US 12,302,527 B2
Electronic equipment enclosure with enhanced mounting flexibility
Roy L. Grantham, O'Fallen, MO (US)
Assigned to Vertiv Corporation, Westerville, OH (US)
Filed by Vertiv Corporation, Columbus, OH (US)
Filed on Sep. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/901,539.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/241,901, filed on Sep. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0073519 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. H05K 7/18 (2006.01); H05K 7/14 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 7/18 (2013.01) [H05K 7/1492 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
5. An electronic equipment enclosure, comprising:
a frame assembly, the frame assembly defining a top, a bottom, two sides, a front, and a rear thereof;
a rack assembly mounted within the frame assembly, the rack assembly defining a rack volume therewithin;
a panel assembly mounted on the frame assembly, the panel assembly including a top panel, a bottom panel, a side panel, and at least one door, wherein the top panel and the bottom panel are secured to the frame assembly with a plurality of fasteners and the side panel is held adjacent to the frame assembly by the top panel and the bottom panel; and
a utility space defined by the frame assembly between the panel assembly and the rack volume.
 
14. An electronic equipment enclosure, comprising:
a frame assembly, the frame assembly defining a top, a bottom, two sides, a front, and a rear thereof;
a rack assembly mounted within the frame assembly, the rack assembly defining a rack volume therewithin; and
a panel assembly mounted on the frame assembly, the panel assembly including a top panel, a bottom panel, a side panel, and at least one door;
wherein each side of the frame assembly includes one or more mounts configured to allow the enclosure to be mounted to a wall along both of the sides, wherein the top of the frame assembly includes one or more mounts configured to allow the enclosure to be mounted overhead, and wherein the bottom of the frame assembly includes one or more mounts configured to allow the enclosure to be supported from beneath;
wherein the frame assembly comprises four vertical posts;
wherein the one or more mounts configured to allow the enclosure to be mounted to a wall comprise one or more openings disposed through each of the four vertical posts; and
wherein the side panel comprises access cutouts that provide access to the one or more openings of two of the four vertical posts.