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WO2016036373A1 - Châssis d'équipement modulaire pour bâti d'équipement électronique - Google Patents

Châssis d'équipement modulaire pour bâti d'équipement électronique Download PDF

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WO2016036373A1
WO2016036373A1 PCT/US2014/054054 US2014054054W WO2016036373A1 WO 2016036373 A1 WO2016036373 A1 WO 2016036373A1 US 2014054054 W US2014054054 W US 2014054054W WO 2016036373 A1 WO2016036373 A1 WO 2016036373A1
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04Q—SELECTING
    • H04Q1/00—Details of selecting apparatus or arrangements
    • H04Q1/02—Constructional details
    • H04Q1/09—Frames or mounting racks not otherwise provided for
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05K—PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
    • H05K7/00—Constructional details common to different types of electric apparatus
    • H05K7/14—Mounting supporting structure in casing or on frame or rack
    • H05K7/1485—Servers; Data center rooms, e.g. 19-inch computer racks
    • H05K7/1488—Cabinets therefor, e.g. chassis or racks or mechanical interfaces between blades and support structures
    • H05K7/1489—Cabinets therefor, e.g. chassis or racks or mechanical interfaces between blades and support structures characterized by the mounting of blades therein, e.g. brackets, rails, trays
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05K—PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
    • H05K7/00—Constructional details common to different types of electric apparatus
    • H05K7/20—Modifications to facilitate cooling, ventilating, or heating
    • H05K7/20709—Modifications to facilitate cooling, ventilating, or heating for server racks or cabinets; for data centers, e.g. 19-inch computer racks
    • H05K7/20718—Forced ventilation of a gaseous coolant
    • H05K7/20727—Forced ventilation of a gaseous coolant within server blades for removing heat from heat source

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  • a rack-mounted audio/visual (A/V) system may include many small enclosed electronic appliances, but the arrangement may be disorderly and may result in an inefficient use of valuable electronic equipment rack space.
  • US Pat. No. 8,582,302 refers to a modular equipment rack system for a data center.
  • US Pat. Pub. No. 2008/0037203 refers to a system for mounting modules in a rack mounted chassis.
  • the present inventors have recognized, among other things, that a problem to be solved can include efficiently mounting numerous small electronic appliances within an electronic equipment rack.
  • the present subject matter can help provide a solution to this problem, such as by mounting the one or more electronic appliances to a mount that can slide into a chassis, which, in turn, can be coupled to an electronic equipment rack.
  • a system can include a chassis, a mount, and an electrical connection dock.
  • the chassis can be sized and shaped to be placed inside of an electrical equipment rack.
  • the chassis can include top and bottom supports, such as can define vertical slots that can be arranged to accept respective slide-in electronic appliance mounts.
  • the chassis can also include an electrical connection dock.
  • the slide-in electronic appliance mounts can be sized and shaped to accept a variety of enclosed electronic appliances.
  • the slide-in electronic appliance mount can include an electrical connector, such as can connect with a respective electrical connector on the electrical connection dock, such as upon fully sliding in the mount into a vertical slot.
  • FIG. 1 is an example of a view of a plurality of modular equipment chassis, split plenum cooling modules, and a power supply.
  • FIG. 2 is an example of a view of a modular equipment chassis.
  • FIG. 3 is an example of a rear view of a modular equipment chassis.
  • FIG. 4 is an example of a view of a slide-in electronic appliance mount within a modular equipment chassis.
  • FIG. 5A is an example of a view of a slide-in electronic appliance mount.
  • FIG. 5B is an example of a view of a slide-in electronic appliance mount.
  • FIG. 5C is an example of a view of a slide-in electronic appliance mount that can be a carrier for an electronic appliance.
  • FIG. 6 is an example of a view of a electrical connection dock coupled to a modular equipment chassis.
  • FIG. 7A is an example of a view of a cooling module.
  • FIG. 7B is an example of a view of a cooling module.
  • FIG. 8 is an example of a view of a power supply.
  • FIG. 1 is an example of a front view of a modular equipment chassis system 100.
  • the modular equipment chassis system can be used to conveniently or efficiently install, supply an electrical signal to, and optionally cool one or a plurality of enclosed electronic appliances.
  • the modular equipment chassis system 100 can include one or more of a power supply 110, a cooling module 120, and one or more modular equipment chassis 130A-C, individual ones of which can have the same or different heights, such as explained herein.
  • the modular equipment chassis 130A-C can include a 3U modular equipment chassis 130A, a 4U modular equipment chassis 130B, and a 5U modular equipment chassis 130C.
  • the unit of measurement U is called a rack unit and can be equal to 1.75 inches (or 4.445 centimeters).
  • the 3U modular equipment chassis 130A can have an overall height of 3U, which is equivalent to an overall height of 5.25 inches (or 13.335 centimeters).
  • FIG. 2 is an example of a view of a modular equipment chassis 130A-C.
  • the modular equipment chassis 130A-C can include or be used with a first side plate 210, a second side plate 220, a top support 230, a bottom support 240, an electrical connection dock 250, a slide-in electronic appliance mount 260, a cover 200, at least one cover fastener 205, and one or a plurality of mounting openings 215.
  • FIG. 3 is a rear view of a modular equipment chassis 130A-C.
  • the modular equipment chassis 130A-C can include or be used with a first side plate 210, a second side plate 220, a top support 230, an electrical connection dock 250, a slide-in electronic appliance mount 260, a dock electrical connection 300, and a mounting opening 215.
  • the electrical connection dock 250 can be coupled to the modular equipment chassis 130A-C.
  • FIG. 4 is an example of a view of a modular equipment chassis 130A-C, shown with the slide-in electronic appliance mount 260 partially removed from the modular equipment chassis 130A-C.
  • the slide-in electronic appliance mount 260 can be sized and shaped to allow the slide-in electronic appliance mount 260 to slide into or out of the vertical slot 410.
  • One or a plurality of vertical slots, such as vertical slot 410 can be formed by the combination of a first side plate 210, a second side plate 220, a top support 230, and a bottom support 240.
  • the top support 230 and bottom support 240 can be sized and shaped to create one or a plurality of channels, such as a channel 400A-D.
  • the channel 400A-D can be a ridge, groove, rail, or the like.
  • the channel 400A-D can extend a distance towards the interior of the modular equipment chassis 130A-C from the top support 230 or the bottom support 240.
  • channels such as channel 400A-D
  • channels can be incrementally spaced on the top support 230 and the bottom support 240, such as to allow for a slide-in electronic appliance mount 260 to slide in between the channels, such as channel 400A-D.
  • the distance between two channels, such as channel 400A-B, can define the width of a vertical slot 410.
  • the top support 230 and the bottom support 240 can be sized and shaped to fit within a specified rack width dimension and a specified rack depth dimension.
  • the specified rack dimensions can correspond to a standard 19 inch (or 48.26 centimeter) rack, such as Electronic Industries Alliance standard EIA-310-D or Consumer Electronics Association standard CEA-310-D, or a standard 23 inch (or 58.42 centimeter) rack.
  • the top support 230 and the bottom support 240 can be perforated or otherwise configured such as to allow air to flow within a modular equipment chassis 130A-C.
  • the first side plate 210 and second side plate 220 can be sized and shaped to fit within a specified rack depth dimension and can have a specified incremental rack height unit dimension.
  • the specified rack dimensions can correspond to a standard 19 inch (or 48.26 centimeter) rack or a standard 23 inch (or 58.42 centimeter rack).
  • the incremental rack height unit dimension of the first side plate 210 and second side plate 220 can be in increments of 1U.
  • the first side plate 210 and the second side plate 220 can define the height of the vertical slot 410.
  • the first side plate 210 and the second side plate 220 can include at least one mounting opening 215.
  • the channels of the top support 230 can be aligned with the channels of the bottom support, such as channel 400 A-B.
  • the side plates such as first side plate 210 and second side plate 220, are coupled to the top support 230 and bottom support 240, one or a plurality of vertical slots, such as vertical slot 410, can be created.
  • FIG. 5A is an example of a view of a slide- in electronic appliance mount
  • the slide-in electronic appliance mount 260 can include one or more of the following: a first plate 500, a second plate 510, a mount electrical connector 520A, a locking mechanism 530, at least one fastener 540, at least one hole 550, at least one slot or other opening 555, a tab 560, and a clamping member 570.
  • the first plate 500 can be sized and shaped to slide in and out of a vertical slot 410.
  • the second plate 510 can be sized and shaped such that the width and height of the second plate 510 are less than the width and height of the first plate 500.
  • the first plate 500 and the second plate 510 can include openings that are aligned with one another that can be sized and shaped to allow a fastener 540 to pass through the corresponding openings.
  • the fastener 540 can be a threaded fastener or a clip.
  • the first plate 500 and second plate 510 can include at least one hole 550.
  • the first plate 550 can include at least one slot or other opening 555.
  • a mount electrical connector 520A can pass through an opening in the tab 560.
  • the mount electrical connector 520A can be coupled to the first plate 500 such as by the clamping member 570.
  • the locking mechanism 530 can be coupled to the first plate 500.
  • FIG. 5B is an example of a view of a slide-in electronic appliance mount 260.
  • the slide-in electronic appliance mount 260 can include a first plate 500, at least one electronic appliance attachment mechanism 590, a mount electrical connector 520A, a locking mechanism 530, at least one fastener 540, at least one hole 550, at least one slot or other opening 555, a tab 560, and a clamping member 570.
  • the first plate 500 can be sized and shaped to slide in and out of a vertical slot, such as vertical slot 410.
  • the electronic appliance attachment mechanism 590 can be coupled to the first plate 500 either mechanically or adhesively.
  • the first plate 500 can have at least one hole 550.
  • the first plate 500 can have a slot or other opening 555, that is sized and shaped such as to allow for a zip tie to pass through the slot or other opening 555.
  • a mount electrical connector 520A can pass through an opening in the tab 560.
  • the mount electrical connector 520A can be coupled to the first plate 500 such as by the use of the clamping member 570.
  • the locking mechanism 530 can be coupled to the first plate 500.
  • FIG. 5C is an example of a view of a slide-in electronic appliance mount 260.
  • the slide-in electronic appliance mount 260 can be a carrier for the enclosed electronic appliance.
  • the slide-in electronic appliance mount 260 can include a mount electrical connector 520A-C.
  • the slide-in electronic appliance mount 260 can include at least one hole 550.
  • the mount electrical connector 520A-C can be an AC power connector, a DC power connector, an Ethernet (RJ45) connector, a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector, an IEEE 1394 (Firewire) connector, a RS-232 compliant connector, a Digital Visual Interface (DVI) connector, or a High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) connector.
  • FIG. 6 is an example of a view of a slide-in electronic appliance mount 260, and an electrical connection dock 250.
  • the electrical connection dock 250 can include at least one dock electrical connection 300 and at least one dock electrical connector 610.
  • An individual dock electrical connector 610 can be electrically coupled to an individual electrical dock connection 300.
  • the mount electrical connector 520A can include a mount electrical connection 600.
  • the mount electrical connector 520A can be electrically coupled to the mount electrical connection 600.
  • the mount electrical connector 520A and the dock electrical connector 610 can be sized and shaped such that they are able to couple with each other.
  • the mount electrical connector 520A and the dock electrical connector 610 can be positioned such that they are able to couple with each other.
  • the coupling of the mount electrical connector 520A and the dock electrical connector 610 can be electrical or mechanical.
  • FIG. 7A is an example of a view of a cooling module 120.
  • the cooling module 120 can include a fan 700, an inclined lateral baffle 710, a cooling module chassis 720, at least one cooling hole 730, and at least one cooling perforation 740.
  • the inclined lateral baffle 710 can be coupled to the cooling module chassis 720 such that it extends diagonally through the chassis, such as from the bottom rear portion of the cooling module chassis 720, to the upper front portion of the cooling module chassis 720.
  • the fan 700 can be coupled to the rear of the cooling module chassis 720 and can extend from the first side of the cooling module chassis 720 to the second side of the cooling module chassis 720.
  • the cooling module chassis 720 can have at least one cooling hole, such as cooling hole 730, such as to intake air into or exhaust air from the cooling module 120.
  • the cooling module 120 can be sized and shaped to fit inside of a standard 19 inch (or 48.26 centimeter) rack, or a standard 23 inch (or 58.42 centimeter) rack, or elsewhere.
  • the cooling module 120 can be 1U in height.
  • FIG. 7B is an example of a view of a cooling module 120.
  • the cooling module chassis 720 can have at least one cooling perforation 740, such as to allow for air to flow from the cooling module 120 into or toward one or more individual vertical slots, such as vertical slot 410.
  • the cooling module 120 can have at least one mounting opening 750.
  • FIG. 8 is an example of a view of a power supply 1 10.
  • the power supply 1 10 can include a power supply chassis 800, at least one AC/DC converter 810A-B, at least one power supply electrical connection 820, an RJ-45 connector 830, a serial connector 840, and at least one mounting opening 850.
  • the power supply chassis can include at least one mounting opening 850.
  • the power supply electrical connection 820 can be electrically coupled to at least one AC/DC converter 810A-B and mechanically coupled to the power supply chassis 800.
  • the modular equipment chassis system 100 can be coupled to a standard 19 inch (or 48.26 centimeter) rack, or a standard 23 inch (or 58.42 centimeter) rack, or elsewhere.
  • One or more components, such as the power supply 110, the cooling module 120, and the modular equipment chassis 130A-C can include one or more mounting openings 215, such as can be used to be coupled by a fastener or otherwise to the location at which the component will be mounted.
  • the modular equipment chassis 130A-C can also include a removable cover 200. The cover 200 can be secured by use of at least one cover fastener 205.
  • a power supply 110 can be located at the bottom of the rack in which the modular equipment chassis system 100 can be mounted.
  • a cooling module 120 can be mounted above the power supply 110.
  • the cooling module 120 can be used to cool one or more components within the system 100, such as to cool the one or more enclosed electronic appliances 580 within the modular equipment chassis 130A-C.
  • An additional cooling module 120 can be mounted in between two of the modular equipment chassis 130A-C such as to help cool the enclosed electronic appliances.
  • One or more individual electronic appliances 580 can be compressed and held or otherwise secured into position within the slide-in electronic appliance mount 260.
  • An enclosed electronic appliance 580 can be held in position, such as by placing the enclosed electronic appliance 580 in between the first plate 500 and the second plate 510.
  • At least one mount fastener 540 can be used to compress the electronic appliance 580 between the first plate 500 and second plate 510.
  • the slide-in electronic appliance mount 260 can be a carrier for an electronic appliance.
  • the use of a slide-in electronic appliance mount 260 as a carrier for the electronic appliance can allow for a wide range of electronic appliances to natively slide into and out of a vertical slot 410 within a modular equipment chassis 130A-C.
  • An enclosed electronic appliance 580 can be secured or fastened to a slide-in electronic appliance mount 260 without the use of a second plate 510 or a mount fastener 540.
  • the enclosed electronic appliance 580 can be secured or fastened to a slide-in electronic appliance mount such as by the use of an attachment mechanism 590.
  • An attachment mechanism 590 can include one or more of a zip tie, a hook-and-loop fastener, a length of single sided adhesive tape, a length of double sided adhesive tape, or any other device or material that can mechanically or adhesively secure or fasten an enclosed electronic appliance 580 to a slide- in electronic appliance mount 260.
  • the method and structure explained above can uniformly secure one or a plurality of enclosed electronic appliances, such as enclosed electronic appliance 580.
  • An enclosed electronic appliance 580 can be mounted in a vertical manner.
  • Vertical mounting of an enclosed electronic appliance 580 can include rotating an enclosed electronic appliance 580 that would normally lay flat against a base surface with a low profile, 90 degrees from its normal orientation into a vertical orientation such that it can be placed into a modular equipment chassis 130A-C.
  • the vertical mounting of an enclosed electronic appliance 580 to a slide-in electronic appliance mount 260 allows for the efficient use of valuable rack space by allowing for the enclosed electronic appliance 580 to be organized in a uniform manner, such as by allowing multiple different enclosed electronic appliances 580 of differing dimensions to be placed inside of a slide- in electronic appliance mount 260 with consistent dimensions.
  • the vertical mounting of an enclosed electronic appliance 580 can allow for one compact cooling module 120 to cool a plurality of enclosed electronic appliances, such as enclosed electronic appliance 580.
  • the mount electrical connection 600 can be electrically coupled to an electrical connector that can be sized and shaped to mechanically and electrically couple with a respective electrical connector on an enclosed electronic appliance 580.
  • An electrical connector can be coupled with an enclosed electronic appliance 580 such as to communicate an electrical signal with the enclosed electronic appliance 580, such as to provide DC power to the electronic appliance 580.
  • the mount electrical connector 520A on the slide- in electronic appliance mount 260 can electrically and mechanically couple with an individual dock electrical connector 610 on the electrical connection dock 250.
  • the dock electrical connector 610 can be electrically coupled with the power supply electrical connection 820.
  • the plurality of electrical and mechanical couplings described above can provide an electrical signal from a component, such as power supply 110, to the enclosed electronic appliance 580.
  • the method and structure described above can avoid numerous individual power supplies that can be used to power respective individual enclosed electronic appliances, such as enclosed electronic appliance 580.
  • the elimination or avoidance of numerous, often large and cumbersome, power supplies and providing a uniform and standardized electrical connection system for enclosed electronic appliances 580 can help allow for the efficient use of valuable rack space.
  • the slide-in electronic appliance mount 260 can be sized, shaped, or otherwise configured to be slid into and out of the modular equipment chassis 130A-C, such as by being slid into and out of a vertical slot 410.
  • a slide-in electronic appliance mount 260 can be slid into and out of an individual vertical slot, such as vertical slot 410.
  • the mount electrical connector 520A can couple with the dock electrical connector 610.
  • the locking mechanism 530 can engage with a portion of the modular equipment chassis 130A-C, such as the top support 230 or the bottom support 240.
  • the engagement with the top support 230 or the bottom support 240 can involve the locking mechanism moving into a recess in the top support 230 or the bottom support 240.
  • the engagement of the locking mechanism 530 with the top support 230 or the bottom support 240 can prevent accidental removal of the slide-in electronic appliance mount such as by requiring the user to perform an intentional act to disengage the locking mechanism from the top support 230 or the bottom support 240.
  • the locking mechanism 530 can disengage from the top support 230 or the bottom support 240 such as by having the user remove the locking mechanism from a recess in the top support 230 or the bottom support 230.
  • the locking mechanism 530 can be used as an assist to remove a slide-in electronic appliance mount 260 from a modular equipment chassis 130A-C, such as by being sized and shaped to allow a user to firmly grasp the locking mechanism 530 and pull the slide-in electronic appliance mount 260 out of the modular equipment chassis 130A-C.
  • the fan 700 can be configured to blow air towards the inclined lateral baffle 710.
  • the air can be redirected by the inclined lateral baffle 710 such as for directing air upward, such as into the vertical slots, such as vertical slot 410, of a modular equipment chassis 130A-C.
  • the air then can pass over at least one slide-in electronic appliance mount 260 and can then be exhausted out of the modular equipment chassis 130A-C into the surrounding environment.
  • the air leaving a first modular equipment chassis 130A-C can then pass through another modular equipment chassis 130A-C and be exhausted into the surrounding environment.
  • the air leaving a first modular equipment chassis 130A-C can enter a second cooling module 120 and can come into communication with another inclined lateral baffle 710.
  • the inclined lateral baffle 710 can redirect such air to exhaust outside of the cooling module 120 by passing the air through one or a plurality of cooling holes, such as cooling hole 720, and into the surrounding environment.
  • the rate or other capability of cooling for the enclosed electronic appliances, such as enclosed electronic appliance 580 can be increased.
  • the vertical configuration of the enclosed electronic appliances, such as enclosed electronic appliance 580 can allow for improved air flow over a higher density of enclosed electronic appliances as opposed to other methods such as stacking the enclosed electronic appliances on shelves.
  • the power supply 1 10 can supply differing power levels to individual power supply electrical connections, such as individual power supply electrical connection 820.
  • the power supply 110 can also supply differing power levels to multiple power supply electrical connections, such as power supply electrical connection 820.
  • the power supply functionality described above can allow for the power supply to provide the same power level to one or a plurality of power supply electrical connections, such as power supply electrical connection 820, while simultaneously providing a different power level to other one or a plurality of power supply electrical connections, such as power supply electrical connection 820.
  • AC/DC converter 810A-B can allow for the plurality of AC/DC converters to be operated in parallel to provide a redundant power source to the power supply 110 in the event that either of the AC/DC converters, such as AC/DC converter 810A-B fails.
  • the AC/DC converters, such as AC/DC converter 810A-B can be operated in series to combine their respective power outputs.
  • the power supply 1 10 can be controlled remotely by the user, such as by using the RJ-45 connector 830 or the RS-232 connector 840 to change the power level delivered to one or a plurality of power supply electrical connections, such as power supply electrical connection 820.
  • the remote control feature of the power supply 1 10 can allow the user to turn the power on or off to one or a plurality of power supply electrical connectors, such as power supply connector 820.
  • the remote control feature of the power supply 1 10 can also allow a user to monitor the operation of the power supply 1 10 to check for problems and address a problem that may arise.
  • All of the power supply functionality described above can be operated by the user by the operation of controls on the power supply 1 10 itself.
  • the usage of the power supply 1 10 to supply power to one or a plurality of enclosed electronic appliances, such as enclosed electronic appliance 580, can reduce the amount of often redundant individual power supplies supplying power to one or a plurality of enclosed electronic appliances, such as enclosed electronic appliance 580.
  • the remote operation features of the power supply 110 can allow for a user to power cycle an enclosed electronic appliance 580 remotely, which can often cure an issue that has occurred with an enclosed electronic appliance 580.
  • the remote operation features can save the user time and money in troubleshooting issues with an enclosed electronic appliance 580.
  • Example 1 can include or use subject matter (such as an apparatus, a method, a means for performing acts, or a device readable medium including instructions that, when performed by the device, can cause the device to perform acts) such as can include or use a modular equipment chassis for an electronic equipment rack.
  • the rack can include a specified rack width dimension, a specified rack depth dimension, and a specified incremental rack height unit dimension.
  • the modular equipment chassis can comprise: top and bottom supports that can define vertical slots that can be arranged to accept individual slide-in electronic appliance mounts; first and second side plates, such as individually extending between the top and bottom supports, the first and second side plates can have the same side plate height, the side plate height can correspond to an integer number of the specified incremental rack height unit dimension.
  • An electrical connection dock can extend between the first and second side plates.
  • the dock can provide electrical connections such as at locations that can respectively correspond to an individual vertical slot.
  • a plurality of the slide-in electronic appliance mounts can be respectively sized and shaped to slide into individual ones of the vertical slots.
  • the slide-in electronic appliance mounts can respectively include an electrical connector such as at a location that can be arranged to connect with a corresponding electrical connection of the dock.
  • the slide-in electronic appliance mounts can be sized and shaped such as to secure enclosed electronic appliances to individual slide-in electronic appliance mounts and to permit electrical connection of the enclosed electronic appliances to the respective electrical connector on the slide-in electronic appliance mount to connect with a respective electrical connector on the dock when the slide-in electronic appliance mount is inserted into one of the vertical slots.
  • Example 2 can include or use, or can optionally be combined with the subject matter of Example 1, to optionally include or use a modular equipment chassis, wherein the slide-in electronic appliance mount can include: a first plate; a second plate; and at least one fastener, such as fastening the second plate to the first plate such as to permit compressing the enclosed electronic appliance therebetween such as to secure the enclosed electronic appliance to the slide-in electronic appliance mount.
  • the slide-in electronic appliance mount can include: a first plate; a second plate; and at least one fastener, such as fastening the second plate to the first plate such as to permit compressing the enclosed electronic appliance therebetween such as to secure the enclosed electronic appliance to the slide-in electronic appliance mount.
  • Example 3 can include or use, or can optionally be combined with the subject matter of one or any combination of Examples 1 or 2 to optionally include or use a modular equipment chassis, wherein the fastener can include or use a thread to allow threaded engagement and movement of at least one of the first and second plates toward the other of the first and second plates such as to permit compressing the enclosed electronic appliance therebetween.
  • Example 4 can include or use, or can optionally be combined with the subject matter of one or any combination of Examples 1 through 3 to optionally include or use a modular equipment chassis, wherein the at least one fastener can provide an adjustable distance between the first and second plates such as to allow the enclosed electronic appliance to horizontally span more than one vertical slot of the modular equipment chassis.
  • Example 5 can include or use, or can optionally be combined with the subject matter of one or any combination of Examples 1 through 4 to optionally include or use a modular equipment chassis, wherein the slide-in electronic appliance mount can include: a first plate; and at least one electronic appliance attachment mechanism, coupled to the first plate such as to secure an enclosed electronic appliance to the first plate.
  • the attachment mechanism can include or use at least one of a fastener or an adhesive or a slide-in coupler.
  • Example 6 can include or use, or can optionally be combined with the subject matter of one or any combination of Examples 1 through 5 to optionally include or use a modular equipment chassis, wherein the first plate can include or use at least one opening sized and shaped such as to permit a zip tie to pass through the opening such that the zip tie can provide the fastener of the attachment mechanism.
  • Example 7 can include or use, or can optionally be combined with the subject matter of one or any combination of Examples 1 through 6 to optionally include or use a modular equipment chassis, wherein the attachment mechanism can include or use at least one fabric hook-and-loop fastener or double sided adhesive tape.
  • Example 8 can include or use, or can optionally be combined with the subject matter of one or any combination of Examples 1 through 7 to optionally include or use a modular equipment chassis, wherein the at least one attachment mechanism can allow the enclosed electronic appliance to horizontally span more than one vertical slot of the modular equipment chassis.
  • Example 9 can include or use, or can optionally be combined with the subject matter of one or any combination of Examples 1 through 8 to optionally include or use a modular equipment chassis, wherein the slide-in electronic appliance mount can include or use a locking mechanism such as to engage the slide- in electronic appliance mount with at least a portion of the modular equipment chassis.
  • Example 10 can include or use, or can optionally be combined with the subject matter of one or any combination of Examples 1 through 9 to optionally include or use a modular equipment chassis, wherein in the slide-in electronic appliance mount can include or use a locking mechanism such as to disengage the slide-in electronic appliance mount from at least a portion of the modular equipment chassis.
  • Example 1 1 can include or use, or can optionally be combined with the subject matter of one or any combination of Examples 1 through 10 to optionally include or use a modular equipment chassis as a first modular equipment chassis in combination with a second modular equipment chassis that can have a different side plate height than the first modular equipment chassis, such as to permit stacking of the first and second modular equipment chassis in the same electronic equipment rack such as to accommodate enclosed electronic appliances of different heights in different modular equipment chassis in the same electronic equipment rack.
  • Example 12 can include or use, or can optionally be combined with the subject matter of one or any combination of Examples 1 through 11 to optionally include or use a modular equipment chassis as a first modular equipment chassis in combination with a second modular equipment chassis having the same side plate height as the first modular equipment chassis, such as to permit stacking of the first and second modular equipment chassis in the same electronic equipment rack such as to accommodate enclosed electronic appliances of the same heights in different modular equipment chassis in the same electronic equipment rack.
  • Example 13 can include or use, or can optionally be combined with the subject matter of one or any combination of Examples 1 through 12 to optionally include or use a modular equipment chassis, wherein the electrical connection dock can include or use at least one of: an AC power connector, a DC power connector, an Ethernet (RJ45) connector, a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector, an IEEE 1394 (Firewire) connector, a RS-232 compliant connector, or a High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) connector.
  • the electrical connection dock can include or use at least one of: an AC power connector, a DC power connector, an Ethernet (RJ45) connector, a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector, an IEEE 1394 (Firewire) connector, a RS-232 compliant connector, or a High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) connector.
  • the electrical connection dock can include or use at least one of: an AC power connector, a DC power connector, an Ethernet (RJ45) connector, a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector, an
  • Example 14 can include or use, or can optionally be combined with the subject matter of one or any combination of Examples 1 through 13 to optionally include or use a modular equipment chassis, wherein the electrical connections on the electrical connection dock can include or use corresponding rear electrical connections that can be accessible from a rear side of the rack.
  • Example 15 can include or use, or can optionally be combined with the subject matter of one or any combination of Examples 1 through 14 to optionally include or use a modular equipment chassis, in combination with a power supply that can also be sized and shaped to be included in the electronic equipment rack, the power supply can include or use rear connections which can be capable of being wired to selected ones of the rear electrical connections of the dock.
  • Example 16 can include or use, or can optionally be combined with the subject matter of one or any combination of Examples 1 through 15 to optionally include or use modular equipment, wherein the power supply can include or use a remotely accessible control input such as to permit a remote user to adjust at least one parameter of an individual rear connection of the power supply.
  • Example 17 can include or use, or can optionally be combined with the subject matter of one or any combination of Examples 1 through 16 to optionally include or use a modular equipment chassis, in combination with a first split plenum cooling module that can be sized and shaped such as to be located in the electronic equipment rack adjacent to and below the modular equipment chassis with the vertical slots, the first split plenum cooling module can comprise a first inclined lateral baffle and a fan, located with respect to the baffle, such as to impel air toward the baffle such as to be deflected upward by the baffle toward the modular equipment chassis with the vertical slots.
  • a first split plenum cooling module can comprise a first inclined lateral baffle and a fan, located with respect to the baffle, such as to impel air toward the baffle such as to be deflected upward by the baffle toward the modular equipment chassis with the vertical slots.
  • Example 18 can include or use, or can optionally be combined with the subject matter of one or any combination of Examples 1 through 17 to optionally include or use a modular equipment chassis, in combination with a second split plenum cooling module that can be sized and shaped such as to be located in the electronic equipment rack adjacent to and above the modular equipment chassis with the vertical slots, the second split plenum cooling module can comprise a second inclined lateral baffle arranged such as to laterally exhaust gas received from the modular equipment chassis located below the second inclined lateral baffle.
  • Example 19 can include or use, or can optionally be combined with the subject matter of one or any combination of Examples 1 through 18 to optionally include or use a modular equipment chassis, including a front of the chassis that accepts a cover.
  • Example 20 can include or use, or can optionally be combined with the subject matter of one or any combination of Examples 1 through 19 to include, subject matter (such as an apparatus, a method, a means for performing acts, or a device readable medium including instructions that, when performed by the device, can cause the device to perform acts), such as can include or use a modular equipment chassis for an electronic equipment rack.
  • the rack can include a specified rack width dimension, a specified rack depth dimension, and a specified incremental rack height unit dimension.
  • the modular equipment chassis can comprise: top and bottom supports that can define vertical slots arranged to accept individual slide-in electronic appliance mounts; first and second side plates, such as individually extending between the top and bottom supports, the first and second side plates can have the same side plate height, the side plate height can correspond to an integer number of the specified incremental rack height unit dimension.
  • An electrical connection dock can extend between the first and second side plates, the dock can provide electrical connections such as at locations that respectively correspond to an individual vertical slot.
  • a plurality of the slide-in electronic appliance mounts can be respectively sized and shaped to slide into individual ones of the vertical slots.
  • the slide-in electronic appliance mounts can respectively include or use an electrical connector such as at a location that can be arranged to connect with a corresponding electrical connection of the dock.
  • the slide-in electronic appliance mounts can be sized and shaped to be a carrier for electronic appliances and to permit electrical connection of the enclosed electronic appliances such as to the respective electrical connector on the slide-in electronic appliance mount such as to connect with a respective electrical connector on the dock such as when the slide-in electronic appliance mount is inserted into one of the vertical slots.
  • present inventors also contemplate examples in which only those elements shown or described are provided. Moreover, the present inventors also contemplate examples using any combination or permutation of those elements shown or described (or one or more aspects thereof), either with respect to a particular example (or one or more aspects thereof), or with respect to other examples (or one or more aspects thereof) shown or described herein.
  • Method examples described herein can be machine or computer- implemented at least in part. Some examples can include a computer-readable medium or machine-readable medium encoded with instructions operable to configure an electronic device to perform methods as described in the above examples.
  • An implementation of such methods can include code, such as microcode, assembly language code, a higher-level language code, or the like. Such code can include computer readable instructions for performing various methods. The code may form portions of computer program products. Further, in an example, the code can be tangibly stored on one or more volatile, non- transitory, or non-volatile tangible computer-readable media, such as during execution or at other times.
  • Examples of these tangible computer-readable media can include, but are not limited to, hard disks, removable magnetic disks, removable optical disks (e.g., compact disks and digital video disks), magnetic cassettes, memory cards or sticks, random access memories (RAMs), read only memories (ROMs), and the like.
  • RAMs random access memories
  • ROMs read only memories
  • the above description is intended to be illustrative, and not restrictive.
  • the above-described examples (or one or more aspects thereof) may be used in combination with each other.
  • Other embodiments can be used, such as by one of ordinary skill in the art upon reviewing the above description.
  • the Abstract is provided to comply with 37 C.F.R. ⁇ 1.72(b), to allow the reader to quickly ascertain the nature of the technical disclosure.

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L'invention porte sur un système qui peut comprendre un châssis, une monture, et une station d'accueil de connexion électrique. Le châssis peut être dimensionné et façonné pour être placé à l'intérieur d'un bâti d'équipement électrique. Le châssis peut comprendre des supports supérieur et inférieur, qui peuvent par exemple délimiter des fentes verticales qui peuvent être conçues pour accepter des montures d'appareil électronique à glissière respectives. Le châssis peut également comprendre une station d'accueil de connexion électrique. Les montures d'appareil électronique à glissière peuvent être dimensionnées et façonnées pour accepter divers appareils électroniques. La monture d'appareil électronique à glissière peut comprendre un connecteur électrique, qui peut par exemple se connecter à un connecteur électrique respectif sur la station d'accueil de connexion électrique, par exemple par glissement complet de la monture dans une fente verticale.
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