward the outer side of the chassis body, and the at least one cable management groove is located on the outer side of the chassis body; in the non-working state, the cable management arm moves along the supporting slide toward the inner side of the chassis body, and the cable management arm is completely retracted into the inner side of the chassis body.
[0010] On the other hand, a network device is provided, wherein the network device includes the chassis described in the present application.
[0011] The beneficial effects of the technical solution provided by this application include at least:
[0012] The chassis of the present application is arranged with a supporting slide inside the chassis body, and the cable management rack is movably arranged on the supporting slide. When the cable management rack extends along the supporting slide toward the outside of the chassis body, exposing one of the cable management grooves on the outside of the cabinet body, the cables can be inserted into the cable management groove to realize the cable management of the chassis. When the cables are not needed, the cable management rack can be retracted along the supporting slide toward the inside of the chassis body, which does not affect the normal operation and maintenance of the chassis, does not occupy the excess space of the chassis, and does not need to change the structure of the chassis. The structure is simple and easy to use. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0013] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings required for use in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present application. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative work.
[0014] Figure 1 It is a structural schematic diagram of a chassis provided in an embodiment of the present application in a working state of a cable management rack;
[0015] Figure 2 It is a structural schematic diagram of a chassis provided in an embodiment of the present application when the cable management rack is in a non-working state;
[0016] Figure 3 It is a structural schematic diagram of the cable management rack and the support slide provided in the embodiment of the present application in the working state;
[0017] Figure 4 It is a structural schematic diagram of the cable management rack and the support slide provided in the embodiment of the present application in a non-working state;
[0018] Figure 5 It is a schematic diagram of the structure decomposition of the cable management rack and the support slide provided in the embodiment of the present application;
[0019] Figure 6 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the cable management rack provided in an embodiment of the present application;
[0020] Figure 7 It is a structural schematic diagram of a chassis cable management rack in working state provided by another embodiment of the present application;
[0021] Figure 8 This is a structural schematic diagram of the working status of a chassis cable management rack provided by another embodiment of the present application.
[0022] The reference numerals in the figures represent respectively:
[0023] 1. Chassis body;
[0024] 11. Cable interface; 12. Functional module;
[0025] 2. Cable management rack;
[0026] 21. Wire management groove; 211. Hook portion; 22. Second sliding structure; 221. Mounting hole; 222. Limiting groove; 23. Second limiting structure; 24. Operating handle; 25. Limiting hook;
[0027] 3. Support slideway;
[0028] 31. first sliding structure; 311. pin column; 312. pin head; 32. first limiting structure; 33. limiting block;
[0029] 4. Cables. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0030] Exemplary embodiments will be described in detail herein, examples of which are shown in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the drawings, the same numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The implementations described in the following exemplary embodiments do not represent all implementations consistent with the present application. Instead, they are merely examples of devices and methods consistent with some aspects of the present application as detailed in the appended claims.
[0031] In the description of the present application, it should be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "up", "down", "front", "back", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inside", "outside", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", "axial", "radial", "circumferential" and the like indicate directions or positional relationships based on the attached Figure 1 The orientation or positional relationship shown is only for the convenience of describing the present application and simplifying the description, and does not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operate in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be understood as a limitation on the present application.
[0032] Unless otherwise defined, all technical terms used in the embodiments of the present application have the same meanings as commonly understood by those of ordinary skill in the art.
[0033] In order to make the objectives, technical solutions and advantages of the present application clearer, the implementation methods of the present application will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
[0034] On the one hand, combined with Figure 1 , Figure 2 , Figure 3 and Figure 4As shown, an embodiment of the present application provides a chassis, which includes: a chassis body 1, a cable management rack 2 and a support slide 3; the support slide 3 is located in the chassis body 1, the cable management rack 2 is movably arranged on the support slide 3, and the cable management rack 2 is provided with at least one cable management groove 21.
[0035] The cable management rack 2 includes a working state and a non-working state; in the working state, the cable management rack 2 moves along the supporting slide 3 toward the outside of the chassis body 1, and at least one cable management groove 21 is located on the outside of the chassis body 1; in the non-working state, the cable management rack 2 moves along the supporting slide 3 toward the inside of the chassis body 1, and the cable management rack 2 is completely retracted into the inside of the chassis body 1.
[0036] The chassis of this embodiment is provided with a supporting slide 3 inside the chassis body 1, and the cable management arm 2 is movably arranged on the supporting slide 3. When the cable management arm 2 extends along the supporting slide 3 to the outside of the chassis body 1 and exposes one of the cable management grooves 21 to the outside of the cabinet body, the cable 4 can be inserted into the cable management groove 21 to realize the cable management of the chassis. When the cable management is not needed, the cable management arm 2 can be retracted along the supporting slide 3 to the inside of the chassis body 1, which does not affect the normal operation and maintenance of the chassis, does not occupy the excess space of the chassis, and does not need to change the structure of the chassis. The structure is simple and easy to use.
[0037] The chassis of this embodiment uses a telescopically arranged cable management frame 2 to support and guide the cables 4 led out of the chassis to one side of the chassis, so that the cables 4 will not droop freely and block the chassis or network equipment below.
[0038] In some possible implementations, the number of the cable management slots 21 is, for example, one, two, three, etc. When the number of the cable management slots 21 is two or more, the cable management slots 21 are arranged on the cable management frame 2 along intervals. Each cable management slot 21 can be used to secure one cable 4 or multiple cables 4.
[0039] In some possible implementations, reference Figure 6 As shown, the cable management groove 21 is arranged on the top of the cable management frame 2, so that the cables 4 can be pressed in the cable management groove 21 under their own weight, and no additional fixing structure is required to fasten the cables 4.
[0040] In some other possible implementations, refer to Figure 6 As shown, the cable management slot 21 includes a hook portion 211, which extends from one side of the opening of the cable management slot 21 to the top of the cable management slot 21, so that the opening of the cable management slot 21 is reduced and the cables 4 in the cable management slot 21 are not easy to fall out.
[0041] In some possible implementations, the chassis body 1 has at least one chassis wall, and the supporting slide 3 is arranged on the inner side of the chassis wall, so that the cable management arm 2 can be slidably supported on the inner side of the chassis body 1 .
[0042] In some other possible implementations, the support guide 3 and one of the case walls of the chassis are designed to be integrated, that is, the cable management arm 2 is movably arranged on the case wall.
[0043] Combination Figure 3 and Figure 4 As shown, in some embodiments, the supporting slide 3 is provided with at least one first sliding structure 31, and the cable management rack 2 is provided with at least one second sliding structure 22; at least one first sliding structure 31 is slidably matched with at least one second sliding structure 22 in corresponding positions to movably support the cable management rack 2 on the supporting slide 3.
[0044] Through the above arrangement, the sliding connection between the cable management rack 2 and the supporting slideway 3 is realized, and the cable management rack 2 can be extended in the working state and retracted in the non-working state. By using the sliding matching mode of the sliding pin and the slideway, the moving direction of the cable management rack 2 can be limited by the extension direction of the slideway, and the moving limit position of the cable management rack 2 can be limited by the extension length of the slideway.
[0045] In some embodiments, one of the first sliding structure 31 and the second sliding structure 22 is a sliding pin, and the other of the first sliding structure 31 and the second sliding structure 22 is a sliding slot. Exemplarily, the first sliding structure 31 is a sliding pin, and the second sliding structure 22 is a sliding slot; or, the first sliding structure 31 is a sliding slot, and the second sliding structure 22 is a sliding pin.
[0046] In some possible implementations, reference Figure 5 As shown, the sliding pin includes a pin column 311 and a pin head 312. The bottom of the pin column 311 is fixedly connected to the support slide 3 or the cable management rack 2, and the pin head 312 is located at the top of the pin column 311. The diameter of the pin column 311 is smaller than the width of the slide slot, and the diameter of the pin head 312 is larger than the width of the slide slot. In the sliding fit state, the pin head 312 is located on one side of the slide slot, providing an axial limit for the pin column 311, so that the pin column 311 can only slide along the slide slot without worrying that the pin column 311 will fall out.
[0047] Combination Figure 5 and Figure 6 As shown, in some embodiments, the first sliding structure 31 is a sliding pin, and the second sliding structure 22 is a sliding groove.
[0048] Through the above arrangement, the first sliding structure 31 and the second sliding structure 22 slide together to achieve a sliding connection between the cable management rack 2 and the support slide 3, so that the cable management rack 2 can be extended in the working state and retracted in the non-working state.
[0049] In some possible implementations, reference Figure 6As shown, the second sliding structure 22 using a slide groove includes a limiting groove 222 and a mounting hole 221, wherein the mounting hole 221 and the limiting groove 222 are connected, and the diameter of the mounting hole 221 is greater than or equal to the pin head 312 of the sliding pin, and the pin head 312 can pass through the mounting hole 221 to the other side of the slide groove to achieve the installation cooperation between the sliding pin and the slide groove; the width of the limiting groove 222 is smaller than the diameter of the pin head 312 and larger than the diameter of the pin column 311 to achieve limited sliding of the sliding pin.
[0050] Combination Figure 5 and Figure 6 As shown, in some embodiments, the number of first sliding structures 31 is at least two, the number of second sliding structures 22 is one, at least two first sliding structures 31 are arranged at intervals along the moving direction of the cable management frame 2, and the second sliding structure 22 extends along the moving direction of the cable management frame 2.
[0051] Through the above arrangement, at least two first sliding structures 31 using sliding pins are slidably matched with one second sliding structure 22 using a sliding groove, and the two first sliding structures 31 can provide stable and reliable sliding support for the cable management rack 2.
[0052] In this embodiment, at least two first sliding structures 31 are arranged in a straight line and spaced apart along the moving direction of the cable management frame 2 .
[0053] Combination Figure 5 and Figure 6 As shown, in some embodiments, the number of first sliding structures 31 is at least two, the number of second sliding structures 22 is at least two, at least two first sliding structures 31 are arranged at intervals in a manner perpendicular to the moving direction of the cable management frame 2, at least two second sliding structures 22 are arranged at intervals in a manner perpendicular to the moving direction of the cable management frame 2, and at least two second sliding structures 22 extend parallel to the moving direction of the cable management frame 2.
[0054] Through the above arrangement, at least two first sliding structures 31 using sliding pins are arranged at intervals up and down in a direction perpendicular to the moving direction of the cable management rack 2, and at least two second sliding structures 22 using sliding grooves are also arranged at intervals up and down in a direction perpendicular to the moving direction of the cable management rack 2. Each second sliding structure 22 is used to slideably cooperate with a first sliding structure 31, so that the first sliding structure 31 can provide stable and reliable sliding support for the cable management rack 2.
[0055] For example, reference Figure 5 As shown, the number of the first sliding structures 31 is three, and the number of the second sliding structures 22 is two, wherein two first sliding structures 31 form a group, are arranged at intervals along the moving direction of the cable management rack 2, and slideably cooperate with one second sliding structure 22, and one first sliding structure 31 is located above and slideably cooperates with another second sliding structure 22.
[0056] Combination Figure 3 and Figure 5 As shown, in some embodiments, a first limiting structure 32 is provided at the end of the support slide 3 close to the outer side of the chassis body 1; at least one second limiting structure 23 is provided on the cable management rack 2; in the working state, at least one second limiting structure 23 cooperates with the first limiting structure 32 to fix the position of the cable management rack 2.
[0057] Through the above arrangement, after the cable management rack 2 slides along the support slide 3 to the corresponding position of the working state, at least one second limiting structure 23 can be used to cooperate with the first limiting structure 32 to fix the position of the cable management rack 2 and will not accidentally retract into the chassis body 1 after being subjected to external force, thereby having better working reliability.
[0058] In some embodiments, at least one second limiting structure 23 is elastically arranged on the cable management rack 2. Therefore, when the cable management rack 2 extends outward along the support slide 3 to a position corresponding to the working state, the second limiting structure 23 automatically pops out under the driving force of the elastic force, and cooperates with the first limiting structure 32 to make it more convenient and quick to use.
[0059] For example, the second limiting structure 23 is an elastic cantilever structure formed by a hollowing-out design of a local structure of the cable management rack 2. When the cable management rack 2 needs to be switched to a non-working state, the second limiting structure 23 can be moved in the direction of the arrow (eg Figure 1 As shown in the figure, the second limiting structure 23 is pressed, forcing the second limiting structure 23 to deform and retract, and the second limiting structure 23 and the first limiting structure 32 are released from limiting, so that the cable management rack 2 can be retracted into the chassis body 1, so that the cable management rack 2 is switched to a non-working state.
[0060] In some possible implementations, reference Figure 1 , Figure 7 and Figure 8 The number of the second limiting structures 23 is three, and the three second limiting structures 23 are arranged in sequence and spaced apart along the moving direction of the cable management frame 2 . Figure 1 It shows that when the cable management rack 2 extends outward by a distance L1, the second limiting structure 23 closest to the outside cooperates with the first limiting structure 32. At this time, the cable 4 can be supported with a smaller turning radius for cable management. Figure 7 It is shown that when the cable management rack 2 continues to extend outward to a distance L2, the second limiting structure 23 in the middle is limited and matched with the first limiting structure 32. At this time, the cable 4 can be supported for cable management with a medium turning radius. Figure 8It is shown that when the cable management rack 2 extends outward to a distance L3, the second limiting structure 23 closest to the inner side cooperates with the first limiting structure 32. At this time, the cable 4 can be supported for cable management with a larger turning radius, where L1<L2<L3. Therefore, by using multiple second limiting structures 23 at different positions, different turning radii can be provided for the cable 4 to meet different cable management requirements.
[0061] Combination Figure 1 As shown, in some embodiments, the chassis body 1 further includes at least one cable interface 11, and the at least one cable interface 11 and the cable management rack 2 are located on the same side of the chassis body 1. Thus, the cable management rack 2 can be used to manage and support the cables 4 connected to the cable interface 11.
[0062] Exemplarily, at least one functional module 12 is disposed in the chassis body 1, and at least one cable interface 11 is located on the at least one functional module 12. The functional module 12 includes but is not limited to a motherboard module, a storage module, a power module, a liquid cooling module, and the like.
[0063] In some embodiments, reference Figure 6 As shown, the cable management frame 2 further includes an operating handle, and an external force can be applied to the cable management frame 2 through the operating handle to switch the cable management frame 2 between a working state and a non-working state.
[0064] In some embodiments, reference Figure 5 , 6 As shown, a limit block 33 is provided at the inner section of the support slide 3 close to the chassis body 1, and a limit hook 25 is provided at the cable management rack 2. The limit block 33 and the limit hook 25 cooperate to provide the cable management rack 2 with an extreme position limit when it moves along the support slide 3 toward the inside of the chassis body 1.
[0065] On the other hand, an embodiment of the present application provides a network device, the network device comprising the chassis of the present application. The network device of this embodiment adopts the chassis of the present application and has all the beneficial technical effects of all the embodiments of this document.
[0066] The technical solution provided in this application is applicable to large-scale network devices that provide computing or application services: such as servers, workstations, switches, etc.
[0067] Among them, the server can be an independent physical server, or a server cluster or distributed system composed of multiple physical servers, or a cloud server that provides basic cloud computing services such as cloud services, cloud databases, cloud computing, cloud functions, cloud storage, network services, cloud communications, middleware services, domain name services, security services, CDN (Content Delivery Network), and big data and artificial intelligence platforms. The terminal can be a smart phone, tablet computer, laptop computer, desktop computer, smart speaker, smart watch, etc., but is not limited to this. The terminal and the server can be directly or indirectly connected via wired or wireless communication, and this application does not limit this.
[0068] It should be noted that the "several" and "at least one" mentioned in this article refer to one or more, and "multiple" and "at least two" refer to two or more. "And / or" describes the association relationship of the associated objects, indicating that three relationships can exist. For example, A and / or B can mean: A exists alone, A and B exist at the same time, and B exists alone. The character " / " generally indicates that the associated objects before and after are in an "or" relationship.
[0069] In the description of this specification, the reference terms "certain embodiments", "one embodiment", "some embodiments", "illustrative embodiments", "example", "specific example", or "some examples" mean that the specific features, structures, materials or characteristics described in conjunction with the embodiments or examples are included in at least one embodiment or example of the present application.
[0070] The above description is only an embodiment of the present application and is not intended to limit the present application. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. made within the principles of the present application shall be included in the protection scope of the present application.
Claims
1. A chassis, characterized in that: The chassis comprises: a chassis body (1), a cable management rack (2) and a supporting slideway (3); The supporting slideway (3) is located in the chassis body (1), the cable management frame (2) is movably arranged on the supporting slideway (3), and the cable management frame (2) is provided with at least one cable management groove (21); The cable management frame (2) includes a working state and a non-working state; In the working state, the cable management rack (2) moves along the supporting slide (3) toward the outer side of the chassis body (1), and the at least one cable management groove (21) is located on the outer side of the chassis body (1); in the non-working state, the cable management rack (2) moves along the supporting slide (3) toward the inner side of the chassis body (1), and the cable management rack (2) is completely retracted into the inner side of the chassis body (1).
2. The chassis according to claim 1, characterized in that: The supporting slideway (3) is provided with at least one first sliding structure (31), and the cable management rack (2) is provided with at least one second sliding structure (22); The at least one first sliding structure (31) and the at least one second sliding structure (22) are slidably matched at corresponding positions to movably support the cable management frame (2) on the supporting slideway (3).
3. The chassis according to claim 2, characterized in that: One of the first sliding structure (31) and the second sliding structure (22) is a sliding pin, and the other of the first sliding structure (31) and the second sliding structure (22) is a sliding groove.
4. The chassis according to claim 2, characterized in that: The first sliding structure (31) is a sliding pin, and the second sliding structure (22) is a sliding groove.
5. The chassis according to claim 4, characterized in that: The number of the first sliding structures (31) is at least two, the number of the second sliding structure (22) is one, at least two of the first sliding structures (31) are arranged at intervals along the moving direction of the cable management frame (2), and the second sliding structure (22) extends along the moving direction of the cable management frame (2).
6. The chassis according to claim 4, characterized in that: The number of the first sliding structures (31) is at least two, the number of the second sliding structures (22) is at least two, at least two of the first sliding structures (31) are arranged at intervals in a manner perpendicular to the moving direction of the cable management frame (2), at least two of the second sliding structures (22) are arranged at intervals in a manner perpendicular to the moving direction of the cable management frame (2), and at least two of the second sliding structures (22) extend in parallel along the moving direction of the cable management frame (2).
7. The chassis according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that: The end of the support slide (3) close to the outer side of the chassis body (1) is provided with a first limiting structure (32); and the cable management frame (2) is provided with at least one second limiting structure (23); In the working state, the at least one second limiting structure (23) cooperates with the first limiting structure (32) to fix the position of the cable management frame (2).
8. The chassis according to claim 7, characterized in that: The at least one second limiting structure (23) is elastically arranged on the cable management frame (2).
9. The chassis according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that: The chassis body (1) further comprises at least one cable interface (11), and the at least one cable interface (11) and the cable management rack (2) are located on the same side of the chassis body (1).
10. A network device, characterized in that: The network device comprises the chassis according to any one of claims 1 to 9.