Global Patent Index - EP 0640246 A1

EP 0640246 A1 19950301 - TEMPERATURE STABILIZATION APPARATUS.

Title (en)

TEMPERATURE STABILIZATION APPARATUS.

Title (de)

TEMPERATURSTABILISIERUNGSAPPARAT.

Title (fr)

DISPOSITIF DE STABILISATION DE TEMPERATURE.

Publication

EP 0640246 A1 19950301 (EN)

Application

EP 93910744 A 19930423

Priority

  • US 9303821 W 19930423
  • US 88375192 A 19920515

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO9323875A1] An illustrative embodiment of the invention provides a temperature stabilization apparatus for a closed equipment cabinet (10) in order to maintain the equipment (11) in the cabinet within predetermined temperature limits. A subterranean ground loop (32) is coupled to a heat exchanger (17) in which a portion of the ground loop is buried within the earth (33) to a depth at which the earth's temperature remains within predetermined limits. The heat exchanger (17) transfers heat between recirculated air (30, 31, 34, 35) within the cabinet and the earth (33) to provide the needed temperature stability for equipment within the cabinet. Water, in which its physicial state does not change, is the preferred working fluid for the ground loop.

IPC 1-7

H01L 23/473

IPC 8 full level

H05K 7/20 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

H05K 7/20654 (2013.01); H01L 2924/0002 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 9323875 A1 19931125; AU 4112993 A 19931213; CA 2135762 A1 19931125; EP 0640246 A1 19950301; EP 0640246 A4 19960117

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 9303821 W 19930423; AU 4112993 A 19930423; CA 2135762 A 19930423; EP 93910744 A 19930423