Patent ID: 9060450
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
1. A cooling arrangement comprising: a rack housing with a plurality of plug-in positions for receiving plug-in components, at least one exhaust air unit associated with the rack housing that withdraws air heated by electrical or electronic parts of the plug-in components, and at least one cooling unit associated with the rack housing that cools the air used for cooling purposes and is disposed upstream of the plurality of plug-in positions in a flow direction so that the plug-in components disposed in the plug-in positions are ventilated with air which is cooled with respect to a temperature of the provided air; wherein the rack housing has a central cooling air duct for the plug-in positions and which connects at least one respective opening for extraction of the heated air out of the plug-in positions through the at least one respective opening to the at least one exhaust air unit; and wherein the cooling arrangement forms an opening cooling system in which air is drawn in from around the rack housing in a region of the cooling unit and discharged to the environment through the exhaust air unit.