Chassis system with front cooling intake
AssigneeJuniper Networks, Inc.
InventorsBoris Reynov, Jack Kohn, Euan F Mowat, Shreeram Siddhaye, Ben Nitzan, Mahesh Nagarajan
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Abstract
A line card includes a metal frame that includes a front section, and a bottom section connected to the front section via an angled section, where the angled section results in an opening between the line card and a second line card, when the line card is installed above the second line card in a rack, and where the opening allows directed air to enter the rack from a front direction; a printed circuit board attached to the metal frame; and a group of front panel connectors attached to the front section of the metal frame.
Claims20
A frame comprising:
- a front portion;
- a bottom portion to receive attachment of a printed circuit board,
- the bottom portion including an angled section located at the front portion of the frame;
- and
- a top portion that includes a plurality of openings located at the front portion of the frame,
- the plurality of openings including:
- a first set of openings with a first density of openings, and
- a second set of openings with a second density of openings,
- the second density of openings being greater than the first density of openings, and
- a depth of the frame being equal to a depth of a chassis frame that includes the frame.
A frame of a line card comprising:
- a front portion;
- a bottom portion to receive attachment of a printed circuit board,
- the bottom portion including an angled section located at the front portion of the frame;
- and
- a top portion that includes a plurality of openings located at the front portion of the frame,
- the plurality of openings including:
- a first set of openings with a first density of openings, and
- a second set of openings with a second density of openings, and
- a depth of the frame being equal to a depth of a chassis frame that includes the frame.
A frame comprising:
- a front portion;
- a bottom portion to receive attachment of a component that includes one or more electrical components or one or more optical components,
- the bottom portion including an angled section located at the front portion of the frame;
- and
- a top portion that includes a plurality of openings located at the front portion of the frame,
- the plurality of openings including:
- a first set of openings with a first density of openings, and
- a second set of openings with a second density of openings,
- the second density of openings being different than the first density of openings, and
- a depth of the frame being equal to a depth of a chassis frame that includes the frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.