Telecommunication chassis
AssigneeGNP Computers, Inc.
InventorsDouglas W. Baar, Gregorio Derobles, Dennis V. Martin, Alfredo T. Bernardo
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Abstract
A telecommunications chassis includes one or more vents on a first side of the chassis and one or more vents in a second side of the chassis, one or more fans mounted inside the chassis and oriented to direct air flow inside the chassis from side to side, one or more open card slots inside the chassis between the one or more fans and the first side, and one or more hot-swappable power supplies inside the chassis between the one or more fans and the second side. One or more replaceable air filters over the one or more side vents, as optional are also included. The open card slots may be cPCI compliant. The chassis may also include an alarm card.
Claims25
A device, comprising:
- a chassis having one or more vents on a first side of the chassis and one or more vents in a second side of the chassis;
- one or more fans mounted inside the chassis and oriented to direct air flow inside the chassis from side to side;
- one or more open card slots inside the chassis between the one or more fans and the first side;
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- a power supply inside the chassis between the one or more fans and the second side.
A device, comprising:
- a chassis having one or more vents on a first side of the chassis and one or more vents in a second side of the chassis;
- one or more fans mounted inside the chassis and oriented to direct air flow inside the chassis from side to side;
- one or more open card slots inside the chassis between the one or more fans and the first side;
- two power supplies inside the chassis between the one or more fans and the second side;
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- an alarm card inside the chassis between the one or more fan and the second side, the alarm card being connected to the two power supplies to monitor one or more voltages output by the two power supplies.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.