US 11,985,785 B2
Mechanisms and methods for two-sided rack access
Bruce Holmes, Austin, 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 Jan. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/154,931.
Prior Publication US 2022/0232725 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. H05K 7/14 (2006.01); H05K 7/18 (2006.01); G06F 1/18 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 7/1489 (2013.01) [H05K 7/183 (2013.01); G06F 1/183 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A rail system comprising:
a rail guide that is configurable to be attached to a rack for holding an information handling system;
a rail for insertion into the rail guide and that is slidably movable relative to the rail guide in a first direction and a second direction so that the information handling system connected to the rail and installed in the rack can be slidably moved inward and outward from the rack from a first side of the rack and from a second side of the rack;
a hinge located at a first end of the rail, the hinge being position offset from an axis of the rail in a direction toward an interior of the rack where the information handling system resides when the rail is in the rail guide attached to the rack; and
a securing mechanism connected to the hinge, which allows the securing mechanism:
to be positioned towards an exterior of the rack to be positioned so that the securing mechanism can be secured to the rack thereby securing the information handling system in a fixed position, and
to be positioned towards the interior of the rack so that the securing mechanism does not prevent the information handling system from being slidably movable in the first and second directions.