U.S. patent application number 10/849863 was filed with the patent office on 2005-11-24 for cable management rack for industrial rack mount computer server.
Invention is credited to Hung, Kuo-Chuan.
Application Number | 20050258721 10/849863 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 35374531 |
Filed Date | 2005-11-24 |
United States Patent
Application |
20050258721 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Hung, Kuo-Chuan |
November 24, 2005 |
Cable management rack for industrial rack mount computer server
Abstract
A cable management rack for industrial rack mount computer
server characterized in that rectangular shaped cable through-holes
are defined in two sides of a back plate of the cable management
rack, and a plurality of circular heat dissipation orifices are
defined in a base plate and the back plate of the cable management
rack. Furthermore, a retractable two-stage flexible structural
member of appropriate dimensions is separately configured on each
of two sides of the cable management rack. According to
aforementioned configuration organization and secure fastening of a
variety of transmission cables is thereby realized, and connecting
plugs and terminals between host computers and various devices
avoid being damaged due to flexing, as well as achieving
enhancement in heat dissipation and effectiveness of extending
service life.
Inventors: |
Hung, Kuo-Chuan; (Lu-Chou
City, TW) |
Correspondence
Address: |
Kuo-Chuan Hung
P.O. Box No. 6-57
Junghe, Taipei 235
TW
|
Family ID: |
35374531 |
Appl. No.: |
10/849863 |
Filed: |
May 21, 2004 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
312/223.1 |
Current CPC
Class: |
H05K 7/1491
20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
312/223.1 |
International
Class: |
A47B 081/00 |
Claims
What is claimed is:
1. A cable management rack for industrial rack mount computer
server comprising a cable management rack and a retractable support
bracket, the cable management rack is disposed within a floor type
cabinet of the industrial rack mount computer server, and slide
rails are separately configured on two sides interior of the
cabinet, and characterized in that: the cable management rack is
bent and thereby formed from a metal plate, and assumes a
lengthwise structure from a side view perspective, a vertical
portion of the lengthwise structure forms a back plate of the cable
management rack, and a horizontal portion the lengthwise structure
forms a base plate of the cable management rack, rectangular shaped
cable through-holes are defined in two sides of the back plate, and
a plurality of circular heat dissipation orifices are defined in
the base plate and the back plate of the cable management rack, a
fixing bracket is configured on each of two ends of the cable
management rack so as to correspond to the slide rails, moreover, a
retractable two-stage flexible structural member of appropriate
dimensions is respectively configured on two sides of the cable
management rack, and one end of each of the flexible structural
members is fixedly configured to an inner side of each of the
fixing brackets.
2. The cable management rack for industrial rack mount computer
server according to claim 1, wherein the retractable support
bracket comprises a cabinet hinge, a back plate hinge, a connecting
rod hinge and two connecting rods, the connecting rods assume an
inverted U-shape from a side view perspective, one end of each of
the two connecting rods are mutually connected by means of the
connecting rod hinge and thereby forms a collapsible bar thereof,
one end of the collapsible bar utilizes the cabinet hinge to
mutually connect with a vertical support of one side of a rear
surface of the cabinet, and another end of the collapsible bar
utilizes the back plate hinge to mutually connect with the back
plate of the aforementioned cable management rack.
3. The cable management rack for industrial rack mount computer
server according to claim 1, wherein the one end of each of the
flexible structural members is fixedly configured atop one of the
fixing brackets, and another end of each of the flexible structural
members is fixedly configured to each of two sides of a frontal end
of the cabinet.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] (a) Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a cable management rack for
industrial rack mount computer server, and more particularly to the
cable management rack that ensures transmission cables and
connecting terminals of host computers and devices avoid being
damaged due to flexing, as well as achieving enhancement in heat
dissipation effect and effectiveness of extending service life.
[0003] (b) Description of the Prior Art
[0004] In order to facilitate organization and operation, majority
of communications equipment or other electronic appliances of a
general computer are disposed within a casing, whereas structure of
an industrial computer server is complex, and moreover, embodies a
large number of peripherals, thus the peripherals are necessarily
installed within a floor type cabinet. A plurality of host
computers or accessories are disposed within the floor type cabinet
by means of slide rails and swappable shelf plates or fixed type
shelf plates; (a multi-intercept form slide rail is separately
configured on each of two sides of the swappable shelf plates), and
a slide rail frame is configured on two sides within the cabinet so
as to correspond with the host computers, the accessories or the
slide rails of the swappable shelf plates. The multi-intercept form
slide rails are fixedly locked in parallel to two sides of the
industrial computer server, thereby enabling the host computers and
the accessories to achieve functionality of extractability from and
retractability within the cabinet. Display units, host computers,
data access devices and various computer peripheral equipment
having different functional usage can be disposed atop the shelf
plates.
[0005] Furthermore, number of cables of the industrial computer
server, including signal transmission cables, data connecting
cables, power supply cables, and so on, amount to many more than
can be found in the general computer. A conventional cable
organizer employs cable ties to directly bind the cables onto a
frame of the cabinet. Connecting points, including connecting
terminals at ends of the cables, plugs, and so on, are equally
disposed at a rear of the shelf plates. If the cables are connected
to devices of the host computer, then an appropriate length of the
cables is necessarily left unfastened, and thereby naturally hang
loose. However, because the length of the cables left hanging loose
easily become caught between a back plate and different tiers of
the shelf plates or results in the cables forming a tangled mess,
whereupon a user wanting to pull the cables out of the host
computer, a sudden tug on the cables can result in a situation
whereby the connecting terminals of fittings, including the cables,
mainboards, the host computers, and so on, become damaged, which
causes great distress to the user.
[0006] In addition, heat dissipating fans are installed on a back
plate at a rear of the general host computer, and after the host
computer has been withdrawn into interior of the cabinet, the
connecting terminals and the cables obstruct air outlets of the
heat dissipating fans, thus during usage of the industrial
computer, hot air flow generated is unable to circulate unhindered
or because the connecting terminals and the cables get caught up in
blades of the heat dissipating fans, the heat dissipating fans are
caused to stop rotating, which thereby results in inefficient heat
dissipation of the devices including the host computer on the shelf
plates or the mainboards, and so on, and damage results as a
consequence.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0007] In light of aforementioned shortcomings of a conventional
retractable support bracket, the inventor of the present invention,
having accumulated years of experience in related arts, attentively
and circumspectively carried out extensive study and exploration to
ultimately design a completely new cable management rack for
industrial rack mount computer server.
[0008] A primary objective of the present invention is to provide
the cable management rack for industrial rack mount computer server
that ensures transmission cables and connecting terminals of a host
computer and peripherals avoid being subject to impairment due to
flexing, and moreover, enhances a heat dissipation effect, thereby
achieving effectiveness of extending service life.
[0009] In order to achieve the aforementioned objective, the cable
management rack for industrial rack mount computer server of the
present invention primarily comprises the cable management rack
disposed within the industrial rack mount computer server, whereby
slide rails are separately configured on two sides exterior of the
industrial server, and is characterized in that:
[0010] The cable management rack is bent and thereby formed from a
metal plate, and rectangular shaped cable through-holes are defined
in two sides of a back plate of the cable management rack. A
plurality of circular heat dissipation orifices are further defined
in a base plate of the cable management rack and the back plate.
Slide rails are separately configured on two ends of the cable
management rack so as to correspond with a slide rail frame, and
retractable flexible structural members of appropriate dimensions
are respectively configured on two sides of the cable management
rack.
[0011] According to the aforementioned configuration, the cable
management rack for industrial rack mount computer server of the
present invention is configured at a rear section of each of a
plurality of host computers and peripherals within a floor type
cabinet of the industrial rack mount computer server, moreover, the
cable management racks are securely fastened to the slide rail
frame thereof. Thereafter, structural members having stretchable
functionality are connected to each of rear back plates of the
plurality of host computers and peripherals, whereupon the
connecting terminals and the cables close to the rear section of
the host computers are securely configured on the cable management
rack. Such a configuration thereby ensures the transmission cables
and the connecting terminals of the host computers and the
peripherals avoid being subject to impairment due to flexing, and
moreover, enhances the heat dissipation effect, thereby achieving
effectiveness of extending service life.
[0012] To enable a further understanding of the said objectives and
the technological methods of the invention herein, the brief
description of the drawings below is followed by the detailed
description of the preferred embodiments.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0013] FIG. 1 shows an exploded elevational view according to the
present invention.
[0014] FIG. 2 shows an assembled elevational view according to the
present invention.
[0015] FIG. 3 shows an elevational view of an embodiment according
to the present invention.
[0016] FIG. 4 shows a cross sectional view of the embodiment
according to the present invention.
[0017] FIG. 5 shows an elevational view of another embodiment
according to the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0018] Referring to FIGS. 1, 2, and 3, which show a cable
management rack for industrial rack mount computer server of the
present invention primarily comprising a cable management rack 1
and a retractable support bracket 5. The cable management rack 1 is
disposed within a floor type cabinet 2 of the industrial computer
server, and slide rails 21 are separately configured on two sides
interior of the cabinet 2 respectively. The cable management rack
for industrial rack mount computer server of the present invention
is characterized in that:
[0019] The cable management rack 1 is bent and thereby formed from
a metal plate, and assumes a lengthwise structure from a side view
perspective, moreover, a vertical portion of the lengthwise
structure forms a back plate 11 of the cable management rack 1,
whereas a horizontal portion forms a base plate 12 of the cable
management rack 1. Rectangular shaped cable through-holes 110 are
defined in two sides of the back plate 11, and a plurality of
circular heat dissipation orifices 13 are defined in the base plate
12 and the back plate 11 of the cable management rack 1. A fixing
bracket 14 is configured on each of two ends of the cable
management rack 1 so as to correspond to the slide rails 21,
moreover, a retractable two-stage flexible structural member 3 of
appropriate dimensions is respectively configured on the two sides
of the cable management rack 1, and one end of each of the flexible
structural members 3 is fixedly configured to an inner side of each
of the fixing brackets 14.
[0020] The aforementioned retractable support bracket 5 is
structured to primarily comprise a cabinet hinge 50, a back plate
hinge 51, a connecting rod hinge 52 and two connecting rods 53 and
54. One end of each of the two connecting rods 53 and 54 are
mutually connected by means of the connecting rod hinge 52 and
thereby forms a collapsible bar thereof. The connecting rods 53 and
54 assume an inverted U-shape from a side view perspective. One end
of the collapsible bar utilizes the cabinet hinge 50 to mutually
connect with a vertical support of one side of a rear surface of
the cabinet 2, and another end of the collapsible bar utilizes the
back plate hinge 51 to mutually connect with the back plate 11 of
the cable management rack 1.
[0021] According to aforementioned assemblage, and referring to
FIG. 4, the base plate 12 in direction of an outward extension of
the back plate 11 forms a frontal section of the cable management
rack 1. The fixing brackets 14 are utilized to fixedly configure
the cable management rack 1 on the slide rails 21 of the floor type
computer cabinet 2, whereupon the host computer server 4 is
disposed atop the same slide rails 21. Various different connecting
terminals 6 and cables 7 are configured in the rear section of the
host computer server 4, and the connecting terminals 6 and the
cables 7 protrude out from the rear section of the host computer
server 4. The cable management rack 1 is positioned at the rear
section of the host computer server 4 so as disposal of same
realizes the frontal section of the cable management rack 1 faces
the host computer server 4, whereupon another end of each of the
flexible structural members 3 having stretchable functionality is
mutually connected to the host computer server 4, and the
connecting terminals 6 and the cables 7 protruding from the rear
section of the host computer server 4 are disposed within the cable
management rack 1, thereby enabling the cables 7 to pass through
the cable through-holes 110, whereupon the back plate hinge 51 of
the retractable support bracket 5 is fixedly configured to the rear
surface of the back plate 11, and the cabinet hinge 50 is then
fixedly configured to the vertical support frame of the cabinet 2,
and the cables 7 having passed through the cable pass-through
orifices 110 are thereupon fastened to the connecting rods 53 and
54 of the retractable support bracket 5, whereupon assemblage of
the present invention is complete.
[0022] According to the aforementioned, because of the connection
between the cable management rack 1 and the host computer server 4
by means of the flexible structural members 3 having stretchable
functionality, therefore the cable management rack 1 undergoes
displacement along with the displacement of the host computer
server 4, and thus the cable management rack 1 provides
effectiveness of securely disposing the cables 7 at the rear
section of the host computer server 4, moreover is able to support
weight of the cables 7, and thereby prevents pulling of the cables
7, which can result in damage to the connecting terminals 6 and the
mainboard.
[0023] In addition, upon the host computer server 4 being withdrawn
and completely pushed into the cabinet 2, the connecting rods 53
and 54 of the retractable support bracket 5 come in contact with
the back plate 11 of the cable management rack 1, and will not
directly strike the connecting terminals 6 at the rear section of
the host computer server 4, thus providing functionality to
safeguard the connecting terminals 6. When the host computer server
4 is in sliding movement, flexing angle of the cables 7 varies in
accordance to the movement, and thus space for the cables 7 to move
around is necessarily provided for, and disposal of the flexible
structural members 3 having stretchable functionality provide the
cables 7 with such a flexible space, thereby effectuating an
appropriate distance between the cable management rack 1 and the
host computer server 4, and decreasing resistance drag generated
because of the flexing and traction force of the cables 7, thus
providing for superior and unhindered extracting and withdrawing
the host computer server 4 for operating personnel.
[0024] Furthermore, according to the cable management rack for
industrial rack mount computer server of the present invention,
after withdrawing the host computer server 4 into the cabinet 2, an
appropriate distance between heat dissipating fans and the
retractable support bracket 5 of the rear section of the host
computer server 4 is thereby realized, moreover, the heat
dissipating orifices 13 of the base plate 12 effectuate
accelerating unhindered circulation of air flow, and thus achieves
superior heat dissipation effectiveness.
[0025] Referring to FIG. 5, which shows one end of each of the
aforementioned flexible structural members 3 fixedly configured
atop one of the fixing brackets 14, and another end of the flexible
structural members 3 is separately fixedly configured to each of
two sides of a frontal end of the cabinet 2, accordingly, better
stability in extracting the host computer server 4 from the cabinet
2 and withdrawing the host computer server 4 into the cabinet 2 is
thereby achieved.
[0026] In conclusion, the cable management rack for industrial rack
mount computer server of the present invention ensures the
transmission cables 7 and the connecting terminals 6 of the host
computer 4 avoid being subject to impairment due to flexing, and
moreover, enhances a heat dissipation effect, thereby achieving
effectiveness of extending service life. Furthermore, the present
invention provides originality and advancement to prior art;
accordingly, an application for a new patent is proposed
herein.
[0027] It is of course to be understood that the embodiments
described herein is merely illustrative of the principles of the
invention and that a wide variety of modifications thereto may be
effected by persons skilled in the art without departing from the
spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the following
claims.
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