Storage Mount Bracket With Buffering and Pivoting Handle
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Solution Overview
Problem
Vibrations and impacts from interior and exterior sources can damage storage devices in servers, and existing mount brackets interfere with the removal of storage devices due to handle placement.
Innovation Solution
A mount bracket with a buffering structure that absorbs vibrations and impacts, featuring a pivotable handle design to avoid interference during removal.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a buffering structure is added to protect storage devices from vibration and impact, then the protection capability is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The buffering structure utilizes an elastic component that deforms under vibration and impact forces to absorb shock, protecting the storage device without requiring complex mechanical systems. The elastic component acts as a flexible buffer that passively responds to external forces.
Solution Approach 2:
The buffering structure is pre-installed between the mount bracket and the storage device to provide advance protection against vibrations and impacts. The elastic component is positioned in advance to cushion any incoming shock before it reaches the storage device.
2Ease of operation
If the handle is positioned for easy operation, then the ease of operation is improved, but the handle interferes with storage device removal
Solution Approach 1:
The handle is designed to rotate from a closed position during installation to an opened position during removal. This dynamic repositioning allows the handle to serve its locking function during installation while clearing the removal path when needed, resolving the conflict between ease of operation and removal interference.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of moving the storage device while the handle remains fixed in position, the handle itself is moved to a different position (opened position) to clear the removal path. This inversion of the typical approach allows the handle to accommodate the removal operation.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The buffering structure protects storage devices from damage while allowing easy and interference-free removal by pivoting the handle out of the way.
Implementation Method 1
the buffering structure is configured to reduce or absorb the vibrations or external force transmitted to the base part
Implementation Method 2
protecting the storage device from being damaged due to vibration or sudden impact
Data Source
AI summary
A mount bracket adapted to fix a storage device to a first side plate includes a base part including first and second support portions and a handle pivotably disposed on the base part. The first support portion configured to be removably disposed on the first side plate includes separate parts spaced apart from each other and a first buffering structure having two opposite ends located between and directly connected to the separate parts along an extension direction of the first support portion. The first buffering structure is configured to abut against a positioning recess of the first side plate. The second support portion is connected to the first support portion and configured to support the storage device. An extension direction of the second support portion from the first support portion is opposite to a protrusion direction of the first buffering structure from the first support portion.