Rack Slide Rail Assembly With Reinforced Adjustable Rear Support
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing slide rail assemblies face challenges in adjusting their length to meet maximum or minimum requirements while maintaining structural strength, as increasing the total length compromises minimum support strength, and vice versa.
Innovation Solution
The slide rail assembly incorporates a reinforcement member with adjustable first and second rear supports and a reinforcement member that includes support parts extending from a body, allowing for adjustable engagement with the outer rail and second rear support, ensuring reinforced structural strength across varying lengths.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the total length of the bracket is increased to meet maximum length requirements, then the adaptability to different rack depths is improved, but the structural strength deteriorates because the rear support cannot be sufficiently inserted into the cover
Solution Approach 1:
The bracket is divided into multiple segments: the cover, the rear support, and an additional reinforcement member with its own support portions. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function - the rear support provides adjustable length while the reinforcement member provides additional structural strength when the bracket is extended to maximum length.
Solution Approach 2:
The reinforcement member acts as an intermediary element between the rear support and the cover. When the rear support is pulled to its extreme position, the reinforcement member's support portions engage with the cover to provide additional support, effectively mediating the connection and maintaining structural integrity at extended lengths.
2Length of stationary object
If the length of the cover or rear support is increased to extend the total bracket length, then the maximum length capability is improved, but the minimum length requirement cannot be met because the minimum length is also increased
Solution Approach 1:
The reinforcement member is designed to be movable relative to the rear support, allowing it to be positioned at different locations along the rear support. This dynamic positioning capability enables the bracket to achieve different effective lengths - when the reinforcement member is positioned closer to the cover, it provides additional support that effectively reduces the minimum length requirement.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the rear support is pulled to its extreme position to increase bracket length, then the adaptability to maximum depth is improved, but the support strength deteriorates because the insertion length into the cover becomes insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The support system is segmented into the rear support and the reinforcement member with its separate support portions. This segmentation allows the reinforcement member to independently provide support strength when the rear support is pulled to its extreme position, compensating for the insufficient insertion length of the rear support into the cover.
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AI summary
A slide rail assembly includes a slide assembly, a front support, a first rear support, a second rear support, and a reinforcement member. The slide rail assembly includes an outer rail, an inner rail and an intermediate rail. The front support and the first rear support are respectively connected to the front end and the outside of the outer rail. The second rear support is movably connected to the first rear support. The reinforcement member includes a body, two first support parts and at least two second support parts. The body has a slot and a contact portion. The two first support parts embrace the outer rail, and the at least two second support parts embrace the second rear support. The slide rail assembly is installed to the rack. The reinforcement member reinforces the connection between the second rear support and the outer rail.