US 11,744,034 B2
Rack adapting device for an electronic equipment rack and adaptive rack system having same
Henryk Klaba, Roubaix (FR); Jules Hermann Bonenfant, Lys lez Lannoy (FR); and Valentin Cartigny, Mons-en-Barœul (FR)
Assigned to OVH, Roubaix (FR)
Filed by OVH, Roubaix (FR)
Filed on May 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/827,266.
Claims priority of application No. 21305707 (EP), filed on May 27, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0386500 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. H05K 7/14 (2006.01); H05K 7/18 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 7/1489 (2013.01) [H05K 7/183 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A rack adapting device for an electronic equipment rack, the electronic equipment rack being configured to house a plurality of first electronic equipment modules having a first module width, the electronic equipment rack comprising left and right equipment supports laterally spaced apart from one another by a rack housing width corresponding to the first module width, each of the left and right equipment supports comprising a plurality of rack mounting features for mounting the first electronic equipment modules between the left and right equipment supports, the rack mounting features being first apertures defined by the left and right equipment supports,
the rack adapting device being configured to adapt the electronic equipment rack to house a plurality of second electronic equipment modules having a second module width,
the second module width being less than the first module width,
the rack adapting device comprising:
an adapter body having a width dimensioned such that, when the rack adapting device is connected to the electronic equipment rack, the electronic equipment rack defines an adapted housing width corresponding to the second module width;
a plurality of rack-engaging features connected to the adapter body and disposed on a first lateral side thereof, the rack-engaging features being configured to engage the first apertures of one of the left and right equipment supports of the electronic equipment rack to connect the rack adapting device to the one of the left and right equipment supports; and
a plurality of adapter mounting features disposed on a second lateral side of the adapter body, the adapter mounting features being configured for mounting the second electronic equipment modules to the rack adapting device such that, in use, the second electronic equipment modules are mounted between the rack adapting device and an other one of the left and right equipment supports of the electronic equipment rack,
the adapter mounting features being second apertures defined by the adapter body, the second apertures having a same shape as the first apertures.