Framework for electronic or network cabinets

Abstract

A framework for an electronic or network cabinet, having a first profile frame and a second profile frame, as well as four depth struts. Each depth strut is directly or indirectly connected at corresponding points to the vertical profile frames. Furthermore, the depth struts are dimensioned so that they can absorb and compensate tilting forces of the vertical profile frames.

Claims

1. A framework for an electronic or network cabinet, comprising: a first vertical profile frame and a second vertical profile frame, wherein each of said first and second vertical profile frames includes two horizontal frame struts and two vertical frame struts, four depth struts, wherein selected ones of each of said depth struts are indirectly connected at corresponding positions to one of the vertical frame struts of the first vertical profile frame and one of the vertical frame struts of the second vertical profile frame, wherein the depth struts are dimensioned in order to be able to absorb and compensate tilting forces of the first and second vertical profile frames in a depth direction, wherein the depth direction is a direction of the depth struts, wherein the vertical frame struts have a grid for fixing components to be, accommodated in the framework, a plurality of spacers, the plurality of spacers helping to define an overall width of the framework and being provided between the vertical frame struts and the depth struts at upper and lower regions of the vertical frame struts, wherein the depth struts are fixed to the spacers and the spacers are fixed to the vertical frame struts; and wherein the depth struts each have a C-shaped cross-section, and an open side of the C-shaped cross section is provided toward a respective one of the first or second vertical profile frames and a closed side of the C-shaped cross-section is provided in the opposite direction thereof, and further wherein the depth struts are outwardly spaced apart from the vertical frame struts.

2. The framework according to claim 1, wherein the depth struts are each directly connected in upper and lower regions of the vertical frame struts to the vertical frame struts.

3. The framework according to claim 1, further comprising: means for attaching feet at end regions of lower ones of the horizontal frame struts or on the depth struts.

4. The framework according to claim 1, wherein the vertical frame struts or the horizontal frame struts are respectively identically constructed.

5. The framework according to claim 1, wherein the vertical frame struts each have a metric or inch-based grid being defined by holes in the vertical frame struts.

6. The framework according to claim 1, further comprising attachment points on the depth struts for attaching side panels on the depth struts.

7. The framework according to claim 1, wherein connections between the depth struts and the spacers, and additional connections between the spacers and the vertical frame struts, are dimensioned to be able to absorb and compensate torsional forces of the framework perpendicular to a torsion direction in the depth direction.

8. The framework according to claim 1, wherein only the first and second vertical profile frames, the plurality of depth struts and the plurality of spacers are constructed to operate as supporting structural components to form the framework.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

(1) The invention will be explained in greater detail below by reference to an embodiment and a schematic drawing, in which:

(2) FIG. 1 shows the basic structure of a framework according to the invention, and

(3) FIG. 2 shows an exploded view of the framework according to the invention according to FIG. 1.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

(4) FIGS. 1 and 2 show a framework 1 according to the invention. This has two vertical profile frames 11 and 16, two lower depth struts 21, two upper depth struts 22 and also eight spacers 41. Both vertical profile frames 11, 16 can in principle be identically constructed.

(5) The vertical profile frames 11,16 each consist of two horizontal frame struts 12, 17 and also two vertical frame struts 13, 18. The horizontal frame struts 12, 17 and the vertical frame struts 13, 18 are each fixed to each other in such a way that they form the contour of a rectangle. They can be welded to each other, for example, but can also be interconnected by corner connectors. The complete profile frame 11, 16 can thus also be produced to form a single part.

(6) Spacers 41 are fixed to the lower end regions of the vertical frame struts 13, 18. In turn the lower depth struts 21 are attached to the spacers 41. An analogous construction is provided at the upper end region of the vertical profile frames 11, 16. The spacers 41 are provided here at the ends of the vertical frame struts 13, 18. The upper depth struts 22 are fixed to the spacers 41.

(7) It is essential to the invention that adequate stability for the electronic and/or network cabinet to be constructed should be achieved through the components, described here, of the framework 1 according to the invention. This means that, in particular, the depth struts 21, 22, and also the optionally usable spacers 41, must be designed to be sufficiently stable in order to absorb the forces which act in particular on the vertical profile frames 11 and 16.

(8) Similarly, the vertical profile frames 11 and 16 themselves must already be designed to be sufficiently resistant to torsion. Otherwise, the electronic or network cabinet that can be constructed based on the framework 1 according to the invention would lack sufficient stability. In other words, the vertical profile frames 11, 16 are designed through a suitable choice of materials and/or through the geometries used, or are dimensioned, so that they themselves are already resistant to torsion.

(9) In order to fix electronic components, for example servers, switches or also switchboards, in the framework 1, the vertical profile frames 11, 16 have a grid 31. This can be both a metric grid and also an inch-based grid. It is likewise possible to provide both grids on the vertical profile frames 11, 16. The grid is preferably formed in this case in the region of the vertical frame struts 13, 18.

(10) In the outer regions of the lower horizontal frame struts 12, 17, fixings for feet 51 are provided. Through the feet 51 provided at these points it is possible to introduce the weight of structures which are incorporated into the vertical profile frames 11, 16 directly into the base. The admissible overall load for the cabinet is consequently higher than in the case of fixings in the region of the depth struts 21.

(11) Side panels as well as front and/or rear door elements can be attached in the framework 1 according to the invention to attachment points 21a and 22a of the depth struts 21, 22. It is essential in the construction according to the invention that the framework 1 according to the invention can be designed on the front and/or rear side horizontally and/or vertically without struts. It can likewise be designed without a base and/or cover element. In other words, this means that neither front struts nor rear struts nor a base element nor a cover element, which can also be described as a lid, are compulsorily necessary. The cable feeding from above, from below and/or from the side can hereby be clearly facilitated.

(12) As already explained, the vertical profile frames 11, 16 are to be identically designed. In order to facilitate the incorporation of components it is advantageous if the vertical profile frames 11, 16 have a front and a rear side. This can be realised, for example, through a different design of the horizontal frame struts 12, 17, and also the vertical frame struts 13, 18. If the vertical profile frames 11, 16 are designed in this way, they are incorporated rotating them by 180° relative to each other. This means that the front side of the vertical profile frames 11, 16 respectively points outwards, while the rear side of the vertical profile frames 11, 16 respectively points inwards, thus into the inner space defined by the framework.

(13) By means of the framework 1 according to the invention it is possible to construct an electronic or network cabinet in a simple manner and to nonetheless facilitate high degrees of freedom for cabling.