Frederick A Daniels

US Patent:

20040163552, Aug 26, 2004

Filed:

Sep 29, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/673739

Inventors:

Gary Gustine - Bonham TX, US
Charles Ham - Mound MN, US
Michael Sawyer - Madison TN, US
Frederick Daniels - Floral City FL, US
Michelle Bishop - Mission Viejo CA, US
Lane King - Dallas TX, US
Matthew Kusz - Minneapolis MN, US

Assignee:

ADC Telecommunications, Inc. - Eden Prairie MN

International Classification:

A23B004/14

US Classification:

099/517000

Abstract:

An apparatus for containing objects, such as electronic circuit cards, and a method for making the same, the apparatus having a housing; at least one case disposed within the housing, the case adapted to confine the objects to different locations within the housing and comprising a frame, the region within the frame divided into two regions by a first partition, each of the two regions divided into a plurality of sections by a plurality of second partitions, each of the second partitions thermally coupled to the frame and the first partition, each of the sections divided into a plurality of slots, each slot having an object disposed therein for thermal contact between the first partition, a second partition, and one of a second partition and the frame; and at least one heat sink adapted to absorb heat from the case, the heat sink thermally coupled to the case and the housing.