Patent ID: 7542287
Filing Date: 2009-06-02
Classification: H01L,H05K

Abstract:
1. An electronic equipment enclosure, comprising: (a) a frame structure formed from a plurality of support posts and at least partially enclosed by a plurality of panels, the panels including at least side, top and back panels defining an enclosure having a top, a bottom and a rear thereof, wherein the top panel includes an opening therethrough; and (b) an air diverter, disposed near the rear of the enclosure and angled upward from the bottom of the enclosure to redirect, toward the top of the enclosure, heated air moving rearward through the enclosure; (c) wherein the air diverter directs hot return air in the enclosure upward in the direction of a primary flow of hot return air thereby reducing eddies in the hot air return such that thermal management of the enclosure is improved; and (d) wherein the air diverter comprises a flat planar panel extending diagonally upward from the bottom of the enclosure toward the rear of the enclosure.