Fan Or Blower Patents (Class 361/695)
  • Patent number: 11967845
    Abstract: A charging cabinet is disclosed having a frame, a center vertical member, wherein the center vertical member includes a lock plate, a plurality of stock chargers, an exhaust system, configured to vent heat from the charging cabinet to cool the at least one battery, a heater, configured to warm the at least one battery, a pair of duplex receptacles, a pass-thru connector recess box, wherein the pass-thru connector recess box is angled downward, a pass-thru connector mount box, wherein the pass-thru connector mount box is angled upward, an inlet connector recess box, wherein the inlet connector recess box is angled downward, and an inlet connector mount box, wherein the inlet connector mount box is angled upward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Inventors: Nathan A. Sublett, Robert Manthey
  • Patent number: 11962220
    Abstract: A network-controllable cooling fan can have a recessed connector port with an internal tongue that defines an edge connector having a plurality of electrical contacts. The tongue can also define a plurality of electrically conductive tracks that electrically couple with the electrical contacts. Control logic can have a plurality of electrical connections and a logic bus that electrically couples the electrical connections of the control logic with the electrically conductive tracks defined by the tongue. An electrical biscuit-connector with internal electrical interconnections can join the network-controllable cooling fan with another network-controllable cooling fan, extending the logic bus while obscuring the electrical interconnections from a user's view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Corsair Memory, Inc.
    Inventors: Manuel Melo, Jr., Joseph Eamonn L Clerkin, Justin Osoteo Gavina, Aaron Joshua Neal, Geoffrey Sean Lyon
  • Patent number: 11953849
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus comprises a main body casing; a fixing unit which fixes a developer to a sheet by means of heating and pressurization; a fan which is provided to discharge air inside the main body casing to outside of the main body casing; and a controller. The fixing unit includes a heating unit which heats the sheet; and a temperature sensor which detects a temperature of the heating unit. When the fixing unit is fixing the developer to the sheet, the controller is configured to: determine a heating unit temperature based on the temperature detected by the temperature sensor; stop the fan in a case of determining that the heating unit temperature is not less than a threshold value; and drive the fan in a case of determining that the heating unit temperature is less than the threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tatsuya Koyama
  • Patent number: 11930617
    Abstract: Information handling system (IHS) component immersion cooling systems and methods employ an apparatus having an IHS component immersion cooling flow passage housing disposed at (a) IHS component(s) of an IHS disposed in an immersion cooling tank. The IHS component immersion cooling flow passage housing has an immersion fluid inlet open to immersion fluid within tank and an immersion fluid outlet connected to a return line of an immersion fluid pump. The IHS component cooling apparatus flow passage housing may be a cold plate or a ducted heatsink disposed on, or about, the IHS component(s) of the IHS disposed in the immersion cooling tank. The immersion fluid pump may be the pump that also circulates the immersion fluid within the tank. The tank may include a manifold in fluid flow communication with the pump. This manifold may receive a plurality of return lines, each from an IHS component cooling apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Robert Boyd Curtis, Shawn Paul Hoss
  • Patent number: 11930627
    Abstract: Electronic equipment allowed to endure repetitive severe environmental change in a sterilizing treatment using an autoclave is provided. A tablet terminal (electronic equipment) 106 includes: an enclosure 10; a substrate 30 arranged in an internal space of the enclosure 10; an electronic circuit component 40 mounted on the substrate 30; a (first) heat insulating layer 50 formed along the enclosure 10; and a (first) heat release mechanism 70 allowed to discharge heat from an internal space of the heat insulating layer 50 to outside of the enclosure 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Susa Inc.
    Inventor: Yukinori Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11907030
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods that may be implemented in real time to determine the total volumetric rate of airflow through a chassis enclosure of an information handling system platform directly from real time measured cooling fan power consumption in combination with standalone or system-level cooling fan power characteristics (e.g., expressed as cooling fan power curves) that relate cooling fan volumetric airflow rate to cooling fan power consumption at the current fan rotation speed. This determined value of total real time volumetric airflow rate may then be used, for example, by individual system level thermal control algorithms and/or data center level thermal control algorithms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Richard Eiland, Hasnain Shabbir
  • Patent number: 11894628
    Abstract: A PCIe SAS direct link connector includes a cable end and a back board; the cable end fixed on the back board and including a direct link female head, a high-speed line, and a 15pin plug terminal; the back board including a primary and a secondary cavity position; the direct link female head connected with the high-speed line; the 15pin plug terminal being an asymmetric bow shape and having a short and a long side, a first contact point disposed on the short side, and a second contact point disposed on the long side; the 15pin plug terminal connected with the high-speed line; when the 15pin plug terminal is combined with a server board end connector, the first contact point and the second contact point contact a terminal of the server board end connector, respectively, simplifying the connection structure and improving heat dissipation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Amphenol East Asia Electronic Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiang Wang, Yan-Bin Tan, Lei Liao
  • Patent number: 11872324
    Abstract: The invention provides materials presenting a biologically active matrix comprising a physiological fibrillar fibronectin network, such as implantable constructs, and their use for modulating cell behaviour and fate, including cell growth, proliferation and/or differentiation, such as for promoting tissue regeneration, for example, bone regeneration or vascularization. Also provided are constructs presenting a biologically active matrix comprising a physiological fibrillar fibronectin network for sustaining growth of stem cells or maintaining stem cells (maintaining stemness).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignees: The University Court of the University of Glasgow, Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Manuel Salmeron-Sanchez, Matthew J. Dalby, Andres J. Garcia
  • Patent number: 11855690
    Abstract: A system for using free-space optics to interconnect a plurality of computing nodes can include a plurality of optical transceivers that facilitate free-space optical communications among the plurality of computing nodes. The system may ensure a line of sight between the plurality of computing nodes and the optical transceivers to facilitate the free-space optical communications. The line of sight may be preserved by the position or placement of the computing nodes in the system. The position or placement of the computing nodes may be achieved by using different shaped enclosures for holding the computing nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Inventors: Winston Allen Saunders, Christian L. Belady, Lisa Ru-Feng Hsu, Hitesh Ballani, Paolo Costa, Douglas Carmean
  • Patent number: 11848251
    Abstract: A semiconductor device (1) includes a semiconductor module (20) and a fan device (30). The semiconductor module (20) includes a module board (21), a first element (22) mounted on the module board (21), and a second element (23a) having a smaller heat generation amount and lower heat resistance. In a flowing direction of an air flow (F) formed by driving the fan device (30), the fan device (30) is disposed downstream of the first element (22) and the second element (23a), and the first element (22) is disposed downstream of the second element (23a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takanobu Naruse, Hiroyoshi Araki
  • Patent number: 11849563
    Abstract: A fan cage, a fan module, and an electronic device are provided, where the fan cage includes a cage body having two surfaces and at least two ventilation ports and a latching mechanism arranged at the cage body, the two surfaces are located opposite to each other, the two ventilation ports are respectively located at the two surfaces, the latching mechanism is arranged at the cage body and comprises at least one latch movably protruding outwardly from one of the two surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: WISTRON CORP.
    Inventor: Yong-Qing Zhong
  • Patent number: 11836019
    Abstract: An equipment rack that includes a modular compute chassis, a modular processing unit located in the modular compute chassis and where the modular processing unit is configured to remove from the front of the modular compute chassis in a frontward direction, relative to the front side of the modular compute chassis, and an air mover unit located in the modular processing unit and where the air mover unit is configured to remove from a rear side of the modular processing unit in a rearward direction, relative to the front side of modular compute chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Shawn Joel Dube, Robert Warren Johnson
  • Patent number: 11832378
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a carrier device for a thermal pad of an information handling system includes: a first adhesive surface coupled to the thermal pad, the thermal pad coupled to a first surface of a first component of the information handling system, the thermal pad configured to absorb a heat generated by the first component; a thermal transfer window configured to permit the heat generated by the first component to transfer from the thermal pad to a second surface of a second component of the information handling system; and a second adhesive surface removably coupled to the second surface of the second component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Jieh-I Taur, Bo-Wei Chu, Li-Chung Liu, Hui-Huan Chien
  • Patent number: 11825620
    Abstract: A hinge structure includes housing and at least one first hinge, the first hinge includes trajectory limiting mechanism including first hinge bracket connected to the housing, first slider including first hollow chute, and second slider including second hollow chute; and synchronization mechanism including cylindrical gear set, first guide gear, and second guide gear, first guide gear and second guide gear including gear end and guide end respectively, the gear end of first guide gear engaging with end gear of the cylindrical gear set, the gear end of second guide gear engaging with another end gear of the cylindrical gear set, the guide end of first guide gear being in sliding fit with first hollow chute, and the guide end of the second guide gear being in sliding fit with second hollow chute, to drive the first and second sliders respectively to rotate with respect to first hinge bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lianjia Zhao, Yuwen Wang, Yuantao Pei, Xuehu Zhang
  • Patent number: 11825592
    Abstract: An electronic device console includes a console body that houses a chip package, and a duct extending from the console body. An interior volume of the duct is in fluid communication with an interior volume of the console body. A first vent is at a distal end of the duct. A second vent is in a wall of the console body. The console may be oriented in a first orientation and a second orientation. The duct functions as a chimney for natural convection cooling of the chip package when the console is oriented in the first orientation. The console body functions as a chimney for natural convection cooling of the chip package when the console is oriented in the second orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kamal K. Sikka, Chenzhou Lian, Kathryn C. Rivera, Paul F. Bodenweber, Jon A. Casey
  • Patent number: 11796198
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring air quality is disclosed. A housing for an electronic display has a first pathway which extends between an ingestion area and an exhaustion area. An air quality monitoring device is located along said pathway and has one or more sensors that measure the concentration of various gases. The air quality monitoring device has a housing with a second pathway which connects an entrance aperture to exit aperture. The entrance aperture being configured to permit a portion of the ambient air in the first pathway to enter the second pathway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Precision Systems Integration, LLC
    Inventors: Mike Brown, William Dunn, Doug Bennett
  • Patent number: 11781567
    Abstract: A centrifugal fan is disclosed and includes a housing, a fan wheel, a first throat portion and a second throat portion. The housing includes a lower cover connected to an upper cover through a peripheral wall to form an accommodation space and an outlet. The upper cover includes an inlet communicated with the outlet. The fan wheel is disposed on the lower cover and accommodated in the accommodation space. The fan wheel is rotated along a rotation direction. The first throat portion is disposed adjacent to a lateral end of the outlet and protrudes from the peripheral wall toward the accommodation space. The second throat portion is disposed adjacent to another lateral end of the outlet, and protrudes from the peripheral wall toward the accommodation space. When the fan wheel is rotated along the rotational direction, an airflow is guided from the first throat portion to the second throat portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Chin-Hung Lee, Chih-Wei Chan, Ya-Ting Chang
  • Patent number: 11778788
    Abstract: A data center having a hot aisle, a cold aisle, a row of server rack cabinets located between the cold aisle and the hot aisle, and a self-expanding gap filler located in a gap between adjacent elements in the data center is provided. The self-expanding gap filler includes a compressible material and an outer layer having an outer surface and an inner surface, the inner surface defining an inner space, the outer layer encapsulating the compressible material within the inner space. The compressible material is configured to expand from a compressed state within the inner space of the outer layer to an expanded state within the inner space of the outer layer in response to a seal being at least partially released within the outer layer to allow air to flow into the inner space of the outer layer, whereby the self-expanding gap filler at least partially fills the gap between the adjacent elements in the data center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: BLUEMAMBA, INC.
    Inventors: Brian T. Fanning, Alfred B. Cook
  • Patent number: 11773867
    Abstract: Disclosed is a fan frame. The fan frame includes a frame body, a PIN body embedded in the frame body, and an outlet body connected to one end of the PIN body; and an accommodation cavity is provided in the frame body, the PIN body is embedded in the accommodation cavity, and the other end of the PIN body is connected to a circuit board. By designing the fan frame, automatic assembly on the circuit board is facilitated, connection to a test fixture is convenient, manually connecting the wires one by one for tests is avoided, and automatic tests, and simple, convenient and quick operation are achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Huizhou Sancreate Technology Co., LTD
    Inventor: Helen Huang
  • Patent number: 11758696
    Abstract: A cooling structure for an electronic control unit which is mounted in a vehicle, includes: a duct having a flow channel on which the electronic control unit is disposed; and a blower configured to take air in the inside of the vehicle and to emit the air to the flow channel of the duct, wherein the duct is configured to: cool the electronic control unit with the air emitted from the blower; and discharge air which has been used to cool the electronic control unit to the outside of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenichi Nagao, Hiromi Yamanashi
  • Patent number: 11752372
    Abstract: An ignition suppressing enclosure configured to contain an ignition source is disclosed and includes a body portion defining an inner surface, an outer surface, and an enclosed volume containing a flammable gaseous mixture. The enclosed volume is sized to contain the ignition source. The enclosed volume of the ignition suppressing enclosure is surrounded by an exterior combustible environment also containing the flammable gaseous mixture. The ignition suppressing enclosure includes one or more vent paths that extend between the inner surface and the outer surface of the body portion, where each individual vent path includes an effective diameter based on at least a minimum ignition energy of the flammable gaseous mixture. The effective diameter of the individual vent path is selected to quench a flame that occurs within the enclosed volume of the ignition suppressing enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Jason S Damazo, Eddie Kwon, William J Sweet, Philipp A Boettcher
  • Patent number: 11758702
    Abstract: A head-mounted device can effectively manage heat while also managing noise output in a manner that reduces the user's perception thereof. For example, a support member extending across a flow channel can provide multiple sections with different profiles and/or cross-sectional dimensions within the flow channel. Each of the profiles and/or cross-sectional dimensions can generate tonal noises at different frequencies, so that the tonal noises generated are distributed across multiple frequencies to mask such tonal noises among broadband noises that are generated by the head-mounted device. Such a support member can be moveably positioned within the flow channel and rigidly coupled to other components of the head-mounted device. Such a support member can also be used to draw heat away from other components of the head-mounted device to be dissipated by the flow of air within the flow channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ivan S. Marić, Aidan N. Zimmerman, Phil M. Hobson, Jonathan C. Atler, Arash Naghib Lahouti, Jesse T. Dybenko
  • Patent number: 11732909
    Abstract: A cooling recover system and method are disclosed. A fluid, such as water, is chilled and provided to a cooling coil to cool and dehumidify air passing over the cooling coil. The fluid is output from the cooling coil through an outlet, and at least a portion of the fluid from the outlet of the cooling coil is provided to an inlet of a heat transfer coil to reheat air passing over the heat transfer coil. The fluid is warmed as it passes through the cooling coil, which warmer temperature serves to reheat the air passing over the heat transfer coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Inventor: Scot M. Duncan
  • Patent number: 11724442
    Abstract: An explosion suppression insert for a fuel tank includes a hollow body having an inner surface and an outer surface, the hollow body being made of an explosion suppressing material; and a plurality of perforations defined in the outer wall. In some embodiments, a nonwoven explosion resisting insert for a fuel tank includes a body including a plurality of interconnected non-woven fibrous struts being made of an explosion suppressing material, the body having a first end and a second end; and a plurality of voids defined by the plurality of struts, the voids being configured such that the body has a porosity of between 5 pores per inch and 50 pores per inch. Methods of manufacturing explosion resisting inserts are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: RESPONSE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: David A. Pettey, Edmund Francis Bard
  • Patent number: 11725883
    Abstract: Provided herein is an example heat sink including a heat dissipation unit including a plurality of heat dissipation fin groups including a plurality of heat dissipation fins, the plurality of heat dissipation fin groups forming a laminated structure and a plurality of heat pipes, one end portions of which are thermally connected to a heating element and other end portions of which are inserted into a space provided between the plurality of heat dissipation fin groups forming the laminated structure and thermally connected to the heat dissipation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Tochigi, Masahiro Meguro, Hiroshi Sakai, Kenya Kawabata
  • Patent number: 11723171
    Abstract: Embodiments of an enclosure assembly to enhance cooling of a hydraulic fracturing direct drive unit (DDU) during operation are included. The enclosure assembly may include an enclosure body extending at least partially around an enclosure space to house the DDU for driving a fluid pump. The enclosure assembly may include one or more heat exchanger assemblies connected to the enclosure body for cooling a process fluid associated with one or more of the DDU and the fluid pump, and which may be configured to draw air into the enclosure space from and external environment, toward one or more radiator assemblies to cool the process fluid, and along an airflow path through the enclosure space. One or more outlet fan assemblies may be operative to discharge air from the enclosure space to the external environment to maintain a desired temperature of the enclosure space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: BJ Energy Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Tony Yeung, Ricardo Rodriguez-Ramon, Guillermo Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 11720173
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to a multi-sensor don/doff detection system for an artificial reality device headset. The multi-sensor don/doff detection system can use a combination of a proximity sensor, an inertial measurement unit (IMU), and an eye tracking/face tracking (ET/FT) unit to make these determinations. However, when both the ET/FT system and proximity sensor system are active, they can have system coexistence issues. Thus, only one of these systems can be used simultaneously. The multi-sensor don/doff detection system can more accurately identify don events by using input from the proximity sensor and the IMU. The multi-sensor don/doff detection system can also more accurately identify doff events by using input from the IMU and either A) the proximity sensor when the ET/FT system is disabled or B) the ET/FT system when the ET/FT system is enabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dong Yang, Qiang Zhang, Wen Song, Theresa Loney Casarez
  • Patent number: 11706903
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved thermal management system for a heat source, such as a high-powered electronic device. Thermal management systems work to maintain the optimal operational temperature of a device to maximise reliability, operational lifespan and/or efficiency, for example by using a fluid coolant to transfer thermal energy from the device to a heat exchanger. The present invention seeks to provide an improved thermal management system by incorporating a phase change material into a heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS PLC
    Inventor: Graham Andrew Holland
  • Patent number: 11700708
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a fan unit holding mechanism includes an installation bracket with a slot, a projection portion on the bracket, and an elastic member at a bottom of the slot. The installation bracket receives a fan unit within the slot. The projection portion is inserted into an attachment hole of the fan unit when the installation bracket receives the fan unit. The elastic member comes into contact with the fan unit and presses against the fan unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ryota Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 11690197
    Abstract: An airflow management system that can be fitted to an electrical cabinet intended to accommodate electrical devices in the internal volume thereof, the system comprising: a casing comprising at least one air input intended to be placed in communication with the internal volume of the electrical cabinet, at least two air outputs and at least one principal throat arranged to connect the air input to the two air outputs, a switch device arranged inside said principal throat, between the first air output and the second air output, the switch device comprising movable flaps that can be controlled between a first position in which the air input communicates solely with the first air output and a second position in which the air input communicates at least with the second air output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: Louis Linares, Josep Lopez
  • Patent number: 11687132
    Abstract: A crossflow air deflector part for directing airflow includes a front central spine, a first arcuate wall extending from the spine to a first back lateral edge of the airflow deflector, and a second arcuate wall extending from the spine to a second back lateral edge of the airflow deflector opposing the first back lateral edge. Such an airflow deflector can be implemented into a storage server, positioned between a laterally adjacent pair of data storage device (DSD) chambers and a pair of vertically stacked fans, such that the crossflow air deflector functions to direct airflow from one of the lateral DSD chambers into the lower fan and to direct airflow from the other lateral DSD chamber into the upper fan. Independent airflow control for each DSD chamber and each corresponding DSD is thereby provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Shailesh R Nayak, Joe Paul Moolanmoozha, Steven Cheng, Erik Silaprasay, Nicholas Maris
  • Patent number: 11678461
    Abstract: A fan tray system includes a fan tray base that couples to a chassis and that includes fan system connector(s) for connecting to a fan system. A fan tray side wall includes fan system guide member(s) that align the fan system for connection to the fan system connector(s), and is connected to the fan tray base by a moveable coupling that allows relative movement between the fan tray side wall and the fan tray base. That relative movement allows the fan tray side wall to be positioned in a first orientation when the fan tray base is coupled to the chassis such that the fan tray side wall is positioned adjacent a chassis wall of the chassis and impedes access component(s) in the chassis. That relative movement also allows the fan tray side wall to be moved to a second orientation that allows access to the component(s) in the chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Darren Burke Pav, Jake Hill Lavallo
  • Patent number: 11678450
    Abstract: A coupling assembly includes: a screw rod; a holder mounted on the screw rod; a shaft sleeve set and a connection rod set. The shaft sleeve set includes: a first shaft sleeve embedded in the holder; and a second shaft sleeve fitted over the screw rod at an outer side and slidable on the screw rod. The connection rod set includes: a first connection rod having an end fixedly coupled to the first shaft sleeve; and a second connection rod having an end fixedly coupled to the second shaft sleeve, the second connection rod and the first connection rod crossing and being coupled at a junction. The first connection rod and the second connection rod cross to form an angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jianwei Liu
  • Patent number: 11665851
    Abstract: An information handling resource blank configured to populate a slot of an information handling system in lieu of an information handling resource may include a form factor having at least some features in common with that of the information handling resource and one or more false fans mechanically coupled to the form factor. Each of the one or more false fans may be configured to have a first airflow impedance when airflow through such false fan is below a threshold airflow and have a second airflow impedance when airflow through such false fan is above the threshold airflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Shih-Huai Cho, Tsung-Ping Chen
  • Patent number: 11661950
    Abstract: A diagnostic system includes a fan control circuit coupled to an electric fan and a microcontroller, and a sense line coupled to the fan control circuit and the microcontroller. The fan control circuit outputs a fan command sense signal at a duty cycle through the sense line to the microcontroller. A tachometer generates a tachometer signal at a frequency indicative of the rotational speed of the electric fan. A fan tachometer circuit receives the tachometer signal and outputs the tachometer sense signal at a frequency to the microcontroller in response to the tachometer signal. The microcontroller sets a second diagnostic flag to an error value indicating that the sense line has impaired operation if the frequency of the tachometer sense signal is within a desired frequency range, and a first diagnostic flag is equal to a first error value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sagar Nagaluru, Sandeep Vankineni, Nitin Bharane
  • Patent number: 11660697
    Abstract: A welding-type power supply including a balanced plate rectifier to rectify high frequency alternating current from one or more transformers. The balanced plate rectifier includes an output terminal symmetrically connected to the plates of the plate rectifiers. The impedance between the output terminal and each plate is substantially equal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Adam E. Anders, Brian Schwartz, Paul William Garvey
  • Patent number: 11659692
    Abstract: An assembly includes a lower sub-assembly containing a first fan, a middle sub-assembly supported above the lower sub-assembly, a bottom air flow control plane supported in the middle sub-assembly and having openings sized to fit multiple computers having vertical cooling air paths, and a top air flow control plane supported in the middle sub-assembly above the bottom air flow control plane and having openings sized to fit the multiple computers such that air is forced through the vertical cooling air paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Peter Alfred Devick Peterson, Nilofer Rajpurkar, John Reed Hannig, Patrick Gerard Brogan, Scott Allen Densmore, Kenneth S. Hayd
  • Patent number: 11635793
    Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses for fan type identification are disclosed. A predetermined pulse width modulation duty cycle is used to obtain a sequence of fan speeds from a fan over a time period. A fan type of the fan is determined based on the sequence of fan speeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: LENOVO ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Ming Chang Chuang, Jui-Chan Fan, Yuhung Wang, Chenwei Lee, Edward Yu-Chen Kung
  • Patent number: 11630494
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose a housing structure and a terminal device. The housing structure includes a bottom shell and a lifting shell. A first end of the bottom shell is connected to a first end of the lifting shell, a second end of the bottom shell and a second end of the lifting shell are spaced by a first distance, and space between the bottom shell and the lifting shell forms a heat dissipation channel. A heat dissipation panel is disposed on the bottom shell, a first surface of the heat dissipation panel is in contact with a heat emitting component, and a second surface of the heat dissipation panel is located in the heat dissipation channel. Therefore, the housing structure provided in the embodiments of this application can better dissipate heat for the heat emitting component in the bottom shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Honor Device Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hua Huang, Jun Yang, Zhiguo Zhang, Haitao Zhen
  • Patent number: 11627688
    Abstract: A charger is provided with an intake hole through which outside air may flow into the interior of and through the body of the charger, and an exhaust hole from which the outside air is discharged through by the driving a cooling fan. A first vertical wall that surrounds the intake hole or a region exposed to water that drops down the intake hole in a fence-shaped manner, and a second vertical wall that surrounds the exhaust hole or a region exposed to water that drops down the exhaust hole in a fence-shaped manner are provided on a bottom plate of the housing. An electrical circuit board is disposed outward of an area where the first vertical wall surrounds the intake hole and also disposed outward of an area where the second vertical wall surrounds the region exposed to water that drops down the exhaust hole etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideyuki Taga
  • Patent number: 11627684
    Abstract: A bi-directional fan device that is field replaceable within an electronic system is provided. The bi-directional fan device includes a fan unit that cools an electronic system when connected to a power source, and an electrical connector constructed at both ends of the fan unit to electrically connect to the power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ayal Shabtay, Shay Zaretsky, Yogev Buzaglo
  • Patent number: 11604498
    Abstract: A fan cage is at least adapted to a first fan and a second fan smaller than the first fan. The fan cage includes a cage body and an adjustment member. The cage body defines a first accommodation portion in a size fitting the first fan. The adjustment member is movably disposed on the cage body and switchable between a laid down status and an upright status within the first accommodation portion. When the adjustment member is in the upright status, the adjustment member is upright in the first accommodation portion so that the adjustment member and the cage body together define part of the first accommodation portion as a second accommodation portion in a size fitting the second fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: WISTRON CORP.
    Inventors: Yong-Qing Zhong, Zhao-Ping Fu, Yisheng Chen
  • Patent number: 11564338
    Abstract: A support assembly configured to support a display component, includes: a housing comprising a mounting cavity; a circuit board assembly assembled in the mounting cavity; and a heat dissipation assembly assembled to the circuit board assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Dongming Chen
  • Patent number: 11549694
    Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) unit includes a cabinet defining a cabinet interior configured to house components of the HVAC unit. The cabinet includes an opening defining an air flow path between the cabinet interior and an external environment. The HVAC unit also includes a fan assembly including fan blades configured to move an air flow through the opening, wherein the fan assembly is configured to enable translation of the fan blades through the opening between a shipping arrangement in which the fan blades are disposed in the cabinet interior and an operational arrangement in which the fan blades are disposed in the external environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
    Inventors: Marc Huynh, Neelkanth S. Gupte, Zhiwei Huang, Kirankumar A. Muley
  • Patent number: 11543189
    Abstract: Provided herein is an example heat sink including a heat dissipation unit including a plurality of heat dissipation fin groups including a plurality of heat dissipation fins, the plurality of heat dissipation fin groups forming a laminated structure and a plurality of heat pipes, one end portions of which are thermally connected to a heating element and other end portions of which are inserted into a space provided between the plurality of heat dissipation fin groups forming the laminated structure and thermally connected to the heat dissipation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Tochigi, Masahiro Meguro, Hiroshi Sakai, Kenya Kawabata
  • Patent number: 11547025
    Abstract: A frequency changer cabinet includes a transformer cabinet to accommodate a transformer, a first air outlet being disposed at a top of the transformer cabinet, and a first air inlet being disposed at a side wall; and a power unit cabinet to accommodate at least one power unit, a second air inlet being disposed at a front side wall, and a rear side of the being connected to the transformer cabinet. In an embodiment, a first air passage baffle and a second air passage baffle are respectively disposed at an upper end and a lower end of a secondary coil, such that air entering from the power unit cabinet to the transformer cabinet can be directly sent to the secondary coil. Further, air entering from the first air inlet can pass through a primary coil and the secondary coil, and then flow out of the transformer cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Dong Liang Yan, Qing Long Zhong, Wan Bao Zhang
  • Patent number: 11536292
    Abstract: A fan assembly includes a socket to receive a fan module, a fan flap coupled to a first side wall of the socket, and an anti-reflow device coupled to a second side wall of the socket. The fan flap moves in a curved path between a first position and a second position. The anti-reflow device has an attachment feature, an embossed feature, and a stopping feature. The attachment feature attaches the anti-reflow device to the second side wall. The embossed feature extends through a first aperture in the second side wall. The stopping feature extends through a second aperture in the second side wall and contacts the fan flap. When the fan module is removed, the stopping feature retains the fan flap in the first position to block the socket and prevent air from reflowing through the socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Yaw-Tzorng Tsorng, Chun Chang, Ting-Kuang Pao, Chih-Hao Chang
  • Patent number: 11523539
    Abstract: A protective shroud includes a top plate, a first side plate that is adapted to be disposed proximate a first edge region of a plurality of cooling fins of a heat exchanger for an integrated circuit, and a second side plate that is adapted to be disposed proximate a second edge region of the plurality of cooling fins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Nelson Au, Glenn Wernig, Jeongyong Jeon, Susheela Narasimhan
  • Patent number: 11513571
    Abstract: An information handling system may include a chassis having a first region and a second region, wherein the first region includes a memory module, and wherein the second region includes a processing unit; at least one air mover configured to provide airflow; and an airflow shroud including an airflow baffle. When the airflow shroud is installed in the information handling system in a first orientation, the airflow baffle may be configured to block at least a portion of the airflow from flowing through the first region. When the airflow shroud is installed in the information handling system in a second orientation, the airflow baffle may be configured to block at least a portion of the airflow from flowing through the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Ming-Hui Pan, Cho Shih Huai
  • Patent number: 11477921
    Abstract: A power conversion system includes a housing (outer housing) and a power converter. The power converter is arranged in an internal space of the housing. An outer peripheral surface of the housing is provided with an air inlet and an air outlet. The air outlet communicates with the air inlet via the internal space of the housing and is located below the air inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min Xu, Tetsuji Yamashita, Toru Matsugi