Uniform equipment mounting system
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Solution Overview
Problem
The lack of standardization in electronic data processing equipment dimensions and mounting structures leads to difficulties in installing, accessing, and reconfiguring equipment in racks, resulting in inefficiencies and significant capital expenditures on specialized mounting hardware.
Innovation Solution
A uniform mounting system that standardizes equipment placement in racks, allowing for adjustable horizontal offsets and versatile mounting configurations, including segmented vertical rail designs and universal adapters, to accommodate various equipment widths and depths without requiring specialized hardware.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If standardized mounting systems are implemented, then ease of operation and adaptability improve, but device complexity increases due to the need for adjustable mechanisms and universal adapters
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting system employs universal adapters and standardized rail interfaces that can accommodate multiple equipment types and configurations. The rail assembly with adjustable sliders provides a single system that handles various equipment widths, depths, and mounting requirements through reconfiguration rather than requiring separate specialized hardware for each equipment type.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting system incorporates adjustable and movable components including sliders that can be repositioned along the rails, and adapters that can be configured for different equipment dimensions. This dynamic adjustability allows the same mounting infrastructure to adapt to various equipment specifications without requiring complete redesign or specialized fixed mounting solutions for each equipment type.
2Adaptability or versatility
If standardized mounting systems are implemented, then adaptability improves, but manufacturing precision requirements increase to ensure compatibility across different equipment
Solution Approach 1:
The system utilizes standardized dimensional parameters for rail spacing, slider positions, and adapter configurations that can be adjusted within defined ranges. By establishing controlled parameter variations rather than requiring exact precision for every dimension, the system achieves broad equipment compatibility while maintaining manufacturable tolerance ranges for the mounting components.
3Manufacturing precision
If specialized mounting hardware is used for each equipment type, then manufacturing precision is maintained for specific applications, but loss of substance increases due to accumulation of unused specialized hardware
Solution Approach 1:
The standardized mounting system enables recovery and reuse of mounting hardware across different equipment installations. Instead of discarding specialized rail kits and adapters when equipment is replaced or reconfigured, the universal components remain in the mounting infrastructure and can accommodate new equipment using the same hardware, thereby preventing accumulation of unused specialized mounting components.
4Stability of the object's composition
If equipment is mounted with fixed positioning, then stability is improved, but ease of operation decreases when reconfiguration is needed
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting system provides stable equipment positioning through locked slider mechanisms and secure adapter connections, while simultaneously enabling easy reconfiguration through the same adjustable components. The stability is achieved in the deployed state through positive locking, while reconfiguration is enabled by releasing the locks and repositioning the adjustable elements along the rails.
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AI summary
A universal mounting system is provided for use in connection with substantially any type of electronic equipment so was to reduce or substantially avoid the need for rail kids or other mounting assemblies that are its equipment specific for mounting equipment to racks. In one implementation, a uniform mounting system (101) includes a number of rail and slider assemblies (112). Each of the rail and slider assemblies includes a slider that is slightly mounted on a support rail. Each of the slider is includes mounting flange is and brackets for mounting the slider to a piece of equipment. The mounting flanges 116 that's collectively define a segmented vertical rail. A safety stop mechanism can be used to define very a offset figurations of the equipment with respect to a front end of the rack.