JP7014455B2 - Equipment mounting mechanism and equipment mounting method in rack mount - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a device mounting mechanism and a device mounting method in a rack mount in which a device having a width larger than the frontage opening between columns can be mounted on a base provided inside the rack mount.

As a general rack mount, a 19-inch rack defined by the EIA (Electronic Industries Association) standard is used.
Then, in such a rack mount 100, as shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, a device having a width larger than the frontage opening 2 (width is indicated by reference numeral D1) between columns 1 (width is indicated by reference numeral D2). The M is mounted on the base 3 erected in the center of the inside of the rack mount.

In FIGS. 11 and 12, reference numeral 4 is a holder for holding the device M inserted from the direction of the arrow C, and is provided on the base 3 so as to be openable and closable via the hinge 5. Further, the hinge 5 opens and closes the holder 4 in a horizontal plane in the directions of arrows A1-A2 with the rotation axis 5A along the vertical as the center.
Further, as the device M loaded in the rack mount 100, a storage device such as a hard disk, a thin display device such as a display, and a cooling device such as a cooling fan are used.
Further, a shelf board 10 is installed on the support column 1 of the rack mount 100 so as to be horizontal.

Then, in the rack mount 100, as shown in FIGS. 13A and 13B, the holder 4 is rotated in the direction of the arrow A1 to be positioned diagonally forward, and in this state, the inside of the holder 4 is formed. The device M inserted in the direction of arrow C can be loaded.
After that, in the rack mount 100, as shown in FIGS. 14A and 14B, by rotating the holder 4 in the direction of the arrow A2, the device M in the holder 4 can be coupled to the base 3. ..

Further, in the rack mount 100, the holder 4 on which the device M is mounted is configured to be connected to the base 3 by a hinge 5 having a uniaxial rotating shaft 5A, so that the holder 4 is as shown in FIG. The connector 6B on the side interferes with and is inserted / removed from the connector 6A on the base 3 side from an oblique direction along the directions of arrows A1-A2.

Further, as a device mounting mechanism for loading / supporting a device (display panel) while rotating the device (display panel) on a wall fixing member corresponding to the rack mount described above, the display panel support device shown in Patent Document 1 is known.
The display panel support device of Patent Document 1 includes a movable connecting means including a first connecting member composed of a horizontally long main arm and a second connecting member composed of a horizontally long sub arm.

In this movable connecting means, the panel mounting member and the wall fixing member are interconnected by two sets of connecting members so that the panel mounting member can move with respect to the wall fixing member.
Further, the movable connecting means supports the panel mounting member so as to be movable back and forth in a range from a retracted state along the wall to a protruding state away from the wall forward.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2010-276726

However, the display panel support device shown in Patent Document 1 requires a slide mechanism that slides the base end portion of the connecting member in the lateral direction / horizontal direction in order to prevent the device from colliding with the pillar of the rack mount. There is a problem that the overall configuration becomes complicated.

On the other hand, in the rack mount 100 shown in FIGS. 11 to 14 described above, when the device M having a width of 2 or more is mounted, the operator holds the device M diagonally by hand and enters the frontage opening 2. It is necessary to rotate the device M and mount it on the base 3 after it has been invaded and settled inside.
In this method, it is necessary for the operator to intrude into the support column 1 while holding the device M by hand, which is poor in workability and may cause the device M to come into contact with other structures, resulting in damage.

Further, in such a rack mount 100, the holder 4 on which the device M is mounted is configured to be coupled to the base 3 by a hinge 5 having a uniaxial rotating shaft 5A. Therefore, in the rack mount 100, as shown in FIG. 15, the connector 6B on the holder 4 side interferes and is inserted / removed diagonally from the connector 6A on the base side, which causes damage to the connectors 6A and 6B. There is.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and has a simple configuration, a rotation and horizontal movement operation in a horizontal plane and a base surface so as to change from a state perpendicular to the base surface to a state parallel to the base surface. Provided is a rack mount device mounting mechanism and device mounting method capable of performing proximity / separation operation with respect to a rack mount and at the same time preventing the connector on the holder side from being damaged at the time of insertion / removal from the connector on the base side. do.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention proposes the following means.
The first aspect of the present invention is a device mounting mechanism for loading a device into an internal space in a plurality of columns constituting a rack mount, and is arranged so as to be perpendicular to a holder holding the device and the column. It is provided with a link mechanism provided so as to connect the base and the holder and rotatably support the holder in a horizontal plane, and the link mechanism has first and second links having different lengths from each other. The base end portions of the first and second links are rotatably provided about two base-side vertical axes located laterally spaced apart from each other on the base, respectively, and the first and second links are provided. The tip of the two links is characterized in that it is rotatably provided about two vertical axes on the holder side located at intervals from the holder.

A second aspect of the present invention is a method of mounting equipment in a rack mount in which equipment is loaded into internal spaces in a plurality of columns constituting the rack mount, and the base is arranged so as to be vertical in the columns located at the rear. The base installation step includes a link installation step of connecting the holder holding the device and the base with a link mechanism and rotatably supporting the holder in a horizontal plane by the link mechanism. Then, after installing the first and second links having different lengths as the link mechanism, the base end portions of the first and second links are positioned laterally spaced apart from each other on the base. The two base-side vertical axes are rotatably provided, and the tips of the first and second links are rotatably provided about the two holder-side vertical axes located at intervals from the holder. It is characterized by that.

According to the present invention, a base-side vertical axis and a holder that rotatably connect the first and second links having different lengths and the base ends and tip portions of the first and second links to the base and the holder, respectively. With a simple configuration of providing a side vertical axis, it is possible to rotate and move the holder in a horizontal plane, and to move the holder closer to / away from the base while maintaining a parallel state with the base.

It is a schematic block diagram which shows the device mounting mechanism in the rack mount which concerns on this invention, (A) shows the state which the holder is open, (B) shows the state which the holder is closed. It is a schematic block diagram which shows the equipment mounting mechanism in the rack mount which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the state of inserting a device into a device mounting mechanism, (A) is a perspective view, (B) is a plan view of FIG. 3A. It is a figure which shows the state after the device is inserted into the device mounting mechanism, (A) is a perspective view, (B) is a plan view of FIG. 4A. It is a figure which shows the mode that the device inserted into the device mounting mechanism is loaded into the base, (A) is a perspective view, (B) is a plan view of FIG. 5A. It is a figure which shows the state of loading the apparatus which follows FIG. 5 into a base, (A) is a perspective view, (B) is a plan view of FIG. 6A. It is a top view which shows the state of moving a device in parallel toward a base to the device mounting mechanism, and is the figure which magnifies and shows the main part surrounded by the broken line. It is a plan view which shows the state after the device is translated into the device mounting mechanism toward the base, and is the figure which magnifies and shows the main part surrounded by the broken line. 3 is a diagram summarizing the movement loci of the holder, the device, and the link shown in FIGS. 3 to 8. It is a figure which shows the modification of the said embodiment, (A) is a perspective view, (B) is a plan view of FIG. 10A. It is a figure which shows the width dimension of the frontage opening between columns, and the width dimension of a device. It is a perspective view which shows the state of inserting a device into a holder. It is a top view which shows the procedure for inserting a device into a holder, (A) shows before loading a device into a holder, (B) shows after loading a device into a holder. It is a plan view which shows the procedure when the holder which inserted the device is loaded into the base, (A) is the state which the device in a holder is open with respect to the base, (B) is a state that the device in a holder is a base. It shows the state of being loaded in. It is a plan view which shows how the holder side connector is connected to the base side connector, (A) is an overall view, (B) is a partially enlarged view of FIG. 15A.

The device mounting mechanism 101 in the rack mount 100 according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 (A) and 1 (B).

The rack mount 100 used here has a plurality of columns 1, a base 3 erected inside the columns 1, and a shelf board 10 horizontally installed on the columns 1.
The device M has a width larger than the frontage opening 2 (the frontage dimension is indicated by the reference numeral D1) between the columns 1 (the width dimension is indicated by the reference numeral D2), and is erected vertically in the center of the inside of the rack mount 100. It is installed on the base 3.

The device mounting mechanism 101 for loading the device M into the base 3 in the rack mount 100 will be described.
The device mounting mechanism 101 is provided so as to connect the holder 11 that holds the device M with the base 3 and the holder 11 that are vertically arranged in the support column 1 located at the rear portion, and the holder 11 is indicated by an arrow. A link mechanism 12 that rotatably supports in a horizontal plane in the A1-A2 direction is provided.
The link mechanism 12 rotatably supports the holder 11 in a horizontal plane, and has a first link L1 and a second link L2 having different lengths from each other.

The base end portions of the first link L1 and the second link L2 are rotatably provided around two base-side vertical axes 13 and 14 located laterally spaced apart from each other on the base 3.
The tip portions of the first link L1 and the second link L2 are rotatably provided around two holder-side vertical axes 15 and 16 located at intervals from the holder 11.

In the device mounting mechanism 101 of the present invention configured as described above, the first link L1 and the second link L2 having different lengths are installed as the link mechanism 12, and the first link L1 and the second link L1 and the second link L2 are installed. The base end portion and the tip end portion of the link L2 are rotatably connected to the base 3 and the holder 11 via the base side vertical axes 13 and 14 and the holder side vertical axes 15 and 16, respectively.
As a result, in the device mounting mechanism 101 of the present invention, the holder 11 is rotated in the horizontal plane so as to be in a state parallel to the surface of the base 3 from a state perpendicular to the surface of the base 3 by such a link mechanism 12 (in the directions of arrows A1-A2). Movement) and horizontal movement (movement in the direction of arrows X1-X2), and proximity / separation of the holder 11 to the base 3 (movement in the direction of arrows Y1-Y2) while maintaining the parallel state with the base 3. It can be operated.

That is, in the device mounting mechanism 101 of the present invention, the first link L1 and the second link L2 having different lengths, and the base end portion and the tip end portion of the first link L1 and the second link L2 are provided with the base 3 and the holder 11. With a simple configuration in which the base-side vertical axes 13 and 14 and the holder-side vertical axes 15 and 16 are rotatably connected to each of the holders 11, the holder 11 rotates and moves horizontally in a horizontal plane, and is parallel to the base 3. The holder 11 can be moved toward / separated from the base 3 while maintaining the state.
Further, in the device mounting mechanism 101 of the present invention, since the holder 11 can be moved close to / separated from the base 3 while maintaining the parallel state with the base 3, the connector 17A installed on the base side and the connector 17A are used. It is possible to prevent the connector 17B installed on the holder side from being damaged during insertion and removal.

(Embodiment)
The device mounting mechanism 102 in the rack mount 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 11.

The rack mount 100 used here is an EIA standard 19-inch rack having a plurality of columns 1, a base 3 erected in the internal space of the columns 1, and a shelf board 10 horizontally installed on the columns 1. (See FIGS. 3 to 6).
The device M has a width (the width dimension is indicated by the reference numeral D2) larger than the frontage opening 2 (the frontage dimension is indicated by the reference numeral D1) between the columns 1 (see FIG. 3B).
In the following description, the width direction of the mount rack 100 is shown in the x-axis direction, the depth direction is shown in the y-axis direction, and the vertical direction is shown in the z-axis direction (see FIGS. 3 to 6).

The device mounting mechanism 102 for loading the device M with respect to the base 3 in the rack mount 100 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 2, the device mounting mechanism 102 connects the holder 21 that holds the device M with the base 3 and the holder 21 that are vertically arranged in the support column 1 located at the rear portion. It is provided with a link mechanism 22 that is provided and rotatably supports the holder 21 in a horizontal plane.
A slide groove portion 21A for holding the device M along the length direction is provided on the upper portion of the holder 21 (see FIGS. 3A to 6A).

The link mechanism 22 rotatably supports the holder 21 in a horizontal plane in the direction of arrows A1-A2, and has a first movable link LA and a second movable link LB having different lengths from each other.

The base ends of the first movable link LA and the second movable link LB are pivotally supported by fixed portions 30 and 31 located at intervals in the lateral direction (x-axis direction of the mount rack 100) on the base 3. It is rotatably provided about each of the two base-side vertical axes a1 and b1.
The tip portions of the first movable link LA and the second movable link LB are rotatably provided about two holder-side vertical axes a2 and b2 located on the holder 21 at intervals.

The first movable link LA is formed to have a larger length than the second movable link LB.
Further, the tip of the first movable link LA is rotatably connected to the intermediate portion of the holder 11 via the holder-side vertical axis a2, and the tip of the second movable link LB is rotatably connected to the middle portion of the holder 11 via the holder-side vertical axis b2. It is rotatably connected to one end of the holder 11 (right end in the figure).
Further, the base-side vertical axes a1 and b1 and the holder-side vertical axes a2 and b2 rotatably support the movable links LA and LB with respect to the base 3 and the holder 21 via pins (not shown).

The distance / length of the first movable link LA, the second movable link LB, the fixed portions 30 and 31, and the axes a1, a2, b1, b2 according to the present embodiment is shown in FIG.
Here, the distance between the axis a1 and the axis b1 is E1, the distance between the axis b1 and the axis a2 along the Y-axis direction is E2, the length of the first movable link LA is E3, and the length of the second movable link LB is E3. Let it be E4. The axes a1, b1 and b2 are horizontally arranged along the X axis with the links LA and LB closed, and the surface of the base 3 is also positioned along the X axis direction.
Under such a positional relationship, in FIG. 2, the distance / length dimension of E1 to E4 is set to "E1 = 180 mm", "E2 = 15 mm", "E3 = 200 mm", and "E4 = 91 mm". The width dimension (D2) of the device M is set to 463 mm, and the frontage opening (D1) of the rack mount 100 is set to 450 mm.

Further, the connector 27A is installed on the surface on the base 3 side, and the connector 27B coupled to the connector 27A is installed at the other end (left end in the figure) of the holder 21 in which the movable links LA and LB are not provided. Has been done.
The connector 27B on the holder 21 side is electrically connected to the device M when the device M is attached to the holder 21.
These connectors 27A and 27B are fitted and conductive to each other when the holder 21 rotates in the direction of arrow A2 and comes into contact with the base 3, and when the holder 21 rotates in the direction of arrow A1 and separates from the base 3. The continuity is released.

In the device mounting mechanism 102 of the present embodiment configured as described above, the first movable link LA and the second movable link LB having different lengths are installed as the link mechanism 22, and these first movable links are installed. The base end and the tip end of the LA and the second movable link LB are rotatably connected in a horizontal plane in the direction of arrows A1-A2 via the base side vertical axes a1 and b1 and the holder side vertical axes a2 and b2, respectively. I tried to do it.

As a result, in the device mounting mechanism 102, as shown in FIGS. 3 to 4, the link mechanism 22 is in the horizontal plane so as to change from the horizontal state to the inclined / vertical state with respect to the surface of the base 3 in the direction of the arrow A1. The holder 21 can be rotated and moved horizontally.
At this time, the holder 21 can also be horizontally moved to the front side indicated by the arrow Y1 by each rotation of the two first movable link LA and the second movable link LB.

Then, when the holder 21 as shown in FIG. 4 is tilted / perpendicular to the surface of the base 3, the device M is slid (in the direction of arrow C) with respect to the slide groove 21A of the holder 21. It is removable.

Further, in the device mounting mechanism 102, as shown in FIGS. 4 to 5, the link mechanism 22 rotates and horizontally moves the holder 21 in the horizontal plane from the vertical state to the parallel state in the direction indicated by the arrow A2. The operation can be performed.
At this time, the holder 21 can also be horizontally moved in the lateral direction indicated by the arrow X1 by each rotation of the two first movable link LA and the second movable link LB.

As a result, even when the width dimension D2 of the device M is larger than the frontage dimension D1 between the columns 1, when the holder 21 is rotated in the arrow A2 direction, it can be laterally moved in the arrow X1 direction at the same time. , The holder 21 and the support column 1 do not come into contact with each other.
As a result, in the device mounting mechanism 102, when the device M is mounted on the holder 21, the operator does not need to enter the support column 1 while holding the device M by hand, and the mounting workability of the device M is improved. Can be made to.

Further, in the device mounting mechanism 102, the link mechanism 22 rotates the holder 21 (rotation in the arrow A2 direction) and horizontal movement (horizontal movement in the arrow X1 direction) in the horizontal plane so as to change from the vertical state to the parallel state. After performing the operation, as the final operation, as shown in FIGS. 5 to 6, the holder 21 can be moved close to / separated from the base 3.
At this time, the holder 21 can be horizontally moved to the rear side indicated by the arrow Y2 by each rotation of the two first movable link LA and the second movable link LB, and is therefore shown in FIGS. 7 to 8. Can be made to move the holder 21 closer to / away from the base 3 while maintaining the parallel state with the base 3.
As a result, it is possible to prevent the connector 27A installed on the base side and the connector 27B installed on the holder side from being damaged at the time of insertion and removal.

FIG. 9 summarizes the trajectories of the holders 21 shown in FIGS. 3 to 8 as described above.
Then, in the device mounting mechanism 102, as can be seen with reference to FIG. 9, the holder 21 is rotated in the arrow A2 direction even when the width dimension D2 of the device M is larger than the frontage dimension D1 between the columns 1. At the same time, the holder 21 can be laterally moved in the direction of the arrow X1, so that the holder 21 and the support column 1 can be inserted into the support column 1 without contacting each other.

As described in detail above, in the device mounting mechanism 102 of the present embodiment, the first movable link LA and the second movable link LB having different lengths, and the base end portions of the first movable link LA and the second movable link LB. The holder 21 can be rotated in a horizontal plane by a simple configuration in which the base side vertical axes a1 and b1 and the holder side vertical axes a2 and b2 are provided to rotatably connect the tip portion to the base 3 and the holder 21, respectively. Arrows A1-A2 direction movement), horizontal movement movement (movement in the x-axis direction), and close / separation movement of the holder 21 with respect to the base 3 while maintaining the parallel state with the base 3 (movement in the arrow y direction). Operation) can be performed.
Further, in the device mounting mechanism 102 of the present embodiment, the holder 21 can be moved toward / separated from the base 3 (movement in the arrow y direction) while maintaining the parallel state with the base 3, so that the base can be operated. It is possible to prevent the connector 27A installed on the side and the connector 27B installed on the holder side from being damaged at the time of insertion and removal.

(Modification example)
In the device mounting mechanism 102 shown in the above embodiment, the link mechanism 21 composed of the first movable link LA and the second movable link LB is provided above the holder 21.
At this time, the device mounting mechanism 102 is provided with a rotation regulating member 40 that regulates the rotation of the holder 21 at an angle of about 45 ° with respect to the frontage opening 2, so that the device can be easily attached to and detached from the holder 21 by an operator. It may be.
Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 10A and 10B, the rotation restricting member 40 is formed by a convex stopper 40A installed on the holder 21, and the holder 21 is formed. When tilted forward by 45 °, it abuts on the edge of the second movable link LB to maintain the tilted state of the holder 21.
As a result, in the device mounting mechanism 102, the device M can be easily attached to and detached from the holder 21 in an inclined state, which has the effect of improving the mounting workability of the device M.

In the rotation restricting member 40, the rotation of the holder 21 is restricted at an angle of about 45 ° with respect to the frontage opening 2, but this is an example and is restricted at an angle of about 90 ° with respect to the frontage opening 2. You may.
Further, in the rotation restricting member 40, the convex stopper 40A installed on the holder 21 is brought into contact with the edge of the second movable link LB, but is brought into contact with the edge of the first movable link LA. You may do so.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the drawings, the specific configuration is not limited to this embodiment and includes design changes and the like within a range not deviating from the gist of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a device mounting mechanism and a device mounting method in a rack mount in which a device having a width larger than the frontage opening between columns can be mounted on a base provided inside the rack mount.

1 Strut 2 Frontage opening 3 Base 4 Holder 10 Shelf board 11 Holder 12 Link mechanism 13 Base side vertical axis 14 Base side vertical axis 15 Holder side vertical axis 16 Holder side vertical axis 17A connector 17B connector
21 Holder 21A Slide groove 21B Equipment fixing part 22 Link mechanism 27A Connector 27B Connector 30 Fixed part 31 Fixed part 40 Rotation control member 40A Stopper
100 Rack mount 101 Equipment mounting mechanism 102 Equipment mounting mechanism a1 Base side vertical axis a2 Holder side vertical axis b1 Base side vertical axis b2 Holder side vertical axis D1 Frontage dimension D2 Equipment width dimension L1 1st link L2 2nd link LA 1st Link LB 2nd link M equipment

Claims (4)

It is an equipment mounting mechanism that loads equipment into the internal space inside multiple columns that make up the rack mount.
A holder that holds the upper end of the device placed on a shelf that is horizontally supported by the support .
It is provided with a base vertically arranged in the support column and a link mechanism provided so as to connect the holder and rotatably support the holder in a horizontal plane.
The link mechanism has first and second links of different lengths from each other.
The base ends of the first and second links are rotatably provided about two base-side vertical axes located laterally spaced apart from each other on the base.
The tips of the first and second links are rotatably provided about two vertical axes on the holder side located at intervals from the holder .
The first link is formed to have a larger length dimension than the second link.
The tip of the first link is rotatably connected to the middle of the holder via the holder-side vertical axis.
The tip of the second link is rotatably connected to one end of the holder via the holder-side vertical axis.
A device mounting mechanism in a rack mount, characterized in that the holder is provided with a slide groove portion that slides and holds the upper end portion of the device along the length direction . A holder-side connector is provided on the other end side of the holder.
The device mounting mechanism in a rack mount according to claim 1 , wherein a base-side connector that is attached to and detached from the holder-side connector is provided on the surface of the base. The device mounting mechanism in a rack mount according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the holder is provided with a rotation regulating member that regulates the rotation of the link of the link mechanism within a predetermined range. .. It is a method of mounting equipment in a rack mount that loads equipment into the internal space in multiple columns that make up the rack mount.
The base installation process of arranging the base so that it is vertical in the pillar located at the rear,
A holder for holding the upper end of the device arranged on a shelf board horizontally supported by the support column so as to be slidable along the length direction and the base are connected by a link mechanism, and the link mechanism is used to connect the base. It has a link installation process that rotatably supports the holder in a horizontal plane.
In the link installation process,
Two bases, in which the first and second links having different lengths are installed as the link mechanism, and the base ends of the first and second links are laterally spaced from each other on the base. It is provided that the tips of the first and second links are rotatably provided about the vertical axis on the side, and the tips of the first and second links are rotatably provided about the vertical axis on the holder side, which are located at intervals from the holder. A feature of this is how to mount equipment in a rack mount.

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