Cooling arrangement for an equipment assembly
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1. An equipment assembly adapted to receive one or more components housed together within a core section of the equipment assembly, comprising:
- a cooling slot defined within the core section of the equipment assembly through which only air that is external to the equipment assembly can pass through to provide convection-based cooling for at least the one or more components that are housed together within the equipment assembly,wherein the cooling slot is positioned within the equipment assembly to provide a thermal barrier for redistributing heat generated by at least the one or more components housed together within the core section inside the equipment assembly.
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Abstract
An equipment assembly includes a core cooling slot to manage thermal effects brought about by the generation of heat from components therein. The cooling slot is positioned within the equipment assembly so that only air that is external to the equipment assembly passes through the cooling slot to provide external convection-based cooling for components in a core section inside the equipment assembly. The cooling slot also acts as a thermal barrier for redistributing heat generated by the one or more components inside the equipment assembly.
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24 Claims
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1. An equipment assembly adapted to receive one or more components housed together within a core section of the equipment assembly, comprising:
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a cooling slot defined within the core section of the equipment assembly through which only air that is external to the equipment assembly can pass through to provide convection-based cooling for at least the one or more components that are housed together within the equipment assembly, wherein the cooling slot is positioned within the equipment assembly to provide a thermal barrier for redistributing heat generated by at least the one or more components housed together within the core section inside the equipment assembly. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus comprising:
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an equipment enclosure having a plurality of electronic components housed together therein, with one or more of the plurality of electronic components being located and housed together within a core section of the equipment enclosure; and a cooling slot defined within the core section of the enclosure such that only air that is external to the enclosure can flow through the cooling slot to provide convection-based cooling for at least the one or more of the plurality of electronic components that are housed together inside the core section of the enclosure, wherein the cooling slot serves as a thermal barrier for redistributing heat generated by the plurality of electronic components that are housed together within the core section inside the enclosure. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method of cooling an equipment cabinet adapted to house a plurality of components, comprising:
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incorporating a cooling slot within a core section of the cabinet so that only air that is external to the cabinet can flow through the cooling slot to provide convection-based cooling for the plurality of components that are housed together within the core section inside the cabinet; and positioning the cooling slot within the core section of the cabinet such that the cooling slot acts as a thermal barrier for redistributing heat generated by the plurality of components that are housed together within the core section inside the cabinet.
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24. A method of operating an equipment cabinet adapted to house a plurality of components, comprising:
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using a cooling slot to provide external convection-based cooling for the plurality of components that are housed together inside the cabinet, wherein the cooling slot is defined within a core section of the cabinet and such that only air that is external to the cabinet flows through the cooling slot; and using the cooling slot as a thermal barrier for redistributing heat generated by the plurality of components that are housed together within the core section inside the cabinet.
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