ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,777,604, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Dell Products LP (Round Rock, Texas).

"Adaptive rack door" was invented by Sean P. O'Donnell (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.), Richard Andrew Crisp (Austin, Texas), Daniel Alvarado (Pflugerville, Texas), Julian Yu-Hao Chen (Austin, Texas) and Nicholas Lenn Poteracki (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, systems, and methods for securing electronic racks are disclosed. The electronic racks may be securing using adaptable rack doors. The rack doors may include width adjustment features. The width adjustment features may be used to place a rack door into compatibility with an electronic rack....