Patent ID: 7956284

Claim:
An in-ceiling cabling enclosure for supporting network equipment and cables interconnecting the network equipment, said enclosure comprising: a front wall, a rear wall and two side walls; an access door assembly pivotally attached to one of said rear wall and said two side walls, said access door assembly pivoting through an arc of ninety degrees between an open position and a closed position; said front wall, said rear wall, said two side walls, and said access door assembly defining a volume in said enclosure; an equipment mount plate attached to an upper surface of said access door assembly, a space defined between the upper surface of said access door assembly and said equipment mount plate; said access door assembly including at least one air intake vent providing air access to said volume in said enclosure; an exhaust fan assembly attached to said access door assembly in said space between said equipment mounting plate and said access door assembly, said space having a depth for receiving the exhaust fan assembly, each of said access door assembly and said equipment mount plate having an aperture, said exhaust fan assembly conveying air from said volume through the apertures located in said access door assembly and said equipment mount plate to an exterior of said enclosure.