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Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 12, 2014
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Sarah M. Drewery, Hursley, GB;

Colin I. Holyoake, Winchester, GB;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/20745 (2013.01); H05K 7/20736 (2013.01); Y10T 428/24008 (2015.01);
Abstract

A blanking panel is provided for blocking an aperture in a rack for mounting multiple hardware components. The panel includes: a frame having a first pair of parallel sides connected orthogonally to a second pair of parallel sides, where at least one of the pairs of parallel sides is adjustable in length; an attachment means provided on at least one of the pairs of parallel sides for removable attachment of the blanking panel to the rack; and a screen formed of a flexible and stretchable material extending between at least one of the pairs of parallel sides where the flexible and stretchable material stretches as the pair of parallel sides are moved apart thereby blocking the aperture.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Drewery, Sarah. (2017). Adjustable blanking panel for datacentre racks (U.S. Patent No. 9578785). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9578785

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