Supports: cabinet structure – Spaced insulated wall – Fire-resistant cabinet
Patent
1999-09-11
2000-12-12
Wilkens, Janet M.
Supports: cabinet structure
Spaced insulated wall
Fire-resistant cabinet
109 83, 109 84, E04B 200
Patent
active
061588334
ABSTRACT:
A thermally insulated cabinet is provided for protecting electronic data storage devices from damage by accidental and environmental conditions and from intentional acts. This cabinet provides an interior envelope which contains a data storage device surrounded by multiple layers of thermal insulation. The thermal insulation layers allow electrical power, data and device control cabling to access the device, thus permitting real time operation of the device while the device is contained within the inner envelope. The inner envelope has two vertically separated ends: a lower end and an upper end. The data storage device is affixed to the inner envelope to permit heated air to rise from the lower end of the inner envelope away from the location of the device. The inner chamber is dimensioned to permit the heat generated by operation of the data storage device to dissipate and to maintain stable thermal conditions within the inner envelope during normal use. A tortuous path exists through thermal insulation to accommodate various electrical power, data and control cables that must be connected to the device to permit to the data storage device to function. In one embodiment, a serpentine path is provided for the cables. The serpentine path substantially increases the thermal energy that can by released by the control wires into the thermal insulators and reduces the risk that these wires will conduct sufficient thermal energy from the outside of the cabinet to damage the data storage device.
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Schwab Corporation
Wilkens Janet M.
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