Storage box for electronic apparatus

• US 8,408,356 B2
• Filed: 04/16/2008
• Issued: 04/02/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Yamaguchi, Atsushi, Ishimine, Junichi, Suzuki, Masahiro, Katsui, Tadashi, Kouno, Shin-ichirou, Takahashi, Akira, Watanabe, Akihiro, Okazaki, Tomohiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Warren, David
• Assistant Examiner(s): RUSSELL, CHRISTINA MARIE
• Application Number:
  US12/081,498
• Publication Number:
  US 20080257639A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,812 Days
• Field of Search: 181/198, 181/199, 181/200, 181/216, 181/224, 298/32, 361/695, 361/696, 454/184
• US Class Current: 181/198
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/20736 within cabinets for removing heat from server blades
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/4913 Assembling to base an electrical component, e.g., capacitor, etc.

Abstract

A box-shaped enclosure of a storage box includes a deadening wall or walls defining a storage space between first and second planes. The storage space is open at the first and second planes. A deadening wall member extends along the first plane. An auxiliary box-shaped enclosure is connected to the box-shaped enclosure so as to close the first plane of the box-shaped enclosure. The auxiliary box-shaped enclosure defines an auxiliary space isolated from the storage space with a deadening wall member. The storage space is connected to the fresh air through the ventilation opening and the auxiliary space. The deadening wall or walls of the box-shaped enclosure and the deadening wall member serve to prevent the leakage of the operating sound.

Claims

1. A storage box for an electronic apparatus, comprising:

a box-shaped enclosure including a deadening wall or walls defining a storage space between first and second planes, the storage space being open at the first and second planes and having a dimension enough to arrange electronic apparatuses in a vertical direction;

a deadening wall member supported on the box-shaped enclosure, the deadening wall member extending along the first plane;

an auxiliary box-shaped enclosure connected to the box-shaped enclosure so as to close the first plane of the box-shaped enclosure, the auxiliary box-shaped enclosure defining an auxiliary space isolated from the storage space with the deadening wall member;

a through opening formed in the deadening wall member so as to spatially connect the storage space to the auxiliary space, the through opening having more length in the vertical direction than width in a horizontal direction and the length in the vertical direction being enough to face at least two of the electronic apparatuses; and

a ventilation opening formed on the auxiliary box-shaped enclosure at a position facing the deadening wall member, the ventilation opening having more length in the vertical direction than width in the horizontal direction and the length in the vertical direction being enough to face the at least two of the electronic apparatuses.

2. The storage box according to claim 1, wherein the ventilation opening is formed in a wall of the auxiliary box-shaped enclosure in parallel with the deadening wall member.

3. The storage box according to claim 1, wherein the auxiliary box-shaped enclosure includes side wall members located at opposite sides of the auxiliary space, the through opening being elongated along one of the side wall members, the ventilation opening being elongated along other of the side wall members.

4. The storage box according to claim 1, wherein a distance is set equal to or larger than 0.4 meters between the through opening and the ventilation opening.

5. A storage box for an electronic apparatus, comprising:

a box-shaped enclosure including a deadening wall or walls defining a storage space between first and second planes, the storage space being open at the first and second planes and having a dimension enough to arrange electronic apparatuses in a vertical direction;

a deadening wall member supported on the box-shaped enclosure, the deadening wall member extending along the first plane;

an auxiliary box-shaped enclosure connected to the box-shaped enclosure so as to close the first plane of the box-shaped enclosure, the auxiliary box-shaped enclosure including a deadening wall or walls defining an auxiliary space isolated from the storage space with the deadening wall member;

a through opening formed in the deadening wall member so as to spatially connect the storage space to the auxiliary space, the through opening having more length in the vertical direction than width in a horizontal direction and the length in the vertical direction being enough to face at least two of the electronic apparatuses; and

a ventilation opening formed on the auxiliary box-shaped enclosure at a position facing the deadening wall member, the ventilation opening having more length in the vertical direction than width in the horizontal direction and the length in the vertical direction being enough to face the at least two of the electronic apparatuses.

6. The storage box according to claim 5, wherein the ventilation opening is formed in a wall of the auxiliary box-shaped enclosure in parallel with the deadening wall member.

7. The storage box according to claim 5, wherein the auxiliary box-shaped enclosure includes side wall members located at opposite sides of the auxiliary space, the through opening being elongated along one of the side wall members, the ventilation opening being elongated along other of the side wall members.

8. The storage box according to claim 5, wherein a distance is set equal to or larger than 0.4 meters between the through opening and the ventilation opening.

9. A storage box for an electronic apparatus, comprising:

a box-shaped enclosure including a deadening wall or walls defining a storage space between first and second planes, the storage space being open at the first and second planes and having a dimension enough to arrange electronic apparatuses in a vertical direction;

a deadening wall member supported on the box-shaped enclosure, the deadening wall member extending along the first plane;

an auxiliary box-shaped enclosure connected to the box-shaped enclosure so as to close the first plane of the box-shaped enclosure, the auxiliary box-shaped enclosure defining an auxiliary space isolated from the storage space with the deadening wall member;

a through opening formed in the deadening wall member so as to spatially connect the storage space to the auxiliary space, the through opening having more length in the vertical direction than width in a horizontal direction and the length in the vertical direction being enough to face at least two of the electronic apparatuses;

a ventilating unit mounted in the through opening, the ventilating unit including ventilators arranged in a row in the vertical direction; and

a ventilation opening formed on the auxiliary box-shaped enclosure at a position facing the deadening wall member, the ventilation opening having more length in the vertical direction than width in the horizontal direction and the length in the vertical direction being enough to face the at least two of the electronic apparatuses.

10. The storage box according to claim 9, wherein the ventilators are individually removable from the deadening wall member.

11. The storage box according to claim 9, further comprising:

a second deadening wall member supported on the box-shaped enclosure, the second deadening wall member extending along the second plane;

a second auxiliary box-shaped enclosure connected to the box-shaped enclosure so as to close the second plane of the box-shaped enclosure, the second auxiliary box-shaped enclosure defining a second auxiliary space isolated from the storage space with the second deadening wall member;

a second through opening formed in the second deadening wall member so as to spatially connect the storage space to the second auxiliary space, the second through opening having more length in the vertical direction;

a second ventilating unit mounted in the second through opening, the second ventilating unit including second ventilators arranged in a row in the vertical direction; and

a second ventilation opening formed on the second auxiliary box-shaped enclosure at a position facing the second deadening wall member, the second ventilation opening having more length in the vertical direction than width in the horizontal direction.

12. The storage box according to claim 11, wherein a group of the second ventilators is identical to a group of the ventilators.

13. A storage box for an electronic apparatus, comprising:

a box-shaped enclosure including a deadening wall or walls defining a storage space between first and second planes, the storage space being open at the first and second planes;

a rack placed within the storage space, the rack defining a rack space to enclose electronic apparatuses arranged in a vertical direction;

a deadening wall member supported on the box-shaped enclosure, the deadening wall member extending along the first plane;

an auxiliary box-shaped enclosure connected to the box-shaped enclosure so as to close the first plane of the box-shaped enclosure, the auxiliary box-shaped enclosure defining an auxiliary space isolated from the storage space with the deadening wall member;

a through opening formed in the deadening wall member so as to spatially connect the storage space to the auxiliary space, the through opening having more length in the vertical direction than width in a horizontal direction and the length in the vertical direction being enough to face at least two of the electronic apparatuses; and

a ventilating unit mounted in the through opening, the ventilating unit including ventilators arranged in a row in the vertical direction;

a ventilation opening formed on the auxiliary box-shaped enclosure at a position facing the deadening wall member, the ventilation opening having more length in the vertical direction than width in the horizontal direction and the length in the vertical direction being enough to face the at least two of the electronic apparatuses;

at least one thermal sensor placed in a space between the deadening wall member and the rack space; and

a controller circuit connected to the thermal sensor, the controller circuit designed to control operation of the ventilating unit based on a temperature detected at the thermal sensor.

14. The storage box according to claim 13, wherein the thermal sensor is placed outside the rack space at a position distanced from the deadening wall member.

15. The storage box according to claim 14, wherein the auxiliary box-shaped enclosure includes:

a first outer wall extending in parallel with the deadening wall member; and

second and third outer walls opposed to each other, the second and third walls connecting the deadening wall member to the first outer wall, wherein

the through opening extends along an edge defined between the deadening wall member and the second outer wall, and

the thermal sensor is arranged along an edge defined between the deadening wall member and the third outer wall.

16. A storage box for an electronic apparatus, comprising:

a box-shaped enclosure including a deadening wall or walls defining a storage space between first and second planes, the storage space being open at the first and second planes and having a dimension enough to arrange electronic apparatuses in a vertical direction;

an auxiliary box-shaped enclosure connected to the box-shaped enclosure so as to close the first plane of the box-shaped enclosure, the auxiliary box-shaped enclosure including a wall member and an outer wall in cooperation defining an auxiliary space isolated from the storage space with the wall member;

a through opening formed in the wall member of the auxiliary box-shaped enclosure so as to spatially connect the storage space to the auxiliary space, the through opening having more length in the vertical direction than width in a horizontal direction and the length in the vertical direction being enough to face at least two of the electronic apparatuses; and

a ventilation opening formed in the outer wall of the auxiliary box-shaped enclosure at a position facing the outer wall, the ventilation opening having more length in the vertical direction than width in the horizontal direction and the length in the vertical direction being enough to face the at least two of the electronic apparatuses, wherein

the auxiliary space extends from the through opening to the ventilation opening, the auxiliary space bending between the through opening and the ventilation opening.

17. The storage box according to claim 16, wherein the outer wall of the auxiliary box-shaped enclosure includes:

a first outer wall member extending in parallel with the wall member; and

second and third outer wall members opposed to each other, the second and third outer wall members connecting the wall member to the first outer wall member, wherein

the through opening extends along an edge defined between the wall member and the second outer wall member, and

the ventilation opening extends along an edge defined between the first outer wall member and the third outer wall member.