Network cabinet module
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorsMichael Tittenhofer, Theodor Kupfer, Viktor Brauer
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a pluggable module for insertion into a socket of a network cabinet is disclosed, the pluggable module comprising a body having first and second portions arranged along an axis, wherein the module is arranged for insertion of the first portion into said socket in a direction of insertion along the axis, whereupon the second portion protrudes from said socket along the axis and away from the direction of insertion, and wherein the second portion comprises a first heat sink on a surface of the second portion, wherein the first heat sink comprises a plurality of parallel fins aligned with the axis of insertion.
Claims22
A pluggable module for insertion into a socket of a network cabinet, the pluggable module, comprising:
- a body having first and second portions arranged along an axis,
- wherein the pluggable module is arranged for insertion of the first portion into the socket in a direction of insertion along the axis, whereupon the second portion protrudes from the socket along the axis and away from the direction of insertion,
- wherein the second portion comprises a first heat sink on a first surface of the second portion, wherein the first heat sink comprises a plurality of parallel fins aligned with the axis, wherein the plurality of parallel fins are chamfered at a boundary between the first and second portions, and wherein the plurality of parallel fins terminate at a face plate of the network cabinet when the first portion is inserted into the socket.
A method comprising:
- providing a pluggable module suitable for insertion into a socket of a network cabinet, wherein the pluggable module comprises a body having first and second portions arranged along an axis, and arranged such that when the first portion is inserted in a direction of insertion along the axis into the socket the second portion protrudes from the socket along the axis and away from the direction of insertion;
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- providing the second portion with a first heat sink on a first surface of the second portion, wherein the first heat sink comprises a plurality of parallel fins aligned with the axis, wherein the plurality of parallel fins are chamfered at a boundary between the first and second portions, and wherein the plurality of parallel fins terminate at a face plate of the network cabinet when the first portion is inserted into the socket.
A method of retrofitting a heat sink to a pluggable module, the method comprising:
- providing the pluggable module suitable for insertion into a socket of a network cabinet, wherein the pluggable module comprises a body having first and second portions arranged along an axis, and arranged such that when the first portion is inserted in a direction of insertion along the axis into the socket the second portion protrudes from the socket along the axis and away from the direction of insertion;
- providing the heat sink;
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- arranging the heat sink in thermal communication with a first surface of the second portion wherein the heat sink comprises a plurality of parallel fins aligned with the axis, wherein the plurality of parallel fins are chamfered at a boundary between the first and second portions, and wherein the plurality of parallel fins terminate at a face plate of the network cabinet when the first portion is inserted into the socket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.