Patent ID: 7782612

Claim:
A housing for abating noise generated from within the housing, the housing comprising: a housing structure defined at least in part by a front upright side, a rear upright side, a left upright side, and a right upright side, the housing structure adapted to house electronic equipment therein; an intake internal chamber defined by a plurality of chamber walls, each wall of the plurality having an internal surface and an external surface; an intake inlet in fluid communication with the intake internal chamber for receiving air from outside the housing structure therethrough; an intake outlet for exhausting air from the intake internal chamber into the housing structure, wherein the intake outlet includes at least one or more openings, each of the at least one or more openings extending vertically along and adjacent to a vertical edge of the front upright side, each of the at least one or more openings being disposed to deliver air to a space adjacent to the front upright side the one or more openings collectively and extending along substantially the entire vertical edge of the front upright side; the housing structure having an air ingress opening in fluid communication with the intake outlet of the intake internal chamber, and the housing structure having an air egress opening for passing air outside the housing structure; and noise-abating material disposed on at least a portion of the internal surface of at least one wall defining the intake internal chamber.