Portable computer server enclosure
AssigneeSmartcube, LLC
InventorsJohn P. Broome, Thomas S. Oberlin, Eduardo W. Nusser, Donald W. Kauffman
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Abstract
A container that holds rack mountable electronics equipment includes a plurality of rack enclosures and a corresponding plurality of enclosure cooling units. Each rack enclosure is movably mounted in the container such it can move from a position abutting a front of an enclosure cooling unit to a maintenance and access position spaced apart from the enclosure cooling unit. Each enclosure cooling unit is capable of providing varying amounts of cool air to the rack enclosure it abuts, so that the interior of each rack enclosure can be maintained at a different temperature.
Claims20
A container for holding electronic equipment, comprising:
- the container having a floor, a ceiling, a front sidewall, a rear sidewall and a plurality of floor rails mounted on the floor, each floor rail extending from a position adjacent the rear sidewall toward the front sidewall;
- at least one enclosure cooling unit mounted adjacent the rear sidewall;
- at least one rack enclosure that is movably mounted in the container, wherein each rack enclosure is configured to receive rack-mountable electronic equipment, wherein each rack enclosure is individually movable along at least one of the plurality of floor rails between a mounted position where a rear of each rack enclosure abuts a front of a corresponding enclosure cooling unit of at least one enclosure cooling unit, and an intermediate position wherein the rear of each rack enclosure still faces the corresponding enclosure cooling unit, but where the rear of each rack enclosure is spaced apart from the corresponding enclosure cooling unit, and wherein each rack enclosure can swivel between the intermediate position and an access position at which a rack sidewall of each rack enclosure faces the front sidewall of the container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.