Patent ID: 6169658
Filing Date: 2001-01-02
Classification: F28F,H05K

Abstract:
An electronics rack for holding a plurality of electronics modules, said rack comprising: a housing including at least a back panel, a bottom panel and a front opening opposite the back panel, said back panel including at least one cooling fluid inlet port and at least one cooling fluid outlet port; a first module guide positioned adjacent to the bottom panel, said first module guide configured to accept the plurality of electronics modules in a parallel arrangement that are slid into the housing through the opening; and a heat exchanger positioned between the module guide and the bottom panel, said heat exchanger having three separate sections including an inlet section, an outlet section and a center section, each of the sections including a plurality of spaced apart fins, said inlet section being positioned at one end of the center section and said outlet section being positioned at an opposite end of the center section, wherein the fins of the inlet section and the fins of the outlet section are aligned with the fins of the center section so that a cooling fluid introduced into the inlet port flows through the fins of the inlet section, then through the fins of the central section and then through the fins of the outlet section to the outlet port.