Door and frame with peripheral venting for electronic component cabinet

• US 6,983,566 B2
• Filed: 05/17/2002
• Issued: 01/10/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Brownlie Design, Inc., On-Q Legrand, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Upstate Systems Tec, Inc.
• Inventors: Laun, Deborah A., Naas, Robert L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Strimbu, Gregory J.
• Application Number:
  US10/150,428
• Publication Number:
  US 20020174611A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,334 Days
• Field of Search: 495/07, 495/01, 495/04, 494/01, 312/223.2, 361/690, 361/691, 361/692, 361/687, 361/695, 361/714, 361/831, 454/184, 454/236
• US Class Current: 49/507
• CPC Class Codes: H02B 1/28 dustproof, splashproof, drip-proof, waterproof or flameproof
• CPC Class Codes: H02B 1/38 Hinged covers or doors

Abstract

A door and frame for electronic component cabinets features a peripheral vent with a baffle that substantially encompasses the entire 360-degree periphery of the door. This vent and baffle combination provides ventilation for the purposes of the electrical equipment when the door and frame are mounted to an electronic component cabinet. It also helps to avoid dust invasion and helps to eliminate dangers that can arise due to the insertion of objects into the cabinet by small children. In addition, it is invisible from the front of the component cabinet and is sleekly attractive from the front and side.

Claims

1. In combination a door and a frame, comprising:

a) the frame defining an opening lying in a plane and having a frame rim baffle portion adjacent the opening, which frame rim baffle portion is inclined outward at an acute angle to the plane with a raised edge adjacent the opening and substantially surrounds the opening; and

b) the door hingeably connected to said frame, which door has a periphery with a door rim extending towards said plane substantially all the way around said periphery, which door rim is peripherally adjacent but not abutting said frame rim baffle portion when said door is closed such that a ventilation air passageway is defined by and lies between the frame rim baffle portion and the door rim.

2. A door and frame combination, as described in claim 1, wherein said door is hingeably connected to said frame by a snap hinge.

3. A door and frame combination, as described in claim 1, wherein said door has a lock by which it can be locked when closed.

4. A door and frame combination, as described in claim 1, wherein said door is hingeably connected to said frame by a snap hinge and said door has a lock.

5. A door and frame combination, as described in claim 1, wherein said door has a translucent portion.