US 12,035,501 B2
Data center cabinet
Andrzej Nicewicz, Glenview, IL (US); Jerry A. Wiltjer, Frankfort, IL (US); Tomasz K. Waz, Orland Park, IL (US); and James N. Fleming, Naperville, IL (US)
Assigned to Panduit Corp., Tinley Park, IL (US)
Filed by Panduit Corp., Tinley Park, IL (US)
Filed on Apr. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/140,816.
Application 18/140,816 is a continuation of application No. 17/243,882, filed on Apr. 29, 2021, granted, now 11,678,451.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/019,561, filed on May 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0262922 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H05K 7/18 (2006.01); H05K 7/14 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 7/18 (2013.01) [H05K 7/1488 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of assembling a base frame of a data center cabinet, comprising the steps of:
securing a first top side-to-side beam and a first bottom side-to-side beam between a pair of front vertical posts to form a front picture frame assembly, wherein the pair of front vertical posts have an elongated slot that extends laterally across each front vertical posts;
securing a second top side-to-side beam and a second bottom side-to-side beam between a pair of back vertical posts to form a back picture frame assembly, wherein the pair of back vertical posts have an elongated slot that extends laterally across each back vertical posts;
securing a pair of top front-to-back beams and a pair of bottom front-to-back beams between the front picture frame assembly and the back picture frame assembly;
aligning a pair of middle front-to-back beams between the front picture frame assembly and the back picture frame assembly;
securing a pair of equipment rails to the top front-to-back beams, the middle front-to-back beams, and the bottom front-to-back beams;
adjusting a lateral distance between the pair of equipment rails;
securing the middle front-to-back beams to the front picture frame assembly and the back picture frame assembly, wherein the middle front-to-back beams are secured to the front and back picture frame assemblies by inserting threaded members through the elongated slots that extend laterally across each front and back vertical post and through apertures in the middle front-to-back beams; and
wherein each of the front vertical posts and the back vertical posts comprises a front wall and a rear wall generally parallel and spaced apart from the front wall, the elongated slot is formed in the rear wall, and an enlarged aperture is formed in the front wall, is configured to receive a head of the threaded member, and is aligned with the elongated slot.