Patent ID: 9622389
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: F24F,H05K

Claim:
1. An apparatus for maintaining a configuration of electronic equipment disposed in a plurality of cabinets, for supporting a thermal shield that defines a hot air containment chamber, for supporting a thermal barrier ceiling, for supporting cool air ductwork and for supporting distribution power wires and conduits, electronic equipment power wires and conduits, and communication wiring, the plurality of cabinets disposed on a floor, the floor being within an internal area of a building, the cabinets positioned into two parallel rows that are separated by a hot aisle area so that the electronic equipment disposed in the plurality of cabinets emit heated air in a predetermined direction toward the hot aisle area between the two rows, the apparatus comprising: an interior frame structure that is independent of and not structurally tied to the plurality of cabinets, the interior frame structure including: a first plurality of vertical support brackets disposed only at ends of the two rows, each vertical support bracket being disposed on the floor at one end and assists in supporting the thermal barrier ceiling at another end, wherein the first plurality of vertical support brackets each further support portions of the thermal shield on one side of the first plurality of vertical support brackets at a location above a top of the plurality of cabinets, wherein the cabinets positioned in the two parallel rows are separated by the hot aisle area, and wherein a cross sectional area of the hot air containment chamber defined by the thermal shield and parallel with the floor is disposed directly above and encompasses a cross sectional area of the hot aisle area that is located between the two parallel rows of cabinets and is parallel with the floor; a first horizontal support bracket disposed above a cabinet height that intersects a middle hot aisle portion so that an area on two opposite sides of each hot aisle where the cabinets can be placed does not have any vertical support brackets disposed therein; a second plurality of horizontal support brackets that are each parallel with the floor, each of the second plurality of horizontal support brackets connecting together two different ones of the first plurality of vertical support brackets and connecting to each of the two different ones of the first plurality of vertical support brackets at a height that is above the cabinet height; a plurality of tiered ladder rack supports, each connected to another side of at least some of the first plurality of vertical support brackets that is opposite the one side, which establish a plurality of different tiers outside of the hot air containment chamber, so that each of the different tiers is adapted to hold the electronic equipment power wires and conduits and the communication wiring; and a second plurality of vertical support brackets disposed in a row, substantially parallel to the two rows, each second vertical support bracket being disposed on the floor at one end and assists in supporting the thermal barrier ceiling at another end, wherein the second plurality of vertical support brackets each further support portions of the cool air ductwork.