Patent ID: 8964375
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
1. A computer equipment rack with computer equipment therein, comprising: one or more air inlets; one or more exhaust outlets; an air inlet duct mounted to the computer equipment rack surrounding at least a portion of the air inlets which configured to redirect an incoming air flow at the air inlets, wherein the air inlet duct is a partial duct structure having an entire length that is less than or equal to about 0.5 times a length of the computer equipment rack and extends from a mid plane of the computer equipment rack; an air exhaust duct mounted to the computer equipment rack surrounding at least a portion of the exhaust outlets which is configured to redirect outgoing air flow at the exhaust outlets, wherein the air exhaust duct is a partial duct structure having an entire length that is less than or equal to about 0.5 times the length of the computer equipment rack and extends from the mid plane of the computer equipment rack; and one or more air-blocking baffles inserted within the computer equipment rack which are configured to constrain at least a portion of the incoming air flow to air flow coming from the air inlet duct, wherein i) at least one of the air-blocking baffles is present along at least a portion of an inner length of the computer equipment rack and is configured to block one or more air passageways between sides of the computer equipment and inner sides of the computer equipment rack, ii) at least one of the air-blocking baffles is present along at least a portion of an inner lateral dimension of the computer equipment rack and is configured to block one or more air passageways between a top of the computer equipment and an inner top of the computer equipment rack, and iii) at least one of the air-blocking baffles is present along at least a portion of the inner lateral dimension of the computer equipment rack and is configured to block one or more air passageways between the sides of the computer equipment and the inner sides of the computer equipment rack.