Timothy John Shea

US Patent:

20150255971, Sep 10, 2015

Filed:

Mar 4, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/196152

Inventors:

- Dulles VA, US
Timothy M. Shea - Fairfax Station VA, US

Assignee:

M.C. Dean Inc. - Dulles VA

International Classification:

H02G 3/36
F16L 3/26

Abstract:

An overhead-mounted cable tray and busway support system is provided for supporting communication cables and power busways that are connected to computer equipment housed within a data center. The system includes a plurality of brackets, and a roof mounting assembly. Each of the brackets is formed by a vertical member, a horizontal mounting member having a central portion affixed to a top end of the vertical member that is mountable directly or indirectly to a building roof, two cable tray supports connected to the vertical member at different points, and a busway support. The tray supports and the busway support are cantilevered from a same side of the vertical member so that all of the cables and busways may be conveniently installed from the front side of the cabinets housing the computer equipment. The horizontal mounting member is parallel to the tray supports to resist the torque applied to the brackets from the one-sided weight load of the cables and busways. The busway support mounts two or more horizontal busways at different heights and vertically-staggered with respect to each other to facilitate the installation of busplugs that provide power to the computer equipment.