Earthquake resistant enclosure for electronic equipment
CA 2247535 C · Owner: Vaning, Barry R. · Inventors: Gemra, Richard J.; Murphy, John A.; Kluge, Richard G.
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A unitized monocoque enclosure for housing electronic equipment as in a , communications system central office has side (10, 11), top (12) and bottom (13) panels of corrugated metal. The panels comprise a continuous envelope for the structure and themselves constitute the structural support for electronic equipment shelves (33) and the electronic equipment (34) mounted thereby which shelves are supported by screw members (35) directly into a corrugation of the side panels (10, 11). No additional uprights frame supports or braces , are utilized. The resultant structure is both simple to fabricate and achieves improved earthquake resistance.
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- Filed November 4, 1996 and granted April 30, 2002. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 4, 2016.
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