Ultrathin Slide Rail Capable of Rapid Installation and Removal

• US 20110091141A1
• Filed: 11/11/2008
• Published: 04/21/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ablecom Technology Inc.
• Original Assignee: Ablecom Technology Inc.
• Inventors: LIANG, Chien-Fa
• Granted Patent: US 8,033,621 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 384/20
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/1489 characterized by the mounting of blades therein, e.g. brackets, rails, trays H05K7/1491 takes precedence

Abstract

A pair of ultrathin slide rails capable of rapid installation and removal are disclosed. The slide rails are specially configured to provide an ultrathin three-section slide rail mechanism. Switchable auxiliary pins are inserted into threaded holes formed in bent sections at both ends of each slide rail, allowing the slide rails to be rapidly positioned in positioning holes of slide rail posts of a chassis and secured in place by fastening screws. The fastening screws are replaceable by resilient fasteners provided on the bent sections at both ends of each slide rail so that the slide rails can be rapidly installed and removed by virtue of the resilient fasteners and the auxiliary pins.

Claims

1. An ultrathin slide rail, comprising:

a reinforcing plate having;

an upper edge and a lower edge each formed with a bent portion bent toward one side of the reinforcing plate; and

a middle section formed with plural sets of through holes;

a rear support having;

an upper edge and a lower edge each formed with a bent portion bent toward one side of the rear support;

one end formed with a bent section provided with a plurality of threaded holes;

an inner corner formed with a set of threaded posts; and

a middle section formed with two slots corresponding in position to two sets of the plural sets of through holes of the reinforcing plate, wherein the rear support is assembled by being fitted between inner surfaces of the bent portions of the reinforcing plate, and then passing screws or rivets through the two sets of through holes of the reinforcing plate and the corresponding slots, thereby securing the rear support to one end of the reinforcing plate;

a front support having;

an upper edge and a lower edge each formed with a bent portion bent toward one side of the front support;

one end formed with a bent section provided with a plurality of threaded holes;

an inner corner formed with a set of threaded posts; and

a middle section formed with through holes corresponding in position to another two sets of the plural sets of through holes of the reinforcing plate, wherein the front support is assembled by being fitted between the inner surfaces of the bent portions of the reinforcing plate, and then passing the screws or the rivets through the another two sets of through holes of the reinforcing plate and the corresponding through holes of the front support, thereby securing the front support to an opposite end of the reinforcing plate;

a main body having;

an upper edge and a lower edge each formed with a U-shaped bent portion bent toward one side of the main body;

through holes corresponding in position to the four sets of through holes of the reinforcing plate; and

a ball bearing plate which is secured between inner surfaces of the U-shaped bent portions of the main body and has spaced ball holes each receiving a ball therein, wherein the main body is assembled by being fitted between inner surfaces of the bent portions of the rear support and of the front support, respectively, and then passing the screws or the rivets through the four sets of through holes of the reinforcing plate, the two slots of the rear support, the through holes of the front support and the through holes of the main body, thereby securing the main body to the reinforcing plate and sandwiching the rear support and the front support therebetween, in which the rear support can extend or contract by sliding along the reinforcing plate, allowing a distance between the rear support and the front support to be adjusted according to a span between two slide rail posts of a chassis, so that the slide rail can extend across slide rail posts;

a first extension plate having an upper edge and a lower edge each formed with a U-shaped bent portion bent toward one side of the first extension plate, wherein the first extension plate can slide into the main body through one end thereof and thus fit between the U-shaped bent portions of the main body so as to slide within the main body; and

a second extension plate configured for securing a host thereon, wherein the second extension plate has;

an upper edge and a lower edge each formed with a reinforced flange; and

a middle section formed with threaded holes or fastening holes through which the host is secured to the second extension plate, in which the second extension plate can slide into the first extension plate through one end thereof and thus fit between the U-shaped bent portions of the first extension plate so as to slide within the first extension plate.

2. A slide rail capable of rapid installation and removal, wherein the slide rail has two ends each formed with a bent section provided with a plurality of switchable auxiliary pins, each said switchable auxiliary pin being centrally formed with a separating plate separating projections formed respectively on two ends of each said pin, in which the slide rail is installed by:

inserting the projections at the one ends of the pins into corresponding ones of threaded holes on the bent sections, respectively;

pulling a rear support and a front support of the slide rail away from each other toward two slide rail posts of a chassis, respectively;

aligning and inserting the projections at the other ends of the pins with and into corresponding ones of through holes of the slide rail posts so as to rapidly position the slide rail across the slide rail posts; and

inserting fastening screws sequentially through other ones of said through holes of the slide rail posts and other ones of said threaded holes of the bent sections of the rear support and the front support, respectively, thereby securing the slide rail fixedly in place.

3. The slide rail capable of rapid installation and removal as claimed in claim 2, wherein the fastening screws for securing the slide rail provided with the switchable auxiliary pins to the slide rail posts are replaced by resilient fasteners each having one end formed with through holes and an opposite end formed as a fastening end, the resilient fasteners being secured to threaded posts formed at corners of the slide rail, respectively, by screws passing through the through holes of the resilient fasteners, in which the slide rail is installed by:

coupling the switchable auxiliary pins at the one ends thereof with the bent sections of the slide rail;

inserting the projections at the other ends of the pins into the corresponding ones of the though holes of the slide rail posts; and

pulling open the rear support and the front support to engage the fastening ends of the resilient fasteners with edges of the slide rail posts; and

in which the slide rail is removed by pulling the fastening ends out of the engagement with the slide rail posts.