Patent ID: 8854815

Claim:
A method of changing a direction of a flow of air moving through a unit of electronic equipment, the method comprising: integrating a first conduit into a first side rail and a second conduit into a second side rail, each side rail having a flange extending from both ends thereof for mounting each end of that side rail to a vertical rail of an equipment rack; externally attaching the first conduit to one of opposing sidewalls of the unit of electronic equipment and the second conduit to the other of the opposing sidewalls of the unit of electronic equipment, each conduit having an open end, a closed end opposite the open end, and a side having one or more vents, the one or more vents in the side of each conduit being aligned with one or more vents in the sidewall of the unit of electronic equipment to which that conduit is attached; taking air in through the open end of the first conduit; channeling, by the first conduit, the air in a direction substantially orthogonal to the direction of the flow of air moving through the unit of electronic equipment; directing the air into the unit of the electronic equipment through the aligned vents of the first conduit and the sidewall of the unit of the electronic equipment to which the first conduit is attached; receiving, by the second conduit, the air moved through the unit of electronic equipment through the aligned vents of the second conduit and the sidewall of the unit of the electronic equipment to which the second conduit is attached; channeling, by the second conduit, the air in a direction that is substantially orthogonal to the direction of the air moving through the unit of electronic equipment; and exhausting the air through the open end of the second conduit.