US 11,930,612 B2
Configurable multi-orientation device mount rack system
Shree Rathinasamy, Round Rock, TX (US); and Maunish Shah, Austin, TX (US)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Aug. 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/395,843.
Prior Publication US 2023/0042543 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. H05K 7/14 (2006.01); H05K 7/18 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 7/1489 (2013.01) [H05K 7/1491 (2013.01); H05K 7/183 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A configurable multi-orientation device mount rack system, comprising:
a rack;
a first rack shelf that is included on the rack;
a first device housing that is defined by the rack and the first rack shelf;
a plurality of device mount pairs that each includes a pair of respective device mounts;
a first horizontal device mounting subsystem that includes a plurality of pairs of horizontal mounting slots that are defined by the rack on first opposing sides of the first device housing and that are each configured to receive one of the pair of respective device mounts in any of the plurality of device mount pairs to position that pair of respective device mounts in that device mount pair adjacent the first opposing sides of the first device housing in order to configure the first device housing with a plurality of first horizontal device slots that are each configured to house a respective device in the rack in a horizontal orientation via engagement of each respective device with at least one pair of respective device mounts in at least one device mount pair and the rack; and
a first vertical device mounting subsystem that includes a plurality of pairs of vertical mounting slots that are defined by the rack and the first rack shelf on second opposing sides of the first device housing and that are each configured to receive one of the pair of respective device mounts in any of the plurality of device mount pairs to position that pair of respective device mounts in that device mount pair adjacent the second opposing sides of the first device housing in order to configure the first device housing with a plurality of first vertical device slots that are each configured to house a respective device in the rack in a vertical orientation via engagement of each respective device with at least one pair of respective device mounts in at least one device mount pair, the rack, and the first rack shelf, and wherein each pair of respective device mounts in each device mount pair is configured to be removed from the pair of vertical mounting slots in which it is located in order to allow the respective device that is positioned in a first vertical device slot provided by that device mount pair to be moved into an empty adjacent first vertical device slot provided by that device mount pair without being removed from the first device housing.