US 12,356,592 B2
Airflow management system for power module
Rong Long, St. Louis, MO (US); Joseph H. Bergesch, Chesterfield, MO (US); and Lianne M. McMahan, Atkinson, NH (US)
Assigned to SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IT CORPORATION, Foxboro, MA (US)
Filed by SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IT CORPORATION, Foxboro, MA (US)
Filed on May 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/746,584.
Prior Publication US 2023/0380112 A1, Nov. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. H05K 7/20 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 7/20745 (2013.01) [H05K 7/20836 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hot air containment system configured to partially enclose heat-generating equipment, the hot air containment system comprising:
a service access partition assembly including a first opening, a second opening, and a third opening provided at one end of the hot air containment system, and a fourth opening, a fifth opening, and a sixth opening provided at an opposite end of the hot air containment system,
wherein the first opening and the fourth opening are each configured to provide access to an access space, the second opening and the fifth opening are each configured to provide access to cooling equipment and to receive a blanking panel, and the third opening and the sixth opening are each configured to pass hot air from heat-generating equipment,
the service access partition assembly further including a frame assembly having
a first frame subassembly including a plurality of horizontal frame members and a plurality of vertical frame members provided at one end of the heat-generating equipment and configured to define the first opening on a first side of the first frame subassembly, the second opening provided on a second side of the first frame subassembly, the second side being perpendicular to the first side, and the third opening provided on a top side of the first frame subassembly,
a second frame subassembly including a plurality of horizontal frame members and a plurality of vertical frame members provided at an opposite end of the heat-generating equipment and configured to define the fourth opening on a first side of the second frame subassembly that is parallel to the first side of the first frame subassembly, the fifth opening provided on a second side of the second frame subassembly that is parallel to the second side of the first frame subassembly, the second side being perpendicular to the first side, and the sixth opening provided on a top side of the second frame subassembly, and
a third frame subassembly configured to connect the first frame subassembly to the second frame subassembly, the third frame subassembly being sized to accommodate a desired number of heat-generating equipment and to receive the hot air from the heat-generating equipment, wherein the second opening of the first frame subassembly and the fifth opening of the second frame subassembly are configured to receive cooling equipment.