Patent ID: 6510223
Filing Date: 2003-01-21
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
A passively cooled repeater housing for use in a telecommunication network's wire transmission local loop outside plant to house a plurality of standardized repeater modules that generate waste heat, the repeater housing comprising:a cylindrical environmental enclosure including a sidewall and a cover, wherein the cover is sealable to the sidewall and wherein the cover is removable to provide field replaceable, plug-in access to the repeater modules; a plurality of thermal sleeves mounted within the environmental enclosure and which mount the plurality of repeater modules, wherein each of the plurality of thermal sleeves comprises: a thermal collection element that forms a thermal interface with at least one repeater module in order to collect waste heat from the repeater module; a thermal distribution element having at least one surface placed in close proximity to the sidewall and having an arcuate shape that conforms to a portion of an inner surface of the sidewall to distribute waste heat over the sidewall and transfer the waste heat through the sidewall to the surrounding ambient air; and a thermal transfer element providing thermal conduction from the collection element to the distribution element.