Rack-mountable chassis with resilient side panels

Details Rack-mountable chassis with resilient side panels Rack-mountable chassis with resilient side panels

1993-10-22

1995-03-21

Ramirez, Ramon O.

Supports: racks

Special article

Electrically powered

312332, 361331, A47F 700

Patent

active

053988213

ABSTRACT:
A rack-mountable chassis enclosure, having measurements in at least one dimension greater than the access aperture measurement of the enclosure-supporting rack in that same dimension, and providing additional empty volume into which the enclosed apparatus may move after the chassis has been mounted to the rack, is formed from a rigid panel, which can be mounted to the rack at a position to form a front boundary of the rack-enclosed volume, and at least one pair of opposed enclosure panel members extending substantially perpendicular behind the front panel and at least partially formed of a resilient material, with the maximum dimension between the outermost opposed surfaces of the resilient panel members exceeding the access aperture width of juxtaposed rack enclosure portions through which the enclosure must pass for positioning of the enclosure within the rack, and characterized by inward flexure of the resilient wall members, responsive to pressure thereupon from associated portions of the rack, during entry of the enclosure into the rack, and expansion of the wall members to their normal position once the contact between the associated rack portion and the wall member is removed.

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