Patent ID: 11871535
Assignee: TMEIC CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  F | IPC F  H

Claim 0:
1. An electronic equipment enclosure comprising:
a housing capable of enclosing electronic equipment and comprising a first interior compartment and a second interior compartment;
one or more temperature sensor;
one or more humidity sensor; and
a controller;
wherein:
the first interior compartment is an exhaust plenum chamber and is configured for direct communication with and to receive heated exhaust air from the electronic equipment and to direct a flow of exhaust air to outside of the housing and/or into the second interior compartment by way of one or more dampers, wherein at least one of the dampers is an active damper, at least one of the dampers is disposed in a portion of an exterior wall of the housing which separates the first interior compartment from the outside of the housing, and at least one of the dampers is disposed in an interior wall of the housing which separates the first interior compartment and the second interior compartment;
the second interior compartment is configured to receive air from the outside of the housing and/or the first interior compartment and provide for an airflow into an airflow intake of the electronic equipment;
one or more of the temperature sensors and one or more of the humidity sensors is configured to send a signal to the controller; and
the controller is configured to send a signal to one or more of the active dampers of the first interior compartment to change the flow of exhaust air in response to the signal from one or more of the temperature sensors and one or more of the humidity sensors.