Rack based packaging system for computers with cable, cooling and power management module
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsMichael Basara, Collan B. Kneale, Samuel A. Lucente, John Natoli
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Abstract
An assembly of chases is disposed on the exterior of a rack supporting discrete computer, DASD, communications, storage and similar electronic modules to provide input/output cable management, cooling passages to supply cooling air to each of the electronic units and a power distribution chase to manage the power distribution to the separate electronic modules. The cable management chase provides efficient storage of excess cable length to improve appearance and efficiency of electronic module installation.
Claims9
An electronic module packaging system for assembling and containing electronic modular components of an electronic system comprising:
- electronic modular components;
- a frame for receiving and supporting said electronic modular components, said frame having two vertical sides, a vertical front, a vertical back, a top and bottom;
- said frame open on at least one of said sides;
- a plurality of plenums comprising walls, disposed on one of said open sides and extending vertically along said sides;
- at least one of said plenums comprising at least an opening in at least one of said plenum walls to accommodate the ingress and egress of cables for connecting said modular components and for containing said cables in an orderly manner.
An electronic module housing for mounting and containing electronic modules having an interior and an exterior, comprising:
- a frame defining a front, back, and first and second sides extending from said frame front to said back for supporting and mounting electronic modules;
- means for defining a first vertical passage having a length, disposed exterior to said frame and extending along one of said first or second sides of said frame and connected to said frame and extending forward of said frame and communicating along said length of said passage with a region exterior to said frame and said region extending outwardly from said frame front to receive cables extending outwardly from the electronic modules and said frame front into said region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.