Ceiling Enclosure With Swing Down Panel For Wireless Equipment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing ceiling enclosures lack a convenient and universal means to securely mount and maintain multiple wireless equipment devices, such as access points and multimedia gateways, due to varying shapes and sizes, and often require architectural concealment while ensuring wireless connectivity and cooling options.
Innovation Solution
A ceiling enclosure with a swing down service panel and adjustable depth, featuring pivot ear retention legs and latch pin legs, allowing easy installation, removal, and maintenance of multiple devices, along with passive convection or active ventilation for cooling.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Shape
If a ceiling enclosure is designed to conceal wireless equipment and cables for architectural acceptability, then the aesthetic appearance is improved, but access for installation, service, and maintenance becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The ceiling enclosure is divided into separate functional components: a fixed main body for concealment and a swing-down service panel for access. This segmentation allows the enclosure to maintain its aesthetic appearance while providing convenient access points for installation and maintenance activities without compromising either function.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the ceiling enclosure is designed to securely mount multiple devices of varying shapes and sizes, then the versatility is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The swing-down service panel incorporates universal mounting features including multiple pivot ear retention legs and latch pin legs that can accommodate various device shapes and sizes. This universal design allows a single enclosure type to securely mount different wireless equipment without requiring complex custom mounting solutions for each device variant.
Solution Approach 2:
The swing-down service panel provides dynamic access by rotating downward on pivot ears, transforming from a static enclosed structure to an accessible working space. This dynamic mechanism simplifies the mounting process by providing easy access to devices for installation, removal, and maintenance without requiring complex disassembly procedures.
3Reliability
If the enclosure provides secure mounting with latch pin legs and pivot ear retention legs, then the reliability is improved, but the ease of removal and maintenance deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The latch pin legs and pivot ear retention legs create a dynamic mounting system where devices can be securely held in position during normal operation but easily removed when needed. The swing-down panel mechanism allows technicians to access and remove devices by simply lowering the panel, maintaining both security and ease of maintenance.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Facilitates secure, adjustable, and maintainable mounting of various wireless devices within the ceiling, ensuring architectural acceptability and effective cooling, thereby addressing the challenges of device variability and cooling requirements.
Implementation Method 1
to be cooled either by passive convection or active ventilation
Implementation Method 2
to be cooled either by passive convection or active ventilation
Data Source
AI summary
A ceiling enclosure that includes a main body, swing down panel and enclosure door. There are pivot ear retention legs extending from the main body. There are latch pin legs extending from the main body. The swing down panel is adapted to mount devices to the swing down panel. The swing down panel includes pivot ears extending from the swing down panel to attach to pivot ear retention legs and includes latch pin retention legs extending from the swing down panel to attach to latch pin legs.