WO2017058189A1 - Supports de dispositifs - Google Patents

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WO2017058189A1
WO2017058189A1 PCT/US2015/053106 US2015053106W WO2017058189A1 WO 2017058189 A1 WO2017058189 A1 WO 2017058189A1 US 2015053106 W US2015053106 W US 2015053106W WO 2017058189 A1 WO2017058189 A1 WO 2017058189A1
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latch
mount
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device mount
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Earl W. Moore
Shou-Jen Yang
Kent LIU
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development Lp
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    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
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    • G06F1/16—Constructional details or arrangements
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    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
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    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F2200/00—Indexing scheme relating to G06F1/04 - G06F1/32
    • G06F2200/16—Indexing scheme relating to G06F1/16 - G06F1/18
    • G06F2200/163—Indexing scheme relating to constructional details of the computer
    • G06F2200/1638—Computer housing designed to operate in both desktop and tower orientation

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  • Computing devices may be installed in a variety of locations throughout an office, home, or other facility. Often, computing devices may be placed on a surface in such a location through the use of a stand or a mount.
  • the stand or mount may engage with the computing device and also engage with the surface that the computing device is to be disposed upon.
  • the surface upon which the computing device is to be placed may dictate the orientation that the computing device may be in.
  • FIG. 1 A is a perspective view of an example device mount
  • FIG. 1 B is a perspective view of an example base and latch of the example device mount of FIG. 1A in a first position
  • FIG. 1 C is a perspective view of an example base and latch of the example device mount of FIG. 1A in a second position
  • FIG. 1 D is a perspective view of an example latch of the example device mount of FIG. 1A;
  • FIG. 1 E is a perspective view of an example first base, second base, and third base
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an example device mounted to the example device mount of FIG. 1A;
  • FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an example device having a first device and a second device secured to the first device.
  • Computing devices or systems may be placed in various locations. These locations may include different surfaces in an office, home, data center, or other facility. Furthermore, computing devices or systems may be placed on a surface in a specific orientation. Computing devices may be disposed on a surface in a location through the use of a stand or mount for the computing device, wherein the stand or mount physically engages with both the computing device and the surface upon which the device is to be placed. Additionally, the mount may secure the computing device to the surface upon which the device is placed, such that it may be difficult to accidentally remove the device from the surface, or to cause the device to accidentally fall off of the surface.
  • the mount may place the device on a surface in a horizontal, or flat, manner or orientation. This may mean that the device is held or fixed relative to the surface such that the device is parallel to the surface. In further situations, it may be desirable to orient the device on a surface in a vertical, or tall, manner such that the device is held or fixed relative to the surface in a perpendicular orientation. This may mean that the device may be held or fixed on its side, relative to the surface upon which it is placed. In order to hold or fix the device in a vertical orientation, a different stand or mount is often used other than a stand or mount which may be used to hold or fix the device in a horizontal orientation on to a surface.
  • a computing device may be desirable to place on a vertical surface, such as a wall, support, column, or another surface where gravity may continuously act upon the device to remove it from its resting position on the surface.
  • a stand or mount or other mounting equipment may be used in order to place a computing device in such a position, and it may be difficult to place the computing device in such a position in a secure manner. Therefore, several different mounts or stands, or other mounting equipment or hardware, may be used to position a computing device on a particular surface. The desired orientation of the computing device may dictate which mount, stand, or other mounting equipment or hardware may be used to place the device on the surface.
  • the stacked computing devices may be similar, the same, or different types of computing devices. Often, the computing devices to be stacked will share a similar or identical footprint. It may, further, be desirable to place the stack of computing devices on a particular surface and in a particular orientation.
  • the particular orientations may include a horizontal or a vertical orientation, as described above.
  • the desired surface may be a flat surface or a vertical surface such as a wall, also as described above.
  • Multiple different stands, mounts, or mounting equipment or hardware may be used to engage the stack of computing devices with the desired surface in the desired orientation. Further, additional equipment or hardware may be used to prevent the stack of computing devices from becoming separated from each other, or the mounts or stands that the stack is engaged with.
  • Examples disclosed herein provide a device mount for a device that may engage the device for easy and fast mounting without use of additional screws, plates, or other parts.
  • Examples herein may include a base having a channel for housing a latch.
  • Examples may include a latch housed in the channel.
  • the latch may include a hook for securing the device, and the latch control of the base may cause the latch to move along the channel from a first position to a second position to secure the device in response to the device directly contacting the cutout.
  • examples may have a plate to receive a lock for locking the device to the device mount. In such a manner, example mounts herein provides easy and fast mounting and securing of a device.
  • Device mount 100 may include a base 1 10 having a channel 1 18, a latch 120 housed in channel 1 18, and a latch control 1 16 installed between the base 1 10 and the latch 120.
  • the device may be an electronic device such as a computing system.
  • the device may be a server system, or other computing devices such as a network card, modem, or router.
  • the device may include multiple types of electronic devices, such as a server with a network router built into it.
  • Device mount 100 may include a unitary construction, or it may include multiple separate components assembled together.
  • device mount 100 may comprise a molded or machined polymer material, such as plastic.
  • device mount 100 may also comprise a metallic material, such as steel, aluminum, or another metal. The metallic material may be molded, cast, machined, formed or stamped from sheet metal, or formed using another process.
  • Device mount 100 may, in some implementations, comprise both a polymer material portion and a metallic portion that are assembled together.
  • device mount 100 may comprise a geometry, at least in part, that closely resembles or is complementary to at least a portion of the geometry of the computing device with which device mount 100 is to be engaged. In other words, device mount 100 may be sufficiently sized in length and width such that it may engage with a portion of the computing device in a stable manner.
  • Device mount 100 may include a base 1 10.
  • Base 1 10 may be a primary support, backing, or foundation of device mount 100.
  • base 1 10 may have a pair of clamped elements 1 12 for securing the device to be mounted, an alignment pin 1 14 for aligning the device, a latch control 1 16, and a channel 1 18 for housing a latch 120.
  • Clamped elements 1 12 may be shaped to secure the device to base 1 10.
  • clamped elements 1 12 may engage a cutout, recess, or cavity in the device in order to secure the device to the base 1 10.
  • base 1 10 includes two clamped elements 1 12 for securing two sides of the device.
  • Clamped elements 1 10 may include a pair or multiple hooks. When the clamped element 1 12 is engaged with the device, it may prevent movement of the device in one or more directions relative to device mount 100.
  • Alignment pin 1 14 may be positioned on base 1 10 to guide the device into device mount 100 by engaging with a feature, such as hole, cavity, or cutout on the device to accurately position the device on base 1 10 to properly secure the device. For example, alignment pin 1 14 may be inserted into a hole in the device when the device is properly positioned on base 1 10 of device mount 100. The alignment pin 1 14 may then help maintain the position of the device, for instance by preventing movement of the device in the plane of base 1 10.
  • base 1 10 may include multiple bases, which may be layers or portions of the base 1 10.
  • base 1 10 may include a first base, a second base, and a third base, where the second base is coupled between the first base and the third base.
  • the clamped elements 1 12 may be located on the first base
  • the latch 120 may be housed between the first base and the second base
  • the latch control 1 16 is located between the second base and the latch 120.
  • the first base may have a cutout that creates the space for the channel 1 18, the second base may have an edge to house the latch control 1 16, and the third base may provide the structural backing for the latch 120 to be housed in the channel 1 18.
  • the cutout may create a space in which the latch 120 may be housed so that the latch may be relatively flush with base 1 10.
  • the bases of base 1 10 may include different, similar, or same materials.
  • a material of the first base and of the third base may be metal, and a material of the second base is a plastic.
  • Such an arrangement may provide various properties such as optimization of strength and weight as well as surface robustness.
  • base 1 10 may include a peripheral lip 1 19.
  • Peripheral lip 1 19 may form an outer perimeter around base 1 10 to help restrain the device within the device mount 100 when the device is mounted.
  • peripheral lip 1 19 may be an upturned piece of base 1 10.
  • latch 120 may be installed on base 1 10 and housed in channel 1 18.
  • Latch 120 may have a pair of hooks 122 and a recess portion 124 recessed from the latch.
  • Hooks 122 may secure the device to device mount 100 and may, in some examples, be similar to clamped elements 1 12.
  • Hooks 122 may be a part of latch 120 or hooks 122 may be installed on the latch 120.
  • Recess portion 124 may directly contact the device when the device is engaged with the device mount 100, such as when the device is secured on the device mount.
  • Latch 120 may move along channel 1 18 from a first position to a second position. Latch 120 may move from the first position to the second position in response to the device engaging the device mount 100. As illustrated in FIG. 1A, the hooks in the first position 122A may move to the second position 122B so as to secure the device. Latch 120 may be installed on base 1 10 by a variety of connectors, such as pins and other forms of fasteners. In some examples, as shown in FIG. 1A, latch 120 may include a handle 126 that allows manual movement of latch 120. For example, a user may push the handle 126 in order to move the latch 120 back to the first position from the second position in order to release the secured device from device mount 100.
  • latch control 1 16 may maintain latch 120 in a first position until the device engages the device mount 100.
  • the latch control 1 16 may be located between the second base of base 1 10 and latch 120.
  • a side of the device may come into direct contact with the recess portion 124 of latch 120. The side may be configured to be able to engage with device mount 100.
  • latch control 1 16 may cause latch 120 to move from a first position to a second position to secure the device.
  • latch control 1 16 may case the latch in the first position 122A to move to the second position 122B.
  • FIG. 1A does not directly illustrate latch control 1 16. Details of latch control 1 16 is further described in relation to FIG. 1 B and FIG. 1 C.
  • device mount 100 may have a plate 130 to receive a lock for locking the device to device mount 100.
  • Device mount 100 may be installed on base 1 10.
  • plate 130 may be installed at an edge of base 1 10 so that plate 130 may engage with a side of the device that is not in direct contact with base 1 10.
  • plate 130 may allow the installation of a computer lock to the device.
  • the features of base 1 10, latch 120, and plate 130 may hold the device on to the device mount 100 with sufficient security so as to prevent the disengagement of the device with the device mount 100 due to accidental impacts, vibrations, or other external forces.
  • the features may be able to prevent the device from disengaging from device mount 100 upon the device mount being rotated on its side. In other words, gravitational force may be insufficient to disengage the device from device mount 1 10 when the latch 120 is in the second position where the latch is engaged with the device.
  • the device to be mounted to device mount 100 may have a sensor to detect the device being mounted to the device mount 100. In some examples, the sensor may trigger the device in response to the device being mounted to device mount 100.
  • the senor may turn the device on in response to the device being mounted. Similarly, the sensor may turn the device off in response to the device being removed from device mount 100, which may allow for transport of the device. In other examples, the sensor may cause other triggers in the device, such as placing the device in certain modes.
  • FIG. 1 B is a perspective view of an example base 1 10 and latch 120 of the example device mount 100 of FIG. 1A in a first position 150A.
  • base 1 10 may include a pair of clamped elements 1 12 for securing the device, alignment pin 1 14 for guiding the device into the device mount, latch control 1 16 installed between base 1 10 and latch 120, and channel 1 18 for housing latch 120.
  • Latch 120 may have the pair of hooks 122 and recess portion 124.
  • device mount 150A have a plate 130 to receive a lock for locking the device to the device mount.
  • latch control 1 16 may include a plurality of springs. Two ends of each of the springs may be respectively fixed on the second base of base 1 10 and the latch 120. In the first position of the latch, each of the springs may be in a relaxed, non- deformed state to maintain the latch in a position to receive the device. For example in the first position of the latch 120, the springs may prevent the latch 120 from moving to the second position.
  • latch control 1 16 may include at least one first magnet located on latch 120 and at least one second magnet located on the second base of base 1 10. In the first position of the latch, the first magnet and the second magnet may be in a configuration to maintain the latch in a position to receive the device. For example in the first position of the latch 120, the magnets may prevent the latch 120 from moving to the second position.
  • FIG. 1 C is a perspective view of an example base 1 10 and latch 120 of the example device mount 100 of FIG. 1A in a second position 150B.
  • the device mount 100 may convert from the first position to the second position.
  • the latch 120 may move along the channel 1 18 to secure the device upon mounting.
  • base 1 10 may include a pair of clamped elements 1 12 for securing the device, alignment pin 1 14 for guiding the device into the device mount, latch control 1 16 installed between base 1 10 and latch 120, and channel 1 18 for housing latch 120.
  • Latch 120 may have the pair of hooks 122 and recess portion 124.
  • device mount 150B have a plate 130 to receive a lock for locking the device to the device mount.
  • latch control 1 16 may include a plurality of springs. Two ends of each of the springs may be respectively fixed on the second base of base 1 10 and the latch 120. In the second position of the latch, each of the springs may generate deformation so that the hooks 122 of latch 120 secure the device in response to the latch 120 being moved from the first position to the second position. For example, the springs may be depressed due to the latch 120 being in the second position.
  • latch control 1 16 may include at least one first magnet located on latch 120 and at least one second magnet located on the second base of base 1 10.
  • first magnet and the second magnet may be in a configuration to maintain the latch in the second position where the hooks 122 of latch 120 secures the device.
  • the magnets in the second position may provide a force to prevent inadvertent moving of latch 120 from the second position to the first position.
  • FIG. 1 D is a perspective view of an example latch 120 of the example device mount 100 of FIG. 1A.
  • latch 120 may have a pair of hooks 122 and a recess portion 124.
  • Hooks 122 may secure the device to device mount 100 and may, in some examples, be similar to clamped elements 1 12.
  • Hooks 122 may be a part of latch 120 or hooks 122 may be installed on the latch 120.
  • Recess portion 124 may directly contact the device when the device is engaged with the device mount 100, such as when the device is secured on the device mount.
  • Recess portion 124 in combination with the rest of latch 120, may form a lip 128.
  • Lip 128 may engage with latch control 1 16 when the latch 120 is installed on base 1 10.
  • the recess portion 124 of latch 120 may be located in channel 1 18 of base 1 10, and remaining portions of latch 120 may be slightly raised from the channel 1 18. Accordingly, the lip 128 may engage with the latch control 1 16 when the latch 120 is moved from the first position to the second position.
  • latch 120 may move from the first position to the second position in response to the device engaging the device mount 100.
  • the hooks 122 may secure the device in the second position.
  • Latch 120 may be installed on base 1 10 by a variety of connectors, such as pins and other forms of fasteners.
  • latch 120 may include a handle 126 that allows manual movement of latch 120. For example, a user may push the handle 126 in order to move the latch 120 back to the first position from the second position in order to release the secured device from device mount 100.
  • FIG. 1 E is a perspective view of an example first base 1 10A, a second base 1 10B, and a third base 1 10C, which may make up base 1 10 of device mount 100.
  • second base 1 10B may be coupled between first base 1 1 OA and third base 1 10C.
  • the clamped elements 1 12 may be located on first base 1 1 OA.
  • first base 1 1 OA may have a cutout that creates the space for channel 1 18, second base 1 10B may have a partial cutout with an edge to house the latch control 1 16, and third base 1 10C may provide the structural backing for a latch, such as latch 120, to be housed in the channel 1 18.
  • the cutout may create a space in which the latch 120 may be housed so that the latch may be relatively flush with base 1 10.
  • the bases 1 1 OA, 1 10B, and 1 10C may include different, similar, or same materials.
  • a material of first base 1 10A and of third base 1 10C may be metal, and a material of second base 1 10B may be a plastic.
  • Such an arrangement may provide various properties such as optimization of strength and weight as well as surface robustness.
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an example device 210 mounted to the example device mount 100 of FIG. 1A.
  • the device 210 may be an electronic device such as a computing system.
  • the device may be a server system, or other computing devices such as a network card, modem, or router.
  • the device may include multiple types of electronic devices, such as a server with a network router built into it.
  • device 210 may be in direct contact with base 1 10, including direct contact with the cutout of base 1 10. Clamping elements 1 12 may secure device 210, and alignment pin 1 14 may guide device 210 into device mount 100 and may help further secure the device. Device 210 may be further secured by hooks 122 of latch 120.
  • FIG. 2 shows latch 120 in the second position.
  • lath control 1 16 may include a plurality of springs, which may be depressed in the second state.
  • device 210 may be secured by lock 230 which may lock device 210 by lock plate 130.
  • a device 300 may include a second device 320 stacked and secured on top of a first device 310, which may be mounted to a device mount as described herein.
  • an adapter or additional part 330 may be used to facilitate the second device 320 to be able to be mounted on the first device 310 and/or adapt the first device 310 to be able to support the second device 320.
  • Adapter 330 may include clamped elements similar to clamped elements 1 12 of device mount 100, alignment pins, and/or various other components. Accordingly in these examples, a device mount such as device mount 100 may be able to support multiple devices.

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Des modes de réalisation à titre d'exemple se rapportent à des supports de dispositif pour des dispositifs de montage de telle sorte que des dispositifs électroniques. Un exemple de dispositif de montage comprend une base comprenant un canal, un verrou installé sur la base et logé dans le canal où le verrou a une paire de crochets et une partie d'évidement en retrait par rapport au verrou, et une commande de verrou installée entre la base et le verrou. Les crochets du verrou sécurisent un dispositif. Le dispositif est directement en contact avec la découpe, de sorte que le verrou peut être déplacé le long du canal à partir d'une première position vers une seconde position.
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