Electronics cabinet with an air-to-air heat exchanger mounted to the outside of the cabinet
OwnerPedro Fernandez, Lawrence Giacoma +1inventors
InventorsPedro Fernandez, Lawrence Giacoma, Daniel Calanni
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Abstract
An air-to-air heat exchanger is simply and easily installed in an electronics cabinet in the field by using a template to form an air exit opening that corresponds with an air inlet opening of the heat exchanger, and an air inlet opening that corresponds with an air exit opening of the heat exchanger. Once the openings have been formed, the heat exchanger is mounted to the outside of the cabinet, such as on a side wall or a door of the cabinet.
Claims15
An electronics cabinet comprising:
- a bottom surface;
- a top surface;
- a plurality of side wall surfaces connected to the bottom surface and the top surface;
- a door connected to a side wall surface, when the door is closed, the bottom surface, top surface, side wall surfaces, and door form an air tight and water tight enclosure;
- and
- a heat exchanger mounted to an exterior surface of the electronics cabinet.
A method of installing a heat exchanger in an electronics cabinet, the method comprising the steps of:
- identifying a mounting region on the exterior surface of an electronics cabinet to mount the heat exchanger;
- placing a template on the mounting region;
- forming a first opening and a spaced apart second opening that extend through the exterior surface into an interior region of the electronics cabinet;
- and
- mounting a heat exchanger to the electronics cabinet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.