Abstract: A universal monitor mount for attaching a monitor post to a surface, the monitor mount including a base cup with an open top, at least one side wall and a closed bottom. The base cup has an interior cavity for receiving the monitor post in use. A bottom of the base cup includes a recess sized and shaped to receive a head of a mounting bolt. At least one desktop mounting component is provided that has a plurality of attachment holes arranged to align with and attach to holes in the base cup for securing the desktop mounting component to the base cup. At least one restraining surface is formed on the base cup or on the mounting component to prevent the mounting bolt from rotating when the bolt is inserted in the recess and the desktop mounting component is attached to the base cup.

Abstract: An electronics rack for storing electronic components, the rack including a base frame, a top frame, and at least four vertical posts, each end of each vertical post attaching to the top frame and base frame and providing structural support for the rack. At least one of the vertical posts includes a post frame having two side walls and a back wall that are attached to one another to form a channel with an open front and an interior. At least one access panel is removably attached to the post frame so as to close off at least a portion of the open front of the channel, the access panel providing access to the interior of the channel. At least one of either a data connector assembly, an electrical outlet assembly, or a circuit breaker assembly is removably attached to the post frame.

Abstract: A light assembly with a light fixture and a rotatable mounting assembly. The mounting assembly includes a base that has a mounting flange with a cradle attached thereto that has an inner race with a curved surface and a plurality of teeth projecting radially inward. A stanchion is mounted adjacent to the cradle and has an axle extending laterally outward therefrom over the cradle. The axle has a center axis that is coaxial with a radial axis of the inner race. A light mount rotatably mounted to the base. The light mount includes a fixture bracket that is attached to the light fixture. The light mount includes a mount frame with an outer race that has a curved surface, and a hub mounted to the axle with an axis that is coaxial with a radial axis of the outer race and the axle axis.

Abstract: A wall mount enclosure has a backpan with a back panel and a plurality of side panels extending forwards from the back panel. A plurality of extensions are releasably attached to the backpan side panels and to adjacent extensions to form an extension assembly extending forwards from the backpan. The extension assembly as an assembly is releasable from and attachable to the backpan, and individual extensions are releasable from and attachable to the backpan and their respective adjacent extensions. At least one door is removably attached to one of the extensions and movable between a closed position and an open position.

Abstract: A power distribution equipment, and a corresponding method, start a plurality of devices in a predetermined sequence. A first device is started. The equipment repeatedly attempts to communicate with the first device until a response is received, and upon receiving the response from the first device, starts a second device. The sequence is repeated as many times as necessary to start all of the plurality of devices. For some devices, a time delay may be used instead of communication. The devices may be shut down by reversing the same process.

Abstract: An electronics rack with an electrically controlled access panel, including an enclosure including a base, side walls and a top, with at least one opening in a sidewall or the top for accessing the interior of the enclosure. At least one panel is mounted to the enclosure for permitting controlled access to the interior. At least two electronically controlled hinges are mounted to opposite sides of the panel. Each hinge has a hinge axis about which the panel can rotate when the panel is unlocked, the hinge axes of the two hinges being parallel to one another. Each hinge includes a hinge pin that is slidable in a housing between a retracted position and an extended position. Each hinge includes an electronically controlled drive mechanism for controlling reciprocation of the hinge pin.

Abstract: An electronics rack with integrated battery storage compartment for an uninterrupted power supply is disclosed. The battery storage compartment includes a compartment housing attached to the rack and a compartment drawer slidingly mounted within the compartment housing. The compartment drawer includes an uninterrupted power supply (UPS) and one or more batteries for providing battery powered backup for electronics components mounted in the rack. The UPS includes one or more output power lines that connect to one or more outlets for supplying power to components mounted on the rack. The compartment drawer is mounted to the compartment housing through mating slide rails. The compartment drawer includes an access panel with a handle which permits a user to slide the compartment drawer out from the compartment housing.

Abstract: A universal monitor mount for attaching a monitor post to a surface, the monitor mount including a base cup with an open top, at least one side wall and a closed bottom. The base cup has an interior cavity for receiving the monitor post in use. A bottom of the base cup includes a recess sized and shaped to receive a head of a mounting bolt. At least one desktop mounting component is provided that has a plurality of attachment holes arranged to align with and attach to holes in the base cup for securing the desktop mounting component to the base cup. At least one restraining surface is formed on the base cup or on the mounting component to prevent the mounting bolt from rotating when the bolt is inserted in the recess and the desktop mounting component is attached to the base cup.

Abstract: A light assembly with a light fixture and a rotatable mounting assembly. The mounting assembly includes a base that has a mounting flange with a cradle attached thereto that has an inner race with a curved surface and a plurality of teeth projecting radially inward. A stanchion is mounted adjacent to the cradle and has an axle extending laterally outward therefrom over the cradle. The axle has a center axis that is coaxial with a radial axis of the inner race. A light mount rotatably mounted to the base. The light mount includes a fixture bracket that is attached to the light fixture. The light mount includes a mount frame with an outer race that has a curved surface, and a hub mounted to the axle with an axis that is coaxial with a radial axis of the outer race and the axle axis.

Abstract: A multi-piece shelf for an electronics rack, the electronics rack having a base and at least two vertical posts. The multi-piece shelf includes at least two side brackets and a removable shelf, the side brackets being separate components from the shelf. Each side bracket includes a vertical wall and a shelf mounting flange that is integral to and extends laterally from the vertical wall. A post mounting flange is integrally attached to at least a portion of the vertical wall for attaching to a vertical post. The removable shelf includes a flat bottom portion with at least two shovel lances formed on and extending downward and rearward from a lower surface of the bottom portion. Each shovel lance having a locking section that is spaced apart from the bottom portion and configured to it into an aperture in the shelf mounting flange.

Abstract: An end unit has an end wall and first and second side walls forming a corner. One end of an L-shaped rail with first and second flanges seats in the corner against the end wall, with the flanges flat against the side walls. One side wall has a protrusion abutting the first flange to restrict movement of the rail away from the other side wall. The first side wall has a tab in a slot in the first flange, engaging the flange on a side of the slot away from the end wall, preventing movement of the rail away from the first side wall, while permitting movement of the rail away from the end wall to a position where the tab aligns with the slot to permit movement of the rail away from the first side wall. A pin in aligned holes prevents the movement away from the end wall.

Abstract: A rack assembly includes a base frame having a base member, a lateral brace along a first edge of the base member, and a vertical stub extending upward from a corner of the base member, the vertical stub including first and second stub walls oriented substantially perpendicularly to each other; a side frame including a generally U-shaped vertical bracket; and a generally U-shaped gusset having an upper portion and a lower portion in which the one gusset wall is substantially parallel to and offset with respect to the upper portion. The upper portion of the gusset is attached to the vertical bracket so as to form a first gap between the one gusset wall and a corresponding vertical bracket wall, and a second gap is formed between another bracket wall and the lower portion of the corresponding gusset wall, the gaps being adapted to receive the vertical stub walls.

Abstract: An end unit has an end wall and first and second side walls forming a corner. One end of an L-shaped rail with first and second flanges seats in the corner against the end wall, with the flanges flat against the side walls. One side wall has a protrusion abutting the first flange to restrict movement of the rail away from the other side wall. The first side wall has a tab in a slot in the first flange, engaging the flange on a side of the slot away from the end wall, preventing movement of the rail away from the first side wall, while permitting movement of the rail away from the end wall to a position where the tab aligns with the slot to permit movement of the rail away from the first side wall. A pin in aligned holes prevents the movement away from the end wall.

Abstract: A locking lever for a removable rack rail includes a base plate, a body plate mounted to the base plate so as to be pivotable about a pivot point between a first position and a second position with respect to the base plate, a tang extending in a lateral direction from the body plate, and a finger tab extending from the body plate for actuating the body plate to pivot about the pivot point with respect to the base plate, wherein when the body plate is in the second position the tang is at least partially recessed so that an end portion of the locking lever can fit in a slot on a mounting rail, and wherein when the body plate is in the first position the tang extends laterally beyond the lateral edge of the base plate so that the end portion cannot be removed from the slot.

Abstract: Various embodiments relate to a degrade-resistant surge suppressor that detects and suppresses surge events. The surge suppressor includes a high impedance high pass filter, one or more series inductors, and one or more capacitor banks. The capacitor bank may include a bridge rectifier circuit having two diodes and two SCRs (Silicon-Controlled Rectifiers), or a diode bridge rectifier fed by a TRIAC (Node for Alternating Current). The surge suppressor may further include a secondary trigger device to ensure proper attenuation of surge events.

Abstract: A power isolation system and method is disclosed. The system includes a transformer suitable for use in the power isolation system, and a semiconductor device electrically connected to the transformer to provide a reduction of the inrush current associated with powering the transformer, wherein the semiconductor device is activated upon power up based upon the previous shutdown state of the power isolation system to provide a soft start to the transformer, and after activation of the transformer, the semiconductor device is shorted in the system.

Abstract: A video screen mounting system including a vertical post having a mounting wall, a base supporting the vertical post, a cross beam having a body, a mounting leg extending rearwardly from the body, and at least one mounting channel located on one or more of a front, a top, and a bottom of the body, and a bracket removably mountable on the mounting wall of the vertical post and having a frontwardly extending flange for receiving and retaining the mounting leg of the cross beam.

Abstract: A fastener assembly comprising a fastener with a head having a first surface and second surface, and a shaft extending from the second surface of the head. An annular washer is rotatably disposed about the shaft and rotatable relative to the second surface of the fastener head. The washer has an inner diameter, an outer diameter, a first surface and a second, the first surface being positioned adjacent to the second surface of the head. A plurality of identical conical projections extend out from the second surface of the washer and are formed integrally therewith.