Patent ID: 11880247
Assignee: CHATSWORTH PRODUCTS, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method of cooling side breathing electronic equipment in an electronic equipment enclosure formed from front, rear, and side panels mounted on a frame, comprising:
routing a supply of cool air into a first plenum of the electronic equipment enclosure along an intake side of the side breathing electronic equipment, the supply of cool air following a generally horizontal airflow path;
routing a first portion of the supply of cool air against a first vertically-oriented baffle arranged orthogonally relative to the generally horizontal airflow path, thereby diverting the first portion of the supply of cool air into one or more air intake openings at the intake side of the side breathing electronic equipment;
routing a second portion of the supply of cool air past the first vertically-oriented baffle and against a second vertically-oriented baffle, which is generally parallel and non-coplanar with the first vertically-oriented baffle and includes a width that is greater than a width of the first vertically-oriented baffle, thereby diverting the second portion of the supply of cool air into the one or more air intake openings at the intake side of the side breathing electronic equipment; and
routing the first and second portions of the supply of cool air through the side breathing electronic equipment, thereby cooling the side breathing electronic equipment, and through one or more air outlet openings at an outlet side of the side breathing electronic equipment into a second plenum of the electronic equipment enclosure along the outlet side of the side breathing electronic equipment as heated exhaust air.