Patent ID: 8593815

Claim:
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, the air inlet duct having a lateral dimension that approximates a lateral dimension of the computer equipment rack and an entire length that is less than a length of the computer equipment rack, wherein the air inlet duct is configured to redirect an incoming air flow at the air inlets; an air exhaust duct mounted to the computer equipment rack surrounding at least a portion of the exhaust outlets, the air exhaust duct having a lateral dimension that approximates the lateral dimension of the computer equipment rack and an entire length that is less than the length of the computer equipment rack, wherein the air exhaust duct is configured to redirect outgoing air flow at the exhaust outlets; and air-blocking baffles inserted within the computer equipment rack, 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, and wherein the air-blocking baffles are configured to constrain at least a portion of the incoming air flow to air flow coming from the air inlet duct.