CN114336131A

CN114336131A - Centralized power supply cabinet

Info

Publication number: CN114336131A
Application number: CN202111515920.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 邵家麒
Original assignee: Suzhou Inspur Intelligent Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Suzhou Inspur Intelligent Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-11-30
Filing date: 2021-11-30
Publication date: 2022-04-12
Anticipated expiration: 2041-11-30
Also published as: WO2023098263A1; CN114336131B

Abstract

The invention discloses a centralized power supply cabinet which comprises a cabinet body and a fixing assembly arranged in the cabinet body, wherein a copper bar module is detachably connected to the fixing assembly, the centralized power supply cabinet also comprises a power supply connecting module arranged in the cabinet body and used for a server to get power, the power supply connecting module comprises a telescopic terminal head, and the terminal head is electrically connected with the copper bar module. The centralized power supply cabinet can supply power to servers in various forms and depths, so that the use requirements of customers on centralized power supply are met, meanwhile, by adopting the centralized power supply cabinet, the follow-up maintenance cost can be greatly reduced, a new whole cabinet does not need to be purchased again, and a lot of construction cost can be saved for the customers.

Description

Centralized power supply cabinet

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of server power supply, in particular to a centralized power supply cabinet.

Background

Currently, the Power Supply of the server is generally implemented by a PSU (Power Supply Unit), which has various models, but most commonly is a standard crps (common reducer Power supplies) Power Supply. The Power supply of the 19-inch server cabinet is that commercial Power is connected into a PSU of a node through a Power Distribution Unit (PDU) at the rear to be used as a Power conversion supply node, the 21-inch server cabinet usually uses a centralized Power supply mode, namely, a centralized Power supply module in the commercial Power access cabinet is used for Power conversion and then is output to a rear copper bar, each node is automatically connected with the copper bar to take Power, and the centralized Power supply mode is a better method in terms of subsequent maintenance, fault rate and cost.

In the prior art, since the centralized power supply can reduce the subsequent maintenance cost, more and more customers want to adopt the centralized power supply mode. However, in consideration of cost, customers cannot completely customize new cabinets, and therefore, the common method includes: the current standard cabinet is additionally or alternatively changed into a centralized power supply mode to achieve the purpose of centralized power supply. However, current repacking mode often adopts fixed copper bar or power module, to 19 cun server cabinets, because the structural design of each manufacturer's 19 cun server cabinets is inequality, 19 cun server cabinets can not all have the same lateral wall structure can the sharing installation component, and the PSU position of node is also not identical, and along with customer's operation requirement is higher and higher, only leans on single fixed copper bar or power module can't satisfy to repack into the form of concentrating the power supply with standard cabinet.

Therefore, how to avoid the problem that the use requirement of the customer on the centralized power supply cabinet cannot be met due to the adoption of a single fixed copper bar or a single fixed power module is a technical problem to be solved by the technical personnel in the field at present.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a centralized power supply cabinet which can supply power to servers in various forms and depths, so that the use requirement of customers on centralized power supply is met.

In order to achieve the purpose, the invention provides a centralized power supply cabinet which comprises a cabinet body, a fixing assembly and a power supply connecting module, wherein the fixing assembly is arranged in the cabinet body, the fixing assembly is detachably connected with a copper bar module, the power supply connecting module is arranged in the cabinet body and used for a server to get power, the power supply connecting module comprises a telescopic terminal head, and the terminal head is electrically connected with the copper bar module.

Optionally, the fixing assembly comprises a vertical bar arranged in the cabinet body and a cross bar detachably connected to the vertical bar, and the copper bar module is detachably connected to the cross bar.

Optionally, the number of the vertical bars is two, and the two vertical bars are respectively detachably connected to two opposite inner side walls of the cabinet body.

Optionally, the vertical bars are provided with square holes which are uniformly distributed along the vertical direction, the vertical bars are provided with clamping nuts, and the cross rods are fixedly connected with the clamping nuts through screws.

Optionally, the number of the cross rods is three, and the three cross rods are respectively and fixedly connected to the top, the middle and the bottom of the vertical bar.

Optionally, the copper bar module includes the protective housing and locates the inside copper bar of protective housing, be equipped with three respectively on the protective housing with the connecting piece that the horizontal pole one-to-one is connected.

Optionally, the power connection module further includes a housing and a connection board disposed in the housing and electrically connected to the server motherboard, and the terminal head is electrically connected to the connection board through a cable;

the cable terminal is characterized in that a telescopic arm is arranged in the shell, one end of the telescopic arm is connected with the shell, the other end of the telescopic arm is connected with the terminal head, and the cable is fixed on the telescopic arm along the telescopic arm.

Optionally, the telescopic arm includes a plurality of telescopic rods, any two adjacent telescopic rods are hinged, the telescopic rod at the head of the telescopic arm is hinged to the terminal head, and the telescopic rod at the tail of the telescopic arm is hinged to the housing.

Optionally, the terminal head comprises a terminal head body and a fixing kit arranged on the terminal head body, the two side walls of the fixing kit are respectively provided with a second elastic sheet, the copper bar module is provided with a slot, and any one of the second elastic sheets is provided with a hook clamped with the slot.

Optionally, one end of the second elastic sheet is fixedly connected to the fixing sleeve, the other end of the second elastic sheet is provided with a pressing portion, and the pressing portion is provided with soft glue.

Compared with the background art, the centralized power supply cabinet provided by the embodiment of the invention comprises a cabinet body, a fixing component and a copper bar module, wherein the fixing component is arranged in the cabinet body, and the copper bar module is detachably connected to the fixing component; further, the centralized power supply cabinet further comprises a power supply connection module, the power supply connection module is arranged in a server in the cabinet body and is connected with the copper bar module to supply power to the server, and the power supply connection module comprises a telescopic terminal head which is electrically connected with the copper bar module. Therefore, on one hand, the copper bar module is detachably connected to the cabinet, so that the adjustment can be conveniently carried out according to the position of the power supply connection module of the server case; on the other hand, the terminal head of power connection module establishes to retractable's terminal head, promptly, through lengthening the terminal head so that with the copper bar module fixed connection in rack rear, the copper bar module of different positions can be matchd to retractable's terminal head to satisfy the power requirement of getting of server. In the embodiment of the invention, the server is connected with the copper bar module through the power supply connecting module at the rear part to obtain electricity, compared with the traditional method of only depending on a single fixed copper bar or power supply module, in the centralized power supply cabinet provided by the embodiment of the invention, the structural design of the copper bar module can be conveniently arranged on a 19-inch cabinet meeting EIA standards, and the copper bar module is detachably connected with the cabinet, so that the adjustment can be conveniently carried out according to the position of the power supply connecting module of the server cabinet; the PSU of the original CRPS form of the server can be directly replaced by the matched power supply connecting module, and the telescopic terminal heads of the power supply connecting module can be matched with copper bar modules at different positions, so that the power taking requirement of the server is met. The centralized power supply cabinet can supply power to servers in various forms and depths, so that the use requirements of customers on centralized power supply are met, meanwhile, by adopting the centralized power supply cabinet, the follow-up maintenance cost can be greatly reduced, a new whole cabinet does not need to be purchased again, and a lot of construction cost can be saved for the customers.

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 structural diagram of a centralized power supply cabinet according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of an assembly structure of vertical bars in the cabinet body;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the installation of the vertical bar, the horizontal bar and the copper bar module;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the assembled structure of the vertical bar and the captive nut;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of an assembled structure of vertical bars and horizontal bars;

fig. 6 is an exploded view of the copper bar module;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of an assembly structure of the copper bar module, the cross bars and the vertical bars;

fig. 8 is a front view of the cabinet with the copper bar module installed;

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of an external structure of the power connection module;

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of the power connection module being installed in the server;

FIG. 11 is an exploded view of the power connection module;

FIG. 12 is a schematic view of the telescopic arm in a retracted state;

FIG. 13 is a schematic view of the telescopic arm in an extended state;

fig. 14 is an exploded view of the terminal head;

fig. 15 is a schematic view of the connection between the terminal head and the rear copper bar module after being stretched;

fig. 16 is a schematic view illustrating a copper bar module and a terminal head in the cabinet body;

fig. 17 is a schematic diagram of terminal block withdrawal;

fig. 18 is an installation schematic diagram of a plurality of copper bar modules;

fig. 19 is a schematic sectional view of the cabinet body when a plurality of copper bar modules are installed.

Wherein:

1-cabinet body, 2-vertical bar, 201-square hole, 202-snap nut, 3-cross bar, 301-screw, 4-copper bar module, 401-protective shell, 4011-open slot, 402-copper bar, 403-connecting piece, 5-power connection module, 501-upper cover, 502-shell, 503-connecting plate, 504-first elastic sheet, 505-telescopic arm, 5051-telescopic rod, 506-terminal head, 5061-terminal head body, 5062-fixed external member, 5063-second elastic sheet, 5064-trip, 5065-soft rubber, 6-server, 7-centralized power supply module and 8-baffle.

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.

In order that those skilled in the art will better understand the disclosure, the invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.

It should be noted that the following directional terms such as "upper end, lower end, left side, right side" and the like are defined based on the drawings of the specification.

As shown in fig. 1, the centralized power supply cabinet provided in the embodiment of the present invention can achieve the purpose of centralized power supply, and the centralized power supply cabinet includes a cabinet body 1, a fixing assembly and a copper bar module 4, wherein the fixing assembly is disposed in the cabinet body 1, and the copper bar module 4 is detachably connected to the fixing assembly. Further, the centralized power supply cabinet further comprises a power supply connection module 5, the power supply connection module 5 is arranged in the server 6 in the cabinet body 1, the power supply connection module 5 is connected with the copper bar module 4 to supply power to the server 6, the power supply connection module 5 comprises a telescopic terminal head 506, and the terminal head 506 is electrically connected with the copper bar module 4.

The whole cabinet is powered by a central centralized Power supply module 7(Power shelf), and a server 6 in the cabinet is connected with the copper bar module 4 through a Power supply connection module 5 at the rear part to get electricity.

Therefore, on one hand, the copper bar module 4 is detachably connected to the cabinet, so that the adjustment can be conveniently carried out according to the position of the power supply connection module 5 of the server 6; on the other hand, the terminal head 506 of the power connection module 5 is set to be a retractable terminal head 506, that is, by extending the terminal head 506 so as to be fixedly connected with the copper bar module 4 behind the cabinet, the retractable terminal head 506 can be matched with the copper bar modules 4 at different positions, so as to meet the power-taking requirement of the server 6.

In the embodiment of the invention, the server 6 is connected with the copper bar module 4 through the power supply connecting module 5 at the rear to obtain electricity, compared with the traditional method of only depending on the single fixed copper bar 402 or the power supply module, in the centralized power supply cabinet provided by the embodiment of the invention, the structural design of the copper bar module 4 can be conveniently installed on a 19-inch cabinet meeting EIA standards, and the copper bar module 4 is detachably connected with the cabinet, so that the adjustment can be conveniently carried out according to the position of the power supply connecting module 5 of the server 6; the PSU of the original CRPS form of the server 6 can be directly replaced by the matched power supply connection module 5, and the telescopic terminal head 506 of the power supply connection module 5 can be matched with the copper bar module 4 at different positions, so that the power taking requirement of the server 6 is met.

The centralized power supply cabinet can supply power to the servers 6 in various forms and depths, so that the use requirements of customers on centralized power supply are met, meanwhile, by adopting the centralized power supply cabinet, the follow-up maintenance cost can be greatly reduced, a new whole cabinet does not need to be purchased again, and a lot of construction cost can be saved for the customers.

Specifically speaking, fixed subassembly specifically can set up to detachably connect in the cabinet body 1, for example through can dismantling connecting piece (bolt/screw etc.) and cabinet body 1 and be connected, fixed subassembly includes vertical retort 2 and horizontal pole 3, and wherein, vertical retort 2 is located in the cabinet body 1, and horizontal pole 3 detachably connects on vertical retort 2, and copper bar module 4 detachably connects on horizontal pole 3.

So, the vertical bar 2 can be as required along the depth direction adjustment position of the cabinet body 1, and the copper bar module 4 can be along the axial adjustment position of horizontal pole 3, and the server 6 of the not unidimensional of being convenient for adaptation and structure reaches the purpose of concentrating the power supply.

Preferably, the number of the vertical bars 2 is two, and the two vertical bars 2 are respectively detachably connected to two opposite inner side walls of the cabinet body 1; the vertical bars 2 are provided with square holes 201 uniformly distributed in the vertical direction, as shown in fig. 2.

The vertical bar 2 is provided with a clip nut 202, and the cross bar 3 is fixedly connected to the clip nut 202 through a screw 301. The number of the cross rods 3 is three, and the three cross rods 3 are respectively and fixedly connected to the top, the middle and the bottom of the vertical bars 2.

As shown in fig. 3, during installation, the three cross bars 3 are installed on the vertical bars 2, and then the copper bar module 4 is installed on the three cross bars 3. Specifically, as shown in fig. 4 and 5, the snap nuts 202 are firstly installed on the vertical bars 2, then the cross bars 3 can be fixed on the vertical bars 2 by using screws 301, the installation modes of the three cross bars 3 are the same, and the left, right and middle positions of any cross bar 3 are provided with screw holes for fixing the copper bar module 4.

It should be noted that, as shown in fig. 6, the copper bar module 4 includes a protective shell 401 and a copper bar 402, the copper bar 402 is disposed inside the protective shell 401, three connecting members 403 are disposed on the protective shell 401 and respectively connected to the cross bars 3 in a one-to-one correspondence, the protective shell 401 is used for preventing a person or an object from mistakenly contacting the copper bar 402, and the connecting members 403 are divided into an upper one, a middle one and a lower one and are used for respectively connecting to the cross bars 3.

Of course, according to actual needs, as shown in fig. 7, all three connecting members 403 of the copper bar module 4 can be tightly connected with the cross bar 3 by screws.

As shown in fig. 8, in order to install the front view of the cabinet with the copper bar module 4, the remaining space inside the cabinet body 1 can be used for installing the server 6, except the space occupied by the upper, middle and lower cross bars 3 and the centralized power supply module 7.

As shown in fig. 9, which is a schematic diagram of an external structure of the Power connection module 5, the Power connection module 5 further includes an external housing 502, and the size of the external housing 502 conforms to the size of the PSU of the CRPS, so as to conveniently replace the PSU (Power Supply Unit, Power module) on the original server 6.

Fig. 10 shows a schematic diagram of the power connection module 5 installed in the server 6, and it should be noted that the server 6 is generally provided with two power connection modules 5, after improvement, only one power connection module 5 is used to replace a PSU on one side of the server to realize power supply, and the other position can be shielded by a baffle 8.

As shown in fig. 11, in order to facilitate the server 6 to obtain power, the power connection module 5 further includes an upper cover 501 connected to the housing 502 and a connection board 503 disposed in the housing 502, wherein the connection board 503 is specifically a gold finger connection board 503, the connection board 503 is used to electrically connect with a motherboard of the server 6, and the terminal head 506 is electrically connected to the connection board 503 through a cable; specifically, the rear end of the golden finger connecting board 503 may be inserted into a slot of the motherboard, and the inner end of the golden finger connecting board is connected to a cable, wherein one end of the cable is connected to the golden finger connecting board 503, and the other end of the cable is connected to the terminal head 506.

Meanwhile, the side of the housing 502 is provided with the first elastic piece 504, which is similar to the CRPS elastic piece, and when the power connection module 5 is inserted into the server 6, the first elastic piece 504 can hook the housing of the server 6.

Further, a telescopic arm 505 is provided in the housing 502, one end of the telescopic arm 505 is connected to the housing 502, the other end is connected to the terminal head 506, and the cable is fixed to the telescopic arm 505 along the telescopic arm 505.

Specifically, the telescopic arm 505 includes a plurality of telescopic links 5051, any two adjacent telescopic links 5051 are hinged to each other, the telescopic link 5051 at the head of the telescopic arm 505 is hinged to the terminal head 506, and the telescopic link 5051 at the tail of the telescopic arm 505 is hinged to the housing 502.

Fig. 12 is a schematic view showing a retracted state of the telescopic arm 505.

Fig. 13 is a schematic view showing the extended state of the telescopic arm 505.

When the telescopic arm 505 is not extended, the telescopic arm 505 and the cable are folded and stored in the housing 502, when power connection is required, the terminal head 506 can be pulled out backwards, and since the inner end of the telescopic arm 505 is fixed on the housing 502 and the outer end is connected to the terminal head 506, the pulled telescopic arm 505 is straightened and extended.

As shown in fig. 14, the terminal block 506 includes a terminal block body 5061 and a fixing kit 5062 disposed on the terminal block body 5061, two sidewalls of the fixing kit 5062 are each provided with a second elastic strip 5063, the copper bar module 4 is provided with a slot 4011, and any one of the second elastic strips 5063 is provided with a hook 5064 engaged with the slot 4011.

The fixing kit 5062 is used for fixing the terminal head body 5061, so that the terminal head body 5061 is conveniently connected with the telescopic arm 505; the left side and the right side of the head of the fixing external member 5062 are also provided with protruding iron sheets which can be clamped into the protective shell 401 of the copper bar module 4, the number of the second elastic sheets 5063 is two, and the two second elastic sheets 5063 are respectively connected to the protruding iron sheets on the left side and the right side.

In addition, one end of the second elastic piece 5063 is fixedly connected to the protruding iron piece, the other end of the second elastic piece 5063 is provided with a pressing portion, a soft rubber 5065 is arranged on the pressing portion, and the pressing portion and the soft rubber 5065 can facilitate pressing operation of a person.

As shown in fig. 15, the terminal head 506 is pulled away from the rear end of the server 6 and connected to the rear copper bar module 4, and the left and right protruding iron sheets of the terminal head 506 can be just clamped into the protective shell 401 of the copper bar module 4 and fixed.

As shown in fig. 16, the copper bar module 4 in the cabinet 1 is fixed to the terminal block 506, it can be seen that the protective shell 401 of the copper bar module 4 has a slot 4011, and the hook 5064 structure of the second elastic piece 5063 on the terminal block 506 is clamped and fixed to the slot 4011 of the protective shell 401.

As shown in fig. 17, when the terminal block 506 is withdrawn, it can be seen that the hook 5064 can be separated from the open slot 4011 of the protective shell 401 by pressing the soft rubber 5065 of the left and right second elastic pieces 5063, and at this time, the terminal block 506 can be separated from the copper bar module 4 only by pulling out the terminal block 506.

As shown in fig. 18, it can be seen that, as another embodiment, the copper bar module 4 can be provided with a plurality of copper bar modules 4, and the copper bar module 4 can be installed on the left side, the middle side and the right side only by adding more screw holes on the cross bar 3, when the power supply capability of the single copper bar module 4 is not enough, the copper bar modules 4 at other positions can be installed to supply power together, and the power supply requirements can be satisfied by the arrangement of the copper bar modules 4.

As shown in fig. 19, since the setting position of the power connection module 5 of the server 6 can be adjusted as needed, and for the server 6, there are mainly 3 positions at which the power connection module 5 is installed, in the present embodiment, the copper bar module 4 can be installed behind the 3 positions, so that the centralized power supply cabinet provided by the embodiment of the present invention can adapt to the design of different servers 6 by flexible adjustment, and the versatility of the scheme for modifying centralized power supply is higher.

To sum up, the centralized power supply cabinet provided by the embodiment of the invention adopts a brand-new cabinet structure design to solve the problem that the server 6 cannot be easily installed on other 19-inch standard cabinets, the invention provides that the copper bar module 4 for centralized power supply is installed on the rear square hole 201 of the 19-inch standard cabinet, and the existing whole cabinet and nodes can be modified by the matched telescopic power supply connection module 5, and the adjustable design also enables the centralized power supply cabinet to be adapted to PSU configuration of different positions of the server 6, and even if the depths of the cabinets of the server 6 are different, the power can be connected through the telescopic power supply connection module 5, so that the power consumption requirement of the cabinet is met.

It is noted that, in this specification, relational terms such as first and second, and the like are used solely to distinguish one entity from another entity without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities.

The centralized power supply cabinet provided by the invention is described in detail above. The principles and embodiments of the present invention are explained herein using specific examples, which are provided only to help understand the concepts of the present invention and the core concepts thereof. It should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, it is possible to make various improvements and modifications to the present invention without departing from the principle of the present invention, and those improvements and modifications also fall within the scope of the claims of the present invention.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a concentrate power supply rack, its characterized in that includes the cabinet body (1) and locates fixed subassembly in the cabinet body (1), detachably is connected with copper bar module (4) on the fixed subassembly, still including locating in the cabinet body (1), be used for supplying power connection module (5) of server (6) electricity-taking, power connection module (5) include telescopic terminal head (506), terminal head (506) with copper bar module (4) electric connection.

2. The cabinet for centralized power supply according to claim 1, wherein the fixing component comprises a vertical bar (2) arranged in the cabinet body (1) and a cross bar (3) detachably connected to the vertical bar (2), and the copper bar module (4) is detachably connected to the cross bar (3).

3. Centralized power supply cabinet according to claim 2, wherein the number of the vertical bars (2) is two, and two vertical bars (2) are respectively detachably connected to two opposite inner side walls of the cabinet body (1).

4. A cabinet for centralized power supply as defined in claim 3, wherein the vertical bars (2) are provided with square holes (201) uniformly distributed along the vertical direction, the vertical bars (2) are provided with snap nuts (202), and the cross bars (3) are fixed to the snap nuts (202) by screws (301).

5. The cabinet for centralized power supply according to claim 3, wherein the number of the cross bars (3) is three, and three cross bars (3) are respectively and fixedly connected to the top, middle and bottom of the vertical bars (2).

6. The cabinet for centralized power supply according to claim 5, wherein the copper bar module (4) comprises a protective shell (401) and a copper bar (402) disposed inside the protective shell (401), and three connecting members (403) are disposed on the protective shell (401) and respectively connected to the cross bars (3) in a one-to-one correspondence.

7. The centralized power supply cabinet according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the power connection module (5) further comprises a housing (502) and a connection board (503) disposed inside the housing (502) for electrically connecting with a motherboard of the server (6), and the terminal head (506) is electrically connected with the connection board (503) through a cable;

a telescopic arm (505) is arranged in the shell (502), one end of the telescopic arm (505) is connected with the shell (502), the other end of the telescopic arm is connected with the terminal head (506), and the cable is fixed on the telescopic arm (505) along the telescopic arm (505).

8. The cabinet for centralized power supply of claim 7, wherein the telescopic arm (505) comprises a plurality of telescopic rods (5051), any adjacent two of the telescopic rods (5051) are hinged, the telescopic rod (5051) at the head of the telescopic arm (505) is hinged to the terminal head (506), and the telescopic rod (5051) at the tail of the telescopic arm (505) is hinged to the housing (502).

9. The cabinet of claim 7, wherein the terminal head (506) comprises a terminal head body (5061) and a fixing kit (5062) arranged on the terminal head body (5061), two side walls of the fixing kit (5062) are respectively provided with a second elastic sheet (5063), the copper bar module (4) is provided with a slot (4011), and any one of the second elastic sheets (5063) is provided with a hook (5064) clamped with the slot (4011).

10. The cabinet for centralized power supply according to claim 9, wherein one end of the second resilient tab (5063) is fixedly connected to the fixing kit (5062), and the other end of the second resilient tab (5063) is provided with a pressing portion, and the pressing portion is provided with a soft rubber (5065).