Tool-Free Server Support Mounting Structure
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Solution Overview
Problem
The inconvenient mounting of module supports in servers, particularly in high-end servers with complex internal structures and high integration degrees, where traditional tool-based assembly methods are inefficient and space-consuming.
Innovation Solution
A tool-free support mounting structure comprising a base, handle, and support, where the handle and support are slidably connected along specific directions, clamped using limiting and fixing slots and bulges, allowing for easy assembly and disassembly without tools, with optional resistance features to ensure structural stability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If traditional tool-based assembly methods are used for module supports, then structural stability can be ensured, but assembly efficiency decreases and space requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The support structure is divided into separate components: a support body and a handle assembly. The handle assembly can be detached and stored when not in use, while the support body remains fixed. This segmentation enables tool-free quick assembly and disassembly, significantly improving assembly efficiency without compromising structural stability during operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The handle assembly is designed to be dynamically attachable and detachable through a simplified locking mechanism involving limiting slots and fixing slots with notches. This dynamic design allows operators to quickly assemble and disassemble the support structure without tools, addressing the productivity improvement need while maintaining structural integrity when assembled.
2Ease of operation
If module supports are designed for easy assembly, then assembly efficiency improves, but structural stability may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The handle assembly nests into the support body through a precise fitting mechanism. The limiting bulge of the handle fits into the limiting slot of the support body, and the fixing bulge engages with the fixing slot featuring a notch structure. This nested design provides easy assembly through simple insertion while ensuring structural stability through the interlocking geometry of the nested components.
Solution Approach 2:
The support structure incorporates self-aligning features with limiting slots and fixing slots that guide the handle assembly into the correct position during assembly. The notches in the fixing slots automatically engage with corresponding bulges on the handle, providing self-service alignment and securing without requiring tools or complex procedures, thus maintaining both ease of operation and structural reliability.
3Volume of moving object
If handles are designed to occupy minimal space, then integration degree improves, but assembly difficulty increases
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of designing a compact fixed handle that occupies minimal space but is difficult to assemble, the invention inverts the approach by creating a detachable handle assembly that can be stored when not in use. The handle includes limiting and fixing features that enable intuitive tool-free assembly, achieving both compact space occupation and ease of operation through its reversible attachable design.
Data Source
AI summary
A tool-free support mounting structure is provided, including a base, a handle, and a support. The handle and the support are slidably connected along a first direction; the support and the base are clamped through a limiting slot and a limiting bulge; a slot width direction of the limiting slot is consistent with the first direction, and a slot depth direction is a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; when the limiting bulge is embedded in the limiting slot, the handle and the base are clamped through a fixing slot taking a slot depth direction as the first direction, and a fixing bulge; and an opening used for guiding the fixing bulge to enter, along the second direction, is formed in a notch of the fixing slot.