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US 7,111,853 B2Granted
Transportable container for electrical devices
AssigneeTracewell Systems, Inc.
InventorsMatt S. Tracewell, Luke J. Eichhorn
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Abstract
A transportable container for electrical devices having aluminum bottom, top and end panels. The top and bottom panels are configured having spaced apart interior and exterior sheet members laser welded to a corrugate stiffener. Each end panel is structured with an exterior sheet member spaced from an interior plurality of drawer guides laser welded to a corrugate stiffener. A plurality of aluminum drawers are mounted upon the drawer guides, each having an air entrance opening at its back communicating with air transfer outlets at a fan charged air distribution plenum. Conditioned a. c. power is provided at receptacles within each drawer as well as LAN connectors.
Claims71
A transportable container for electrical devices comprising:
- a rigid generally rectangular bottom panel having a bottom panel length extending between oppositely disposed bottom side ends and a bottom panel width extending between oppositely disposed bottom length ends, said bottom panel being configured having generally parallel spaced apart interior and exterior sheet members connected with peak and valley portions of a bottom corrugate stiffener;
- a rigid generally rectangular top panel having a top panel length extending between oppositely disposed first and second top side ends corresponding with said bottom panel length and a top panel width extending between oppositely disposed top length ends corresponding with said bottom panel width, said top panel being configured having generally parallel spaced apart interior and exterior sheet members connected with peak and valley portions of a top corrugate stiffener;
- a rigid generally rectangular first end panel having a first end panel height extending between oppositely disposed first height edges and a first end panel width extending between oppositely disposed first width edges corresponding with said bottom and top panel widths, said first end panel being configured having an exterior sheet member spaced from an interior plurality of parallel drawer guides, said exterior sheet member and interior plurality of drawer guides being connected with peak and valley portions of a first end corrugate stiffener;
- a rigid generally rectangular second end panel having a second end panel height extending between oppositely disposed second height edges corresponding with said first end panel height and a second end panel width extending between oppositely disposed second width edges corresponding with said first end panel width, said second end panel being configured having an exterior sheet member spaced apart from an interior plurality of parallel drawer guides, said exterior sheet member and interior plurality of drawer guides being connected with peak and valley portions of a second end corrugate stiffener;
- one said height edge of said first end panel being fixed to and extending normally upwardly from said bottom panel at one bottom side end to define a first bottom corner;
- one said second height edge of said second end panel being fixed to and extending normally upwardly from said bottom panel at the bottom side end opposite said one bottom side end to define a second bottom corner;
- said first top side end of said top panel being fixed to and extending normally from said first end panel at the first height edge upwardly disposed from said one first height edge to define a first top corner;
- said second top side end of said top panel opposite said first top side end being fixed to and extending normally from said second end panel at the second height edge upwardly disposed from said one second height edge to define a second top corner;
- said bottom, top and first and second end panels defining a containment region with generally rectangular front and back edge peripheries defined by said bottom length ends, said top length ends, and said first and second width edges;
- a plurality of drawers within said containment region, each drawer of said plurality having a drawer front spaced a drawer length along a drawer bottom from a drawer back, said plurality of drawers being mounted for movement upon said drawer guides between open and closed orientations, each said drawer front being located adjacent said front periphery when in said closed orientation;
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- an electric power distribution assemblage mounted within said containment region connectable with an external source of electric power having one or more electric power distribution lines extending to one or more said drawers.
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A transportable container for electrical devices, comprising:
- a rigid generally rectangular bottom panel configured with spaced apart metal sheet members connected against a corrugate stiffener;
- a rigid generally rectangular top panel corresponding with said bottom panel and configured with spaced apart metal sheet members connected against a corrugate stiffener;
- first and second rigid end panels coupled with said top and bottom panels to define a containment region having generally rectangular front and back edge peripheries, said containment region being configured having an exterior metal sheet member spaced from an interior plurality of parallel drawer guides, said exterior sheet member and interior plurality of drawer guides being connected against a corrugate stiffener;
- a plurality of drawers within said containment region arranged in one or more generally vertically aligned stacks, each drawer having a front spaced along a drawer bottom from a drawer back, each drawer of said plurality being mounted for movement between open and closed orientations upon said drawer guides, when in said closed orientation each said drawer front being located adjacent said front periphery and each said drawer back is spaced inwardly from said containment region back edge periphery to provide a support region and one or more said drawer backs of said plurality of drawers having an air entrance opening;
- an electric power distribution assemblage connectable with an external source of electrical power, mounted within said support region having one or more electric power distribution lines extending to one or more said drawers;
- one or more air distribution plenums mounted at said support region, each having one or more air transfer outlets located for air transfer communication with said drawer back air entrance opening of said one or more drawer backs when said drawer is in a closed orientation, each said plenum having one or more air inlets and one or more fans configured in air transfer relationship with said air inlets, and said one or more fans being controllable to provide air under pressure to an associated said plenum.
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A transportable container for electrical devices, comprising:
- a rigid generally rectangular bottom panel configured with spaced apart metal sheet members connected against a corrugate stiffener;
- a rigid generally rectangular top panel corresponding with said bottom panel and configured with spaced apart metal sheet members connected against a corrugate stiffener;
- first and second rigid end panels coupled with said top and bottom panels to define a containment region having generally rectangular front and back edge peripheries, said containment region being configured having an exterior metal sheet member spaced from an interior plurality of parallel drawer guides, said exterior sheet member and interior plurality of drawer guides being connected against a corrugate stiffener;
- a plurality of drawers within said containment region arranged in one or more generally vertically aligned stacks, each drawer having a front spaced along a drawer bottom from a drawer back, mounted for movement between open and closed orientations upon said drawer guides;
- an electric power conditioning assembly having power treatment components connectable with an external source of line power and deriving an intermediate output at a d.c. level, having an inverter with an input responsive to said intermediate output to provide a conditioned a.c. output;
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- a power distribution assembly coupled with said inverter conditioned a.c. output, having one or more a.c. lines extending to one or more a.c. couplings within one or more of said plurality of drawers.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.