Cooling system
OwnerArthur G. Willers, Stanton Kentinventors
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Abstract
A system for cooling telecommunications device includes an air inducing mechanism which pushes air into an enclosure of the device and an air exhaust mechanism which exhausts the air from the enclosure. The rate at which the air is pushed into the enclosure is less than the rate at which the air is expelled from the enclosure and these two rates are controlled such that the pressure differential between the pressure within the enclosure and the ambient pressure outside the enclosure is minimized. By minimizing this pressure drop, the airflow mechanisms are able to operate more efficiently, that is, they are able to operate at substantially near their design speed.
Claims18
An apparatus for cooling a telecommunications device, comprising:
- a low speed airflow mechanism mounted in an enclosure of the device and oriented within the device to induce air into the enclosure;
- a high speed airflow mechanism mounted in the enclosure of the device and oriented for expelling air out of the device;
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- a controller connected to the low and high speed airflow mechanisms to control the speed of the fans.
A method for cooling an telecommunications device, comprising the steps of:
- inducing air into an enclosure with a low speed airflow mechanism;
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- expelling air of the device with a high speed airflow mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.