Patent ID: 7719835

Claim:
A wiring distribution device for mounting to the top of an electronics cabinet or rack, comprising: a housing having a top, a bottom and side walls; a plurality of compartments formed in the housing for receiving electronic components, the compartments formed at discrete locations within the housing, at least one compartment including a cooling fan or passive convection cooling chimney designed to lower the temperature inside the cabinet, the cooling compartment including support walls mounted to the bottom of the housing about a hole formed in the bottom the walls configured to direct air past a fan mounted in the cooling compartment and toward an opening formed in the top; a wiring input point; a power distribution compartment mounted within one compartment adjacent to the wiring input point and on one side of the cooling compartment, the power distribution compartment mounted adjacent to an opening in the bottom for providing access to a power distribution component that is mounted within the compartment for supplying power to the cabinet; a power control zone located adjacent to the power distribution compartment for mounting of one or more circuit breakers, the power control zone also located adjacent to one of the housing walls for providing access to the switches of the circuit breakers; and a plurality of wiring output points for providing output of wires from the distribution device.