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US 7,718,891 B2Granted
Network cabinet
AssigneePanduit Corp.
InventorsSamuel J. Adducci, Bruce R. Appino
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Abstract
An apparatus for mounting electronic equipment is provided having a base frame and an equipment rail mounted to the base frame by a threaded member, which provides an electrical bond between the base frame and the equipment rail.
Claims22
An apparatus for mounting electronic equipment, comprising:
- a base frame including a vertical frame rail positioned spaced apart, along at least a portion of a length of the vertical frame rail, from at least two adjacent sidewalls and a corner of the apparatus formed by the two adjacent sidewalls, wherein each sidewall comprises one of a panel and a door;
- and
- an equipment rail mounted to the base frame by a threaded member and adjustable in a spaced apart relationship to the vertical frame rail;
- wherein the threaded member provides an electrical bond between the base frame and the equipment rail.
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A method of mounting an equipment rail to a base frame in a network cabinet, comprising the steps of:
- positioning a vertical frame rail of the base frame spaced apart, along at least a portion of a length of the vertical frame rail, from at least two adjacent sidewalls and a corner of the network cabinet formed by the two adjacent sidewalls, wherein each sidewall comprises one of a panel and a door;
- positioning the equipment rail adjacent the base frame and in a spaced apart relationship to the vertical frame rail of the base frame;
- inserting a threaded member through a hole formed in the equipment rail and through an opening formed in the base frame;
- threading a nut onto the threaded member;
- and
- providing an electrical bond between the equipment rail and the base frame through the threaded member and the nut.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.