Patent ID: 6501650
Filing Date: 2002-12-31
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
An apparatus for mounting heat-generating electrical devices comprising:a housing comprising a substantially horizontal bottom, a substantially horizontal top, substantially vertical sides extending vertically between the bottom and the top, and ventilation openings in at least one of the top, bottom or sides; a supply of forced air passing through the housing; two or more heat-generating electrical devices; two or more platforms, each of the two or more platforms having mounted on an upper surface thereof one or more of the two or more electrical devices; each of the two or more electrical devices and the respective platform being releasably fixed within the housing and being oriented at an angle of between about 15 degrees and about 75 degrees relative to the bottom of the housing; and at least one of the two or more electrical devices being mounted vertically above at least another of the two or more electrical devices; and wherein each of the two or more electrical devices receives a portion of the supply of forced air that has not been substantially heated by another of the two or more electrical devices, and the portion of the supply of forced air is free to exhaust substantially unimpeded from the housing.