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US 5,969,938 AGranted
Modular power supply chassis employing a suspended bus bar assembly
AssigneeLucent Technologies Inc.
InventorsVincent M. Byrne, Edward C. Fontana
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Abstract
A chassis for receiving power supply modules therein, including: (1) a cabinet; (2) an elongated bus bar assembly suspendable within the cabinet from a mount coupled to the cabinet at an end thereof, the bus bar assembly having a pair of conductors, the pair of conductors having terminal connectors associated therewith for receiving output terminals of a power supply module received into the cabinet (3) a shelf, oriented laterally with respect to the bus bar assembly and located proximate the terminal connectors, that supports at least one power supply module received into the cabinet, the bus bar assembly being suspendable to eliminate a need for support of a weight of the bus bar assembly apart from the mount.
Claims18
A chassis assembly configured to receive at least one power supply module therein, comprising:
- a cabinet having a side panel and a rear wall;
- a mount having a mounting leg extending therefrom and mounted to said side panel within said cabinet by said mounting leg, said mounting leg separating said mount from said side panel to form a passageway between said side panel and said mount;
- an elongated bus bar assembly coupled to and depending from said mount, said mount supporting a substantial weight of said bus bar assembly to eliminate a need for support of a weight of said bus bar apart from said mount, said elongated bus bar assembly separated from said side panel by said mount to form a vertical passageway between said side panel and said bus bar assembly;
- said bus bar assembly having a pair of conductors, said pair of conductors having terminal connectors associated therewith configured to receive output terminals of at least one power supply module;
- a shelf, oriented laterally with respect to said bus bar assembly and located proximate said terminal connectors, configured to support at least one power supply module,
- said shelf having a rear edge separated from said rear wall to form a passageway, said bus bar assembly passing through said passageway, that provides a path for convective air currents within said cabinet.
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A chassis assembly configured to receive a plurality of rectifier modules therein, comprising:
- a cabinet having an open front face a side panel and a rear wall;
- a mount having a mounting leg extending therefrom and mounted to said side panel within said cabinet by said mounting leg, said mounting leg separating said mount from said side panel to form a passageway between said side panel and said mount;
- an elongated bus bar assembly attached to and depending from said mount, said mount supporting a substantial weight of said bus bar assembly to eliminate a need for support of a weight of said bus bar apart from said mount, said elongated bus bar assembly separated from said side panel by said mount to form a vertical passageway between said side panel and said bus bar assembly;
- said bus bar assembly having a plurality of parallel pairs of conductors, each of said plurality of parallel pairs of conductors being separated by an insulating structure, each of said plurality of parallel pairs of conductors having terminal connectors at a predetermined location along a length thereof for receiving output terminals of a plurality of corresponding rectifier modules;
- a horizontal shelf, located proximate said terminal connectors, configured to support a plurality of rectifier modules,
- said shelf having a rear edge separated from said rear wall to form a passageway, said bus bar assembly passing through said passageway, that provides a path for convective air currents within said cabinet;
- and
- a lateral member coupling said bus bar assembly and said shelf, said lateral support member limiting a horizontal movement of said bus bar assembly relative to said shelf.
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A modular rectifier, comprising:
- a cabinet having a side panel and a rear wall;
- a mount having a mounting leg extending from said mount and mounted to said side panel within said cabinet by said mounting leg, said mounting leg separating said mount from said side panel to form a passageway between said side panel and said mount;
- an elongated bus bar assembly attached to and depending from said mount, said mount supporting a substantial weight of said bus bar assembly to eliminate a need for support of a weight of said bus bar apart from said mount, said elongated bus bar assembly separated from said side panel by said mount to form a vertical passageway between said side panel and said bus bar assembly;
- said bus bar assembly having a pair of conductors, said pair of conductors having terminal connectors associated therewith receiving output terminals of rectifier modules received into said cabinet;
- a plurality of shelves, oriented laterally with respect to said bus bar assembly and located proximate said terminal connectors;
- the rear edge of each of said plurality of shelves being separated from said rear wall to form a passageway, said bus bar assembly passing through said passageway, said passageway providing a path for convective air currents within said cabinet;
- a plurality of rectifier modules resting on said plurality of shelves and coupled to said terminal connectors;
- and
- a central rectifier control system having a plurality of control bus interfaces distributed within said cabinet to allow said central rectifier control system to coordinate an operation of said plurality of rectifier modules.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.