Refrigeration – Display type – With air controlling or directing means
Reexamination Certificate
2006-11-28
2006-11-28
Ali, Mohammad M. (Department: 3744)
Refrigeration
Display type
With air controlling or directing means
C062S256000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07140193
ABSTRACT:
A gas distribution unit for use in a rack, that holds rack-mounted equipment that produces heat during operation, includes a housing defining a cavity, an exhaust port in a top wall of the housing, and at least one intake port configured to provide fluid communication between the cavity and a volume of gas external to the housing, the at least one intake port being at least partially laterally displaced relative to the exhaust port, the housing being configured to be disposed in and coupled to the rack and to direct gas from the cavity substantially directly upward through the exhaust port when coupled to the rack, and at least one fan coupled to and disposed within the housing and configured to draw gas through the at least one intake port, and to force the drawn-in gas out of the gas distribution unit through the exhaust port.
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Anderson Timothy J.
Johnson Richard J.
Kroupa Daniel C.
Pfleging Robert C.
Ali Mohammad M.
American Power Conversion Corporation
Hunter Shane H.
Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo P.C.
Turley Kyle
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