ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,284, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to OVH (Roubaix, France).

"Rack system for a data center" was invented by Gregory Francis Louis Bauchart (Wattrelos, France), Alexandre Alain Jean-Pierre Meneboo (Harnes, France) and Ali Chehade (Moncheaux, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rack system for a data center includes: a plurality of racks configured to house electronic equipment therein, at least one rack column being formed by at least some of the racks being disposed above one another, each rack having a rack depth measured in a front-to-rear direction; and at least one supporting pedestal disposed below the at least one rack c...