ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT HOUSINGS WITH INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC CARD GUIDES, ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE (EMI) SHIELDING, AND THERMAL COOLING

摘要

An electronic equipment housing structural panel includes an integrated electronic card guide formed in the structural panel. The panel may also include and an integrated ElectroMagnetic Interference (EMI) shielding and thermal cooling structure formed in the structural panel. The EMI shielding and thermal cooling structure is in the form of apertures in one embodiment, and the apertures provide for convective heat transfer from the panel to air flowing through the apertures. In an electronic equipment housing, a pair of such panels are parallel to each other but spaced apart from each other with their card guides facing each other. An electronic card may then be installed in the card guides. In an embodiment, a structural panel is produced by forming the integrated electronic card guide, and the integrated EMI shielding and thermal cooling structure if provided, in a blank of material.

主权项

1. An electronic equipment housing structural panel, comprising:
an integrated electronic card guide formed in the structural panel; and an integrated ElectroMagnetic Interference (EMI) shielding and thermal cooling structure formed in the structural panel.