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A telecommunications equipment enclosure (10) that more effectively dissipates heat from electronic cards without transferring the heat to adjacent cards and without transferring the heat to air within an enclosed chamber surrounding the cards. The enclosure (10) includes a floor (12) and a pluralit

A telecommunications equipment enclosure (10) that more effectively dissipates heat from electronic cards without transferring the heat to adjacent cards and without transferring the heat to air within an enclosed chamber surrounding the cards. The enclosure (10) includes a floor (12) and a plurality of card-receiving sleeves (14) attached to the floor (12). Each of the sleeves (14) defines a separate enclosed cell or holder that is configured for receiving and enclosing a single electronic card. The sleeves (14) are spaced apart to define a plurality of open air channels therebetween for convecting heat away from the sleeves (14) and the cards received therein while preventing heat from transferring from sleeve to sleeve.

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1. An enclosure for protecting electronic cards from exposure to harmful elements and for dissipating internally generated heat, the enclosure comprising:a floor; and a plurality of spaced-apart card-receiving sleeves mounted to the floor, each of the sleeves configured for receiving and enclosing o

1. An enclosure for protecting electronic cards from exposure to harmful elements and for dissipating internally generated heat, the enclosure comprising:a floor; and a plurality of spaced-apart card-receiving sleeves mounted to the floor, each of the sleeves configured for receiving and enclosing one of the electronic cards, wherein the sleeves are directly exposed to an ambient environment which is external to the enclosure, and each sleeve is spaced apart from the remainder of the sleeves so as to create a plurality of open air channels including a plurality of parallel, longitudinally-extending air channels and a plurality of parallel, transversely-extending air channels that intersect the longitudinally-extending air channels to form a grid of air channels between the sleeves and substantially surrounding each sleeve so as to facilitate dissipating heat generated within the sleeves.