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Granted Patent B2
US 12,052,842 · App. 17/625,438 · Granted Jul 30, 2024

Blank panel

Inventors: Noriyuki Sato (Musashino, JP); Kosuke Watanabe (Musashino, JP); Mineki Ogata (Musashino, JP)
Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
H05K7/18
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Patent No.
US 12,052,842
App. No.
17/625,438
Granted
Jul 30, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

In the case in which a blank panel having holes is mounted obliquely on a rack having holes, the blank panel includes an alignment mechanism for aligning the holes with the holes having a misalignment. For example, the alignment mechanism is a mechanism which causes the blank panel to have a shape in which corners of the blank panel are cut out.

Claims (29)

1. A blank panel, comprising:

an alignment mechanism configured to align a mounting portion having a blank panel side hole with a rack side hole having a misalignment, when the blank panel having the blank panel side hole is mounted obliquely on a rack having the rack side hole, wherein the mounting portion extends laterally in a similar plane as the blank panel.

2. The blank panel according to claim 1 , wherein the alignment mechanism includes a mechanism which causes the blank panel to have a shape in which corners of the blank panel are cut out.

3. The blank panel according to claim 2 , wherein the alignment mechanism further includes a mechanism in which a size of the blank panel side hole is made large enough to communicate with an entire rack side hole having the misalignment.

4. The blank panel according to claim 3 , wherein the blank panel includes a first partial panel and a second partial panel, and

the alignment mechanism further includes a mechanism which adjusts a position of the first partial panel with respect to the second partial panel.

5. The blank panel according to claim 2 , wherein the blank panel includes a first partial panel and a second partial panel, and

the alignment mechanism further includes a mechanism which adjusts a position of the first partial panel with respect to the second partial panel.

6. The blank panel according to claim 1 , wherein the alignment mechanism includes a mechanism in which a size of the blank panel side hole is made large enough to communicate with an entire rack side hole having the misalignment.

7. The blank panel according to claim 6 , wherein the blank panel includes a first partial panel and a second partial panel, and

the alignment mechanism further includes a mechanism which adjusts a position of the first partial panel with respect to the second partial panel.

8. The blank panel according to claim 1 , wherein the blank panel includes a first partial panel and a second partial panel, and

the alignment mechanism includes a mechanism which adjusts a position of the first partial panel with respect to the second partial panel.

9. A method comprising:

aligning a mounting portion having a blank panel side hole with a rack side hole having a misalignment, when a blank panel having the blank panel side hole is mounted obliquely on a rack having the rack side hole, wherein the mounting portion extends laterally in a similar plane as the blank panel.

10. The method according to claim 9 , comprising:

adjusting a shape of the blank panel in which corners of the blank panel are cut out.

11. The method according to claim 10 , comprising:

adjusting a size of the blank panel side hole to be large enough to communicate with an entire rack side hole having the misalignment.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the blank panel includes a first partial panel and a second partial panel and the method comprises:

adjusting a position of the first partial panel with respect to the second partial panel.

13. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the blank panel includes a first partial panel and a second partial panel and the method comprises:

adjusting a position of the first partial panel with respect to the second partial panel.

14. The method according to claim 9 , comprising:

adjusting a size of the blank panel side hole to be large enough to communicate with an entire rack side hole having the misalignment.

15. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the blank panel includes a first partial panel and a second partial panel and the method comprises:

adjusting a position of the first partial panel with respect to the second partial panel.

16. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the blank panel includes a first partial panel and a second partial panel and the method comprises:

adjusting a position of the first partial panel with respect to the second partial panel.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 11, 2022
From: SATO, NORIYUKI; WATANABE, KOSUKE; OGATA, MINEKI
To: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058616/0640 →
Continuity (1)
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