Patent ID: 7679920

Claim:
A cooling configuration for chassis-mounted electronics boards, comprising: a housing, said housing having a top, a bottom, a front and a rear and defining a generally enclosed interior space; a first electronics board, the first electronics board comprising: one or more ports, a first side and a second side, a front edge and a plurality of notches extending rearwardly into said first electronics board from said front edge; a second electronics board, the second electronics board comprising: one or more ports, a first side and a second side, a front edge and a plurality of notches extending rearwardly into said second electronics board from said front edge; at least two cooling air spaces adjacent a combination of said first and second electronics boards; at least one cooling air intake in said housing, said front edge of said first electronics board and said front edge of said second electronics board located adjacent at least one of said cooling air intakes; and at least one air exhaust in said housing in communication with said at least two cooling air spaces; whereby cooling air which flows into said housing through said at least one cooling air intake is distributed at least in part by said notches in said first and second electronics boards to said at least two cooling air spaces, flows through said cooling air spaces and exhausts out of said housing through said at least one air exhaust; wherein said at least one cooling air intake is located at said front of said housing and said at least one air exhaust is located at said rear of said housing and wherein said front edges of said first and second electronics boards are located at said front of said housing.