With Air Flow Enclosure; E.g., Ducts, Plenums, Etc. Patents (Class 361/679.49)
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Patent number: 8931221Abstract: A multi-floor data center, comprising in one implementation, a plurality of floors; a first set of server racks disposed about a first vertical center axis on each floor, the first set of server racks formed in a substantially closed shape, with a substantially vertical open center comprising a first airflow plenum at least for air flow; a first opening in each of the floors, with the first opening aligned with the substantially vertical first airflow plenum on it respective floor, wherein the substantially vertical first airflow plenums on the floors are aligned for communication through the first openings in the floors; outer wall; a roof with a roof opening therein.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2012Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Ankit Somani, Christopher Gregory Malone
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Patent number: 8934236Abstract: A server cabinet includes a rack, two slide rails, a server, and two brackets. Two first posts are formed at a front end of the rack, and two second posts are formed at a rear end of the rack. Each slide rail is fastened between the corresponding first post and second post. The server is connected between the slide rails and includes two opposite side plates. Each side plate and the corresponding slide rail bound a channel. Electronic components are mounted in a front end of the server. The brackets are fastened to the server and respectively fastened to front ends of the slide rails. A number of first through holes are defined in one of the brackets, aligning with the corresponding channel. A number of second through holes are defined in the side plate near the first through holes, behind the electronic components.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2012Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: ScienBiziP Consulting(Shenzhen)Co., Ltd.Inventor: Chih-Hao Lin
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Patent number: 8929070Abstract: An expansion apparatus suitable for an electronic apparatus is provided. The expansion apparatus includes a base, a supporter and an airflow guiding structure. The base has a first fan disposed therein. The supporter is pivoted to the base along a rotating axis and has a cooling channel. The cooling channel has a first port and a second port opposite to the first port. When the electronic apparatus is assembled to the supporter, the second port of the cooling channel faces to the electronic apparatus. The airflow guiding structure is disposed between the supporter and the base movably. When the supporter is pivoted relative to the base to an expanded state, an active airflow generated by the first fan is guided by the airflow guiding structure to pass through the base and the electronic apparatus. An electronic equipment including the expansion apparatus is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2012Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: Compal Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Shih-Huei Liu, Chun-Jen Shih, Ching-Hsuan Wang, Pan-Jen Chen, Po-Han Chen
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Publication number: 20150003010Abstract: A pressure-activated server cooling system includes a server rack that houses one or more servers. The server rack has an interior plenum. A fan is coupled to the server rack that exhausts air from inside the plenum to outside the server rack. A differential pressure sensor collects pressure sensor data and a fan controller, which is operatively connected to the fan and the differential pressure sensor, activates the fan in response to the pressure sensor data. In some embodiments, the fan controller increases the speed of the fan when the pressure sensor data indicates greater than atmospheric pressure in the plenum.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2014Publication date: January 1, 2015Applicant: Silicon Graphics International Corp.Inventor: Robert Michael Kinstle, III
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Patent number: 8922990Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate generally to active cooling or removing heat generated by a processor in a computing device. More specifically, a cooling system in a computing device may include a heatpipe which moves the heat through a fin pack and out an exhaust vent. The fin packs described herein may include a blade at the exit end of the fin pack. The blade is oriented between the end wall of a computing device and the exit of the fin pack. The blade both keeps the air creating hot spots at the surface of the computing device and provides additional surface area for moving heat away from the heat pipe. The blade may have different configurations, for example, a generally rectangular shape or an arced-shape.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2012Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Google Inc.Inventor: James Tanner
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Patent number: 8917502Abstract: A modular datacenter having multiple levels. The levels are stackable, and the number of levels can be selected based upon a desired installation. The datacenter includes walls or other structures that define ducts that extend through all the levels. The ducts can be used as hot and cold aisles for servers and networking equipment. The ducts can be formed by concentric cylinders.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2012Date of Patent: December 23, 2014Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Brock R. Gardner
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Patent number: 8913385Abstract: A cooling system comprises an electronics module and a duct. The electronics module produces more heat at a first location than at a second location, and is rated to a safe operating temperature. The duct surrounds the electronics module, and has a shaped baffle with a constricted region near the first location and an open region near the second location. The expanded region has greater cross-sectional flow area than the constricted region. Airflow through the duct cools both the first location and the second location to within an efficiency margin below the safe operating temperature.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2012Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand CorporationInventor: Robert Scott Downing
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Patent number: 8902581Abstract: A notebook computer is provided with: a casing in which electronic components including a CPU are accommodated; and a heat-dissipating unit including a heat-dissipating component 37 having plural fins, and a fan 31 for supplying air to the heat-dissipating component 37. A communicating path 35 is formed between an air outlet 32b of the fan 31 and a surface 37b of the heat-dissipating component 37 on a side thereof that opposes the fan 31, so as to communicate them. An opening 32c is formed in a fan case 32 between the air outlet 32b and a main unit 33 of the fan. A duct 36 is provided so as to communicate the opening 32c with the heat-dissipating component 37. With this structure, an electronic device can be provided which has a built-in heat-dissipating unit that can restrain increase in cost and weight, and remove dust on the heat-dissipating component.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2012Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Shinji Goto, Kazuhiro Shiraga, Naoyuki Ito
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Patent number: 8891234Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a chassis and a heat dissipation module. The chassis includes a first panel, a second panel substantially parallel to the first panel, and a motherboard attached on the first panel and located between the first panel and the second panel. The heat dissipation module is attached on the motherboard and includes a fan with a cover, a first fin assembly attached to a first side of the fan, and a second fin assembly attached to a second side of the fan. The cover includes a main plate with an opening and a resisting flange extending slantwise from an edge of the opening. A portion of the first fin assembly is exposed by the opening. The resisting flange resists against the second panel to keep the main plate away from the second panel.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2012Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Lung-Chi Huang, Chih-Hao Yang
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Patent number: 8885335Abstract: In a data center including hot and cold aisles, the flow rate of airflow from the cold aisle through servers to the hot aisle depends on the flow resistance of different servers. As servers may have different cooling needs, an airflow throttling mechanism is coupled to each server to individually adjust the flow resistance through each server based on the amount of cooling airflow needed by a server. Hence, servers use the amount of cooling airflow they need, reducing the overall airflow needs, which reduces the central fan requirements, of the data center.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2012Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventor: Marco Magarelli
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Patent number: 8879247Abstract: A computer chassis cooling sidecar for cooling one or more computers in a chassis of computers in a data center, the sidecar including an air intake chamber and a chassis delivery chamber, the air intake chamber having a first opening at a bottom end for receiving air from beneath the data center through perforated tiles in the floor of the data center located on the side of the computer chassis, the air intake chamber having at the top end a directional vane shaped to direct airflow from the side of the chassis to a chassis delivery chamber; wherein the chassis delivery chamber resides in front or back of the chassis and has an opening to receive air from the air intake chamber and an opening to deliver the received air to the front or back of the computer chassis.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2012Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Matthew R. Archibald, Jerrod K. Buterbaugh
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Patent number: 8867204Abstract: A datacenter or server farm having servers mounted to blow air at an angle in a hot aisle. The angled air flow can provide a cyclonal effect in the hot aisle, enhancing heat convention in the hot aisle.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2012Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Brock R. Gardner
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Patent number: 8867207Abstract: A rack-mounted server system includes a rack, a number of server units mounted in the rack adjacent to a front end of the rack, a fan module, and a number of power units located beside the server units. The rack includes a back wall defining an air outlet aligned with the server units. The fan module is fixed to the back wall and fitted in the air outlet. The power units are arranged in front of the fan module. An air-guide plate is mounted in the rack between the fan module and the power units to guide a part of the airflow generated by the fan module to flow through the power units.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2012Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Chao-Ke Wei
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Patent number: 8861196Abstract: A heat dissipation structure includes a circuit board that is disposed inside an outer casing having a chassis formed with air inlet holes, and in which a first electronic component generating heat when driven and a second electronic component not generating heat when driven are mounted on one surface of a base plate, and a heat sink that releases the heat generated in the first electronic component. Here, in the heat sink, a heat dissipation unit positioned facing the base plate, an eaves portion protruding from the heat dissipation unit, and a pair of enclosing portions protruding from ends of the eaves portion in a direction perpendicular to a protruding direction from the heat dissipation unit, and at least one of the air inlet holes is formed in a position facing the eaves portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2012Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Shun Kayama, Yukiko Shimizu
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Patent number: 8861195Abstract: A computer includes a backplane, an enclosure, a motherboard, a shielding cover, a guiding plate, and a fan. The enclosure covers on the backplane. The motherboard is located on the backplane. The motherboard includes a plurality of heat generating elements. A shielding cover covers the motherboard and located in the enclosure. The shielding space is defined in the shielding cover. The guiding plate is located on the backplane adjacent to the shielding cover. A heat dissipating space is defined between the shielding cover and the guiding plate. The heat dissipating space communicates with the shielding space. The fan is located in the heat dissipating space. The fan is adapted to generate airflow from the shielding space and is adapted to dissipate the airflow through the heat dissipating space.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2012Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Shuang Fu
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Patent number: 8851831Abstract: An electronic device includes an air dam module. The air dam module includes a frame defining a vent, a first rotating member, a second rotating member, and two third rotating members. The first rotating member is rotatably connected to a surface bounding the vent, to vertically block a lower half of the vent by its gravity. The second rotating member is rotatably connected to the surface bounding the vent. The third rotating members are rotatably connected to opposite ends of the second rotating member. The second and third rotating members vertically block an upper half of the vent by their gravities.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2012Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Zheng-Heng Sun
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Patent number: 8854815Abstract: A first conduit is externally attached to one of two opposing sidewalls of electronic equipment and a second conduit is externally attached to the other of the opposing sidewalls. Each conduit has an open end, a closed end, and a side having a vent that is aligned with a vent in the sidewall of the electronic equipment to which that conduit is attached. The first conduit takes air in through its open end, channels the air in a direction substantially orthogonal to the direction of air flowing through the electronic equipment, and directs the air into the electronic equipment through its aligned vents. The second conduit receives air from the electronic equipment through its aligned vents, channels the air in a direction that is substantially orthogonal to the direction of air flowing through the electronic equipment, and exhausts the air through the open end of the second conduit.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2012Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventor: Atul Tambe
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Patent number: 8848363Abstract: A heat dissipation system includes a computer case having a base plate and a back plate perpendicularly to the base plate, a motherboard on the base plate adjacent to the back plate, and a mass storage device beside the motherboard. The motherboard has a heat sink and a first fan on the heat sink. The base plate has a second fan beside the motherboard. The second fan is adjacent to the back plate. The mass storage device is away from the back plate. The first fan rotates in such a manner that airflow is drawn into the computer case, flows through the heat sink and is exhausted out of the computer case. The second fan rotates in such a manner that airflow is drawn into the computer case, flows through the mass storage device and is exhausted out of the computer case.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2011Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chen Chen, Hong-Zhi Sun, Yang Li
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Patent number: 8843685Abstract: A presence detectable baffle for electrical components in a computing system, including: a passive chassis having a form factor is consistent with an electrical component of the computing system; and a presence detectable pin set connected to the passive chassis, the pin set consistent with the electrical component.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2011Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Mark A. Brandyberry, Todd W. Justus, Paul D. Kangas, Brent W. Yardley, Ivan R. Zapata
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Patent number: 8842431Abstract: Provided is an apparatus, a system, and a method for operating the same. The apparatus, in one embodiment, includes a chassis having a front configured to accept one or more circuit boards, a back, and first and second sides. The apparatus, in this embodiment, further includes one or more slots located within the chassis, each slot configured to receive one of the circuit boards at an angle with respect to the first and second sides. The slots, in this embodiment, at least partially define a first plenum opening to the front and a second plenum opening to the back. The apparatus additionally includes a fan assembly coupled to one of the first plenum or the second plenum.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2007Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventor: Charles C. Byers
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Patent number: 8842432Abstract: A system of computing assets arranges a plurality of backplanes to form a perimeter of a central region of a backplane structure. A plurality of computing assets are coupled to the backplanes and extend away from the central region of the backplane structure. A plurality of air intake openings are located along the perimeter of the backplane structure. An exhaust duct is coupled to an exhaust opening of the backplane structure and configured to direct air away from the backplane structure and is coupled to an air moving device. When the air moving device is operational, air flows across the computing assets through the air intake openings towards the central region of the backplane structure and into the exhaust duct, which directs the air away from the backplane structure.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2012Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventor: Jon Brian Ehlen
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Patent number: 8842433Abstract: A system is provided in one example embodiment that includes at least one rack for electronic equipment, each rack including: at least one sensor configured to measure an environmental condition, an air conditioning system, an ingress port configured to allow air to flow into a corresponding rack from an environment surrounding the racks, and an egress port configured to allow air to flow out of a corresponding rack and into the environment surrounding the racks. The system also includes a housing that surrounds the racks and that defines the environment surrounding the racks. The air that flows out through the egress ports of the racks conditions the air in the environment surrounding the racks.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2011Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Brian D. Koblenz, Carol Simon, Milton P. Hilliard
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Patent number: 8837140Abstract: A vehicle audio apparatus such as a car radio includes a casing defined by external walls and electrical components mounted on a printed circuit board. The radio also includes a cooling system having a fan arranged in a first external wall of the casing, an opening arranged in a second opposite external wall, and a cooling plate which forms a heat sink and which is adjacent to at least one electrical component producing heat. The cooling plate and an associated internal cover plate have a combined shape optimized for guiding the air flow between the fan and the cooling opening.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2010Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Miroslaw J. Zurowski, Jacek Andrzejewski, Michal Kamon
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Patent number: 8837138Abstract: Examples disclose a removable air guide assembly with a processor air cooler to direct air over a processor on a circuit board, the processor air cooler is not directly aligned over the processor. Further, the examples provide the removable airflow guide assembly with memory bank coolers to direct air over memory banks also positioned on the circuit board. Additionally, the examples also disclose the removable airflow guide assembly with a connector socket to align with the circuit board and provide power to the processor air cooler and the memory bank coolers.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2012Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Andrew L. Wiltzius, Tom J Searby, Robert Lee Crane, Adolfo Adolfo Gomez
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Publication number: 20140254090Abstract: A system for conveying air from one location to another includes a soft duct having a passage and an air flow control device. The air flow control device can be operated to vary a cross sectional area of a portion of the passage of the soft duct.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2013Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventor: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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Patent number: 8830673Abstract: A server including a chassis, an electronic module, a fan module and a handle is provided. The chassis has a first wedging portion. The electronic module is disposed in the chassis. The fan module is disposed in the chassis and is adjacent to the electronic module. The handle is pivotally connected to the fan module and has a second wedging portion, and the first wedging portion is used for wedging the second wedging portion. When the handle is rotated, the fan module is moved relatively to the first wedging portion for entering or exiting the chassis.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2012Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Inventec CorporationInventor: Ho-Wen Kuo
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Patent number: 8830674Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a cooling system and an electronic device. The cooling system is configured to cool a circuit board assembly in an orthogonal architecture, where the circuit board assembly is arranged inside a cabinet. The cooling system includes: a first cooling air duct that allows air to flow from the front area of the cabinet corresponding to the region of the circuit board assembly into the cabinet and flow through the front portion of the circuit board assembly, then be distributed into two lateral sides of the circuit board assembly, and be discharged out of the cabinet; and a second cooling air duct that allows air to flow from the front area of the cabinet corresponding to one end of the circuit board assembly into the cabinet and through the rear portion of the circuit board assembly, and then be discharged out of the cabinet.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2012Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventor: Zhijun Qu
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Patent number: 8824137Abstract: An electronic device housing device includes a housing, a plurality of slots that are arranged side by side inside the housing, the slots each housing the electronic device, a gas passage that guides a gas flowing into each of the slots in a direction across the slots, a connection substrate provided inside the housing to extend upright, the connection substrate being arranged to face the slots, the connection substrate including a connected portion to which a connecting portion of the electronic device housed in each of the slots is to be connected, a ventilation port provided at an end portion of the connection substrate, the ventilation port allowing the gas to flow into through the gas passage from each of the slots, and a fan that sucks the gas flowing into each of the slots into the ventilation port through the gas passage.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2012Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventor: Takaya Nakayama
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Publication number: 20140240919Abstract: A system selectively cools a set of at least one rack-mounted server in a chassis. The system comprises: a chassis; a chassis manager; a set of at least one thermal sensor coupled to each rack-mounted server in the chassis; a cold air source; a cold air conduit coupled to the cold air source; a plurality of cold air valves coupled to the cold air conduit; and an expandable tube of flexible memory material coupled to each of the plurality of cold air valves, where the expandable tube inflates with cold air from the cold air source to expose directional holes, and thus cold air, across a specific predetermined sub-area of a particular overheating rack-mounted server in response to the chassis manager detecting that the particular overheating rack-mounted server is exceeding a predetermined temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2013Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: SHAREEF F. ALSHINNAWI, GARY D. CUDAK, EDWARD S. SUFFERN, J. MARK WEBER
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Patent number: 8817465Abstract: A method is provided which includes providing a multi-rack assembly having adjacent first and second electronics racks, each being at least partially air-cooled, and an air-to-liquid heat exchanger associated with the first rack for cooling at least a portion of air passing through the first rack. The heat exchanger, which is disposed at the air inlet or air outlet side of the first rack and is coupled in fluid communication with a coolant loop to receive coolant from the loop and exhaust coolant to the loop, transfers heat from air passing thereacross to coolant passing therethrough. The assembly also includes a cooling unit, associated with the first rack and cooling coolant in the coolant loop, and an airflow director associated with the second rack and facilitating ducting at least a portion of air passing through the second rack to also pass across the heat exchanger associated with the first rack.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2012Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Milnes P. David, Michael J. Ellsworth, Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Robert E. Simons
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Patent number: 8817470Abstract: DIMMs to be cooled are mounted in DIMM areas of a printed circuit board of a system board. An air intake port that introduces cooling air is arranged on a side plate of the system board, whereas an air discharge port that discharges the cooling air is arranged on another side plate. The cooling air flows in a direction that is oblique with respect to the side plate. The air intake port is arranged at a position that is offset in the direction in which the cooling air is supplied. Accordingly, cooling is possible by efficiently bringing the cooling air into contact with the DIMMs.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2012Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Nobumitsu Aoki, Hideo Kubo, Yoshinori Uzuka, Jun Taniguchi
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Patent number: 8811010Abstract: An exemplary electronic device includes a container, a fan assembly and a duct received in the container. The fan assembly includes a centrifugal fan and a fin group thermally contacting an electronic component in the container. An air passage is defined between each adjacent fins of the fin group. An inner side of the fin group is mounted on an outlet of the centrifugal fan. A bottom surface of the fin group and an inner surface of the container cooperatively define a first channel therebetween. The duct includes an inlet and a first outlet. Airflow guided by the centrifugal fan flows through the duct and the first channel to cool a bottom end of the fin group, then is absorbed into the centrifugal fan from an inlet of the centrifugal fan, and then flow through the air passages of the fin group to cool a central portion the fin group.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2012Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Zhen-Yu Wang, Chang-Shen Chang, Ben-Fan Xia
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Patent number: 8812762Abstract: A presence detectable baffle for electrical components in a computing system, including: a passive chassis having a form factor is consistent with an electrical component of the computing system; and a presence detectable pin set connected to the passive chassis, the pin set consistent with the electrical component.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2012Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Mark A. Brandyberry, Todd W. Justus, Paul D. Kangas, Brent W. Yardley, Ivan R. Zapata
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Patent number: 8811009Abstract: An air duct includes a top wall and a blocking plate. The top wall includes a limiting block, a resilient arm, and a pair of hooks. A latching slot is defined between the pair of hooks. The blocking plate is rotatably secured to the top panel and includes a body and a shaft connected to the body. The shaft is rotatably engaged in the latching slot. The limiting block and the resilient arm abut two opposite surfaces of the body and block the body preventing the blocking plate from rotating relative to the top wall. The blocking plate is adapted to abut an electronic component and guide airflow towards the electronic component.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2012Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Li-Ping Chen
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Publication number: 20140226280Abstract: In one embodiment of the present invention, a system selectively cools a set of at least one rack-mounted server in a chassis. The system comprises: a chassis; a chassis manager; a set of at least one thermal sensor coupled to each rack-mounted server in a chassis; a trolley track oriented functionally proximate to the multiple rack-mounted servers; and a cold air trolley movably mounted to the trolley track. The cold air trolley moves along the trolley track in order to be selectively oriented next to a particular overheating rack-mounted server in the chassis, thus providing a fluid conduit from a cold air source to the particular overheating rack-mounted server in response to the chassis manager detecting that the particular overheating rack-mounted server is exceeding a predetermined temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2013Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: SHAREEF F. ALSHINNAWI, GARY D. CUDAK, EDWARD S. SUFFERN, J. MARK WEBER
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Patent number: 8802981Abstract: One aspect provides of this disclosure provides a flush wall mounting system for an electronic controller. This embodiment comprises a housing for receiving electrical components therein and having a front panel and a back panel coupled to the front panel. The back panel has a raised portion extending therefrom. This aspect further includes a mounting plate removably couplable to the back panel of the housing and has front and back sides. The front side includes a flange around a perimeter thereof and has a recess formed therein configured to receive the raised portion of the back panel therein. The recess forms a raised portion extending from the back side and configured to be receivable within an opening in a wall. A method for manufacturing the mounting system is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2009Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Lennox Industries Inc.Inventors: Timothy Wallaert, Timothy H. Thorson, Thomas G. Pavlak
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Patent number: 8804329Abstract: A computer system includes a computer case, a cover, and an air duct. The computer case includes a display, a housing connected to the display. A motherboard is attached to the housing, and a fan module. The motherboard includes a heat generating component. A first input opening and an output opening is defined in the cover. The output opening corresponds to the fan module. The air duct is mounted on the heat generating component. A plurality first holes are defined in the air duct corresponding to the heat generating component. The air duct corresponds to the first input opening to guide air to flow to the heat generating component via the first input opening and the plurality of first holes.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2011Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yang Li
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Patent number: 8804334Abstract: An air-cooling apparatus is provided which includes a securing mechanism for holding two or more separate electronics racks in fixed relation adjacent to each other, and a multi-rack door sized and configured to span the air inlet or air outlet sides of the racks. The securing mechanism holds the electronics racks in fixed relation with their air inlet sides facing a first direction, and air outlet sides facing a second direction. The door includes a door frame with an airflow opening. The airflow opening facilitates the ingress or egress of airflow through the electronics racks, and the door further includes an air-to-liquid heat exchanger supported by the door frame, and disposed so that air flowing through the airflow opening passes across the heat exchanger. In operation, the heat exchanger extracts heat from the air passing through the separate electronics racks.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2011Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Eric A. Eckberg, David P. Graybill, Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Howard V. Mahaney, Jr., Roger R. Schmidt, Kenneth R. Schneebeli
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Patent number: 8784167Abstract: The electronic system has a chassis having a base and a set of flanges extending from the base. The electronic system has electronic circuitry housed within the chassis. The electronic system has a fan assembly having a fan arranged to generate an air stream suitable for cooling the electronic circuitry, and a fan mount. The fan mount has an attachment portion arranged to attach to the fan. The fan mount has a set of chassis interface portions arranged to form a cantilever with the set of flanges relative to the base to vibrationally isolate the fan from the base.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2007Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventor: George Youzhi Yi
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Patent number: 8780555Abstract: A system for restricting mixing of air in a data center includes a plurality of racks, each of the racks having a front face and a back face. The system includes an enclosure for collecting air released from the back faces of the plurality of racks, the enclosure configured to substantially contain the air in an area between the first row and the second row and having a roof panel coupled to the first row of racks and the second row of racks configured to span a distance between the first row of racks and the second row of racks. The enclosure is configured to maintain a first air pressure inside of the enclosure that is substantially equal to a second air pressure outside the enclosure.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2012Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: American Power Conversion CorporationInventors: James R. Fink, John H. Bean, Stephen F. Held, Richard J. Johnson, Rollie R. Johnson
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Patent number: 8780551Abstract: A chassis-based processing system includes a first set of processing blades mounted in parallel within a card cage and attached to a backplane within a chassis. An air intake plenum allows air to flow into the chassis, and over the first set of processing blades in an optimized manner. A separate processing blade is located in the air intake plenum, and is attached to the backplane. This processing blade may have less restrictive proximity requirements than the first set of processing blades. The processing blade in the plenum is positioned perpendicular to the first set of processing blades. As a result, airflow over the processing blade in the plenum has a different orientation than airflow over the first set of processing blades. An air deflector structure in the plenum deflects some of the air flowing into the plenum onto the processing blade located in the plenum, thereby providing improved cooling.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2012Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.Inventor: Eric W. Farnholtz
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Patent number: 8780550Abstract: An electronic system includes a component that heats up during operation and an acoustic dampening air moving assembly. The acoustic dampening air moving assembly includes air moving blades, a motor, a support structure and a housing. The motor is attached to the air moving blades to rotate the air moving blades. The support structure supports the motor and the air moving blades within the housing. The housing and the support structure at least partially include a material selected for its acoustic dampening characteristics. The acoustic dampening air moving assembly moves air to the component to cool the component. The selected material dampens acoustic vibrations within the electronic system.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2006Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Robert Boyd Curtis, Robert W. Skoog, Christian L. Belady, Jeffrey N. Metcalf
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Publication number: 20140192468Abstract: There is provided a portable apparatus including a top layer portion, a bottom layer portion, and a frame layer portion provided between the top layer portion and the bottom layer portion, wherein the frame layer portion is formed of a rigid material and comprises a plurality of compartmented openings, and wherein the compartmented openings are formed as volumes of spaces partitioned by an arrangement of crosspiece portions forming at least a part of the frame layer portion, and a circuitry component constituting a part of the portable apparatus is placed within at least one of the compartmented openings.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2013Publication date: July 10, 2014Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Hiroshi KOTAKA, Hiroyoshi ISHIZUKA
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Patent number: 8767398Abstract: A thermal management system for an electrical component includes a printed circuit board (PCB) capable of receiving the electrical component on a first side of the PCB. An elongate member has one end attached to a second side of the PCB, and another end disposed away from the PCB. The elongate member also has an open interior that facilitates fluid communication between the two ends. One of the ends defines an at least partially closed boundary on the PCB. The PCB includes an aperture disposed therethrough proximate the boundary such that fluid communication is facilitated between the first side of the PCB and the second side of the PCB, and along at least a portion of the elongate member.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2011Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Black Tank LLCInventor: Robert E. Kodadek, III
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Patent number: 8760863Abstract: A multi-rack assembly is provided which includes adjacent first and second electronics racks, each being at least partially air-cooled, and an air-to-liquid heat exchanger associated with the first rack for cooling at least a portion of air passing through the first rack. The heat exchanger, which is disposed at the air inlet or air outlet side of the first rack and is coupled in fluid communication with a coolant loop to receive coolant from the loop and exhaust coolant to the loop, transfers heat from air passing thereacross to coolant passing therethrough. The assembly also includes a cooling unit, associated with the first rack and cooling coolant in the coolant loop, and an airflow director associated with the second rack and facilitating ducting at least a portion of air passing through the second rack to also pass across the heat exchanger associated with the first rack.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2011Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Milnes P. David, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Robert E. Simons
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Patent number: 8743537Abstract: An airflow adjustment device is disclosed. The airflow adjustment device is used for a blade server provided for plugging in an interface card, and the interface card includes a bracket. The airflow adjustment device is installed in the blade server, and the airflow adjustment device includes a top cover, a plurality of sidewalls, a bracket plate, and at least one deflector. The bracket plate is used for sheltering the bracket, and air enters the blade server through the at least one deflector and at least one gap area formed by the bracket plate and at least one of the plurality of sidewalls whereby the flow resistance of the blade server is not affected by the type of the bracket.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2012Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Wistron CorporationInventors: Wen-Hsiung Yang, Wei-Chung Hsiao, Shih-Huai Cho, Ming-Chang Wu
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Patent number: 8743549Abstract: A system for storing data includes a rack, one or more data storage modules coupled to the rack, and one or more data control modules coupled to the rack. The data storage modules may include a chassis, two or more backplanes coupled to the chassis, and one or more mass storage devices (for example, hard disk drives) coupled to the backplanes. The data control modules may access the mass storage devices in the data storage modules.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2011Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Darin Lee Frink, Peter G. Ross
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Patent number: 8737070Abstract: A heat dissipation system includes an enclosure, a first heat sink, a second heat sink, and a fan. The enclosure includes a bottom plate, a first side plate, and a second side plate. A first air vent area is located on the first side plate. A second air vent area is located on the second side plate. A first heat generation apparatus and a second heat generation apparatus is mounted on the bottom plate and located between the first air vent area and the second air vent area. A first heat sink is mounted on the bottom plate and contacts the first heat generation apparatus. A second heat sink is mounted on the bottom plate and contacts the second heat generation apparatus. A plurality of second fins is located on the second heat sink. Each second fin is wavy. A fan is located between the first air vent area and the second air vent area. The fan is adapted to drive air to flow through the first air vent area, the first heat sink, the plurality of second fins, and the second air vent area.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2011Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chao-Jun Zhu, Xiang-Kun Zeng, Zhi-Jiang Yao, Li-Fu Xu
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Patent number: 8737069Abstract: An electronic device includes a cage and a fan module. The cage includes a mounting plate defining a ventilation hole. A positioning portion is located in the ventilation hole. A restriction is located on an inner surface of the positioning portion. The height of the restriction is such as to strictly require the fan module to be in the correct orientation when it is fitted to the electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2011Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (WuHan) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Heng Tao, Xiang Zhang, Zhi-Guo Zhang, Li-Fu Xu
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Patent number: 8737060Abstract: A computer system includes a computer case, a receiving tray, and a bracket. The computer case includes a front plate with a plurality of air intakes and a first side plate. The receiving tray includes a retaining wall. The bracket includes a first mounting plate and a second mounting plate. A plurality of first through hole is defined in the first mounting plate, and a plurality of second through hole is defined in the second mounting plate. The airflow guiding duct includes a first guiding plate and a second guiding plate. The first guiding plate is located between the front plate and the first mounting plate, the second guiding plate is located between the bracket and the first side plate; the plurality of air intakes, the airflow guiding duct, the plurality of first through hole second through hole together form a path for the air to flow.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2012Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (WuHan) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hong-Zhi Sun, Tian Wang