External Rail-Mounted Power System for Hardware Expansion
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Solution Overview
Problem
The limited space within computing device enclosures restricts the quantity and type of hardware components that can be positioned, thereby limiting the quality and functionality of computer-implemented services.
Innovation Solution
Positioning power components outside the chassis and using a rail mounted power system to provide power and manage power transmissions efficiently, allowing additional hardware resources to be integrated without compromising the system's integrity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If power components are positioned inside the chassis, then power can be provided to hardware components, but the quantity and type of hardware components that can be positioned is limited due to space constraints
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts power components from the chassis interior and positions them externally on vertical rails. This removal of power supply units from the limited chassis space enables additional hardware components to be positioned within the chassis, directly resolving the space constraint contradiction.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from a horizontal space-constrained arrangement inside the chassis to a vertical arrangement on rails extending outward from the chassis. This dimensional change allows power components to be positioned in three-dimensional space outside the chassis footprint, freeing up interior volume for hardware components.
2Adaptability or versatility
If power components are positioned outside the chassis using a rail mounted system, then additional hardware resources can be integrated, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The vertical rails serve multiple functions: they provide structural support for the chassis, serve as mounting structures for power components, and enable flexible positioning of both power and hardware components. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate structural elements, partially offsetting the added complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The power system is segmented into modular power supply units that can be independently positioned on the vertical rails. This segmentation allows flexible configuration and scalability of power delivery to different hardware components, enabling adaptability while maintaining manageable complexity through modularity.
Data Source
AI summary
Methods, systems, and devices for providing computer implemented services are disclosed. To provide the computer implemented services, a rack system may be used. The rack system may include a power supply free chassis for housing components that provide the computer implemented services. The rack system may further include a rail mounted power system for mounting directly to a single vertical rail of the rack system. The rail mounted power system may include at least two power supply units for obtaining power supply level power from a power distribution unit (PDU), the PDU adapted to obtain rack system level power and provide the power supply level power to the at least two power supply units. Using the power supply level power, the at least two power supply units may provide logic level power to the hardware components, thereby causing the components to operate.