Airspan Communications Corporation

Alan Paul Rentmore

The present invention provides a housing for holding a rack of equipment (210), comprising a main enclosure portion (200) for retaining the rack (210), the main enclosure portion (200) having a first opening for receiving the rack (210) and comprising a first wall (310) defining at least one edge of said first opening. A wiring portion (205), distinct from said main enclosure portion (200), is also provided for receiving wires (220) to be routed to said rack (210), and the first wall (310) is arranged to separate the wiring portion (205) from said main enclosure portion (200), such that the wiring portion (205) is located between the first wall (310) and a front face of the housing. Due to the proximity of the wiring portion (205) to the front face of the housing, this arrangement significantly improves access to the wiring of the housing, thereby reducing the time taken to install and commission a system, and to perform routine checks on the wiring.

Housing for an equipment rack

The present invention provides a housing for holding a rack of equipment(210), the housing comprising a main enclosure portion (200) for retaining the rack (210), and the main enclosure portion (200) comprising a conductive wall (310). A wiring portion (205) distinct from said main enclosure portion (200) is also provided for receiving one or more wires (220) to be routed to said rack (210), the wires (220) being routed through said conductive wall (310) to said rack (210), and an outer portion of the wires (200) being earthed against said conductive wall (310), thereby inhibiting the transmission of noise along said wires (220) to said rack (210). Hence, by ensuring that the main enclosure portion (200) has at least one conductive wall (310), and that the wires (220) are routed from the wiring portion (205) to the main enclosure portion (200) via that conductive wall (310), and earthed as they pass through the conductive wall (310), a simple mechanism is provided for effectively inhibiting the transmission of noise along the wires (200) to the rack (210).

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Basingstroke, United Kingdom

Alan Paul Rentmore