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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
May. 25, 2010
Susheela Nanjunda Rao Narasimhan, Fremont, CA (US);
Hong Tran Huynh, Fremont, CA (US);
Toan Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US);
Duong CU LU, Hayward, CA (US);
Phillip S. Ting, San Jose, CA (US);
Susheela Nanjunda Rao Narasimhan, Fremont, CA (US);
Hong Tran Huynh, Fremont, CA (US);
Toan Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US);
Duong Cu Lu, Hayward, CA (US);
Phillip S. Ting, San Jose, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
To increase air flow, an air intake/outtake (i.e., intake, outtake, or both) is positioned on a front surface of a housing, such as a rack-mounted computer network switch housing. The front surface includes jacks, controls, plugs, receptacles or other input/output for connection with the processor in the housing. The air intake/outtake is one or more openings on the front surface with the input/output components. In one embodiment, to avoid interference with the input/output components and increasing the height of the housing, the air intake/outtake is a slot extending most of or all of the distance between the sides of the housing and being above or below the input/output. An intermediate plate may be used to form and support the air intake/outtake.