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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2002
Karl Klaus Dittus, Durham, NC (US);
Cynthia Michelle Grosser, Apex, NC (US);
Dean Frederick Herring, Youngsville, NC (US);
Brian Alan Trumbo, Apex, NC (US);
Paul Andrew Wormsbecher, Apex, NC (US);
Karl Klaus Dittus, Durham, NC (US);
Cynthia Michelle Grosser, Apex, NC (US);
Dean Frederick Herring, Youngsville, NC (US);
Brian Alan Trumbo, Apex, NC (US);
Paul Andrew Wormsbecher, Apex, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and apparatus to mount devices to a rack is disclosed. Embodiments may comprise mounting hardware configured to adaptively accommodate attachment features of a rack to mount devices such as servers to the rack. A device attachment member may couple with the device, and some of these device attachment members may comprise a bent portion to facilitate coupling the device to vertical members of a rack. Many device attachment members may have in place of or in addition to the bent portion, a slide attachment member and rack attachment slidably coupled with the device attachment member to provide tool-less attachment of the device to the rack via pins. These rack attachments may also adaptively accommodate attachment features such as round openings, square openings, and/or threaded openings of a vertical member of the rack and may advantageously provide a threaded member to secure the device attachment member to vertical members.