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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2001
Eugene Yan Ki Hsue, San Jose, CA (US);
Steve Sam Pulos, San Jose, CA (US);
3PARdata, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
A rack cabinet and a method for making such a rack cabinet are disclosed. In one embodiment, the rack cabinet includes a base member having alignment pins extending therefrom and a bracket having alignment holes, which mate with the alignment pins. One or more rails may then be secured to the bracket such that the rails are in proper, such as perpendicular, alignment with the base member. The bracket may be, for example, an L-shaped or a U-shaped bracket and provides structural strength to the rack cabinet in addition to properly aligning the rails relative to the base member. A top member may also be secured to top ends of the rails via brackets in a similar manner.