Patent ID: 7837352

Claim:
An electronics system comprising: an electronics rack, the electronics rack comprising: a rack frame; at least one electronics subsystem disposed within the electronics rack and supported by the rack frame; a door hingedly mounted along one edge to the rack frame of the electronics rack at one side thereof; and an apparatus for facilitating servicing of the electronics rack, the apparatus comprising a light source mounted to an inside of the door of the electronics rack, the light source comprising: a plurality of light-emitting diodes, the plurality of light-emitting diodes being sized to illuminate at least a portion of the electronics rack at the one side thereof to facilitate servicing of at least the portion of the one side of the electronics rack, wherein the light-emitting diodes comprise multiple diodes of different beam patterns of light emitting therefrom, and wherein the diodes of different beam patterns of light are arrayed in an alternating arrangement of different beam patterns of light; an elongate light bar, the elongate light bar comprising a base plate and an elongate, light-emitting diode support structure pivotally connected to the base plate, wherein the plurality of light-emitting diodes are disposed along the elongate, light-emitting diode support structure, and the base plate is mounted to the inside of the door, and wherein the elongate, light-emitting diode support structure pivots relative to the base plate to allow pivoting of the light-emitting diode support structure towards the one side of the electronics rack with pivoting of the door away therefrom, to facilitate illumination of the portion of the electronics rack with opening of the door in any of a plurality of angles relative to the electronics rack; a power supply for supplying power to the plurality of light-emitting diodes; and wherein the door is hingedly mounted along a proximal edge to the rack frame and wherein the elongate light bar is mounted to the inside of the door adjacent to the proximal edge thereof to facilitate illumination of the one side of the electronics rack with pivoting open of the door in any of the plurality of angles relative to the electronics rack.