ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,574, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Panduit Corp. (Tinley Park, Ill.).
"Cabinet air dam enclosure" was invented by Brian L. Kelly (Oak Forest, Ill.), Kevin A. Marley (Joliet, Ill.), Shawn T. Kemp (Crete, Ill.), Andrew R. Matcha (Chicago) and Eric W. Sanders (LaGrange, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cabinet defined by a frame with front vertical posts, back vertical posts, and front to back beams extending from the front vertical posts to the back vertical posts. Equipment rails are secured to the frame at the front and the back of the cabinet. The equipment rails include vertically orientated holes extending there through....