Patent ID: 9392725
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: H05K

Claim Text:
1. A housing comprising: a frame including two fluid flow paths along two parallel side walls of the frame that is sealed relative to an interior volume of the frame for cooling fluid flow there through for dissipating heat of electrical components mounted within the frame, a first end wall, a second end wall and a base, the base supporting the two parallel side walls, the first end wall and the second end wall; a rail assembly supported by the parallel side walls of the frame, the rail assembly configured to support the electrical components to be cooled; a first opening in a first end wall of the frame, the first opening to a first one of the two fluid flow paths through which a cooling fluid enters or exits the first one of the two fluid flow paths depending on a direction of flow of the cooling fluid; a second opening in the first end wall of the frame, the second opening to a second one of the two fluid flow paths through which the cooling fluid enters or exits the second one of the two fluid flow paths depending on the direction of the flow of the cooling fluid; a first array of apertures at the first end wall at the first and second openings of the two fluid flow paths and corresponding to an aperture array of a fan assembly for mounting the fan assembly to the first end wall when the housing is to operate in a forced air conduction cooling mode; a second array of apertures at the first end wall at the first opening and corresponding to an aperture array of a first fluid control coupling for mounting a first fluid control coupling to the frame when the housing is to operate in a liquid conduction cooling mode; and, a third array of apertures at the first end wall at the second opening and corresponding to an aperture array of a second fluid control coupling for mounting the second fluid control coupling to the frame when the housing is to operate in the liquid conduction cooling mode; wherein, at the first and second openings in the first end wall of the two fluid flow paths, the frame being indented to interchangeably receive and attach one or more components for forced air conduction cooling to supply air as the cooling fluid when operating in the forced air conduction cooling mode and one or more components for liquid conduction cooling through the fluid flow path to supply liquid coolant as the cooling fluid when operating in the liquid cooling conduction mode.