Patent ID: 6788535
Filing Date: 2004-09-07
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
An outdoor telecommunications cabinet comprisinga main electronic compartment including a rear flat wall panel and two clamshell doors, and a floor panel and a cover panel, said compartment including access areas and an equipment storage area, said main compartment adapted to contain heat-generating electrical equipment, at least one rack inside said main electronic compartment for electronic equipment, a base assembly supporting said main electronic compartment, having dimensions similar to said main electronic compartment capable of being anchored to a base plate or pad, a ventilated sub-compartment in said base assembly containing an environmental cooling system, said clamshell doors being movable between an open position permitting access to both sides of said electrical equipment and a closed position in which the doors maintain a substantially closed environment in the electronic compartment, a return air duct assembly mounted to said rear flat wall panel to form an enclosed duct vertically traversing the electronic compartment and interfacing with a cutout area on said floor panel for circulating airflow through an enclosed path to said electronic compartment from said sub-compartment, said environmental cooling system providing effective dissipation of waste heat.