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US 2016/0113156 A1Published application
Configurable Telecommunication Equipment Chassis
AssigneeInfinera Corporation
InventorLoren Varreiter
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Abstract
The disclosure describes methods and apparatuses that are used to provide a telecommunication equipment chassis for supporting telecommunication equipment within server racks while providing an adjustable venting arrangement for the telecommunication equipment. More particularly, the disclosure describes a telecommunication equipment chassis for supporting telecommunication equipment within a server rack, which is vertically adjustable, rather than horizontally adjustable, to modify the venting arrangement for the telecommunication equipment without changing a width of the telecommunication equipment chassis.
Claims20
A telecommunication equipment chassis, comprising:
- a tray having an end wall, a front wall, a first side wall, and a second side wall, the end wall having a first end, a second end, a first side, and a second side, the front wall extending from the first end of the end wall in a first direction, the first sidewall extending from the first side of the end wall in the first direction the second sidewall extending from the second side of the end wall in the first direction, the front wall having a plurality of first openings defining a first venting zone to pass air, the first sidewall having a second plurality of openings defining a second venting zone to pass air, the second sidewall having a third plurality openings defining a third venting zone to pass air;
- a first side panel adjustably connected to the first sidewall to permit movement in the first direction to a first position, and in a second direction opposite to the first direction to a second position, the first side panel having a plurality of openings defining a first side venting zone, wherein the first side venting zone overlaps the second venting zone in the second position such that the second plurality of openings in the first sidewall and the plurality of openings in the first side panel are aligned;
- a second side panel adjustably connected to the second sidewall to permit movement in the first direction to the first position, and in the second direction to the second position, the second side panel having a plurality of openings defining a second side venting zone, wherein the second side venting zone overlaps the third venting zone in the second position such that the third plurality of openings in the second sidewall and the plurality of openings in the second side panel are aligned, the first side panel and the second side panel cooperating to at least partially define an equipment bay that is sized and configured to receive at least one piece of telecommunication equipment.
A telecommunication assembly, comprising:
- a telecommunication equipment chassis, comprising:
- a tray having an end wall, the end wall being either a top or a bottom of the telecommunication equipment chassis;
- a first side panel adjustably connected to the tray;
- a second side panel adjustably connected to the tray;
- a piece of telecommunication equipment positioned within the equipment bay and secured to at least one of the first and second side panels, the telecommunication equipment having at least one air channel positioned to receive air from at least one venting zone having at least one opening at least partially surrounded by at least one of the tray, the first side panel and the second side panel, the size of the at least one venting zone being a function of a relative location of the first side panel and the second side panel relative to the tray;
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- a fan unit positioned within the equipment bay and secured to at least one of the first and second side panels, the fan unit provided with an enclosure having an inlet and an outlet, and a fan within the enclosure and configured to move air from the inlet to the outlet, the inlet being positioned within the equipment bay and in communication with the at least one air channel of the piece of telecommunication equipment.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.