Patent ID: 8469203

Claim:
A rack mount apparatus comprising: a rack in which a device is mountable in said rack by being moved along a movement direction into said rack, said device having a first surface, a second surface, and a first connection portion provided on the second surface, said first surface being opposite to a back-side of said rack when said device is positioned to be moved along the movement direction into said rack and is also opposite to the back-side of said rack when said device is mounted in said rack, said movement direction into said rack being a direction from the first surface of said device to the second surface of said device; and a cross-sectional L-shaped panel with a third surface having a second connection portion for an interface cable to be connected to said first connection portion while said device is mounted in the rack, said panel being installed in said rack and being under said device when said device is mounted in said rack and being rotatable so as to take at least an opened position in which the first surface is perpendicular to the third surface when said device is positioned to be moved along the movement direction into, and thereby be mounted in, said rack, and a closed position in which the third surface is substantially on a same plane with the first surface, after said device has been moved into said rack and is thereby mounted in said rack, wherein the movement of the device along the movement direction causes the panel to be rotated from the opened position to the closed position.