JP6881849B2 - Electronic device support frame and cable support method for electronic devices - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an electronic device support frame applicable to a general-purpose 19-inch rack for mounting an electronic device and a cable support method in the electronic device.

Electronic devices such as servers may be mounted in general-purpose 19-inch racks that are not structurally standardized except for some specifications.
In this 19-inch rack, telescopic mount rails are used to mount electronic devices.
With such a mount rail, it is necessary to screw and fix the back side of the electronic device in order to prevent damage to the electronic device in case the entire rack shakes due to an earthquake or the like.

Patent Document 1 is known as a technique relating to this type of mount rail.
The rack mount rail shown in Patent Document 1 has a first rail member and a second rail member.
A plurality of pins are formed on the plate portion of the second rail member at predetermined intervals in the front-rear direction. These pins are housed in an elongated hole formed in the plate portion of the first rail member, whereby the first rail member and the second rail member can be slid in the longitudinal direction, and the entire rack mount rail can be expanded and contracted. To do.
Further, at each end of the rack mount rail, a first fixing portion and a second fixing portion that can be connected to the rack are provided so as to be connected by a slide portion so as to approach and separate from each other. The first fixing portion is fixed to the back pillar of the rack, and the second fixing portion is fixed to the front pillar of the rack.

On the other hand, Patent Document 2 is known as a technique for installing a power supply cable in a rack.
The rearranging frame of Patent Document 2 discloses a configuration in which various different connection terminals and power supply cables are connected to the back surface of a server computer installed on a mount rail.
After these connection terminals and the power supply cable pass through the frame body, only the power supply cable passes through the inside of the telescopic arm through the through hole of the frame body.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2015-122376 Utility Model Registration No. 3108772

By the way, in the rack mount rail shown in Patent Document 1, the power supply cable connected to the electronic device is routed on the back side, but there is no fixed method for the power supply cable, and the power supply cable installation becomes unstable. There's a problem.
On the other hand, the rearranging frame of Patent Document 2 shows a structure in which the power supply cable is installed through the inside of the telescopic arm provided at the rear position of the mount rail. There is a problem that a mechanism using a telescopic arm that expands and contracts according to the cable is required, which complicates the overall configuration.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides an electronic device support frame capable of supporting a power supply cable of an electronic device on a mount rail by a simple method, and a cable support method in the electronic device. ..

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention proposes the following means.
In the electronic device support frame shown in the first aspect of the present invention, a mount that stretchably connects the front column frame and the rear column frame constituting the rack column and supports the side portion of the electronic device on the inner surface thereof. It has a rail and a power supply cable clamp mechanism provided at the rear portion of the mount rail, and the power supply cable clamp mechanism includes a bracket supported at a rear position of the mount rail and the electronic device provided on the bracket. It is characterized by including a clamp member that locks and holds the power supply cable of the device.

In the power supply cable supporting method shown in the second aspect of the present invention, the rear portion of the mount rail that connects the front column frame and the rear column frame constituting the rack column and supports the side portion of the electronic device on the inner surface thereof. It is characterized in that the power supply cable is supported by clamping the power supply cable connected to the electronic device at the position.

According to the present invention, the mount rail can support the power supply cable of the electronic device by a simple method.

It is a perspective view of the electronic device support frame which concerns on this invention. It is a perspective view of the electronic device support frame which concerns on embodiment of this invention. FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of FIG. 2 with the telescopic cable lace removed. It is a perspective view which shows the telescopic mount rail installed on a support. It is a perspective view which shows the telescopic mount rail and the power supply cable clamp mechanism. It is a perspective view which shows the state which the power supply cable is installed in the power supply cable clamp mechanism. It is a perspective view which shows the state which the electronic device is mounted on the rack which increased the distance between column frames. It is a perspective view which shows the telescopic cable race. It is a perspective view which shows the state which the telescopic cable lace is attached to the pillar frame. It is a perspective view which shows the state which the rear pillar frame is connected to the middle part of the telescopic cable race.

The minimum configuration of the electronic device support frame 100 according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
The electronic device support frame 100 includes a rack support 1, a mount rail 2, and a power supply cable clamp mechanism 3 as main components.
The rack column 1 includes a front column frame (not shown) located on the front side and a rear column frame 4 located on the rear side.

The mount rail 2 stretchably connects the front pillar frame and the rear pillar frame 4, and supports the side portion of the electronic device E on the inner side surface thereof.
The power supply cable clamp mechanism 3 includes a bracket 5 supported at a rear position of the mount rail 2 and a clamp member 6 provided on the bracket 5 for locking and holding the power supply cable C.

In the electronic device support frame 100 configured as described above, as the power supply cable clamp mechanism 3, the bracket 5 supported at the rear position of the telescopic mount rail 2 and the power supply cable C provided on the bracket 5 are provided. A clamp member 6 for locking is provided.
Then, in such a power supply cable clamp mechanism 3, the power supply cable C of the electronic device E can be supported via the clamp member 6 provided on the bracket 5, and the electronic device E on the mount rail 2 can be supported by a simple method. Power supply cable support can be realized.

The electronic device support frame 100 having the above configuration can be applied to a general-purpose 19-inch rack.
Specifically, in a general-purpose 19-inch rack, a telescopic mount rail that can correspond to an arbitrary distance between the front and rear column frames (between the front column frame and the rear column frame 4), that is, an arbitrary rear column frame position. By using 2 and mounting a mechanical component (bracket 5) capable of fixing the back surface of the electronic device E on the mount rail 2 and a power supply cable clamp mechanism 3 of the power supply cable C, the back pillar frame of the general-purpose rack can be positioned. Regardless, it is possible to mount the mechanical parts based on the position of the electronic device E.

(Embodiment)
The electronic device support frame 101 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 2 to 10.
As shown in FIGS. 2 to 6, the electronic device support frame 101 mainly includes a rack support 10, a telescopic mount rail 11, a power feeding cable clamp mechanism 20, and a telescopic cable race 40.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the rack column 10 is a general-purpose 19-inch rack (R) having a plurality of front column frames 10A located on the front side and a plurality of rear column frames 10B located on the rear side. is there.
The front pillar frame 10A and the rear pillar frame 10B are provided at intervals in the left-right direction (arrow A1 direction), and the pair of front pillar frames 10A and the rear pillar frame 10B are spaced apart in the front-rear direction (arrow A2 direction) as a set. It is provided with.

The telescopic mount rail 11 connects between the front pillar frame 10A and the rear pillar frame 10B located in the front-rear direction (arrow A2 direction), and is a side portion of the electronic device E on the inner surface of the two telescopic mount rails 11. Support.
As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the telescopic mount rail 11 is slidably provided on the outer rail 12 and the inner rail 12 in a length direction corresponding to the front-rear direction (arrow A2 direction). It is composed of a double structure having a rail 13.

Two oblong holes 14 along the length direction are machined in the inner rail 13, and a screw 15 capable of fixing the outer rail 12 at an arbitrary slide position is fastened in the inner rail 13.
At the ends of the outer rail 12 and the inner rail 13, bolts 12A and 13A connected to the fastening holes 10a and 10b of the front column frame 10A or the rear column frame 10B constituting the rack column 1 are arranged.

The power supply cable clamp mechanism 20 is a clamp member M that locks and holds the mechanical bracket 21 connected via the relay plate 17 at the rear position of the telescopic mount rail 11 and the power supply cable C1 connected to the electronic device E. And (described later).
To position and fix the relay plate 17 in the front-rear direction (arrow A2 direction) with respect to the inner rail 13 between the relay plate 17 on which the mechanical bracket 21 is supported and the inner rail 13 of the telescopic mount rail 11. Fastening means 50 is provided.
Further, between the mechanical bracket 21 and the relay plate 17, a fastening means 51 for positioning and fixing the mechanical bracket 21 with respect to the relay plate 17 in the front-rear direction (arrow A2 direction) is provided. ..

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, as the fastening means 50, with respect to the chimney-shaped parts 16 arranged at regular intervals in the length direction on the inner rail 13 slid with respect to the outer rail 12. , A method of fixing the relay plate 17 with a screw 18 is used.
Further, as the fastening means 51, a plurality of screw holes 19 are formed at regular intervals in the length direction of the relay plate 17, and a plurality of oblong holes 24 are formed at regular intervals in the length direction of the mechanical bracket 21. A method is used in which the screw holes 19 and the oblong holes 24 are formed and the oblong holes 24 are overlapped and penetrated, and both are fixed by the screws 23.
As a result, the mechanical bracket 21 protrudes / retracts from the rear portion of the telescopic mount rail 11 along the length direction of the telescopic mount rail 11 via the relay plate 17 in the front-rear direction (arrow A2 direction). It is provided so that it can be moved.

As shown in FIG. 6, the power supply cable clamp mechanism 20 has a mechanical bracket 21 supported at the rear position of the telescopic mount rail 11 via an intermediate plate 17, and a screw 32 on the outer surface of the mechanical bracket 21. It includes a clamp member M that is fixed and holds the power supply cable C1 from the electronic device E.
The clamp member M is provided with a ring-shaped member 33 for locking and holding the power feeding cable C1.
On the other hand, on the inner surface of the mechanical bracket 21, a device locking piece 22 that is locked to the back surface of the electronic device E and supports the electronic device E from behind is provided.

As a reference, FIG. 7 shows a mounting image diagram of the electronic device E when the distance A2'(see FIG. 4) between the pillar frames on the front and back of the rack pillar 10 is enlarged (for example, expanded from 700 mm to 900 mm). Then, in this figure, it can be confirmed that the relative positions of the mechanical bracket 21 for fixing the back surface of the electronic device E are different in the front-rear direction (arrow A2 direction).

Next, the telescopic cable race 40 will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 to 10.
The telescopic cable race 40 integrally has a pair of fixing brackets 43 fixed to the rear column frame 10B of the rack column 10 and a pair of sliding members 45 slidable with respect to each fixing bracket 43, and an electronic device is provided on the upper surface thereof. A shelf board 42 on which the equipment cable of E (various cables such as a signal cable, a power supply cable, and a grounding cable) is placed, and a fastening screw 44 for fastening the slide member 45 of the shelf board 42 to the fixing bracket 43. Equipped with.

The fixing brackets 43 are installed in the rear column frame 10B of the rack column 10 on which the electronic device E is installed, and are fastened to the fastening holes 10b at a predetermined height of the rear column frame 10B with screws 43A. It is fixed with.
The shelf board 42 is slidably provided in the front-rear direction (arrow A2 direction) with respect to the fixing bracket 43, and slide members 45 having screw holes 45A are integrally provided on both sides thereof.
Further, the shelf board 42 is provided so as to be able to project rearward from the rear column frame 10B of the rack column 10 and expand and contract, and by fastening the connecting screws 44 at predetermined positions, the slide members 45 on both sides are fixed. Positioned and fixed to the bracket 43.

Further, in FIGS. 8 to 10, FIG. 9 shows a state in which the telescopic cable race 40 is attached to the rear pillar frame 10B with the electronic device E protruding rearward from the rear pillar frame 10B. Further, FIG. 10 shows a state in which the telescopic cable race 40 is attached to the rear pillar frame 10B with the electronic device E housed in the front side of the rear pillar frame 10B.

Next, the method of assembling the electronic device support frame 101 according to the present embodiment will be described in order.
First, as shown in FIG. 4, the telescopic mount is aligned with the inter-frame distance A2'(see FIG. 4) in the front-rear direction (arrow A2 direction) in the front rail frame 10A and the rear rail frame 10B constituting the rack support 10. After adjusting the expansion and contraction of the outer rail 12 and the inner rail 13 of the rail 11, the entire length of the expansion and contraction mount rail 11 is adjusted and held by the inner rail fixing screw 15.

Further, the fixing position of the relay plate 17 with respect to the inner rail 13 is adjusted by the screw 18 according to the back position of the electronic device E to be loaded on the telescopic mount rail 11. As a result, the relay plate 17 is positioned in the front-rear direction (arrow A2 direction) along the length direction with respect to the inner rail 13 of the telescopic mount rail 11.

After that, the front pillar frame 10A or the rear pillar frame 10B is connected at the ends of the outer rail 12 and the inner rail 13 via the fastening holes 10a and 10b and the bolts 12A and 13A. As a result, the telescopic mount rail 11 is fixed to the rack column 10 of the general-purpose 19-inch rack (R) having an arbitrary depth dimension.

After that, after mounting the electronic device E on the telescopic mount rail 11 installed on the rack support 10, the screw hole 19 of the relay plate 17 and the oval hole of the mechanical bracket 21 are aligned with the back position of the electronic device E. The mechanical bracket 21 having the device locking piece 22 is fixed by the screw 23 while adjusting the position via the 24 (see FIG. 7).
After that, the clamp member M is fixed by the screw 32 by the power supply cable clamp mechanism 20 installed on the mechanical bracket 21, and the power supply cable connected to the electronic device E via the ring-shaped member 33 of the clamp member M. Clamp C1. Along with this clamp, the device locking piece 22 installed on the mechanical bracket 21 is locked to the back surface of the electronic device E to support the electronic device E from the rear (see FIG. 6).

As shown in FIG. 9, the telescopic cable race 40 is mounted on the rear pillar frame 10B of the general-purpose 19-inch rack (R).
Specifically, in the telescopic cable race 40, the shelf board 42 with respect to the fixing bracket 43 is changed by changing the fastening position of the fastening screw 44 of the left and right fixing brackets 43 in the screw hole 45A provided in the slide member 45 of the shelf board 42. The position of can be changed in the front-back direction (arrow A2 direction).
As a result, in this example, regardless of the position of the rear pillar frame 10B of the general-purpose 19-inch rack (R), the shelf plate 42 of the telescopic cable race 40 is aligned with the back position of the mounted electronic device E in the front-rear direction (arrow). The position along the A2 direction) can be adjusted, and a plurality of device cables and the like connected to the back surface of the electronic device E can be routed.

In the electronic device support frame 101 according to the present embodiment configured as described above, as the power supply cable clamp mechanism 20, the mechanical bracket 21 supported at the rear position of the telescopic mount rail 11 and the mechanical bracket 21 A clamp member M provided and for locking the power feeding cable C1 is provided.
Then, in such a power feeding cable clamp mechanism 20, the power feeding cable C1 of the electronic device E can be supported via the clamp member M provided on the mechanical bracket 21, and the telescopic mount rail 11 can be supported by a simple method. It is possible to support the power supply cable of the electronic device E.

Further, specific effects in the present embodiment are as follows.
<< 1 >> Since the telescopic mount rail 11 can be used in the present embodiment, it is possible to mount electronic devices E of various dimensions on a general-purpose 19-inch rack (R).

<< 2 >> In the present embodiment, since the mechanical bracket 21 of the power supply cable clamp mechanism 20 can be mounted on the back surface of the electronic device E with respect to the telescopic mount rail 11, the general-purpose 19-inch rack (R) has no relation to the depth dimension. The mechanical bracket 21 can be mounted on the back position of the electronic device E as a reference, and the bounce of the electronic device E can be suppressed.

<< 3 >> In the present embodiment, since the power supply cable clamp mechanism 20 can be mounted on the telescopic mount rail 11, the optimum position for routing the power supply cable C1 regardless of the depth dimension of the general-purpose 19-inch rack (R). The power supply cable clamp mechanism 20 can be mounted on the.
<< 4 >> In the present embodiment, by using the telescopic cable race 40, the telescopic cable race 40 can be mounted based on the back position of the electronic device E regardless of the depth dimension of the general-purpose 19-inch rack (R). , The cable routing process in the simple telescopic cable race 40 becomes possible.

<< Other Embodiments >>
The above embodiment can be modified as follows.
That is, in the positioning of the telescopic mount rail 11 and the mechanical bracket 21 having the device locking piece 22 in the above embodiment, a mechanism that enables the screwing to move by using the elongated hole is adopted, but it is different. Uses a so-called one-touch slide structure that provides multiple screw holes at positions and can be selectively screwed according to the position to be fixed, or can be attached and detached using the frictional force generated by the spring force. You can also do it.

Further, in the above embodiment, it is possible to provide the power feeding cable clamp mechanism 20 not only on one side but also on each of the telescopic mount rails 11 located on both sides of the electronic device E according to the specifications of the electronic device E. ..
Further, in the above embodiment, by changing the claw shape of the device locking piece 22, it is possible to adopt a fixing method according to the back shape of the electronic device E.
Further, in the above embodiment, by adjusting the number of holes and the depth of the slide member 45 integrally provided on the shelf plate 42 of the telescopic cable race 40, it is possible to cope with a larger electronic device E.

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

The present invention relates to an electronic device support frame applicable to a general-purpose 19-inch rack for mounting an electronic device and a cable support method in the electronic device.

1 Rack support 2 Mount rail 3 Power supply cable clamp mechanism 4 Rear pillar frame 5 Bracket 6 Clamp member 10 Rack support 10A Front pillar frame 10B Rear pillar frame 11 Telescopic mount rail 20 Power supply cable clamp mechanism 21 Mechanical bracket 40 Telescopic cable race 42 Shelf Plate 44 Fastening screw 50 Fastening means 51 Fastening means C Power supply cable C1 Power supply cable E Electronic equipment M Clamp member R General-purpose 19-inch rack

Claims (9)

A mount rail that stretchably connects the front column frame and the rear column frame that make up the rack column and supports the side of the electronic device,
It has a power supply cable clamp mechanism provided at the rear of the mount rail.
The mount rail has an outer rail and an inner rail slidably provided in the length direction with respect to the outer rail, and the mounting position is moved along the direction of the slide on the inner surface of the inner rail. A possible relay plate comes into contact with the side surface of the electronic device.
The power supply cable clamp mechanism includes a bracket supported at a rear position of the mount rail, and a clamp member provided on the bracket to lock and hold the power supply cable of the electronic device. Electronic device support frame. The first aspect of claim 1, wherein the bracket is movably provided via the relay plate along the length direction of the mount rail and so as to project / retract rearward from the rear portion of the mount rail. Electronic device support frame. The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein a fastening means for positioning and fixing the relay plate of the bracket to the mount rail is provided between the relay plate of the bracket and the mount rail. Equipment support frame. Any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the bracket is provided with a device locking piece that is locked to the rear portion of the electronic device loaded on the mount rail and supports the electronic device from the rear. The electronic device support frame described in the section. The electronic device support frame according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the power supply cable locked to the clamp member of the power supply cable clamp mechanism is the power supply cable of the electronic device. The electronic device support according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the outer rail and the end portion of the inner rail are connected to the front column frame or the rear column frame constituting the rack column, respectively. flame. Any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein a telescopic cable race on which a device cable connected to the electronic device is placed is provided on the back surface of the electronic device supported by the rack support and the mount rail. The electronic device support frame described in the section. The telescopic cable race is provided with a pair of fixing brackets fixed to the rear pillar frame of the rack column, and slidably provided for each fixing bracket, and an electronic device cable or the like is placed on the upper surface thereof. The electronic device support frame according to claim 7, further comprising a shelf board and a fastening means for fastening the shelf board to the fixing bracket. By clamping the power supply cable connected to the electronic device at the rear position of the mount rail that connects the front column frame and the rear column frame constituting the rack column and supports the side portion of the electronic device. Support the power cable,
The mount rail has an outer rail and an inner rail slidably provided in the length direction with respect to the outer rail, and the mounting position is moved along the direction of the slide on the inner surface of the inner rail. A method for supporting a cable in an electronic device, characterized in that a relay plate provided so as to come into contact with a side surface of the electronic device.

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