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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2004
Neil Rassmussen, Concord, MA (US);
James S. Spitaels, Worcester, MA (US);
Jeffrey Lee Mattlin, St. Louis, MO (US);
William Ziegler, Reading, MA (US);
Neil Rassmussen, Concord, MA (US);
James S. Spitaels, Worcester, MA (US);
Jeffrey Lee Mattlin, St. Louis, MO (US);
William Ziegler, Reading, MA (US);
American Power Conversion Corporation, West Kingston, RI (US);
Abstract
A blanking panel is provided for use with equipment racks or enclosures that house electronic components, and is configured to facilitate installation of the panel with a pair of vertical mounting rails or flanges of a rack or enclosure without the use of tools or other hardware. The blanking panel is constructed of one or more materials and/or defines one or more configurations such that when the blanking panel is installed into a rack or enclosure, portions of a body of the blanking panel interface with a surface of an equipment component or another blanking panel installed above or below the blanking panel to thereby form an air seal there between, which helps to reduce or prevent hot exhaust air from mixing with cooling air within a rack or enclosure, and further helps to reduce or prevent cooling air from bypassing equipment components.