Patents by Inventor Dennis W. VanLith
Dennis W. VanLith has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 10123462Abstract: An electronic equipment enclosure includes a frame structure at least partially enclosed by a plurality of panels defining a compartment in which one or more electronic components are mounted and an exhaust air duct that is adapted to segregate hot air being exhausted from the compartment from cool air entering the compartment, thereby improving thermal management of the enclosure. The exhaust duct includes a lower duct section extending upward from the top panel of the compartment and an upper duct section telescoping upward from an upper end of the lower duct section. Each duct section includes four panels connected together by hinged corner fittings such that the section is collapsible. The upper duct section includes an outwardly flared portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2017Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: Chatsworth Products, Inc.Inventors: William Krietzman, Richard Evans Lewis, II, Dennis W. Vanlith
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Publication number: 20180263127Abstract: An electronic equipment enclosure comprises a frame structure formed from a plurality of support posts and at least partially enclosed by a plurality of panels. The panels include at least side, top and back panels defining an enclosure having a top, a bottom and a rear thereof. The top panel includes an opening there through that is rectangular in shape. The equipment enclosure further comprises an exhaust air duct extending upward from the top panel of the enclosure. The exhaust air duct is rectangular in cross-section and is disposed in surrounding relation to, and in fluid communication with, the top panel opening. The exhaust air duct is adapted to segregate hot air being exhausted from the enclosure from cool air entering the enclosure, thereby improving thermal management of the enclosure.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2018Publication date: September 13, 2018Inventors: Richard Evans LEWIS, II, Dennis W. VANLITH
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Patent number: 9974198Abstract: An electronic equipment enclosure comprises a frame structure formed from a plurality of support posts and at least partially enclosed by a plurality of panels. The panels include at least side, top and back panels defining an enclosure having a top, a bottom and a rear thereof. The top panel includes an opening there through that is rectangular in shape. The equipment enclosure further comprises an exhaust air duct extending upward from the top panel of the enclosure. The exhaust air duct is rectangular in cross-section and is disposed in surrounding relation to, and in fluid communication with, the top panel opening. The exhaust air duct is adapted to segregate hot air being exhausted from the enclosure from cool air entering the enclosure, thereby improving thermal management of the enclosure.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2015Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: Chatsworth Products, Inc.Inventors: Richard Evans Lewis, II, Dennis W. Vanlith
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Publication number: 20180042143Abstract: An electronic equipment enclosure includes a frame structure at least partially enclosed by a plurality of panels defining a compartment in which one or more electronic components are mounted and an exhaust air duct that is adapted to segregate hot air being exhausted from the compartment from cool air entering the compartment, thereby improving thermal management of the enclosure. The exhaust duct includes a lower duct section extending upward from the top panel of the compartment and an upper duct section telescoping upward from an upper end of the lower duct section. Each duct section includes four panels connected together by hinged corner fittings such that the section is collapsible. The upper duct section includes an outwardly flared portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2017Publication date: February 8, 2018Inventors: William KRIETZMAN, Richard Evans LEWIS, II, Dennis W. VANLITH
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Patent number: 9801309Abstract: An electronic equipment enclosure includes a frame structure at least partially enclosed by a plurality of panels defining a compartment in which one or more electronic components are mounted and an exhaust air duct that is adapted to segregate hot air being exhausted from the compartment from cool air entering the compartment, thereby improving thermal management of the enclosure. The exhaust duct includes a lower duct section extending upward from the top panel of the compartment and an upper duct section telescoping upward from an upper end of the lower duct section. Each duct section includes four panels connected together by hinged corner fittings such that the section is collapsible. The upper duct section includes an outwardly flared portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2015Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: Chatsworth Products, Inc.Inventors: William Krietzman, Richard Evans Lewis, II, Dennis W. Vanlith
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Publication number: 20160302317Abstract: An electronic equipment enclosure comprises a frame structure formed from a plurality of support posts and at least partially enclosed by a plurality of panels. The panels include at least side, top and back panels defining an enclosure having a top, a bottom and a rear thereof. The top panel includes an opening there through that is rectangular in shape. The equipment enclosure further comprises an exhaust air duct extending upward from the top panel of the enclosure. The exhaust air duct is rectangular in cross-section and is disposed in surrounding relation to, and in fluid communication with, the top panel opening. The exhaust air duct is adapted to segregate hot air being exhausted from the enclosure from cool air entering the enclosure, thereby improving thermal management of the enclosure.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2016Publication date: October 13, 2016Inventors: Richard Evans LEWIS, II, Dennis W. VANLITH
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Publication number: 20150351289Abstract: An electronic equipment enclosure includes a frame structure at least partially enclosed by a plurality of panels defining a compartment in which one or more electronic components are mounted and an exhaust air duct that is adapted to segregate hot air being exhausted from the compartment from cool air entering the compartment, thereby improving thermal management of the enclosure. The exhaust duct includes a lower duct section extending upward from the top panel of the compartment and an upper duct section telescoping upward from an upper end of the lower duct section. Each duct section includes four panels connected together by hinged corner fittings such that the section is collapsible. The upper duct section includes an outwardly flared portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2015Publication date: December 3, 2015Inventors: William KRIETZMAN, Richard Evans LEWIS, II, Dennis W. VANLITH
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Publication number: 20150319872Abstract: An electronic equipment enclosure comprises a frame structure formed from a plurality of support posts and at least partially enclosed by a plurality of panels. The panels include at least side, top and back panels defining an enclosure having a top, a bottom and a rear thereof. The top panel includes an opening there through that is rectangular in shape. The equipment enclosure further comprises an exhaust air duct extending upward from the top panel of the enclosure. The exhaust air duct is rectangular in cross-section and is disposed in surrounding relation to, and in fluid communication with, the top panel opening. The exhaust air duct is adapted to segregate hot air being exhausted from the enclosure from cool air entering the enclosure, thereby improving thermal management of the enclosure.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2015Publication date: November 5, 2015Inventors: Richard Evans LEWIS, II, Dennis W. VANLITH
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Patent number: 9119329Abstract: An electronic equipment enclosure includes a frame structure at least partially enclosed by a plurality of panels defining a compartment in which one or more electronic components are mounted and an exhaust air duct that is adapted to segregate hot air being exhausted from the compartment from cool air entering the compartment, thereby improving thermal management of the enclosure. The exhaust duct includes a lower duct section extending upward from the top panel of the compartment and an upper duct section telescoping upward from an upper end of the lower duct section. Each duct section includes four panels connected together by hinged corner fittings such that the section is collapsible. The upper duct section includes an outwardly flared portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2014Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignee: Chatsworth Products, Inc.Inventors: William Krietzman, Richard Evans Lewis, II, Dennis W. Vanlith
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Patent number: 9084369Abstract: An electronic equipment enclosure comprises a frame structure formed from a plurality of support posts and at least partially enclosed by a plurality of panels. The panels include at least side, top and back panels defining an enclosure having a top, a bottom and a rear thereof. The top panel includes an opening there through that is rectangular in shape. The equipment enclosure further comprises an exhaust air duct extending upward from the top panel of the enclosure. The exhaust air duct is rectangular in cross-section and is disposed in surrounding relation to, and in fluid communication with, the top panel opening. The exhaust air duct is adapted to segregate hot air being exhausted from the enclosure from cool air entering the enclosure, thereby improving thermal management of the enclosure.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2014Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: Chatsworth Products, Inc.Inventors: Richard Evans Lewis, II, Dennis W. Vanlith
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Publication number: 20140334099Abstract: An electronic equipment enclosure includes a frame structure at least partially enclosed by a plurality of panels defining a compartment in which one or more electronic components are mounted and an exhaust air duct that is adapted to segregate hot air being exhausted from the compartment from cool air entering the compartment, thereby improving thermal management of the enclosure. The exhaust duct includes a lower duct section extending upward from the top panel of the compartment and an upper duct section telescoping upward from an upper end of the lower duct section. Each duct section includes four panels connected together by hinged corner fittings such that the section is collapsible. The upper duct section includes an outwardly flared portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2014Publication date: November 13, 2014Applicant: CHATSWORTH PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: William KRIETZMAN, Richard Evans LEWIS, II, Dennis W. VANLITH
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Publication number: 20140323029Abstract: An electronic equipment enclosure comprises a frame structure formed from a plurality of support posts and at least partially enclosed by a plurality of panels. The panels include at least side, top and back panels defining an enclosure having a top, a bottom and a rear thereof. The top panel includes an opening there through that is rectangular in shape. The equipment enclosure further comprises an exhaust air duct extending upward from the top panel of the enclosure. The exhaust air duct is rectangular in cross-section and is disposed in surrounding relation to, and in fluid communication with, the top panel opening. The exhaust air duct is adapted to segregate hot air being exhausted from the enclosure from cool air entering the enclosure, thereby improving thermal management of the enclosure.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2014Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: CHATSWORTH PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: Richard Evans LEWIS, II, Dennis W. VANLITH
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Patent number: 8737068Abstract: An electronic equipment enclosure includes a frame structure at least partially enclosed by a plurality of panels defining a compartment in which one or more electronic components are mounted and an exhaust air duct that is adapted to segregate hot air being exhausted from the compartment from cool air entering the compartment, thereby improving thermal management of the enclosure. The exhaust duct includes a lower duct section extending upward from the top panel of the compartment and an upper duct section telescoping upward from an upper end of the lower duct section. Each duct section includes four panels connected together by hinged corner fittings such that the section is collapsible. The upper duct section includes an outwardly flared portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2012Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Chatsworth Products, Inc.Inventors: William Krietzman, Richard Evans Lewis, II, Dennis W. Vanlith
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Patent number: 8730665Abstract: An electronic equipment enclosure comprises a frame structure formed from a plurality of support posts and at least partially enclosed by a plurality of panels. The panels include at least side, top and back panels defining an enclosure having a top, a bottom and a rear thereof. The top panel includes an opening there through that is rectangular in shape. The equipment enclosure further comprises an exhaust air duct extending upward from the top panel of the enclosure. The exhaust air duct is rectangular in cross-section and is disposed in surrounding relation to, and in fluid communication with, the top panel opening. The exhaust air duct is adapted to segregate hot air being exhausted from the enclosure from cool air entering the enclosure, thereby improving thermal management of the enclosure.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2011Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Chatsworth Products, Inc.Inventors: Richard Evans Lewis, II, Dennis W. VanLith
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Patent number: 8653363Abstract: An electronic equipment enclosure system with an airflow control system includes an enclosure, having a front, a rear, a top, a bottom and two sides, and a magnetic filler panel.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2011Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Chatsworth Products, Inc.Inventors: Edward Behrens, Dennis W. Vanlith
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Publication number: 20120194999Abstract: An electronic equipment enclosure includes a frame structure at least partially enclosed by a plurality of panels defining a compartment in which one or more electronic components are mounted and an exhaust air duct that is adapted to segregate hot air being exhausted from the compartment from cool air entering the compartment, thereby improving thermal management of the enclosure. The exhaust duct includes a lower duct section extending upward from the top panel of the compartment and an upper duct section telescoping upward from an upper end of the lower duct section. Each duct section includes four panels connected together by hinged corner fittings such that the section is collapsible. The upper duct section includes an outwardly flared portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2012Publication date: August 2, 2012Inventors: William KRIETZMAN, Richard Evans Lewis, II, Dennis W. Vanlith
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Patent number: 8107238Abstract: An electronic equipment enclosure includes a frame structure at least partially enclosed by a plurality of panels defining a compartment in which one or more electronic components are mounted and an exhaust air duct that is adapted to segregate hot air being exhausted from the compartment from cool air entering the compartment, thereby improving thermal management of the enclosure. The exhaust duct includes a lower duct section extending upward from the top panel of the compartment and an upper duct section telescoping upward from an upper end of the lower duct section. Each duct section includes four panels connected together by hinged corner fittings such that the section is collapsible. The upper duct section includes an outwardly flared portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2009Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: Chatsworth Products, Inc.Inventors: William Krietzman, Richard Evans Lewis, II, Dennis W. Vanlith
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Publication number: 20110290553Abstract: An electronic equipment enclosure system with an airflow control system includes an enclosure, having a front, a rear, a top, a bottom and two sides, and a magnetic filler panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2011Publication date: December 1, 2011Inventors: Edward BEHRENS, Dennis W. VANLITH
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Publication number: 20110287704Abstract: An electronic equipment enclosure comprises a frame structure formed from a plurality of support posts and at least partially enclosed by a plurality of panels. The panels include at least side, top and back panels defining an enclosure having a top, a bottom and a rear thereof. The top panel includes an opening there through that is rectangular in shape. The equipment enclosure further comprises an exhaust air duct extending upward from the top panel of the enclosure. The exhaust air duct is rectangular in cross-section and is disposed in surrounding relation to, and in fluid communication with, the top panel opening. The exhaust air duct is adapted to segregate hot air being exhausted from the enclosure from cool air entering the enclosure, thereby improving thermal management of the enclosure.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2011Publication date: November 24, 2011Inventors: Richard Evans LEWIS, II, Dennis W. VanLith
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Patent number: 7952869Abstract: An electronic equipment enclosure comprises a frame structure formed from a plurality of support posts and at least partially enclosed by a plurality of panels. The panels include at least side, top and back panels defining an enclosure having a top, a bottom and a rear thereof. The top panel includes an opening there through that is rectangular in shape. The equipment enclosure further comprises an exhaust air duct extending upward from the top panel of the enclosure. The exhaust air duct is rectangular in cross-section and is disposed in surrounding relation to, and in fluid communication with, the top panel opening. The exhaust air duct is adapted to segregate hot air being exhausted from the enclosure from cool air entering the enclosure, thereby improving thermal management of the enclosure.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2009Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignee: Chatsworth Products, Inc.Inventors: Richard Evans Lewis, II, Dennis W. Vanlith, Daniel Alaniz, D. Brian Donowho