Patent ID: 6605777
Filing Date: 2003-08-12
Classification: H02B

Abstract:
A metal frame apparatus for supporting electronic equipment against excessive vibration, comprising in combination, two respective side assemblies integrally connected by welding by a top panel assembly and a bottom panel assembly;said top panel assembly having at least one of a front top edge and a rear top edge formed as chamfered; each said side assembly including at least two corner support channel members rigidly connected to one another by a plurality of cross strut members; each said corner support channel member having a flat-bottomed deep V-shaped channel portion comprising a bottom wall and two angled side walls, an outer corner section extending from one of said angled side walls comprising a first main extension wall, a chamfered corner wall, an outer end wall, and a flange wall, and an inner corner section extending from the other one of said angled side walls comprising a second main extension wall and an inner end wall, said two angled side walls extending to substantially the full depth of said respective outer and inner end walls; and each said corner support channel member further having at each of the top and bottom ends thereof an extension length portion to permit, at each end of a said corner support channel member, an extended weld length area for the integral welded connection of said corner support channel member to said respective top and bottom panel assemblies.