Telecommunications enclosure with passive cooling

• US 8,385,850 B1
• Filed: 02/03/2011
• Issued: 02/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/03/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oberon, Inc. (Chatsworth Products Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Oberon, Inc. (Chatsworth Products Incorporated)
• Inventors: Thompson, Scott D., Askey, Mike, Coklin, Rick
• Primary Examiner(s): LE, THANH C
• Application Number:
  US13/020,790
• Time in Patent Office: 754 Days
• Field of Search: 455/73, 455/550.1, 455/90.2, 455/90.3, 455/347, 455/351, 455/352, 455/899, 361/600, 361/688, 361/724, 361/727, 361/814, 439/367
• US Class Current: 455/90.3
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/182 with special features, e.g. for use in industrial environments; grounding or shielding against radio frequency interference [RFI] or electromagnetical interference [EMI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/20 Cooling means
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/03 Constructional details, e.g. casings, housings

Abstract

A telecommunications enclosure for telecommunications equipment that includes an equipment housing with sealed openings to receive wiring. Each sealed opening having a removable blank so that the sealed opening can be utilized. There being at least two brackets mounted to the inside surface of the top of the equipment housing to receive and secure the telecommunications equipment. There being an enclosure door attached to the equipment housing to close off the open end of the equipment housing. The enclosure door being removable to allow access to the equipment housing. The enclosure door having perforations covering at least 30 percent of the enclosure door to allow airflow to flow in and out of the enclosure door when in a closed position on the equipment housing. The enclosure door having a depth such that a portion of the enclosure door with all of the perforations extends in the room.

Claims

1. A telecommunications enclosure for mounting telecommunications equipment in a ceiling of a room, comprising:

an equipment housing, said equipment housing including four sides and a top, said top having an inside surface and an outside surface and said four sides each having an inside surface and an outside surface, said inside surfaces of said four sides and said top forming a sealed box with an open end formed by said four sides;

at least one wiring opening as part of said equipment housing to receive wiring, each of said wiring opening having a removable blank so that said wiring opening can be utilized;

at least two brackets mounted to said inside surface of said top of said equipment housing to receive and secure the telecommunications equipment;

an enclosure door attached to said equipment housing to close off said open end of said equipment housing, said enclosure door being removable to allow access to said equipment housing, said enclosure door having perforations covering at least 30 percent of said enclosure door to allow airflow to flow in and out of said enclosure door when in a closed position on said equipment housing;

said enclosure door having a depth to said enclosure door such that a portion of said enclosure door with all of said perforations extends in the room, said depth allowing for the mounted telecommunications equipment to hang within said depth to provide more room so that said equipment housing requires less depth and to provide that the telecommunications equipment are near said perforations so that said telecommunications equipment can receive airflow flowing through said perforations.

2. The telecommunications enclosure of claim 1, wherein said enclosure door is hinged to said equipment housing.

3. The telecommunications enclosure of claim 1, wherein said enclosure door includes a lock to lock said enclosure door to said equipment housing.

4. The telecommunications enclosure of claim 1, wherein said enclosure door includes a base to contact said equipment housing, includes four side walls that includes said perforations, said side walls extending from said base to provide said depth and including a middle surface area that includes said perforations and which connects said four side walls together.

5. The telecommunications enclosure of claim 4, wherein said enclosure door is perforated in a range from 30 percent to 50 percent.

6. The telecommunications enclosure of claim 1, wherein said enclosure door is perforated in a range from 30 percent to 50 percent.

7. The telecommunications enclosure of claim 1, wherein said equipment housing includes a flange adapted to allow said equipment housing to rest in grid work of a ceiling tile system.

8. The telecommunications enclosure of claim 1, wherein said at least two brackets are adjustable with said equipment housing.

9. The telecommunications enclosure of claim 1, wherein said enclosure door includes a gas spring to restrict movement of said enclosure door.

10. The telecommunications enclosure of claim 1, wherein said equipment housing includes grid wire mounting tabs on said outside surfaces to secure equipment housing to a building ceiling system.

11. The telecommunications enclosure of claim 1, wherein each of said at least two brackets include an inverse mounting tab to accept and secure equipment in a temporary position to allow servicing of the equipment while said telecommunications enclosure is mounted in the ceiling.

12. A telecommunications enclosure for mounting telecommunications equipment in a wall of a room, comprising:

an equipment housing, said equipment housing including four sides and a face, said face having an inside surface and an outside surface and said four sides each having an inside surface and an outside surface, said inside surfaces of said four sides and said face forming a sealed box with an open end formed by said four sides;

at least one wiring opening as part of said equipment housing to receive wiring, each of said wiring opening having a removable blank so that said wiring opening can be utilized;

at least two brackets mounted to said inside surface of said top of said equipment housing to receive and secure the telecommunications equipment;

an enclosure door attached to said equipment housing to close off said open end of said equipment housing, said enclosure door being removable to allow access to said equipment housing, said enclosure door having perforations covering at least 30 percent of said enclosure door to allow airflow to flow in and out of said enclosure door when in a closed position on said equipment housing;

said enclosure door having a depth to said enclosure door such that a portion of said enclosure door with all of said perforations extends in the room, said depth allowing for the mounted telecommunications equipment to hang within said depth to provide more room so that said equipment housing requires less depth and to provide that the telecommunications equipment are near said perforations so that said telecommunications equipment can receive airflow flowing through said perforations.

13. The telecommunications enclosure of claim 12, wherein said enclosure door is hinged to said equipment housing.

14. The telecommunications enclosure of claim 12, wherein said enclosure door includes a lock to lock said enclosure door to said equipment housing.

15. The telecommunications enclosure of claim 12, wherein said enclosure door includes a base to contact said equipment housing, includes four side walls that includes said perforations, said side walls extending from said base to provide said depth and including a middle surface area that includes said perforations and which connects said four side walls together.

16. The telecommunications enclosure of claim 15, wherein said enclosure door is perorated in a range from 30 percent to 50 percent.

17. The telecommunications enclosure of claim 12, wherein said enclosure door is perorated in a range from 30 percent to 50 percent.

18. The telecommunications enclosure of claim 12, wherein said equipment housing includes a flange adapted to be mounted to a wall about an opening in the wall allow said equipment housing to rest within the wall.

19. The telecommunications enclosure of claim 12, wherein said at least two brackets are adjustable with said equipment housing.

20. The telecommunications enclosure of claim 12, wherein said equipment housing includes mounting tabs on said outside surfaces to secure said equipment housing to an inside of the wall.