Server Outer Shell Positioning Device with Locking Bracket
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional server case designs with sliding hook members lack stability during transportation and are vulnerable to theft due to the absence of effective anti-theft measures.
Innovation Solution
An outer shell member positioning device featuring a mounting base with pivot holders and a bracket with constraint bars, a spring-loaded sliding hook member, and a locking device that secures the outer shell member to the inner shell member, providing stability and anti-theft features.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If sliding hook members are used for mounting the outer shell member, then ease of operation is improved, but stability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The bracket is designed to pivot between a first position (engaging the inner shell member) and a second position (disengaged). The sliding hook member moves along a sliding slot to transition between locked and unlocked states. This dynamic design allows the structure to adapt between stable engagement and easy disengagement, resolving the contradiction between stability and ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The sliding hook member is nested within the bracket structure, which itself is nested within the outer shell member. The hook member slides within a sliding slot of the bracket, creating a nested configuration that provides both stability during engagement and ease of operation through the sliding mechanism.
2Ease of operation
If sliding hook members are used without locking mechanism, then ease of operation is improved, but reliability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The locking device automatically engages with the sliding hook member when the bracket is in the engaged position, providing self-locking functionality. This eliminates the need for separate manual locking operations while maintaining high reliability and anti-theft security, resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The positioning device combines multiple functional elements (bracket, sliding hook member, locking device, spring member) into a composite system that integrates both ease of operation and high reliability. The interaction between these components creates a unified structure that provides both operational convenience and secure locking.
3Reliability
If a locking device is added to the sliding hook member, then reliability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The locking device is merged with the bracket structure, sharing common components and mounting locations. The locking latch integrates with the sliding hook member's sliding slot, and the spring member is housed within the bracket. This merging reduces overall device complexity while maintaining high reliability and anti-theft security.
Solution Approach 2:
The bracket serves multiple functions: it provides structural support, enables pivoting motion, houses the locking device, and guides the sliding hook member. The sliding hook member simultaneously provides engagement with the outer shell member and interfaces with the locking mechanism. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate components, lowering device complexity while maintaining reliability.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The device ensures high structural stability and security by preventing accidental disengagement during transportation and theft, allowing easy mounting and dismounting while maintaining the integrity of internal components.
Implementation Method 1
a spring-loaded sliding hook member, which comprises two forwardly extending first hook bars slidably hooked in respective sliding slots in two opposite lateral sides of the box track and a downwardly extending second hook bar for hooking in the retaining hole of the mounting base member
Data Source
AI summary
An outer shell member positioning device includes a mounting base member mounted at an outer shell member, a bracket pivotally coupled to the mounting base member and biasable between a first position where constraint bars of the bracket are engaged in a locating hole of an inner shell member to stop the inner shell member in place and a second position where the inner shell member is released from the constraint of the constraint bars and movable out of the outer shell member, a sliding hook member mounted in one end of the bracket and hookable to the mounting base member to secure the bracket in the first position, and a locking device mounted in the bracket and operable to lock the sliding hook member to the mounting base member.