Assembly and method for ruggedizing computer racks

Abstract

A method and incorporated assembly is provided to enhance structural rigidity to a computer environment having at least one rack for housing electronic components. The assembly comprises a stiffener component mountable to a horizontal side of the rack; a support component mountable in a substantially horizontal direction on a vertical side of the rack to provide rotational support of the rack; and an enhancer component being mountable to at least one side of the rack.

1 . A ruggedization assembly used to enhance structural rigidity to a computer environment having at least one rack for housing electronic components comprising:
 a stiffener component mountable to a horizontal side of said rack;   a support component mountable in a substantially horizontal direction on a vertical side of said rack to provide rotational support of said rack;   an enhancer component being mountable to at least one side of said rack.   
   
   
       2 . A ruggedization assembly used to enhance structural rigidity to a computer environment having at least one rack for housing electronic components comprising:
 an expandable stiffener component mountable to a horizontal side of said rack;   a support component mountable in a substantially horizontal direction to a vertical side of said rack to provide rotational support of said rack;   an enhancer component having a peripheral element and a central element placed inside said peripheral element and connected at least to one portion of said peripheral element; said enhancer component being mountable to at least one side of said rack.   
   
   
       3 . The assembly of  claim 2 , wherein said environment comprises a plurality of racks and said stiffener is placed such as to connect two approximately positioned racks to one another. 
   
   
       4 . The assembly of  claim 3 , wherein a plurality of stiffeners are used to connect a plurality of racks to one another. 
   
   
       5 . The assembly of  claim 2 , wherein said stiffener is accordion shaped. 
   
   
       6 . The assembly of  claim 3 , wherein said stiffener is placed on a top surface of said rack. 
   
   
       7 . The assembly of  claim 2 , wherein said peripheral element and said central element each comprise of a plurality of members. 
   
   
       8 . The assembly of  claim 2  wherein said enhancer comprises of a peripheral element that is similarly shaped to at least one side of said rack. 
   
   
       9 . The assembly of  claim 2 , wherein said peripheral element further comprises four sides and four corners. 
   
   
       10 . The assembly of  claim 10 , wherein said central element forms at least one central angle inside said peripheral element. 
   
   
       11 . The assembly of  claim 11 , wherein said central element is shaped to form a plurality of angles inside said peripheral element. 
   
   
       12 . The assembly of  claim 11 , wherein said central element forms a plurality of angles at least two of which have identical measurements. 
   
   
       13 . The assembly of  claim 2 , wherein a second enhancer is used, said second enhancer being mountable to either same or different location as other enhancer on said rack to optimize ruggedization. 
   
   
       14 . The assembly of  claim 13 , wherein said second enhancer also comprises peripheral and central elements. 
   
   
       15 . The assembly of  claim 9 , wherein said central element forms an interior triangle using one side of said peripheral element. 
   
   
       16 . The assembly of  claim 2 , further comprising vertical stiffeners mountable to vertical sides of said rack, said vertical stiffeners being mountable in a substantially vertical direction. 
   
   
       17 . The assembly of  claim 7 , wherein said members are disposed such as to intersect one another. 
   
   
       18 . A method of ruggedizing a computer environment having at least one rack housing electronic components, comprising the steps of:
 attaching a stiffener component to a horizontal side of said rack, said stiffener being able to stretch to an expanded position;   mounting a support component to a vertical side of said rack to provide rotational support of said rack;   connecting an enhancer component having a peripheral element and a central element connected to said peripheral element to a plurality of sides of said rack.   
   
   
       19 . The method of  claim 18 , wherein a plurality of racks are connected to one another using said stiffener. 
   
   
       20 . The assembly of  claim 18 , wherein a second enhancer is used, said second enhancer being mountable to either same or different location as other enhancer on said rack to optimize ruggedization.