Fan Or Blower Patents (Class 361/695)
  • Patent number: 11106256
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein may include apparatuses, systems and/or processes to provide cooling to a heat source. In embodiments, a first set of cooling fins are thermally coupled to a heat source in a first orientation to allow first airflow to pass through in between the first set of cooling fins to dissipate heat from the heat source. A second set of cooling fins thermally coupled to the heat source in a second orientation to allow second airflow to pass through in between the second set of cooling fins to dissipate heat from the heat source. A barrier may be coupled to the second set of cooling fins to substantially divert the second airflow away from the first airflow about to pass through in between the first set of cooling fins so that pre-heated air does not flow over the first set of cooling fins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Tao Shu, Chuansheng Liu, Na Chen, Liguang Du
  • Patent number: 11109508
    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: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: BJ Energy Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Tony Yeung, Ricardo Rodriguez-Ramon, Guillermo Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 11096314
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a modular electronic system includes a front panel comprising openings for receiving a plurality of modules, a removable fan tray comprising a plurality of fans for cooling one or more of the modules with airflow entering the modular electronic system at the front panel when the plurality of fans are operating, and a fan tray channel for receiving the fan tray and positioning the fans in a row generally parallel to the front panel. The channel extends from one of the openings in the front panel and is contained within a horizontal plane in the modular electronic system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Rohit Dev Gupta
  • Patent number: 11083096
    Abstract: A display device including a carrying main body, a flexible display panel and at least one fan is provided. The flexible display panel is disposed on the carrying main body and adapted to be unfolded on the carrying main body. A gap is formed between the flexible display panel and the carrying main body. The fan is disposed on the carrying main body and adapted to generate an airflow, and a flow path of the airflow is located at the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventor: Ming-Hsuan Yu
  • Patent number: 11073880
    Abstract: Modem thermal management may include a state machine monitoring a temperature associated with a modem, setting a mode in response to detection of a change in the temperature with respect to a threshold, and applying a set of one or more thermal mitigation actions associated with a current state of the state machine. The state machine may set a timer in response to detection of the change in temperature and then transition from the current state to another state in response to expiration of the timer. The monitored temperature may be a junction temperature or a skin temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: James Francis Geekie, Henri Begin, Abha Khosla
  • Patent number: 11071229
    Abstract: An air shroud includes a main portion, an extension portion, and a first adjustable air baffle. The main portion is in physical communication with one or more cooling fans of an information handling system. The extension portion extends from the main portion. The first adjustable air baffle is in physical communication with the extension portion. The first adjustable air baffle is biased toward an extended position. When a first memory module is located within a first memory slot of an information handling system while the main portion is in physical communication with the one or more cooling fans, the first adjustable air baffle transitions from the extended position to a collapsed position in response to a force being exerted on the first adjustable air baffle by the first memory module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: White Yi-Pai Chu, Eric Shih Huai Cho
  • Patent number: 11071235
    Abstract: Method and apparatus includes a chassis to house circuitry, the chassis having first and second surfaces and an air inlet. An airflow moving device may create an airflow in a first direction that is communicated to the chassis via the air inlet. A wall structure may have a height that extends up from a base of the wall structure in a second direction that is substantially perpendicular to the first direction of the airflow, where the base of the wall structure directly contacts the first surface and forms an elongated opening along a top surface of the wall structure and in between the second surface of the chassis. The airflow may flow over the top surface of the wall structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Phillip Mann, Sandra J. Shirk/Heath, Mark Plucinski, Tyler Jandt
  • Patent number: 11069844
    Abstract: A light-emitting device and a method for manufacturing a light emitting device are disclosed. In an embodiment a light-emitting device includes a light-emitting semiconductor chip having a light-outcoupling surface and an optical element arranged on the light-outcoupling surface, wherein the light-emitting semiconductor chip is laterally surrounded by a frame element in a form-locking manner, wherein the optical element is mounted on the frame element, wherein the frame element projects beyond the light-outcoupling surface in a vertical direction such that a gas-filled gap is present at least in a partial region between the light-outcoupling surface and the optical element, and wherein the frame element has a channel connecting the gap to an atmosphere surrounding the light-emitting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Luca Haiberger, Sam Chou, Martin Brandl
  • Patent number: 11058290
    Abstract: An endoscope apparatus includes: a housing; a first heat generator disposed in the housing; an air feeding unit disposed in the housing and configured to cause air to pass in a vicinity of the first heat generator; a second heat generator disposed in the housing and provided in one of places above and below a flow path for the air, caused by the air feeding unit to pass in the vicinity of the first heat generator, in a height direction of the housing; and a guide plate provided on the flow path for the air, caused by the air feeding unit to pass in the vicinity of the first heat generator, and having an inclination for changing the flow path for the air after passage in the vicinity of the first heat generator to another of the places above and below in the height direction of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaaki Watanabe, Tatsuya Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 11041500
    Abstract: A system for cooling a heat generating enclosure includes a first array of one or more fans of a first size and a second array of one or more fans of a second size, where the second array is in series to the first array. The system also includes a measuring unit configured to measure at least one process variable. The system also includes a control unit configured to control at least one of the fans in the first array or at least one of the fans in the second array based on the process variable, wherein the fans are controlled to achieve an optimization criterion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David Barron, Rachael C. Freitas, Howard V. Mahaney, Benjamin W. Mashak, George Zacharakis-Jutz
  • Patent number: 11038293
    Abstract: Apparatuses and systems associated with power provision for packages mounted to a printed circuit board are disclosed herein. In embodiments, a socket arrangement may include a header and a first bus bar, wherein the first bus bar is to extend from the header adjacent to the PCB, and is to electrically couple to a power supply contact of a component package and to a power supply connection within a proximity of a power source, wherein a power output of the power source is electrically coupled to the power supply connection. The socket arrangement may further include a second bus bar, wherein the second bus bar is to extend from the header adjacent to the PCB, and is to electrically couple to a ground contact of the component package and a ground connection within the proximity of the power source. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Brian D. Aspnes, Jeffory L. Smalley, Weimin Shi
  • Patent number: 11035371
    Abstract: A method of cooling a heat generating enclosure includes setting a speed of each fan in a first array of fans, wherein each fan in the first array of fans is a first size, is disclosed. The method further includes measuring a process variable. The method also includes calculating a cooling strategy based at least in part on the value of the process variable. The method further includes setting the speed of each fan in the first array of fans or the speed of each fan in a second array of fans, wherein the second array of fans is in series to the first array of fans and each fan in the second array of fans is a second size, and wherein the speed of each fan that is set in the first or second array is set to implement the cooling strategy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David Barron, Rachael C. Freitas, Howard V. Mahaney, Jr., Benjamin W. Mashak, George Zacharakis-Jutz
  • Patent number: 11032923
    Abstract: A first and second display assembly are moveably mounted to a frame. At least one of the display assemblies includes a cover, an electronic display located behind the cover, and a first and second channel. A fixed plate is attached to the frame and positioned entirely within a cavity located between the display assemblies and the frame. The cavity and the first channel are part of a closed loop pathway, while the second channel is part of an open loop pathway. The closed loop is sealed when the display assemblies are in a closed position, and the fixed plate is accessible when the display assemblies are in an open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Manufacturing Resources International, Inc.
    Inventors: William Dunn, Kevin O'Connor, Marcos Diaz
  • Patent number: 11028858
    Abstract: The fan assembly provided with a fan ring, including a first leg and a second leg, may be arranged with a shroud that may include a first sidewall, a second sidewall, a third sidewall, a first ring, a second ring, and a third ring. An air passage may be formed between a distal end of the first leg and the third ring, the second ring and the first leg, the second leg and the second sidewall, and a distal end of the first leg and the first ring. The air passage may be configured to improve acoustic performance and air flow efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Würzburg
    Inventors: Tao Hong, Attila Simofi-Ilyes, John Fleck
  • Patent number: 11016916
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a processor includes at least one execution unit to execute instructions, and an interrupt generation unit. The interrupt generation unit may be to: receive a plurality of values indicating thermal status values for a memory unit at multiple points in time across a first time window; determine a running average value based on the plurality of values indicating thermal status values in the memory unit; and in response to a determination that the running average value has exceeded a high thermal status threshold value, generate a thermal interrupt indicating a high thermal status event in the processor. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Xiuting C. Man, Jeremy J. Shrall, Deepak Ganapathy, Dorit Shapira
  • Patent number: 11006543
    Abstract: A cover assembly is provided to prevent access within a mounting slot of an equipment rack. The assembly includes a cover sufficiently sized to block access to a back of the equipment rack that includes an open power source. The cover is secured to frame members by at least one hinge. The cover is configured to rotate between a closed position in which the cover blocks access to the open power source and an open position in which the cover is rotated to enable installation of a power module in the mounting slot. The assembly further includes a first spring stop lock provided the first frame member. The first spring stop lock is configured to lock the cover in the closed position and to release the cover to enable an installation of the power module within the mounting slot of the equipment rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bo Huangfu, Lars Juhl Lindholm
  • Patent number: 11006550
    Abstract: A circuit board cooling system includes a circuit board with a processor disposed thereon, a cooling unit operating according to an operating configuration to generate air flow to cool a portion of the circuit board, and a plurality of pressure sensors that are coupled with a sensor processing unit and configured to measure air pressure data at their respective locations. The pressure sensors include a first pressure sensor located between the processor and the cooling unit and a second pressure sensor located such that the processor is between the second pressure sensor and the cooling unit. Air pressure data measured by the plurality of pressure sensors is obtained by the sensor processing unit. The sensor processing unit compares the obtained air pressure data to reference air pressure data for the operating configuration and, based on the comparison, determines that a disturbance to the air flow exists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: InvenSense, Inc.
    Inventors: Sankalp Dayal, Vamshi Gangumalla, Zaryab Hamavand, Calin Miclaus
  • Patent number: 10999941
    Abstract: Methods for forming an electronic display assembly are provided. A first and second side member are extruded, each side member including a number of channels extending parallel to one another along a length of the respective side member. A display unit subassembly is secured between the side members. The display unit includes an electronic display, a first and second horizontal member, and an open loop pathway. The horizontal members are secured within the channel. Interior surfaces of the side members form a portion of a closed loop pathway which extends through the display unit subassembly. Exterior surfaces of the side members form an outer housing for the electronic display assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Manufacturing Resources International, Inc.
    Inventor: William Dunn
  • Patent number: 10986753
    Abstract: A cooling apparatus and method including a plurality of heat-producing devices positioned in a plurality of cabinets arranged in a row that allows flow of a first fluid through the heat-producing devices and cabinets where the flow is directed from an upstream end of the row to a downstream end of the row. The cabinets have a space therebetween wherein a heat exchanger is positioned between and adjacent to the cabinets, thereby the cabinets and heat exchangers alternate in the row. Each heat exchanger allows flow of a second fluid therethrough for cooling the first fluid. A fluid-moving device is positioned adjacent the heat-producing devices for encouraging flow of the first fluid through the cabinets' heat-producing devices and through the heat exchangers, thereby encouraging heat transfer in each of the heat exchangers from the first fluid to the second fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Shawn A. Hall
  • Patent number: 10986758
    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: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideyuki Taga
  • Patent number: 10986751
    Abstract: An external air baffle nozzle has a top surface, a bottom surface, and a pair of sidewalls separating the top surface from the bottom surface. An end of the pair of sidewalls, an end of the top surface and an end of the bottom surface define an inlet. An opposite end of the pair of sidewalls, an opposite end of the top surface, and an opposite end of the bottom surface define an outlet. The outlet has a smaller cross section than a cross section of the inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Yi-Chieh Chen, Jen-Mao Chen, Wei-Te Wang, Shuo-Ting Jian
  • Patent number: 10946509
    Abstract: A control method for a hand-held power tool includes measuring a temperature of an electric motor, opening a switchable clutch if the temperature exceeds a first threshold value, and energizing the electric motor when the clutch is open until the temperature falls below a second threshold value. In an embodiment, the electric motor is switched to a current-free mode, i.e., switched off, if the temperature falls below the second threshold value. The second threshold value is preferably less than the first threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Eric Mascall
  • Patent number: 10921869
    Abstract: Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device that can be configured to include one or more heat sources, a heat pipe embedded in a chassis of the electronic device, where the heat pipe is thermally coupled to the one or more heat sources to collect heat from the one or more heat sources, and a thermal cooling device, where the thermal cooling device is thermally coupled to the heat pipe and can dissipate heat collected from the heat pipe using air from outside the chassis. In an example, the heat pipe is an oscillating heat pipe and has a thickness between about two (2) millimeters to about twelve (12) millimeters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Carbone, Juha Tapani Paavola, Nicholas R. Weber
  • Patent number: 10906405
    Abstract: In this power converter for a railroad vehicle, a cooling portion includes a first cooling portion arranged to block up an opening while ensuring watertightness and to come into contact with a semiconductor element through the opening, and a second cooling portion provided to be opposed to an outer surface of a power converter body not provided with the opening and adjacent to a side provided with the first cooling portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Uehara, Jun Kanda
  • Patent number: 10908658
    Abstract: A system for cooling computing devices may include at least one facility, at least one cool air aisle disposed within the at least one facility, at least one hot air aisle, at least one air inlet, and at least one exhaust outlet. The system may also include a plurality of computing devices including a plurality of computing device fans arranged within the at least one cool air aisle. An internal air pressure within the at least one cool air aisle provided via the plurality of computing device fans may be lower than an external air pressure of the external environment. The plurality of computing device fans may be configured to provide sufficient airflow of outside air through the at least one facility to cool the plurality of computing devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Core Scientific, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Papen, Matthew Renner, Montgomery Sykora, Weston Adams
  • Patent number: 10908270
    Abstract: An ultrasound imaging system includes a thermally conductive frame and a number of electronic components and a display that are sealed within the frame. The frame further includes a plenum extending through the frame with surfaces that are thermally coupled to the electronic components and the display. An active cooling mechanism, such as one or more fans, moves air through the plenum to remove heat generated by the electronic components and display. The plenum is environmentally sealed so that moisture, dust, air or other contaminants drawn into the plenum do not contact the sealed electronic components and display in the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM SONOSITE, INC.
    Inventor: Rahul Gupta
  • Patent number: 10897832
    Abstract: A fan control system includes a fan and a target device. The fan control system includes a controller to control the rotation speed of the fan. The controller controls the rotation speed according to a time-variable rate of current consumed by the target device. Particularly, when the time-variable rate of current exceeds a threshold, the controller controls the fan to operate at a maximum rotation speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jenseng J S Chen, Jung-Tai Chen, Tsung-Yu Chen, Edward Yu-Chen Kung, Tzongli Lin, Bruce A. Smith
  • Patent number: 10893628
    Abstract: A circuit board cooling system comprises a cooling unit comprising fans, pressures sensors that measure air pressure at their locations, and a sensor processing unit coupled with the pressure sensors. The cooling unit operates according to an operating configuration and generates air flow to cool a portion of a circuit board. The pressure sensors comprise a first pressure sensor located between the portion of the circuit board and the cooling unit; and a second pressure sensor located such that the portion of the circuit board is between the second pressure sensor and the cooling unit. A sensor processing unit is configured to: obtain the air pressure data measured by the plurality of pressure sensors; and adjust the operating configuration of the cooling unit based on a cooling specification and a comparison of the obtained air pressure data measured by the first pressure sensor and the second pressure sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: InvenSense, Inc.
    Inventors: Sankalp Dayal, Vamshi Gangumalla, Zaryab Hamavand, Calin Miclaus
  • Patent number: 10888028
    Abstract: An apparatus for dynamic thermal control is provided. The apparatus includes a fan module with multiple fan units, a deflection member configured to direct airflow received from the fan module, and a system component. The apparatus also includes a chassis management controller (CMC). The CMC is coupled to the fan module, deflection member, and the system component. The CMC is configured to dynamically control the deflection member to direct airflow from the fan module to the system component by accounting for at least one environmental element within the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventor: Chih-Wei Yang
  • Patent number: 10871171
    Abstract: A centrifugal fan comprises a rotor that has a rotor yoke, an impeller that has a blade and is coupled to the outer periphery of the rotor yoke, a motor that rotates the rotor and a casing that has a suction opening and a discharge opening, and houses the rotor, the impeller, and the motor. The impeller rotating together with the rotor discharges air sucked in through the suction opening to the outside of the casing through the discharge opening. An inner periphery part of the blade on the rotor yoke side extends to the inner periphery side, in such a manner as to overlap with an outer peripheral surface of the rotor yoke in the axial direction of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
    Inventors: Kiyohisa Nara, Seiya Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 10856434
    Abstract: An air-cooled enclosure of an information handling system includes a chassis that receives at least one heat-generating functional component. One or more air movers are positioned within the chassis to move cooling air through the chassis. An air duct is provided within the chassis and is positioned to direct the cooling air between the one or more air movers and the at least one heat-generating functional component. The air duct has a transverse space across the air duct sized for one or more acoustic standing waves to resonate between lateral walls of the air duct as modes of a resonant wavelength. One or more vertical blocks of an acoustic absorbing material are attached inside the air duct at respective transverse positions of one or more pressure or velocity antinodes of a selected one or more modes of the resonant wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Paul A. Waters, Chris E. Peterson
  • Patent number: 10852029
    Abstract: A window-shades mechanism with an anti-backflow function is applied to a fan device and an electronic apparatus. The window-shades mechanism includes a supporter, a blade, a shaft and a connecting rod. The blade is disposed inside the supporter and includes two sides. Each side includes a first region and a second region. The shaft is connected to the supporter and the blade. The connecting rod is connected to the second region on the side of the blade. The connecting rod has a holding portion. When the connecting rod is moved by the holding portion, the blade is driven to rotate relative to the supporter via the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Chi-Ken Tsai, Xiao-Ju Huang
  • Patent number: 10856444
    Abstract: A cooling device includes a heat reception base configured to receive heat transmitted from an electronic component. The cooling device also include a fin base configured to face the heat reception base. The fin base is also configured to form a ventilation path through which air flows between the fin base and the heat reception base. A heat conductor coupled with the heat reception base and the fin base is also included. The cooling device also includes a plurality of radiation fins configured to extend from the fin base to a side opposite to the heat reception base. The fin base includes an air outlet configured to communicate with a gap between the radiation fins adjacent to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Yoichi Sato
  • Patent number: 10856436
    Abstract: A system including an enclosure including a data storage enclosure. The data storage enclosure includes multiple storage levels and a shared cooling area. The system further includes data storage devices positioned within each of the multiple storage levels and a first and second set of air movers positioned within the data storage enclosure in the shared cooling area. The first and second sets of air movers are arranged to cool the data storage devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Lee Van Pelt, Lon Matthew Stevens
  • Patent number: 10830244
    Abstract: A motor-fan assembly includes a working fan assembly having at least one working fan and a blower housing coupled to the working fan assembly. The blower housing provides a blower housing chamber and a cooling air inlet that draws cooling air into the blower housing chamber. A motor assembly is carried by the blower housing and rotates a shaft connected to the at least one working fan. The motor-fan assembly also includes a cooling fan assembly with at least one cooling fan connected to an end of the shaft opposite the at least one working fan. A motor vent cover encloses the cooling fan assembly and includes a cooling air outlet. Rotation of the at least one cooling fan draws cooling air in through the cooling air inlet, through the motor assembly, and exhausts cooling airflow through the cooling air outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: AMETEK, INC.
    Inventor: Kris D. Diehl
  • Patent number: 10820453
    Abstract: A power cabinet, a grid-connected photovoltaic system and a container are provided according to the present application. In the power cabinet, three types of devices, namely, a heat dissipation element, a magnetic element, and a high-protection-level element are arranged in three mutually independent cavities, respectively; corresponding heat dissipation devices are further arranged in the three cavities respectively, and each of the heat dissipation devices meets the heat dissipation requirements of the devices in the corresponding cavity. With this arrangement, the three types of devices have their own heat dissipation solutions respectively and do not affect one another. Even if they are operated for a long time in a dusty environment, the magnetic element will not be affected by dust since the heat dissipation requirements of the three devices are satisfied in the three cavities respectively, and the reliability is improved compared with the conventional technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: SUNGROW POWER SUPPLY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qiyao Zhu, Jun Tan, Rubin Wan, Hao Zheng
  • Patent number: 10813256
    Abstract: Systems and methods for dissipating heat from an electrical component using an external structure of a trailer or shed as a heat sink are disclosed. A heat-producing electrical component such as a variable frequency drive (VFD) using an insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) is housed in a trailer and is thermally coupled to an exterior wall of the trailer to use the wall as a heat sink to dissipate heat from the VFD and IGBT. An adapter can be used to couple VFDs and IGBTs of different sizes and configurations to a support site on the exterior wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Kurt Held, Nick Paul Krippner, Kasey Herman
  • Patent number: 10794388
    Abstract: A fan failure backup apparatus includes a first fan module and a second fan module. When a second control unit of the second fan module realizes that the first fan module is failed through a first control unit of the first fan module, and the second control unit realizes that the second fan module is not failed, the second control unit controls the second fan module to additionally enhance a pressure-flow characteristic of a second fan unit of the second fan module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Wei-Shuo Tseng, Chia-Feng Wu, Po-Hui Shen, Chia-Huang Wu, Chun-Chieh Tsai, Wen-Chih Wang
  • Patent number: 10791653
    Abstract: The present application describes a computer server. The computer server includes a plurality of layers of fixed plates each having at least one corresponding component provided thereon. An air inlet and an air outlet are provided on side panels of an outer shell of the server case. A first set of fans is provided on an inward-facing side of the air inlet, and a second set of fans is provided on an inward-facing side of the air outlet. The first set of fans and the second set of fans generate a high-pressure airflow from the air inlet to the air outlet. The computer server further comprises at least one first heat sink and a second heat sink, wherein the at least one first heat sink is connected to a heat generating component on the plurality of layers of fixed plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: TUSIMPLE, INC.
    Inventor: Zhihua Ma
  • Patent number: 10785896
    Abstract: A data center cooling system includes a plurality of server racks aligned within a row in a human-occupiable workspace of a data center, the server racks supporting a plurality of heat-generating computing devices; a warm air aisle positioned adjacent the server racks opposite the human-occupiable workspace and including a warm air inlet adjacent to a back side of the row of server racks and a warm air outlet in fluid communication with a warm air plenum; a plurality of cooling modules each including at least one fan and a cooling coil; and a controller to perform operations including controlling the plurality of fans in the plurality of cooling modules to operate at a specified fan speed, and controlling a plurality of valves fluidly coupled to the plurality of cooling coils in the plurality of cooling modules to modulate to a specified valve position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Eehern J. Wong, Pascal Kam, Thomas R. Kowalski, Ron Drew
  • Patent number: 10779449
    Abstract: An air-moving device with electromagnetic interference (EMI) reduction is provided. The air moving device, which may be embodied as a fan, includes a motor, one or more blades coupled to the motor, and each of the one or more blades comprising EMI absorbent material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Arista Networks, Inc.
    Inventor: David A. Cananzi
  • Patent number: 10758230
    Abstract: A surgical instrument includes a motor operably coupled to a firing member, wherein the motor is configured to generate at least one rotational motion to motivate the firing member to cause staples to be deployed during a firing stroke. The surgical instrument includes a primary processor configured to determine a first acceleration of the firing member during the firing stroke, and compare the first acceleration to predetermined threshold acceleration. The surgical instrument also includes a secondary processor configured to determine a second acceleration of the firing member during the firing stroke, and compare the second acceleration to the predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Ethicon LLC
    Inventors: Frederick E. Shelton, IV, David C. Yates, Jason L. Harris
  • Patent number: 10749228
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery module, which includes: a battery cell assembly having at least one battery cell; a module case configured to accommodate the battery cell assembly; and at least one injection hole provided in a bottom portion of the module case to inject a thermally conductive adhesive into the module case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Soo-Youl Kim, Jae-Hun Yang, Han-Jong Yoon, Jae-Min Lee, Hae-Ryong Jeon, Young-Ho Choi
  • Patent number: 10712601
    Abstract: There is disclosed a display device comprising a light source unit, an optical sheet spaced a preset distance apart from a front of the light unit, a display panel spaced a preset distance apart from a front surface of the optical sheet, a module case configured to form at least one of a first space between the display panel and the optical sheet, a second space between the optical sheet and the light source unit and a third space in a rear surface of the light source unit, a through-hole formed in the module case and at least one of the first through third spaces, and an outer case configured to form an internal space partitioned off from an external space and a first closed passage located in the internal space by mounted the module case, wherein the first passage is located in the first closed passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Honglyeol Oh, Jinwook Kim, Hyeuk Chang, Joongnyon Kim
  • Patent number: 10701840
    Abstract: In a power converter for a railroad vehicle, adjacent ones of a plurality of fins are spaced apart from each other from a base connected to a base portion to a distal end, and the plurality of fins further spread to both one side and the other side in an alignment direction from the base toward the distal end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Kamiya, Kimihisa Kaneko, Yoshihisa Uehara
  • Patent number: 10694635
    Abstract: A system can include a midplane board and multiple sleds. Each sled can include a processor and an interconnect part. The interconnect part can be positioned at a lateral edge of the sled. Both sides of the midplane board can include interconnect portions that engage the interconnect parts from the sleds. The interconnect portions of the midplane board can be connected to enable inter-processor communication among processors on the sleds. For example, the midplane board may connect processors from first and second sleds received on one side of the midplane board with processors from third and fourth sleds received on an opposite side of the midplane board. The sleds may connect to power at rear, for example, being translated in a longitudinal direction to engage power and translated toward the midplane board and non-parallel to the longitudinal direction to engage the interconnect parts and portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Roey Rivnay
  • Patent number: 10686281
    Abstract: A retention apparatus is provided for securing a cable into a receptacle of an electronic device. The retention apparatus includes a body with two distal ends. A buckle is located at one distal end while a housing is located at the opposite distal end. The buckle includes at least one tooth. The housing includes a receiver configured to secure the buckle and a handle portion. The receiver includes a securing element and guide. The securing element includes at least one notch to interconnect with the at least one tooth of the buckle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Hou-Hsien Chang, Yen-Chung Hou, Wei-Chih Hung
  • Patent number: 10664057
    Abstract: To appropriately control an input portion by haptic feedback an electronic device has a vibration generator vibrating an input portion in response to contact with the input portion, a driving circuit portion supplying a driving signal having an acceleration period including a first pulse of a predetermined pulse width vibrating the vibration generator by resonance and a deceleration period including a second pulse of a phase opposite to the phase of the first pulse to the vibration generator, and a vibration control portion changing the number of first pulses included in the driving signal supplied to the vibration generator by the driving circuit portion according to the operating environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Yamazaki, Fusanobu Nakamura, Kazunori Yamamura, Jake Laurence Pat Santiago
  • Patent number: 10667435
    Abstract: A rack acclimating device can accelerate the acclimation of an already assembled rack of computing equipment to an environment. A rack acclimating device can comprise one or more heating elements and an air moving device that can be oriented to move air across the heating elements and then through the rack of computing equipment. Additionally, the rack acclimating device can comprise a controller or other like computing device that can receive environmental sensor data and, based upon the received environmental sensor data, can control the heating elements and air moving device. Environmental sensor data can be received from environmental sensors, such as temperature and/or humidity sensors, which can be positioned to sense various environmental aspects. A rack acclimating device can also comprise a hood or other like structure to confine and direct the heated air from the heating elements and/or air moving device to the computer equipment rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Husam Alissa, Roy Medhi Zeighami, Scot Edward Heath, Brandon Aaron Rubenstein
  • Patent number: 10667423
    Abstract: A connector cooling and status indication system includes a connector chassis that defines a connector aperture, an airflow aperture located adjacent the connector aperture, and a status indicator aperture that is located adjacent the connector aperture. A connector subsystem includes a connector that is located immediately adjacent the connector aperture, and a heat dissipation device extends from the connector subsystem and defines at least one heat dissipation device channel that is configured to channel an airflow received via the airflow aperture. A status indicator subsystem includes a light emitting element that is located immediately adjacent the status indicator aperture, and is positioned adjacent the connector subsystem such that no portion of the status indicator subsystem impedes the airflow that is received via the airflow aperture and channeled by the at least one heat dissipation device channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Michael Morihata, Joanne Cuijuan Zhang, Kaixuan Hu