IP Library Granted Patent US 8,528,872
Granted Patent B2
US 8,528,872 · App. 13/705,497 · Granted Sep 10, 2013

Equipment enclosure kit and assembly method

Inventors: Jeffrey Lee Mattlin (San Francisco, CA); Joseph H. Bergesch (Chesterfield, MO); Kevin Neil Thomas (Florissant, MO); Paul Thomas Smith (Florissant, MO); James S. Spitaels (Shrewsbury, MA); Daniel Bryan (Cambridge, MA)
Assignee: Schneider Electric IT Corporation
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,528,872
App. No.
13/705,497
Granted
Sep 10, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

An equipment enclosure for housing electronic components includes a front assembly having a front frame, the front assembly defining a front of the enclosure, and a rear assembly having a rear frame. The enclosure further includes at least two side brace members, each side brace member having a first end and a second, opposite end. A first connector is configured to releasably connect the first end of one of the side brace members to the front frame. A second connector is configured to releasably connect the second end of the one of the side brace members to the rear frame. Other embodiments and methods are further disclosed.

Claims (7)

1. A clamping assembly to releasably clamp a first component to a second component, the clamping assembly comprising:

a clamping bracket configured to selectively engage a first component;

a latch member connected to the clamping bracket and associated with a second component, the latch member and the clamping bracket being movable between a non-clamping position to enable side-to-side movement of the first component with respect to the second component and a clamping position to prevent any side-to-side movement of the first component with respect to the second component; and

a positioning system to position the first component with respect to the second component, wherein the positioning system comprises

at least two openings formed in the first component, and

at least two different, alternating symbols which form a line of symbols along the second component, the symbols and openings being constructed and arranged to show one symbol through one opening to indicate a position of the first component along the second component.

2. The clamping assembly of claim 1 , wherein the positioning system comprises three openings and three different symbols, the symbols and openings being constructed and arranged to show a different symbol through a different opening when moving the first component an incremental distance along the length of the second component.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 15, 2013
From: AMERICAN POWER CONVERSION CORPORATION
To: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029628/0602 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 5, 2012
From: MATTLIN, JEFFREY LEE; BERGESCH, JOSEPH H.; THOMAS, KEVIN NEIL; SMITH, PAUL THOMAS; SPITAELS, JAMES S.; BRYAN, DANIEL
To: AMERICAN POWER CONVERSION CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029410/0257 →
Continuity (5)
Division 13526065 · Jun 18, 2012
Division 13269082 · Oct 7, 2011
Division 11938528 · Nov 12, 2007
Division 10990927 · Nov 17, 2004
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