Electronic component enclosure and method

An electronic component enclosure comprising, in combination,

• four vertical main channels having identical cross-sections,
• each main channel having two faces disposed perpendicular to each other with J-shaped gutters at remote edges of each face,
• said main channel being symmetrical about a plane bisecting the convergence of the two channel faces,
• eight interior corner gussets having identical configurations,
• four side-to-side top and bottom cross ties of identical configurations,
• four front to rear top and bottom cross ties of identical cross-sections,
• two identical side panels,
• the entire assembly comprising the four main channels in four corners of the enclosure secured to four interior gussets at the bottom and four gussets at the top, said front to rear cross ties at the top and bottom spacing the front main channels from the rear main channels, said side-to-side upper and lower cross ties spacing the lateral sides, said interior gussets reinforcing the eight corners of the enclosure, and said side panels nestingly secured to the main channel.

A modular enclosure comprising, in combination,

• four vertical main channels having identical cross-sections,
• each main channel having two faces disposed perpendicular to each other with reversely folded channel for gutters having an outer lip defining a J-shaped cross-section at remote edges of each face,
• said main channel being symmetrical about a plane bisecting the convergence of the two channel faces,
• eight interior corner gussets having identical configurations,
• four side-to-side top and bottom cross ties of identical configurations,
• four front to rear top and bottom cross ties of identical cross-sections,
• two identical side panels,
• the entire assembly comprising the four main channels in four corners of the enclosure secured to four gussets at the bottom and four gussets at the top, said front to rear cross ties at the top and bottom spacing the front main channels from the rear main channels, said side-to-side upper and lower cross ties spacing the lateral sides, said gussets reinforcing the eight corners of the enclosure, and said side panels nestingly secured to the main channel.

A modular enclosure comprising, in combination,

• a main channel corner member which is formed to have two faces, the faces being joined by a chamfer, the faces being essentially perpendicular to each other,
• enclosure panels for the front, rear, and two opposed sides of said enclosure,
• said main channel being further characterized by reversely folded J-shaped lateral edges which form lateral channel-shaped gutters intended to receive the closure panels,
• said panels being joined by top cross ties and bottom cross ties each of which has a reversely folded lateral edge complimentary to that of the main channel,
• and unistrut members, two of which are positioned vertically and interiorly of the main channel, and at least two of which are positioned horizontally and nestingly to the vertical unistrut channels,
• said unistrut channels having depth to fit nestingly in flush interiorly of the main channel when overlapping joints are formed between the horizontal unistruct channels and their supporting vertical interior unistrut channel.

An electronic component enclosure comprising, in combination,

• four vertical main channels having identical cross-sections,
• each main channel having two faces disposed perpendicular to each other with reversely formed J-shaped gutters at remote edges of each face,
• said main channel being symmetrical about a plane bisecting the convergence of the two channel faces,
• eight interior corner gussets having identical configurations,
• four side-to-side top and bottom cross ties of identical configurations,
• four front to rear top and bottom cross ties of identical cross-sections,
• two identical side panels,
• the entire assembly comprising the four main channels in four corners of the enclosure secured to four gussets at the bottom and four gussets at the top, said front to rear cross ties at the top and bottom spacing the front main channels from the rear main channels, said side-to-side upper and lower cross ties spacing the lateral sides, said gussets reinforcing the eight corners of the enclosure, and said side panels nestingly secured to the main channel.