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US 2011/0216503 A1Published application
Electronic equipment housing
OwnerShane Ramodieninventor
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An electronic equipment housing (1000) comprises a housing body (300) comprising a conditioning unit (200) housing an air conditioner (210) and an equipment unit (100) adapted to house electrical equipment. A housing plenum (400) is mounted on top of the lower housing body (300), so as to cover and engage the equipment unit (100). The housing plenum (400) has at least one aperture (430) formed in the lower surface (450), wherein the aperture (430) is adapted to allow air to pass from the housing plenum (400) directly into the equipment unit (100) and wherein the housing plenum (400) is in fluid communication with the air conditioner (210). A duct arrangement (500) provides fluid communication between the equipment unit (100) and the air conditioner (210), wherein the duct arrangement (500) is adapted to return air from the equipment unit (100) to the air conditioner (210).
An electronic equipment housing comprising:
The electronic equipment housing of any one of the preceding claims, wherein the housing plenum is mounted so as to cover and engage both the equipment unit and the conditioning unit.
The electronic equipment housing of any one of the preceding claims, comprising multiple equipment units.
The electronic equipment housing of any one of the preceding claims, wherein the housing plenum further includes outlet vents for venting conditioned air from the housing plenum.
The electronic equipment housing of any one of the preceding claims, wherein electronic equipment is arranged in the equipment unit and wherein multiple said apertures direct conditioned air into the equipment unit such that the conditioned air is directed down walls of the equipment unit in peripheral air curtains around the electronic equipment in the equipment unit.
The electronic equipment housing of any one of the preceding claims, wherein electronic equipment is arranged in the equipment unit and the duct arrangement has inlets positioned directly proximate to outlets for air exhausted from the electronic equipment so that diffusion of air exhausted from the electronic equipment throughout the equipment unit is minimised.
An electronic equipment housing substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to any one embodiment, as that embodiment is depicted in the accompanying representations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.