Mounting apparatus for slide rail

• US 8,328,300 B2
• Filed: 06/08/2010
• Issued: 12/11/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/06/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fulian Precision Electronics Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Yu, Mo-Ming, Chen, Ze-Hong, Gu, Guang-Hua
• Primary Examiner(s): Hansen, James O
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ing, Matthew
• Application Number:
  US12/796,644
• Publication Number:
  US 20110240580A1
• Time in Patent Office: 917 Days
• Field of Search: 312/333, 312/334.1, 312/334.4, 312/334.7, 312/319.1, 312/334.44, 312/334.45, 312/334.46, 312/334.47, 211/26, 211/192, 211/126.15, 248/220.41, 248/220.21, 248/220.22, 248/221.11, 248/222.14, 248/244
• US Class Current: 312/333
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 88/43 at cabinet side
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/1489 characterized by the mounting of blades therein, e.g. brackets, rails, trays H05K7/1491 takes precedence

Abstract

A mounting apparatus is provided for mounting a slide rail to a rack post defining a number of through holes. The mounting apparatus includes a mounting bracket and a clipping member. The mounting bracket includes a sliding portion slidably engaged with the slide rail and an end plate perpendicularly extending from a front end of the sliding portion. Two inserting pins extend from the end plate through corresponding through holes of the rack post. The clipping member includes a first end fixed to the mounting bracket, and a second end approaching the end plate. A tab protrudes from the clipping member and is adjacent to the second end of the clipping member. The second end or the tab of the clipping member abuts against a side of rack post opposite to the end plate to avoid the inserting pins to disengage from the corresponding through holes.

Claims

1. A mounting apparatus for mounting a slide rail to a rack post of a component rack, the rack post defining a plurality of through holes, the mounting apparatus comprising:

a mounting bracket comprising a sliding portion for slidably engaging with the slide rail, an end plate extending from an end of sliding portion in a direction perpendicular to a sliding direction of the slide rail, and an inserting pin extending from the end plate; and

a clipping member attached to the mounting bracket, and integrally forming a first stopping point and a second stopping point, a distance between the first stopping point and the end plate being smaller than a distance between the second stopping point and the end plate;

wherein the inserting pin is operable to be inserted into one of the through holes of the rack post, the clipping member is operable to make one of the first stopping point and the second stopping point abut against a side of the rack post opposite to the end plate of the mounting bracket, to prevent the inserting pin from disengaging from the corresponding through hole of the rack post;

wherein the clipping member is a spring plate comprising an extension segment with a first end fixed to the sliding portion of the mounting bracket, and a stopping segment extending from a second end of the extension segment, the stopping segment is adjacent to the end plate of the mounting bracket, and integrally forms a tab, the first stopping point is formed on a distal end of the stopping segment, the second stopping point is formed on the tab;

wherein the inserting pin comprises a first inserting segment adjacent to the end plate, and a second inserting segment extending from the first inserting segment away from the end plate, the first inserting segment has a diameter greater than a diameter of the second inserting segment, a shoulder is formed at an end of the first inserting segment facing the second inserting segment, a distance between the first stopping point and the end plate of the mounting bracket is smaller than a distance between the shoulder of the inserting pin and the end plate of the mounting bracket, a distance between the second stopping point and the end plate of the mounting bracket is greater than a distance between the shoulder of the inserting pin and the end plate of the mounting bracket; and

wherein the first stopping point abuts against the rack post in response to the first inserting segment of the inserting pin extending through one of the through holes of the rack post, the second stopping point abuts against the rack post in response to the second inserting segment of the inserting pin extending through one of the through holes of the rack post and the shoulder of the inserting pin abutting against the rack post.

2. The mounting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the stopping segment is movable between a latching position, where one of the first stopping point and the second stopping point abuts against the rack post, and an unlatching position where the stopping segment is offset from the rack post.

3. The mounting apparatus of claim 2, wherein the stopping segment tends to the latch position under elasticity of the clipping member.

4. The mounting apparatus of claim 2, wherein the sliding portion of the mounting bracket defines an accommodating opening to receive the stopping segment in response to the stopping segment moving to the unlatching position.

5. An assembly comprising:

a rack post defining a plurality of through holes;

a slide rail comprising a rail body and a holding bar fixed to the rail body;

a mounting bracket comprising a sliding portion slidably engaged between the rail body and the holding bar, an end plate extending from an end of the sliding portion in a direction perpendicular to a sliding direction of the slide rail, and an inserting pin extending from the end plate through one of the through holes of the rack post; and

a clipping member attached to the mounting bracket, and comprising at least one stopping point abutting against a side of the rack post opposite to the end plate of the mounting bracket;

wherein the rail body comprising a base wall and a side wall extending from a top side of the base wall, the holding bar comprises a connecting wall fixed to the base wall of the rail body and a supporting wall extending from a bottom of the connecting wall, the sliding portion of the mounting bracket slidable between the sidewall of the rail body and the support wall of the holding bar;

wherein a holding portion extends from a top side of the supporting wall, the clipping member is offset from the rack post in response to the mounting bracket sliding relative to the slide rail to an unlocking position, where the clipping member engages with the holding portion of the holding bar of the slide rail.

6. The assembly of claim 5, wherein the at least one stopping point comprises a first stopping point and a second stopping point, a distance between the first stopping point and the end plate is smaller than a distance between the second stopping point and the end plate, the inserting pin comprises a first inserting segment adjacent to the end plate, and a second inserting segment extending from the first inserting segment away from the end plate, the first inserting segment has a diameter greater than a diameter of the second inserting segment, a shoulder is formed at an end of the first inserting segment facing the second inserting segment, the second stopping point abuts against the rack post in response to the rack post abutting against the shoulder and the second inserting segment of the inserting pin extending through the through hole of the rack post, the first stopping point abuts against the rack post in response to the first inserting segment of the inserting pin extending through the through hole of the rack post.

7. The assembly of claim 6, wherein the clipping member is a spring plate comprising a first end fixed to the sliding portion of the mounting bracket, and a second end approaching the end plate of the mounting bracket, a tab protrudes from the clipping member and is adjacent to a second end of the clipping member, the first stopping point is formed on the second end of the clipping member, and the second stopping point is formed on the tab of the clipping member.