Patent ID: 9148980
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: A47B,G06F,H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A rack system for housing multiple computer systems, comprising a plurality of adjacent rows of racks; a plurality of end caps, wherein the end caps cover the side opening of each rack at the end of the rows of racks, wherein the end caps prevent heated air from escaping; a first rack in a first portion of a first row of the rows of racks, wherein the first rack is sized to house multiple computer systems, and wherein the depth of the first rack is at most twenty inches; second rack in a second portion of a first row of the rows of racks coupled to the first rack, wherein the second rack is sized to house multiple computer systems, wherein the depth of the second rack is at most twenty inches, and wherein the first rack is coupled to a second rack through a bar member coupled between the first rack and a second rack, wherein the bar member includes spring action in both compressive and extensive directions, and wherein the bar member compensates for a movement of the second rack, by compressing or extending, without causing a corresponding movement in the first rack when the first rack and second rack are each loaded with multiple computer systems; a hot aisle, wherein the hot aisle is between the first portion and the second portion of the first row by the back-to-back configuration of the first rack and the second rack; a third rack in a second row of the rows of racks adjacent to the coupled first rack and second rack, wherein the third rack is sized to house multiple computer systems, wherein the depth of the third rack is at least thirty-six inches; and a cool aisle, wherein the cool aisle separates each of the adjacent rows of racks, and wherein the front side of the first rack and the front side of the third rack faces the cool aisle; wherein the first rack and the second rack are coupled to one another in a back-to-back configuration, and wherein all of the user-accessible controls of each of the computer systems are accessible through the front side of each of the respective racks, wherein the depth of the third rack is greater than the depth of the back-to-back configuration of the first rack and the second; and wherein the third rack is independent of the first and second racks.