US 12,289,867 B2
Electronic equipment cabinets with configurable air plenums
Jin Harrison Elkins, Auburn, AL (US); and Adarsh Khandelwal, Pune (IN)
Assigned to VERTIV CORPORATION, Westerville, OH (US)
Filed by Vertiv Corporation, Columbus, OH (US)
Filed on May 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/735,530.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/183,921, filed on May 4, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202221015016 (IN), filed on Mar. 18, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2022/0361373 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. H05K 7/20 (2006.01); H05K 5/10 (2025.01)
CPC H05K 7/20572 (2013.01) [H05K 5/10 (2025.01); H05K 7/20145 (2013.01); H05K 7/20172 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronics equipment cabinet comprising:
a plurality of cabinet walls defining an interior enclosure space for housing electronic equipment, a select one of the plurality of cabinet walls defining a first airflow opening acting as an air supply outlet, and a second airflow opening acting as an air return outlet elevationally above the air supply outlet;
an air management box coupled to an interior surface of the select one of the plurality of cabinet walls and forming a fully separate enclosure within the electronics equipment cabinet, the air management box further being mounted to overlay the air supply outlet, and further to be adjacent to at least one of a front area or a rear area of the electronics equipment cabinet, the air management box having a vertical footprint sufficient to cover all of the electronic equipment housed in the electronics equipment cabinet;
the air management box including a plurality of walls and a plurality of plates detachably coupled to the walls, at least one of the plurality of walls being a vertical wall that is secured directly to the select one of the plurality of cabinet walls over the airflow opening, and elevationally below the second airflow opening without obstructing the first airflow opening;
the plurality of plates including a first plate having one or more perforations defining a first perforation pattern and a second plate having one or more perforations defining a second perforation pattern to control a direction and/or volume of airflow to the electronic equipment in the interior enclosure space or from the electronic equipment in the interior enclosure space to the air management box, wherein the first perforation pattern is different than the second perforation pattern; and
wherein the first and second plates are removably supported in the air management box in a vertical orientation.