Patent ID: 8405984
Filing Date: 2013-03-26
Classification: H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An electronic equipment enclosure comprising: (a) a frame structure for supporting electronic equipment through which air flows in a side-to-side direction; (b) one or more enclosure panels mounted on the frame structure, the frame structure and the one or more enclosure panels together defining an enclosure; (c) an exhaust duct having an air inlet opening to receive air exhausted from the equipment and an air outlet opening to exhaust air from the enclosure; and (d) a barrier for selectively blocking a portion of the air inlet opening in order to prevent air exhausted into the duct from flowing back into the enclosure, the barrier including a plurality of panels that define an air inlet gap through which air flows into the exhaust duct; (e) wherein the air inlet gap is defined by a first panel of the plurality of panels along an upper edge thereof and a second panel of the plurality of panels along a lower edge thereof, each of the first and second panels including a flange extending along at least a portion of a horizontal edge that abuts the air inlet gap; (f) wherein the first panel and the second panel are adjustable relative to one another so as to provide the air inlet gap with an adjustable height, wherein the flange of the first panel is disposed along the bottom of the first panel, and wherein the second panel is rotated 180 degrees relative to the first panel such that the flange of the second panel is disposed along the top of the second panel; and wherein air is routable: (i) in a side-to-side direction through electronic equipment supported in the enclosure and into the exhaust duct via the air inlet gap; and (ii) through the exhaust duct and out of the enclosure via the air outlet opening.