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.
Claims20
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.
A method of providing HEMP protection to a telecommunications device, comprising:
- placing the telecommunications device in a HEMP protected 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 enclosure.
The method according to claim 17, wherein the test HEMP protected enclosure defines an internal clear space depth dimension of at least about 26.75 inches.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.