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US 2013/0194772 A1Published application
Protective Telecommunications Enclosure Systems and Methods
AssigneeCenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
InventorsHector Rojo, Raymond Lee Kinley, Stephen Sattler
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Abstract
Protective containers for electronic equipment, and methods of testing, use, and/or manufacture thereof, are provided. The cabinets provide a HEMP protection level to electronic equipment housed therein that meets a HEMP protection level according to MIL-STD-188-125-1.
Claims21
A method of producing a HEMP protected enclosure for holding an electronic device, comprising:
- building a test HEMP protected enclosure according to an enclosure design;
- performing an acceptance testing procedure on the test HEMP protected enclosure;
- determining whether the test HEMP protected enclosure meets a HEMP protection level according to MIL-STD-188-125-1;
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- producing a plurality of HEMP protected enclosures according to the enclosure design if the test HEMP protected enclosure meets the HEMP protection level according to MIL-STD-188-125-1;
- wherein the test HEMP protected enclosure comprises a cabinet width dimension of not more than about 90 inches wide, a cabinet height dimension of not more than about 94 inches, and a cabinet depth dimension of not more than about 30 inches.
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A HEMP protected enclosure for holding an electronic device, comprising:
- a cabinet having an interior space;
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- a rack disposed within the interior space, the rack configured to support the electronic device;
- wherein the HEMP protected enclosure comprises a cabinet width dimension of not more than about 90 inches wide, a cabinet height dimension of not more than about 94 inches, and a cabinet depth dimension of not more than about 30 inches, and the enclosure provides a HEMP protection level to the telecommunications device that meets a HEMP protection level according to MIL-STD-188-125-1.
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A method of providing HEMP protection to a telecommunications device, comprising:
- placing the telecommunications device in a HEMP protected telecommunications enclosure, wherein the enclosure comprises a cabinet having an interior space, and a rack disposed within the interior space, the rack configured to support the telecommunications device, the cabinet comprising a cabinet width dimension of not more than about 90 inches wide, a cabinet height dimension of not more than about 94 inches, and a cabinet depth dimension of not more than about 30 inches, and the enclosure provides a HEMP protection level to the telecommunications device that meets a HEMP protection level according to MIL-STD-188-125-1;
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- closing a door over a front opening of the HEMP protected telecommunication enclosure.
A decoy enclosure for holding an electronic device, comprising:
- a cabinet having an interior space;
- and
- a rack disposed within the interior space, the rack configured to support the electronic device;
- wherein the decoy enclosure is configured to appear to provide a HEMP protection level to the telecommunications device that meets a HEMP protection level according to MIL-STD-188-125-1 but does not actually provide the HEMP protection level according to MIL-STD-188-125-1.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.