Electronic equipment enclosure with side-to-side airflow control system
First Claim
1. An electronic equipment enclosure system with a side-to-side airflow control system, comprising:
- (a) an enclosure, having a front, a rear, a top, a bottom and two sides;
(b) a side-to-side airflow control system, including;
(i) a side wall disposed adjacent one side of the enclosure, and(ii) a manifold disposed adjacent the other side of the enclosure; and
(c) electronic equipment disposed between the side wall and the manifold;
(d) wherein the manifold includes;
(i) an outer side wall,(ii) a front wall,(iii) a rear wall,(iv) an inward-facing inlet opening, and(v) an inward-facing exhaust opening,(vi) wherein heated exhaust air exits the electronic equipment, then enters the manifold through the inlet opening and then exits the manifold through the exhaust opening.
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Abstract
An electronic equipment enclosure system with a side-to-side airflow control system includes an enclosure, having a front, a rear, a top, a bottom and two sides, and a side-to-side airflow control system. The airflow control system includes a side wall disposed adjacent one side of the enclosure, and a manifold disposed adjacent the other side of the enclosure. Electronic equipment having a front, a rear, a top, a bottom and two sides is disposed between the side wall and the manifold. Cooling air is routed into a first of the two sides of the electronic equipment, and heated exhaust air is routed out of a second side of the two sides of the electronic equipment and into the manifold. The side wall prevents the heated exhaust air from mixing with the cooling air at the first side of the electronic equipment.
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21 Claims
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1. An electronic equipment enclosure system with a side-to-side airflow control system, comprising:
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(a) an enclosure, having a front, a rear, a top, a bottom and two sides; (b) a side-to-side airflow control system, including; (i) a side wall disposed adjacent one side of the enclosure, and (ii) a manifold disposed adjacent the other side of the enclosure; and (c) electronic equipment disposed between the side wall and the manifold; (d) wherein the manifold includes; (i) an outer side wall, (ii) a front wall, (iii) a rear wall, (iv) an inward-facing inlet opening, and (v) an inward-facing exhaust opening, (vi) wherein heated exhaust air exits the electronic equipment, then enters the manifold through the inlet opening and then exits the manifold through the exhaust opening. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An electronic equipment enclosure system with a side-to-side airflow control system, comprising:
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(a) an electronic equipment enclosure; (b) an exhaust duct disposed atop the electronic equipment enclosure; and (c) panels that define a first plenum in a front region of the electronic equipment enclosure, a second plenum in a first side region of the electronic equipment enclosure, a third plenum in a second side region of the electronic equipment enclosure, and a fourth plenum in a rear region of the enclosure, wherein the second side region is on the opposite side of the enclosure from the first side region; (d) wherein the first plenum is in fluid communication with the second plenum, the second plenum is in fluid communication with a first side of an equipment mounting location, the third plenum is in fluid communication with a second side of the equipment mounting location, the fourth plenum is in fluid communication with the third plenum and with the exhaust duct, and the second side of the equipment mounting location is on the opposite side of the equipment mounting location from the first side thereof; and (e) wherein the panels are arranged such that cooling air enters the first plenum, passes from the first plenum into the second plenum, passes from the second plenum through the equipment mounting location and into the third plenum as heated exhaust air, and the heated exhaust air passes from the third plenum into the fourth plenum and from the fourth plenum to the exhaust duct. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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