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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2002
Charles H. Dodgen, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Sergio A. Alarcon, Austin, TX (US);
Jerome A. Pratt, Georgetown, TX (US);
Mark C. Woods, Pflugerville, TX (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
An outdoor telecommunications cabinet comprising an electronic compartment adapted to contain heat-generating electrical equipment, having a main electronic compartment including a rear wall panel and two clamshell doors, a floor panel and a cover panel, including access areas and an equipment storage area, the main compartment being adapted to contain heat-generating electrical equipment, at least one rack inside said main electronic compartment for electronic equipment, a base assembly supporting the said electronic compartment, having a width and depth similar to said main electronic compartment capable of being anchored to a base plate or pad, a ventilated sub-compartment in the base assembly containing an environmental cooling system, a pair of clamshell doors, movable between an open position permitting access to both front and back sides of said electrical equipment and a closed position in which the doors maintain a substantially closed environment in the electronic compartment, a cable entry port, typically on the rear wall panel, and a return air duct assembly mounted to said rear panel to form an enclosed duct vertically traversing the length of the electronic compartment and interfacing with a cutout area on the floor panel for circulating airflow through an enclosed path to the electronic compartment.