发明名称 Low-profile swing gate to support service element interface hardware
摘要 An apparatus for positioning service element interface devices is provided. A gate is affixed to a computing rack by a gate hinge that rotates on a first axis. A tray is affixed to the gate. The tray has a first side and a second side that are opposite exterior surfaces of the tray. A first display and a first keyboard are affixed to the first side. A second display and a second keyboard are affixed to the second side. The first keyboard and the first display provide a first interface that is redundant with a second interface provided by the second keyboard and the second display.
申请公布号 US9442513(B2) 申请公布日期 2016.09.13
申请号 US201615045483 申请日期 2016.02.17
申请人 International Business Machines Corporation 发明人 Ecker Richard M.;McIntosh Steven C.;Mullady Robert K.;Torok John G.
分类号 G06F1/16;H05K7/14 主分类号 G06F1/16
代理机构 代理人 Gooshaw Isaac J.
主权项 1. An apparatus for positioning service elements, the apparatus comprising: a gate affixed to a computing rack by a gate hinge enabling rotation of the gate relative to the computing rack along a first axis, wherein the gate hinge comprises a primary hinge and a secondary hinge, and wherein the gate hinge allows 180 degrees of rotation on a first axis, and wherein the first axis is parallel to an edge of the computing rack to which the gate hinge is affixed; a tray affixed to the gate, the tray having a first side and a second side, wherein the first side and the second side are opposite exterior surfaces of the tray, wherein a) the tray is affixed to the gate by a hinge that rotates around a center axis that is parallel to the first axis from a middle point of a top edge of the tray to a middle point of a bottom edge of the tray, b) a first keyboard is affixed to the first side by a first keyboard hinge at a top edge of the first keyboard, c) a second keyboard is affixed to the second side by a second keyboard hinge at a top edge of the second keyboard, and d) the first keyboard is positioned opposite the second keyboard; a first display and the first keyboard affixed to the first side; a second display and the second keyboard affixed to the second side,wherein the first keyboard and the first display provide a first interface, and wherein the second keyboard and the second display provide a second interface; and a retaining pin having an engaged position and a disengaged position, wherein the retaining pin interferes with the rotation of the tray around the center axis when in the engaged position, and wherein the retaining pin does not interfere with the rotation of the tray around the center axis when in the disengaged position; wherein i) the first display is affixed to the first side by a first display hinge proximate to a top edge of the first display, ii) the second display is affixed to the second side by a second display hinge proximate to a top edge of the second display, and wherein the first display is positioned opposite the second display, iii) the first display hinge is a first friction hinge that rotates on a second axis and the second display hinge is a second friction hinge that rotates on a third axis that is substantially parallel to the second axis, iv) the first friction hinge positions the first display at an angle relative to the first side, v) the second friction hinge positions the second display at an angle relative to the second side, vi) the hinge of the first keyboard rotates on a second axis and positions the first keyboard relative to the first side, vii) the hinge of the second keyboard rotates on a third axis and positions the second keyboard relative to the second side, viii) a first locking device selectively interferes with the rotation of the first keyboard hinge, ix) a second locking device selectively interferes with the rotation of the second keyboard hinge, x) the first interface and the second interface are redundant, and xi) each of the first and second interfaces is an interface to each of at least one computing device mounted within the computing rack.
地址 Armonk NY US