Patent ID: 6400567
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
An enclosure containing first and second pieces of heat generating electronic equipment each having an end and a pair of side walls, the enclosure comprising;a first and second plurality of air intake vents and a first and second plurality of air output vents; a main baffle disposed within said enclosure between said first and second pieces of equipment to direct first and second cooling airflows to said first and second pieces of equipment respectively, said main baffle having a step portion generally aligned with one of said side walls of said second piece of equipment and providing a spaced apart relationship between said end of said second piece of equipment and said main baffle to provide for a smooth airflow and to prevent hot spots from being formed on the main baffle; an air duct having an air input coupled to said second airflow and an air duct output vent spaced apart from said air input, the air duct output vent coupled to said second plurality of air output vents, wherein said air duct conveys said second airflow from said second piece of equipment to said second plurality of air output vents; said first cooling airflow entering said enclosure via said first air intake vents, being directed by said main baffle to said first piece of equipment, cooling said first piece of equipment, and exiting said enclosure via said first plurality of output vents; said second cooling airflow entering said enclosure via said second air intake vents, cooling said second piece of equipment, and being directed by said main baffle to said air duct and coupled to said second plurality of air output vents by said air duct, and exiting said enclosure via said second plurality of air output vents.