US 11,889,633 B2
Header panel assembly for preventing air circulation above electronic equipment enclosure
William Krietzman, Hauser, ID (US); Jose Arturo Garza, Jr., Pflugerville, TX (US); and Richard Evans Lewis, II, Austin, TX (US)
Assigned to Chatsworth Products, Inc., Simi Valley, CA (US)
Filed by CHATSWORTH PRODUCTS, INC., Agoura Hills, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/181,738.
Application 17/181,738 is a continuation of application No. 16/792,611, filed on Feb. 17, 2020, granted, now 10,932,400.
Application 16/792,611 is a continuation of application No. 15/955,954, filed on Apr. 18, 2018, granted, now 10,568,246, issued on Feb. 18, 2020.
Application 15/955,954 is a continuation of application No. 13/763,699, filed on Feb. 10, 2013, granted, now 9,955,616, issued on Apr. 24, 2018.
Application 13/763,699 is a continuation in part of application No. 13/291,861, filed on Nov. 8, 2011, granted, now 9,313,927, issued on Apr. 12, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/597,287, filed on Feb. 10, 2012.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/411,359, filed on Nov. 8, 2010.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/411,373, filed on Nov. 8, 2010.
Prior Publication US 2021/0176905 A1, Jun. 10, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H05K 13/04 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 13/04 (2013.01) [Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A header panel assembly for use in preventing circulation of air above an electronic equipment enclosure, comprising:
a pair of fixed brackets, each including a retention flange extending from a main body and adapted to be supported by a horizontal member of a frame structure of a hot/cold aisle containment system, the pair of fixed brackets including a left fixed bracket and a right fixed bracket; and
a pair of header panels adjustably coupled to one another such that a first of the pair of panels is adjustable horizontally relative to a second of the pair of panels, the pair of header panels including a left end and a right end, wherein the left end is disposed within the retention flange of the left fixed bracket and the right end is disposed within the retention flange of the right fixed bracket;
wherein the fixed brackets are horizontally spaced apart from each other over an electronic equipment enclosure, and the header panels are correspondingly adjusted horizontally, such that the assembly has a desired width, thereby preventing circulation of air over the electronic equipment enclosure.