ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,432,888, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Equinix Inc. (Redwood City, Calif.).
"Data center rack system" was invented by Tikhon Suresh Pichai (Simpsonville, S.C.), Bhavin Raju Shah (Sunnyvale, Calif.), David James Asher Hall (London) and Douglas James Asay (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure describes systems for arranging racks within a data center for a smaller and/or more flexible footprint, more efficient and/or resilient cooling, and/or easier installation. In some examples, this disclosure describes a data center rack system that includes an aisle and a plurality of rack stations adjacent to the ais...