Information handling system with an adjustable guide for peripheral cards

• US 10,721,835 B2
• Filed: 09/25/2017
• Issued: 07/21/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Chen, Yu-LIn, Lin, Chun-Cheng, Tuan, Kuang-Jye
• Primary Examiner(s): Chowdhury, Rockshana D
• Application Number:
  US15/714,709
• Publication Number:
  US 20190098789A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,030 Days
• Field of Search: 361724
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/1487 Blade assemblies, e.g. blade cases or inner arrangements within a blade
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/1489 characterized by the mounting of blades therein, e.g. brackets, rails, trays H05K7/1491 takes precedence

Abstract

An information handling system includes a bracket in physical contact with a server compute module. The bracket includes an adjustable guide that can rotate between a first position and a second position within the bracket. The adjustable guide is in the first position in response to a first peripheral card being inserted within the bracket, and is in the second position in response to a second peripheral card being inserted within the bracket.

Claims

1. A bracket to receive a peripheral card of an information handling system, the bracket comprising:

an adjustable guide rotatable between a first position and a second position within the bracket, the adjustable guide including a channel disposed in the first position in response to a first peripheral card being inserted within the bracket, and disposed in the second position in response to a second peripheral card being inserted within the bracket, wherein the adjustable guide extends through a hole within a first side wall of the bracket and the adjustable guide channel engages a bottom of the second peripheral card when the adjustable guide is rotated from the first position to the second position, and wherein a length of a longest side of the adjustable guide is shorter than a length of a longest side of the first peripheral card or the second peripheral card.

2. The bracket of claim 1, further comprising:

a mount in physical contact with the first side wall of the bracket; and

a pin inserted within the mount and the adjustable guide to secure the adjustable guide to the first side wall.

3. The bracket of claim 1, further comprising:

a spring to exert a first force on the adjustable guide to place the adjustable guide in the first position.

4. The bracket of claim 3, wherein the adjustable guide rotates from the first position to the second position in response to a second force being exerted on the adjustable guide, wherein the second force is greater than the first force of the spring.

5. The bracket of claim 1, wherein the channel aligns the second peripheral card when the adjustable guide is rotated from the first position to the second position.

6. The bracket of claim 1, the adjustable guide comprising:

a tab to be placed in physical contact with the first side wall of the bracket in response to the adjustable guide being located in the second position.

7. The bracket of claim 1, the adjustable guide extends through the first side wall when the adjustable guide is in the second position.

8. The bracket of claim 1, an entire length of the adjustable guide is in physical contact with the first side wall when the adjustable guide is in the second position.

9. The bracket of claim 1, wherein a distance between the adjustable guide and a second side wall of the bracket is less when the adjustable guide is in the first position as compared to when the adjustable guide is in the second position.

10. An information handling system comprising:

a server compute module; and

a bracket in physical contact with the server compute module, the bracket including;

an adjustable guide rotatable between a first position and a second position within the bracket, the adjustable guide including a channel and disposed in the first position in response to a first peripheral card being inserted within the bracket, and disposed in the second position in response to a second peripheral card being inserted within the bracket, wherein the adjustable guide extends through a hole within a first side wall of the bracket and the channel continuously engages a bottom of the second peripheral card when the adjustable guide is rotated from the first position to the second position, and wherein a length of a longest side of the adjustable guide is shorter than a length of a longest side of the first peripheral card or the second peripheral card.

11. The information handling system of claim 10, the bracket further comprising:

a mount in physical contact with the first side wall of the bracket; and

a pin inserted within the mount and the adjustable guide to secure the adjustable guide to the first side wall.

12. The information handling system of claim 10, the bracket further comprising:

a spring to exert a first force on the adjustable guide to place the adjustable guide in the first position.

13. The information handling system of claim 12, wherein the adjustable guide rotates from the first position to the second position in response to a second force being exerted on the adjustable guide, wherein the second force is greater than the first force of the spring.

14. The information handling system of claim 10, wherein the channel aligns the second peripheral card via the bottom being placed within the channel.

15. The information handling system of claim 10, the adjustable guide comprising:

a tab to be placed in physical contact with the first side wall of the bracket in response to the adjustable guide being located in the second position.

16. The information handling system of claim 10, the adjustable guide extends through the first side wall when the adjustable guide is in the second position.

17. The information handling system of claim 10, an entire length of the adjustable guide is in physical contact with the first side wall when the adjustable guide is in the second position.

18. The information handling system of claim 10, wherein a distance between the adjustable guide and a second side wall of the bracket is less when the adjustable guide is in the first position as compared to when the adjustable guide is in the second position.

19. An information handling system comprising:

a server compute module; and

a bracket in physical contact with the server compute module, the bracket to receive a peripheral card, the bracket including;

an adjustable guide rotatable between a first position and a second position within the bracket, the adjustable guide including a channel and disposed in the first position in response to a first peripheral card being inserted within the bracket, and disposed in the second position in response to a second peripheral card being inserted within the bracket, wherein the adjustable guide extends through a hole within a first side wall of the bracket and the channel continuously engages a bottom of the second peripheral card when the adjustable guide is rotated from the first position to the second position, and wherein a length of a longest side of the adjustable guide is shorter than a length of a longest side of the first peripheral card or the second peripheral card;

a mount in physical contact with the first side wall of the bracket;

a pin inserted within the mount and the adjustable guide to secure the adjustable guide to the first side wall; and

a spring to bias the adjustable guide toward the first position.

20. The information handling system of claim 19, where the adjustable guide channel receives a bottom of the second peripheral card and the channel aligns the second peripheral card via the bottom being placed within the channel.