SERVER RACK BLANKING PANEL AND SYSTEM

• US 20110240581A1
• Filed: 04/07/2011
• Published: 10/06/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CompuSpace L.C.
• Original Assignee: CompuSpace L.C.
• Inventors: Taylor, Laurie
• Granted Patent: US 8,526,187 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 211/183
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/1488 Cabinets therefor, e.g. chassis or racks or mechanical interfaces between blades and support structures

Abstract

The present invention provides a system that allows for a single panel of the invention to be easily modified, preferably without the use of tools, to fit on a server rack, where the single panel is so modified as to cover the desired amount of open space on a server rack as a single piece, where the panel is preferably fire-rated, and where the modified panel may be easily installed onto the server rack to as to cover any open space thereon, and prevents the circular flow of warm air output from entering the cooler air input of the servers housed on the server rack.

Claims

1. A server rack blanking panel comprising a panel, wherein the panel is between about 18.75 inches to about 19.50 inches wide, and wherein the panel is x U in height, where x is a whole integer, and where U is about 1.75 inches, and wherein the panel consists of y pieces, where y is a whole integer, and wherein the panel further comprises scoring, where the scoring is present on both of the opposite horizontal ends of each piece of the panel in the form of at least one aperture scoring.