Slide Rail Mounting Bracket With Adjustable Rack Post Locking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional mounting apparatuses for slide rail assemblies are designed for specific-sized supporting posts, limiting their adaptability to differently-sized posts in rackable server systems.
Innovation Solution
The mounting apparatus incorporates a supporting bracket, latch member, holding member, button, and resilient member, allowing for adjustable engagement with various post sizes through a mechanism of sliding pins and abutting blocks, enabling secure fixation to both standard and thicker posts.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the mounting apparatus is designed for a particular-sized supporting post, then the fixation is secure and reliable, but the adaptability to differently-sized supporting posts deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting apparatus is designed with a universal structure that can accommodate multiple sizes of supporting posts. The bracket includes adjustable components and multiple positioning holes that allow it to be adapted to different post dimensions while maintaining secure fixation, thus achieving both reliability and versatility
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting apparatus incorporates dynamic adjustment capabilities through movable components and adjustable positioning mechanisms. This allows the apparatus to adapt its configuration to match different supporting post sizes while maintaining reliable fixation, resolving the contradiction between fixed design and adaptability
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables secure and adjustable mounting of slide rails to different-sized supporting posts, enhancing versatility and compatibility within rackable server systems.
Implementation Method 1
a resilient member (7)
Data Source
AI summary
A fixing apparatus includes a mounting bracket secured to a slide rail, a latch member, and a holding member. The mounting bracket includes an inserting pin extending into a through hole of a rack post. The latch member includes a slide bracket, and a positioning pin forming a plurality of abutting blocks stacked up one by one. A rear end of the holding member is secured to the mounting bracket, and includes a retaining portion extending forwards. The latch member is slidable between a locking position to prevent the inserting pin from being disengaged from the through hole of the rack post, and an unlocking position to enable the insert pin to slide out of the through hole of the rack post. the retaining portion of the holding member is selectively abuts against one of the abutting blocks of positioning pin to prevent the latch member from sliding towards the unlocking position.