FLEXIBLE STACKED UP CHASSIS

• US 20190215981A1
• Filed: 05/07/2018
• Published: 07/11/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/05/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Quanta Computer
• Original Assignee: Quanta Computer
• Inventors: CHEN, Chao-Jung, LIN, Chih-Wei, KU, Ming-Lun
• Granted Patent: US 10,642,319 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1658 related to the mounting of internal components, e.g. disc drive or any other functional module
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/181 Enclosures for portable computers G06F1/1613
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/187 Mounting of fixed and removable disk drives
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 33/124 of the single recording/reproducing device, e.g. disk drive, onto a chassis
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 33/125 the apparatus comprising a plurality of recording/reproducing devices, e.g. modular arrangements, arrays of disc drives
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/1491 having cable management arrangements management of optical cables G02B6/444; in telecommunication cabinets H04Q1/06
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/1492 having electrical distribution arrangements, e.g. power supply or data communications

Abstract

An adaptable chassis having an upper box chassis structure including a power supply. The upper box structure includes side walls to receive at least one component sled and registration features. A lower box structure includes side walls to receive at least one component sled. The lower box structure includes a registration feature to engage the registration feature of the first chassis structure. The lower box structure includes a power connector to obtain power from the power supply. The lower box structure may be replaced with large capacity structures when additional component sleds need to be added since the power supply resides in the upper box structure.

Claims

1. An adaptable chassis comprising:

a first chassis structure including a power supply, side walls to receive at least one component sled, and a registration feature;

a second chassis structure including side walls to receive at least one component sled, a registration feature to engage the registration feature of the first chassis structure, and a power connector to obtain power from the power supply, wherein the first chassis structure and the second chassis structure are slidably engaged with each other.

2. The adaptable chassis of claim 1, wherein the first chassis structure includes a bus structure at a rear end of the first chassis structure.

3. The adaptable chassis of claim 2, wherein the second chassis structure includes a vertical bus that is attachable to the bus structure of the first chassis structure.

4. The adaptable chassis of claim 2, wherein the first chassis structure includes a power distribution board.

5. The adaptable chassis of claim 4, wherein the bus structure includes a horizontal support having one end attached to the power distribution board, and a vertical bus bar attached to the opposite end of the horizontal support.

6. The adaptable chassis of claim 3, further comprising a connecting member to connect the vertical bus of the second chassis structure to the vertical bus bar of the first chassis structure.

7. The adaptable chassis of claim 1, wherein the second chassis structure may hold a first predetermined number of component sleds.

8. The adaptable chassis of claim 7, further comprising a third chassis structure including side walls to receive a second predetermined number of component sleds, the second predetermined number of component sleds different from the first predetermined number of component sleds, wherein the third chassis structure includes a registration feature to engage the registration feature of the first chassis structure, and a power connector to obtain power from the power supply, wherein the third chassis structure may be swapped for the second chassis structure.