Patent ID: 7667965
Filing Date: 2010-02-23
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: an acoustically absorptive barrier panel residing above multiple electronics racks, wherein room air moves through each electronics rack of the at least one electronics rack from an air inlet side to an air outlet side thereof, the air inlet side and the air outlet side of each electronics rack being opposing sides of the electronics rack, and wherein the acoustically absorptive barrier panel extends a height above the electronics racks and a width across the electronics racks sufficient to block hot air exiting into the room from the outlet side of the electronics racks from recirculating across a top of the electronics racks to the air inlet side of the electronics racks, and wherein the acoustically absorptive barrier panel comprises multiple layers, the multiple layers comprising an acoustically absorptive core material selected to attenuate noise emanating, in part, from the electronics racks; and wherein the acoustically absorptive barrier panel comprises multiple acoustically absorptive barrier panel sections, each acoustically absorptive barrier panel section being sized to reside above a respective electronics rack of the multiple electronics racks, and wherein each of the barrier panel sections further comprise multiple connectors connecting the multiple acoustically absorptive barrier panel sections together to form the acoustically absorptive barrier panel disposed above the multiple electronics racks.