CN113677145A

CN113677145A - Server cabinet and sliding rail installation mechanism thereof

Info

Publication number: CN113677145A
Application number: CN202110876907.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 邵家麒
Original assignee: Suzhou Inspur Intelligent Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Suzhou Inspur Intelligent Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-07-31
Filing date: 2021-07-31
Publication date: 2021-11-19
Anticipated expiration: 2041-07-31
Also published as: CN113677145B

Abstract

The invention discloses a slide rail mounting mechanism which comprises a front upright post and a rear upright post respectively vertically arranged at the front end and the rear end of a cabinet body, a slide rail assembly horizontally connected between the front upright post and the rear upright post and used for mounting a server case, and connecting assemblies arranged at the two ends of the slide rail assembly and used for being detachably connected with the front upright post and the rear upright post respectively, wherein the length of the slide rail assembly is adjustable. So, through slide rail set dress server machine case, again according to the length of the internal front column of current cabinet and the interval adjustment slide rail set spare of back stand, realize being connected of slide rail set spare and front column, back stand through coupling assembling at last, accomplish the installation of server at the internal of cabinet. Compared with the prior art, the invention realizes the universal design of the whole cabinet, is compatible with the mixed loading requirements of the ODCC standard server and the OCP standard server, and reduces the configuration cost. The invention also discloses a server cabinet, which has the beneficial effects as described above.

Description

Server cabinet and sliding rail installation mechanism thereof

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of servers, in particular to a sliding rail installation mechanism. The invention also relates to a server cabinet.

Background

With the development of the electronic technology in China, more and more electronic devices have been widely used.

Servers are important components in electronic devices, and are devices that provide computing services. Since the server needs to respond to and process the service request, the server has the capability of assuming and securing the service. The server is divided into a file server, a database server, an application program server, a WEB server and the like according to different service types provided by the server.

In the big data era, a large number of IT devices are centrally placed in racks of a data center. These data centers include various types of servers, storage, switches, and a large number of cabinets and other infrastructure. Each type of IT equipment is composed of various hardware boards, such as a computing module, a memory module, a chassis, a fan module, and the like. The whole cabinet server is an integrated product which comprises a cabinet, server nodes, power supply equipment, signal interaction equipment, connecting cables and the like and is integrally installed.

Currently, the technical requirements of the server in the internet industry have been upgraded from industry customization to industry standardization, mainly expressed as the Open Data Center Committee (ODCC) standard in china and the Open Computer Project (OCP) standard in the united states. The ODCC standard and the OCP standard are two different server whole cabinet standards and respectively comprise a front upright post, a rear upright post and other mounting structures, wherein the distance between the front upright post and the rear upright post in the ODCC cabinet is larger, and the distance between the front upright post and the rear upright post in the OCP cabinet is smaller, so that the server node conforming to the ODCC standard is longer and thinner in shape, and the server node conforming to the OCP standard is shorter and thicker in shape.

The server cabinet in the prior art is designed for an ODCC server or an OCP server, cannot be used universally, and cannot be normally installed due to the fact that the distance between a front upright post and a rear upright post is too large or too small if the server cabinet is to be installed in a confusing mode.

Therefore, how to implement the generalized design of the entire cabinet, which is compatible with the mixed loading requirement of the ODCC standard server and the OCP standard server, and reduce the configuration cost is a technical problem faced by those skilled in the art.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a sliding rail mounting mechanism which can realize the universal design of a whole cabinet, is compatible with the mixed loading requirements of an ODCC standard server and an OCP standard server and reduces the configuration cost. Another object of the present invention is to provide a server rack.

In order to solve the technical problem, the invention provides a slide rail mounting mechanism which comprises a front upright post and a rear upright post respectively vertically arranged at the front end and the rear end of a cabinet body, a slide rail assembly horizontally connected between the front upright post and the rear upright post and used for mounting a server case, and connecting assemblies arranged at the two ends of the slide rail assembly and used for being detachably connected with the front upright post and the rear upright post respectively, wherein the slide rail assembly is adjustable in length.

Preferably, the slide rail assembly includes an inner slide rail for clamping the server chassis, and an outer slide rail slidably disposed outside the inner slide rail, and a sliding direction of the outer slide rail is parallel to a length direction of the inner slide rail.

Preferably, the outer slide rail includes that the attachment sets up in fixed part, slidable cover of interior slide rail lateral surface are located movable part on the fixed part, just coupling assembling connects respectively the fixed part reaches the outer end of movable part.

Preferably, the front upright post and the rear upright post are provided with a plurality of positioning bulges along the height direction on the surfaces parallel to the length direction of the slide rail assembly; the coupling assembling include with the linking bridge that the both ends of slide rail set spare link to each other, set up in the linking bridge front end and with the parallel extension board of slide rail set spare's length direction, set up in on the extension board and be used for with the protruding complex locating hole of location.

Preferably, each of the positioning protrusions is elastically and telescopically embedded in the surfaces of the front upright post and the rear upright post.

Preferably, a plurality of positioning slots are formed in the height direction of the inner side faces, opposite to the end part of the slide rail assembly, of the front stand column and the rear stand column; the front end of the connecting bracket is also provided with a positioning insertion piece matched with the positioning slot.

Preferably, a reinforcing block is installed in the connecting support, and a transverse elastic sheet used for being abutted against the inner side surfaces of the front upright post and the rear upright post to be grounded is arranged on the outer side surface of the reinforcing block.

Preferably, a vertical elastic sheet used for being abutted against the top surface of another vertically adjacent connecting bracket is arranged on the bottom surface of the reinforcing block.

Preferably, the locating hole is in it has seted up a plurality ofly along vertical direction on the extension board, the location inserted sheet is in the front end of linking bridge is provided with a plurality ofly along vertical direction, horizontal shell fragment is in be provided with a plurality ofly along vertical direction on the outside surface of reinforcement piece.

The invention further provides a server cabinet, which comprises a cabinet body and a slide rail mounting mechanism arranged on the cabinet body, wherein the slide rail mounting mechanism is specifically any one of the slide rail mounting mechanisms.

The invention provides a slide rail mounting mechanism which mainly comprises a front upright post, a rear upright post, a slide rail assembly and a connecting assembly. Wherein, the front upright post is vertically arranged at the front end of the cabinet body and is generally distributed at the left side and the right side of the front end simultaneously. The rear upright posts are vertically arranged at the rear end position of the cabinet body and are generally distributed at the left side and the right side of the rear end simultaneously. The slide rail assembly is connected between the front upright post and the rear upright post and keeps a horizontal state, and is mainly used for installing the server case. Generally, the slide rail assemblies are simultaneously distributed between the front and rear uprights of the cabinet body, which correspond to each other, on the left and right sides thereof, so as to simultaneously support the left and right side regions of the server chassis. The connecting assembly is arranged at two ends of the length direction of the sliding rail assembly and is respectively used for being connected with the front upright post and the rear upright post, so that the sliding rail assembly is connected with the front upright post and the rear upright post. And, the connected mode between coupling assembling and front column, the back stand is for dismantling the connection, can conveniently carry out the dismouting operation to the concrete hookup location of nimble adjustment slide rail assembly and front column, back stand. It is important that the length of the track assembly be adjustable so that the overall length of the track assembly can be extended or shortened as appropriate to accommodate connections with front and rear uprights of different spacing. Therefore, the slide rail mounting mechanism provided by the invention mounts the server case through the slide rail assembly, adjusts the length of the slide rail assembly according to the distance between the front upright post and the rear upright post in the current cabinet body, and finally realizes the connection of the slide rail assembly with the front upright post and the rear upright post through the connecting assembly, thereby completing the mounting of the server in the cabinet body. Compared with the prior art, because slide rail set's length can be adjusted in a flexible way, consequently can make the design of the front column and the back column of server adaptation different intervals, and then adapt to the server rack of different standards, realize the generalized design of whole rack, compatible ODCC standard server and OCP standard server's the mixed-loading demand, reduce the configuration cost.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the provided drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic overall structure diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of the slide rail assembly.

Fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of the front pillar and the rear pillar.

Fig. 4 is a schematic view of the connection assembly and the front pillar or the rear pillar.

Fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of the connecting assembly.

Fig. 6 is an exploded view of the connecting assembly.

Fig. 7 is a schematic view of the installation structure of the transverse elastic sheet and the vertical elastic sheet.

Fig. 8 is another specific structure diagram of the connecting assembly.

Wherein, in fig. 1-8:

the positioning device comprises a front upright post-1, a rear upright post-2, a sliding rail assembly-3, a connecting assembly-4, a positioning bulge-5 and a positioning slot-6;

the structure comprises an inner slide rail-31, an outer slide rail-32, a connecting support-41, an extension plate-42, a positioning hole-43, a positioning insertion sheet-44, a reinforcing block-45, a transverse elastic sheet-46 and a vertical elastic sheet-47;

a fixed part-321 and a movable part-322.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a schematic overall structure diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

In a specific embodiment provided by the invention, the slide rail mounting mechanism mainly comprises a front upright post 1, a rear upright post 2, a slide rail component 3 and a connecting component 4.

Wherein, the front upright posts 1 are vertically arranged at the front end of the cabinet body and are generally distributed at the left side and the right side of the front end simultaneously. The rear upright posts 2 are vertically arranged at the rear end position of the cabinet body and are generally distributed at the left side and the right side of the rear end simultaneously.

The slide rail component 3 is connected between the front upright post 1 and the rear upright post 2, keeps a horizontal state and is mainly used for installing a server case. Generally, the slide rail assemblies 3 are simultaneously distributed between the front upright 1 and the rear upright 2, which correspond to each other, on the left and right sides of the cabinet body, so as to simultaneously support the left and right side regions of the server chassis.

The connecting assembly 4 is arranged at two ends of the sliding rail assembly 3 in the length direction and is respectively used for being connected with the front upright post 1 and the rear upright post 2, so that the sliding rail assembly 3 is connected with the front upright post 1 and the rear upright post 2. And, coupling assembling 4 is for dismantling the connection between front column 1, the back stand 2, can conveniently carry out dismouting operation to the specific hookup location of nimble adjustment sliding rail set 3 and front column 1, back stand 2.

It is important that the length of the track assembly 3 be adjustable so that the overall length of the track assembly 3 can be extended or shortened appropriately to accommodate connections with front and

rear uprights

1, 2 of different spacing.

So, the slide rail installation mechanism that this embodiment provided installs the server machine case through slide rail set spare 3, again according to the internal front column 1 of current cabinet and the length of back post 2's interval adjustment slide rail set spare 3, realizes being connected of slide rail set spare 3 and front column 1, back post 2 through coupling assembling 4 at last, accomplishes the installation of server at the internal of cabinet. Compared with the prior art, because the length of the sliding rail component 3 can be flexibly adjusted, the server can adapt to the design of the front upright post 1 and the rear upright post 2 with different intervals, and further adapt to the server cabinets with different standards, the universal design of the whole cabinet is realized, the mixed loading requirements of the ODCC standard server and the OCP standard server are met, and the configuration cost is reduced.

As shown in fig. 2, fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of the slide rail assembly 3.

In a preferred embodiment of the slide rail assembly 3, the slide rail assembly 3 is a split structure, and mainly includes an inner slide rail 31 and an outer slide rail 32.

The inner rail 31 is mainly used for holding the server chassis, and the height thereof is usually greater than or equal to the height of the server. Generally, since the thickness of the OCP chassis is large and the thickness of the ODCC chassis is small, the inner height of the inner slide rail 31 can be designed to be the thickness of the OCP chassis, so that the chassis with two specifications can be installed by one slide rail structure. Of course, two sets of inner slide rails 31 with different height specifications may also be designed at the same time to respectively adapt to server chassis with two specifications.

The outer slide rail 32 is disposed outside the inner slide rail 31 and can slide and extend along the length direction of the outer side surface of the inner slide rail 31. Specifically, in order to facilitate the telescopic movement and the length change of the outer sliding rail 32, in this embodiment, the outer sliding rail 32 is also a split structure, and mainly includes a fixed portion 321 and a movable portion 322. The fixing portion 321 is attached to the outer side surface of the inner slide rail 31 and is fixedly connected to the inner slide rail 31. The movable portion 322 is sleeved outside the fixed portion 321 and can slide on the outer side of the fixed portion 321, so that when the movable portion 322 slides outwards along the length direction, the length of the outer slide rail 32 is extended, and conversely, when the movable portion 322 slides inwards along the length direction, the length of the outer slide rail 32 is shortened. With this arrangement, the sliding movement of the movable portion 322 on the fixed portion 321 can smoothly realize the adjustment of the overall length of the outer slide rail 32.

Correspondingly, the connecting assembly 4 is respectively connected to the outer end positions of the fixed portion 321 and the movable portion 322 of the outer slide rail 32, so that the length and position of the connecting assembly 4 connected with the movable portion 322 can be adjusted through the sliding movement of the movable portion 322 on the fixed portion 321, and the front upright 1 and the rear upright 2 at different intervals can be adapted to.

As shown in fig. 3 and 4, fig. 3 is a schematic specific structural diagram of the front pillar 1 and the rear pillar 2, and fig. 4 is a schematic matching structural diagram of the connecting assembly 4 and the front pillar 1 or the rear pillar 2.

Be convenient for coupling assembling 4 and front column 1 or rear column 2 to form and to dismantle the connection, realize the installation of slide rail set 3 between front column 1 and rear column 2, in this embodiment, on front column 1 and rear column 2 with slide rail set 3's length direction is parallel on the surface, two front column 1's of the front end left and right sides are just facing surface and two rear column 2's of the rear end left and right sides are just facing surface each other promptly, all be provided with a plurality of location arch 5, and each location arch 5 is along front column 1 or rear column 2's direction of height evenly distributed.

As shown in fig. 5, fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of the connection assembly 4.

Accordingly, in a preferred embodiment with respect to the connecting assembly 4, the connecting assembly 4 basically includes a connecting bracket 41, an extension plate 42 and a positioning hole 43.

Wherein, linking bridge 41 links to each other with the length direction's of slide rail set 3 both ends tip, specifically can link to each other with the outer end of fixed part 321, the outer end of movable part 322 respectively, for example realizes dismantling the connection through fasteners such as bolt, I-shaped nail. The extension plate 42 is disposed at the front end of the connecting bracket 41, is parallel to the length direction of the slide rail assembly 3, and has a certain extension length. The positioning hole 43 is provided on the extension plate 42, and is mainly used for being matched with each positioning protrusion 5 to realize the positioning connection between the connection assembly 4 and the front upright post 1 or the rear upright post 2, and to realize the position limitation of the slide rail assembly 3 in the length direction between the front upright post 1 and the rear upright post 2.

Furthermore, in order to detach the extension plate 42 from the positioning protrusions 5, the positioning holes 43 on the extension plate 42 are matched with different positioning protrusions 5 to adjust the height position, and in this embodiment, each positioning protrusion 5 can be elastically and telescopically embedded in the surfaces of the front upright post 1 and the rear upright post 2. Specifically, the bottom end of each positioning protrusion 5 is connected to a spring and other components, so that the extension and retraction of each positioning protrusion 5 on the surfaces of the front pillar 1 and the rear pillar 2 are realized through elastic deformation, and further, the positioning protrusions can be conveniently compressed, so that the positioning holes 43 in the extension plate 42 are unlocked.

In addition, for further improving connection stability and location accuracy between coupling assembling 4 and front column 1, the rear column 2, a plurality of positioning slot 6 has all been seted up on the just right medial surface of tip with slide rail set 3 on front column 1 and rear column 2 to this embodiment, and each positioning slot 6 all follows the direction of height evenly distributed of front column 1 or rear column 2.

As shown in fig. 6, fig. 6 is an exploded schematic view of the connecting assembly 4.

Accordingly, in a preferred embodiment with respect to the connecting assembly 4, the connecting assembly 4 includes a positioning tab 44 in addition to the connecting bracket 41, the extension plate 42 and the positioning hole 43. Specifically, the positioning insertion piece 44 is arranged at the front end of the connecting bracket 41 and is vertically aligned with the inner side surface of the front upright post 1 or the rear upright post 2, and is mainly used for being vertically inserted into the positioning slot 6 to form insertion connection, so that the connecting assembly 4 is connected with the front upright post 1 or the rear upright post 2 in a positioning manner, and the position of the sliding rail assembly 3 in the width direction and the height direction between the front upright post 1 and the rear upright post 2 is limited.

In addition, considering that the server cabinet in the prior art, the grounding protection measure is usually to be exhausted to the grounding point of the cabinet body through the power supply, the cable and the power supply in sequence, and the grounding path is long, for this reason, the reinforcing block 45 and the transverse elastic sheet 46 are additionally provided in the embodiment.

As shown in fig. 7, fig. 7 is a schematic view of an installation structure of the transverse resilient piece 46 and the vertical resilient piece 47.

Wherein, the reinforcing block 45 is installed in the connecting bracket 41, and the material thereof can be aluminum alloy or zinc alloy, so that the overall structural strength of the connecting bracket 41 can be improved. Horizontal shell fragment 46 sets up on the outside surface of reinforcement piece 45, has along the horizontal elastic deformation ability of level, mainly used when locating hole 43 forms the cooperation with location arch 5 and when location inserted sheet 44 connects with location slot 6 and inserts the cooperation, on the medial surface of preceding stand 1 and rear column 2 is received in the butt simultaneously, in order to exert the pretightning force and improve the basis of installation stability to slide rail set 3, ensure that slide rail set 3 and the server machine case of installation on it can directly carry out ground connection through preceding stand 1, rear column 2. By the arrangement, the grounding path of the server case can be effectively shortened, the grounding effect is enhanced, and the electrostatic damage prevention capability is improved.

Moreover, when considering that a plurality of servers are installed simultaneously, each server is at the internal range upon range of installation of vertical direction of following of cabinet, for improving ground effect and installation stability, vertical shell fragment 47 has still been add on the bottom surface of reinforcement piece 45 in this embodiment. Specifically, this vertical shell fragment 47 has along vertical elastic deformation ability, mainly used when locating hole 43 forms the cooperation with location arch 5 and when location inserted sheet 44 connects with positioning slot 6 and inserts the cooperation, simultaneously the butt to vertical adjacent, be located the bottom another linking bridge 41 on the top surface to all link to each other and ground connection adjacent two-layer linking bridge 41, sliding rail set spare 3, server machine case.

As shown in fig. 8, fig. 8 is another specific structural diagram of the connecting assembly 4.

In addition, in another preferred embodiment of the connection assembly 4, for a server with a large part height, such as a 2U server, the height of the chassis usually needs to occupy the height of the two positioning protrusions 5 and the positioning slots 6. In contrast, in the present embodiment, the width (or height) of the slide rail assembly 3 is doubled, the width of the connecting bracket 41 is also doubled, and the heights of the extending plate 42 and the reinforcing block 45 provided on the connecting bracket 41 are also doubled. Meanwhile, two positioning holes 43 are simultaneously provided on the extension plate 42 and are distributed in the vertical direction to simultaneously cooperate with two adjacent positioning protrusions 5. Two positioning insertion sheets 44 are simultaneously arranged at the front end of the connecting bracket 41 and are distributed along the vertical direction so as to be simultaneously in insertion fit with two adjacent positioning insertion grooves 6. The two transverse elastic pieces 46 are also arranged on the outer side surface of the reinforcing block 45 and distributed along the vertical direction so as to be abutted against the inner side surfaces of the front upright 1 and the rear upright 2.

The embodiment further provides a server cabinet, which mainly comprises a cabinet body and a slide rail mounting mechanism arranged on the cabinet body, wherein the specific content of the slide rail mounting mechanism is the same as the related content, and the details are not repeated here.

The previous description of the disclosed embodiments is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make or use the present invention. Various modifications to these embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. Thus, the present invention is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a slide rail installation mechanism, includes front column (1) and rear column (2) of locating both ends around the cabinet body respectively immediately, its characterized in that still includes horizontal connection in front column (1) with between rear column (2), be used for installing slide rail set spare (3) of server machine case, and set up in the both ends of slide rail set spare (3), be used for respectively with front column (1) coupling assembling (4) of connection can be dismantled in rear column (2), just the length of slide rail set spare (3) is adjustable.

2. The slide rail mounting mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the slide rail assembly (3) comprises an inner slide rail (31) for clamping the server chassis, and an outer slide rail (32) slidably disposed outside the inner slide rail (31), and a sliding direction of the outer slide rail (32) is parallel to a length direction of the inner slide rail (31).

3. The slide rail mounting mechanism according to claim 2, wherein the outer slide rail (32) comprises a fixing portion (321) attached to an outer side surface of the inner slide rail (31), and a movable portion (322) slidably sleeved on the fixing portion (321), and the connecting assembly (4) is connected to outer ends of the fixing portion (321) and the movable portion (322), respectively.

4. The slide rail mounting mechanism according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the front upright (1) and the rear upright (2) are provided with a plurality of positioning protrusions (5) along the height direction on the surfaces parallel to the length direction of the slide rail assembly (3); coupling assembling (4) including with linking to each other linking bridge (41) in the both ends of sliding rail set spare (3), set up in linking bridge (41) front end and with the parallel extension board (42) of the length direction of sliding rail set spare (3), set up in extend on board (42) and be used for with protruding (5) complex locating hole (43) of location.

5. The slide rail mounting mechanism according to claim 4, wherein each of the positioning protrusions (5) is elastically and telescopically embedded in the surfaces of the front pillar (1) and the rear pillar (2).

6. The slide rail mounting mechanism according to claim 4, wherein the inner side surfaces of the front upright (1) and the rear upright (2) which are opposite to the end part of the slide rail assembly (3) are provided with a plurality of positioning slots (6) along the height direction; the front end of the connecting bracket (41) is also provided with a positioning insertion sheet (44) matched with the positioning slot (6).

7. The slide rail mounting mechanism according to claim 6, wherein a reinforcing block (45) is mounted in the connecting bracket (41), and a transverse elastic sheet (46) for abutting against the inner side surfaces of the front pillar (1) and the rear pillar (2) to be grounded is arranged on the outer side surface of the reinforcing block (45).

8. The slide rail mounting mechanism according to claim 7, wherein the bottom surface of the reinforcing block (45) is provided with a vertical spring piece (47) for abutting against the top surface of another vertically adjacent connecting bracket (41).

9. The slide rail mounting mechanism according to claim 7, wherein the positioning hole (43) is formed in plural in the vertical direction on the extension plate (42), the positioning insertion piece (44) is formed in plural in the vertical direction at the front end of the connecting bracket (41), and the lateral resilient piece (46) is formed in plural in the vertical direction on the outer surface of the reinforcing block (45).

10. A server cabinet, comprising a cabinet body and a slide rail mounting mechanism arranged on the cabinet body, wherein the slide rail mounting mechanism is the slide rail mounting mechanism of any one of claims 1 to 9.