Fan Or Blower Patents (Class 361/695)
  • Patent number: 9836102
    Abstract: Embodiments herein describe a cooling system for a plurality of arrayed components arranged in a first bank and a second bank, the first bank being disposed upstream of the second bank along an airflow path. The system comprises a first wall configured to be positioned above the first bank and the second bank. The first wall defines an angled cavity such that a height of the angled cavity decreases from the front end of the angled cavity to a region between the front end and the back end of the angled cavity. The first wall defines the angled cavity such that a distance between the first wall and the first bank is greater than a distance between the first wall and the second bank. The first wall forms a top portion of the airflow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventor: William J. Anderl
  • Patent number: 9837789
    Abstract: An air-cooled laser device having a heat radiating structure capable of effectively radiating heat generated by a laser diode module and also radiating heat generated by a heating component other than the laser diode module, without being increased in size. The laser device has: laser diode modules; a heat-receiving plate horizontally-arranged, to which the laser diode modules are thermally connected; at least one L-shaped heat-transferring member extending inside the heat-receiving plate and bending at a right angle outside heat-receiving plate; a plurality of heat radiating fins attached to a vertical portion of the heat-transferring member so that each fin extends in a horizontal direction; and an axial fan for sending air to an upper space of the heat-receiving plate through between the fins. The air after flowing between the fins cools a heating component other than the laser diode module, positioned in the upper space, without changing the flow direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroshi Takigawa
  • Patent number: 9801304
    Abstract: A cooling system for an automatic control component includes a frame. The frame includes a front side, a back side, a first side wall, and a second side wall. The cooling system also includes a stay coupled to the frame. Additionally, the cooling system includes a locking mechanism coupled to the front side of the frame. The locking mechanism is configured to move between a locked position and an unlocked position to secure the frame to a control module assembly. Moreover, the cooling system includes a fan positioned within the frame. The fan is configured to cool internal electronics of the control module assembly and the fan receives operative energy from the control module assembly. The cooling system also includes a printed circuit board secured within the stay and configured to receive power from the control module assembly and supply power to the fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
  • Patent number: 9801314
    Abstract: A first printed circuit board on which a heatsink having a discrete semiconductor device attached to it and first capacitors for smoothing an electric current after a conversion from AC to DC are mounted is arranged in the horizontal direction of a bottom portion of a device casing. On the first printed circuit board, various electronic components such as a resistor, a diode, a capacitor, a coil, etc. are mounted in addition to the heatsink and the first capacitors. Further, in an in-device-casing vacant space in an upper portion of the heatsink mounted on the first printed circuit board, a second printed circuit board on which second capacitors for performing smoothing upon a conversion from AC to DC are mounted is arranged orthogonally to the first printed circuit board in the device spacing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi Kuwabara
  • Patent number: 9750163
    Abstract: A thermal dissipation system for a server includes a compressed air generating device, a compressed air transmission device, and a controller coupled to the compressed air generating device and the compressed air transmission device. The compressed air generating device includes at least one compressed air source for outputting compressed air. The compressed air transmission device is coupled to the compressed air generating device, and is configured to transmit the compressed air to a server, to make the temperature of air inside the server can be outputted with the compressed air. The controller is configured to detect the heat in the server through the compressed air transmission device, and control values of the pressure and airflow of the compressed air output from the compressed air generating device, according to the heat detected of the server. Therefore, the thermal dissipation system can output compressed air with higher pressure and greater airflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignees: HONGFUJIN PRECISION ELECTRONICS (TIANJIN) CO., LTD., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Feng-Kui Liu
  • Patent number: 9746888
    Abstract: A uniform flow heat sink is described that is configured to employ variable spacing for air flow channels to account for non-uniformities in air flow due to arrangements of components within a housing of a computing device. Non-uniformities may be ascertained by analysis of an air flow profile for a computing device to detect regions of high and low flow. Air flow rates for the computing device may be balanced by configuring air flow channel spacing for the heat sink to vary around a perimeter of the heat sink and account for the ascertained non-uniformities. Air flow channel spacing may be controlled by changing the concentration, spacing, pitch, positioning and/or other characteristics of heat transfer surfaces associated with the heat sink. Generally, air flow channel spacing is increased in areas of high system impedance and decreased in areas of low system impedance to increase uniformity of flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Douglas Delano, Jeffrey Taylor Stellman
  • Patent number: 9741983
    Abstract: A battery unit (1) comprising a plurality of electrochemical cells (2), which each have an electrode arrangement (3) comprising a cathode contact-making element (4) and an anode contact-making element (5), and an accommodating device (6) comprising a plurality of accommodating units (7), which are each separated from one another by side walls (8), wherein in each case the electrode arrangement (3) of an electrochemical cell (2) of the battery unit (1) is introduced into the accommodating units (7), and the accommodating units (7) are closed by at least one electrolytic barrier (10), which is connected to the accommodating device (6), in such a way that the closed accommodating units (7) with the electrode arrangements (3) arranged therein form the electrochemical cells (2) of the battery unit (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Silvan Poller, Martin Gerlach, Holger Reinshagen, Rudi Kaiser, Sarmimala Hore
  • Patent number: 9732759
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for controlling subrack fans. The method comprises: by installing multiple boards installed with high-power components in different areas of a subrack respectively, forming multiple heat dissipation air channels corresponding to the multiple boards respectively; installing a fan group comprising multiple heat dissipation fans on the subrack; dividing the fan group into multiple fan areas corresponding to the multiple heat dissipation air channels respectively, so that each fan area blows air to a corresponding board through a corresponding heat dissipation air channel; detecting temperature of each board and a rotating speed of a corresponding fan area in real time; adjusting the rotating speed of the fan area according to a detection result, so that the rotating speed of the fan area increases or decreases as the temperature of the corresponding board increases or decreases. Also disclosed is the apparatus for controlling subrack fans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jin Chen
  • Patent number: 9727103
    Abstract: A computer case includes a case body, a carrying structure and a cooler. The case body is with an opening formed thereon. The carrying structure is detachably connected to the case body from the outside and corresponds to the position of the opening. The cooler is fixed to the carrying structure. This way, computer peripherals can be installed without disassembling the case body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: COOLER MASTER TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Chia-Hsiang Chi, Yu-Qing Lyu
  • Patent number: 9723760
    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: February 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Shawn Hall
  • Patent number: 9723749
    Abstract: A chassis includes a base, a number of fans mounted in the base, and an air guiding member. The base includes a bottom wall and a sidewall perpendicularly connected to a side of the bottom wall. The fans are mounted on the bottom wall. The air guiding member includes a fixing portion slidably mounted to the sidewall and a guiding portion pivotably connected to the fixing portion. The guiding portion is pivotable to adjust the direction of airflow from the fans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignees: HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xian-Xiu Tang
  • Patent number: 9686886
    Abstract: A cooling mechanism includes a plurality of first circuit boards arranged in parallel with each other, one or more first fans for generating a cooling wind in a first flow path formed along the plurality of first circuit boards, and a connection board arranged orthogonally to the first flow path and at a position different from a position of the first flow path, and coupling the plurality of first circuit boards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Okada, Toshio Asai, Hiroshi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9681577
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a first fan in a first location for cooling a first component of the information handling system, a second fan in a second location for cooling a second component of the information handling system, and a management controller. The management controller determines that the first fan has experienced greater stress than the second fan, and recommends that the first fan be placed in the second location and that the second fan be placed in the first location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS, LP
    Inventors: Dinesh K. Ragupathi, Alaric Silveira, Carlos G. Henry, Thanh Hung Dang, Hasnain Shabbir
  • Patent number: 9678416
    Abstract: Disclosed is a light source device including a light source that includes a light emitting tube; and a cooler configured to cool the light emitting tube. The cooler includes an inlet port for drawing cooling air for cooling the light emitting tube; a flow channel that extends from the inlet port to the light emitting tube in a horizontal direction and that is for flowing the cooling air toward the light emitting tube; and a baffle plate that is disposed in the flow channel and that can slide in a gravity direction. The baffle plate has a shape and openings such that, in an installation state, an upper portion of the flow channel is opened and a lower portion of the flow channel is closed by the shape and positions of the openings of the baffle plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Ishikawa, Tetsuya Fujioka, Hideo Kanai, Akihisa Mikawa, Masamichi Yamada, Yasunari Mikutsu, Satoshi Tsuchiya, Yukimi Nishi
  • Patent number: 9679826
    Abstract: A semiconductor package is provided, including a substrate having a top surface, a bottom surface opposing the top surface, a via communicating the top surface with the bottom surface, and a stator set formed by circuits; an axial tube axially installed in the via of the substrate; a plurality of electronic components mounted on the top surface of the substrate and electrically connected to the substrate; an encapsulant formed on the top surface of the substrate for encapsulating the electronic components and the axial tube; and an impeller axially coupled to the axial tube via the bottom surface of the substrate. In the semiconductor package, the stator set is formed in the substrate by a patterning process. Therefore, the thickness of the semiconductor package is reduced significantly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Amtek Semiconductors Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chien-Ping Huang
  • Patent number: 9632129
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic device capable of checking whether a sub unit is connected to a main controller. The electronic device includes a main controller including a pulse width modulation (PWM) port, and at least one sub unit configured to receive a PWM signal from the main controller and to operate according to the PWM signal. The main controller checks whether the at least one sub unit is connected to the main controller via the PWM port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young-hwa Song, Yun-su Kim
  • Patent number: 9622392
    Abstract: Techniques for operating a personal communication structure (PCS) are described. In particular, a temperature control system for controlling the temperature of a PCS is described. The temperature control system may include a ribbed heat sink and first and second air circulation controllers. The heat sink may be coupled to the PCS's frame, adjacent to the back surface of a housing for a display module. The first air circulation controller may be configured to recirculate air in a cavity within the display module's housing. The second air circulation controller may be configured to move ambient air across the heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Civiq Smartscapes, LLC
    Inventors: Kyle R. Bowers, Benjamin P. Lee, Parag N. Shah, Kenneth J. Gray, Benjamin M. Lawler
  • Patent number: 9600042
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a heating element; a casing including a tightly sealed waterproof compartment where the heating element is disposed and a ventilation chamber being disposed adjacent to the waterproof compartment to allow outside air to flow; and a heat dissipation member provided at a side of the waterproof compartment of a partition wall partitioning the waterproof compartment and the ventilation chamber, wherein the heating element is disposed on the heat dissipation member and a thickness of the partition wall at a position where at least the heating element is disposed is thinner than that of other portions of the partition wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yosuke Tsunoda, Jie Wei, Masumi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9603289
    Abstract: A chassis arrangement includes different depth cards with associated Faraday cages. The chassis arrangement provides support for a first set of cards at a first depth and with a first set of fans, the chassis forming a Faraday cage with either set of cards. The second depth can be greater than the first depth, providing additional space for components to support additional functionality. Changing the first set of fans with the second set of fans and upgrading the first set of cards to the second set of cards is performed in-service, extending a life span of the chassis through in-service upgrades to multiple chassis configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Ciena Corporation
    Inventors: Simon John Edward Shearman, Anthony Mayenburg
  • Patent number: 9596791
    Abstract: A cooling device includes a plurality of side wall fins formed on an outer surface of a first side wall of a housing, and a plurality of bottom fins formed on a bottom surface of a bottom portion of the housing. A cover member covers the side wall fins and bottom fins from an outer side to form side wall and bottom cooling channels. A chamber is provided that forms a fluid introduction chamber in a direction facing a second side wall so as to communicate with the side wall cooling channel and the bottom cooling channel. A coolant supply device is externally attached to the chamber so as to supply a coolant to the fluid introduction chamber. The side wall fins and the bottom fins are formed in predetermined shapes to adjust an amount of the coolant in the side wall cooling channel and the bottom cooling channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Sakuma, Masakazu Gekinozu, Yukihiro Nishikawa, Yasuhito Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9596781
    Abstract: A rack housing that holds a plurality of insertion components includes a plurality of insertion positions that hold the plurality of insertion components in a first area of the rack housing adjacent to a first housing side, a reduced pressure shaft in a second area of the rack housing adjacent to the first area, wherein between the reduced pressure shaft and the insertion components, first openings are provided to thereby remove air heated by the insertion components into the reduced pressure shaft, at least two second openings that suction off heated air from the reduced pressure shaft, and at least two non-return arrangements located in the reduced pressure shaft and correlated to the two second openings, the non-return arrangements preventing entry of air through the correlated second opening if no air is suctioned off through this second opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Bernhard Schrader, Van Son Nguyen
  • Patent number: 9569312
    Abstract: A system and method for high speed data recording includes a control computer and a disk pack unit. The disk pack is provided within a shell that provides handling and protection for the disk packs. The disk pack unit provides cooling of the disks and connection for power and disk signaling. A standard connection is provided between the control computer and the disk pack unit. The disk pack units are self sufficient and able to connect to any computer. Multiple disk packs are connected simultaneously to the system, so that one disk pack can be active while one or more disk packs are inactive. To control for power surges, the power to each disk pack is controlled programmatically for the group of disks in a disk pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: XCube Research and Development, Inc.
    Inventor: Mikael B. Taveniku
  • Patent number: 9565784
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a shell, a thermal element, a controller and a fan. The shell defines a first air outlet and a second air outlet. The controller controls the fan to rotate clockwise to generate a first air current to dissipate the heat generated by the thermal element out of the first air outlet in a first preset condition, and control the fan to rotate anticlockwise to generate a second air current to dissipate the heat generated by the thermal element out of the second air outlet in a second preset condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignees: HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (WuHan) CO., LTD., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Dong-Bo Wang
  • Patent number: 9547343
    Abstract: A flow guiding mechanism with flow channel adjusting function is suitable to a heat dissipating module and an electronic device with an interface card. The flow guiding mechanism includes a supporting component, at least one ventilative structure and a plurality of sheltering components. The interface card is assembled with the supporting component in an assembly direction. The ventilative structure includes a plurality of openings, and the plurality of openings is formed on the supporting component in the assembly direction. The plurality of sheltering components is rotatably disposed on the supporting component. One of the plurality of sheltering components covers a corresponding opening of the plurality of openings while the interface card does not contact the foresaid sheltering component, and the interface card rotates the foresaid sheltering component relative to the supporting component to expose the corresponding opening while the interface card is assembled with the supporting component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Shih-Huai Cho, Kuan-Hsun Lu
  • Patent number: 9537291
    Abstract: An elevated automatic transfer switch (ATS) cabinet provides modular and incremental power support redundancy to a set of electrical loads which reduces capital waste and increases the floor space which can be occupied by electrical loads. The cabinet includes a mounting element which can be coupled to a free-standing structure proximate to the floor space, so that the cabinet is supported by the structure in an elevated position and is freed from occupying floor space. The cabinet includes slots in which separate ATS modules can be installed via blind mate connections, thereby enabling modular and incremental installation of ATS support capacity in the cabinet based on incremental installation of electrical loads. The cabinet can physically couple with power cables extending from separate electrical loads, so that the cabinet electrically couples ATS modules to electrical loads independently of branch circuits between the cabinet and the electrical loads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert David Wilding, Peter George Ross, Faran Harold Kaplan, John William Eichelberg
  • Patent number: 9521778
    Abstract: An air baffle for directing air within an information handling system is disclosed. The air baffle includes an open region configured to permit passage of an airflow, a closed region configured to obstruct passage of the airflow, and a variable region between the open region and the closed region. The air baffle further includes an adjustable tab configured to obstruct passage of the airflow. The variable region is configured to permit and obstruct passage of the airflow based on a position of the adjustable tab with respect to the variable region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Kuang Hsi Lin, Yen-Lin Wang, Chih Min Su
  • Patent number: 9521765
    Abstract: The present invention is applicable to the technical field of heat-radiation structures and discloses a flow-guiding apparatus and an electronic device including the flow-guiding apparatus. The flow-guiding apparatus includes a support and flow-guiding members for guiding an air flow generated by an axial fan to a directed area, where the flow-guiding members are connected to the support, at least two flow-guiding members are arranged and are located on both sides of a hub of the axial fan or around the hub of the axial fan, and the flow-guiding members tilt toward the hub of the axial fan along an air-blowing direction of the axial fan. The electronic device includes a chassis, where the chassis is provided with an air vent, an axial fan is arranged at the air vent, and an air outlet of the axial fan is arranged with a flow-guiding apparatus mentioned above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yaofeng Peng, Chengpeng Yang
  • Patent number: 9506375
    Abstract: There is provided a fan guard for mounting on an electrically-operated axial-flow fan. The fan guard comprises a plurality of fasteners for extending into a plurality of respective holes on the fan and further comprises a projection projecting outwardly from the fan guard from a central support which, in use, is coincident with a central region of the air flow from the axial-flow fan. The fasteners secure the fan guard on the fan by a friction fit between the fasteners and the holes, thereby rendering installation of the fan guard on a fan, and removal of the fan guard from the fan quick and straightforward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: CONTROL TECNIQUES LIMITED
    Inventor: Charles Anthony Cachia
  • Patent number: 9485451
    Abstract: An image pickup apparatus is reduced in width and length dimensions. The image pickup apparatus has a heat sink-cum-duct disposed on a rear face side of an air cooling fan. Air sucked from an opening defined by an opening portion of the heat sink-cum-duct is guided to an air inlet port of the cooling fan through a ventilation path defined by plural fins of the heat sink-cum-duct and is discharged from an air outlet port of the cooling fan. A circuit board disposed on a rear face side of the heat sink-cum-duct is cooled and heat generated in the circuit board is radiated from a heat radiation plate. The image pickup unit, cooling fan, heat sink-cum-duct, circuit board, and heat radiation plate are each formed into a flat shape having a short dimension in optical axis direction and are substantially parallel to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ayumu Kawamura
  • Patent number: 9484224
    Abstract: A circuit board structure and a fabrication method thereof are disclosed. The circuit board structure includes a carrying board having a first and an opposite second surface and having at least one through cavity formed therein; a semiconductor chip disposed in the through cavity of the carrying board; an adhesive material filling the gap between the through cavity of the carrying board and the semiconductor chip to fix the semiconductor chip in the through cavity; and a reinforcing layer disposed on the second surface of the carrying board and the inactive surface of the semiconductor chip, thereby increasing the strength of the carrying board as well as the reliability of the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Unimicron Technology Corp.
    Inventor: Shih-Ping Hsu
  • Patent number: 9480186
    Abstract: Apparatus and method are provided for facilitating air cooling of an electronics rack. The apparatus includes a tile assembly, temperature sensor and controller. The tile assembly is disposed adjacent to the electronics rack, and includes a perforated tile and one or more controllable air-moving devices associated with the perforated tile for moving air through the perforated tile. The temperature sensor is positioned for sensing air temperature adjacent and external to, or within, the electronics rack, and the controller is coupled to the tile assembly and the temperature sensor for controlling operation of the air-moving device. Airflow through the tile assembly is adjusted based on air temperature sensed, thereby facilitating air cooling of the electronics rack. In one embodiment, the tile assembly is a floor tile assembly with an air-to-liquid heat exchanger disposed between the perforated tile and the air-moving device for cooling air passing through the floor tile assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven J. Ahladas, David P. Graybill, Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Roger R. Schmidt, Prabjit Singh, Gerard V. Weber, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9474185
    Abstract: Configurations of internal components of a welder-generator are provided to improve efficiency of the cooling of the internal components. configurations are provided in which a single fan, such as an engine fan, drives a single airflow path through the welder-generator. Configurations are provided in which a primary engine fan drives a first airflow path and a secondary generator fan drives a second airflow path through the welder-generator. Internal components are thermally aligned such that air circulates first through components with low critical operating temperatures and last through components with higher critical operating temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS, INC.
    Inventor: Nathan Joe Jochman
  • Patent number: 9458854
    Abstract: A reversible fan module may include a first attachment member that may receive power from a controller when an orientation of the reversible fan module is a first orientation; a second attachment member that may receive power from the controller when the orientation of the reversible fan module is a second orientation; a first electrical connection, disposed between the first attachment member and the second attachment member, that may transmit power from the second attachment member to the first attachment member when the orientation of the reversible fan module is the second orientation; and a second electrical connection, disposed between the first attachment member and a fan unit, that may transmit power to the fan unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Arista Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: David Cananzi, Jiayi Wu, Richard Hibbs, Robert Wilcox
  • Patent number: 9462729
    Abstract: Tile assemblies are provided having first and second tile sections and an airflow control mechanism. The first tile section allows, in a cold air cooling mode, cold air from a cold air plenum of a data center to flow into a cold air containment aisle for supply to an electronics rack(s). The second tile section is associated with the first tile section to allow, in a failover cooling mode, ambient air external the cold air plenum to flow, via an air pathway through the second and first tile sections into the containment aisle. The airflow control mechanism is disposed within the air pathway to block cold air from the cold air plenum from passing through the second tile section in the cold air cooling mode, and to allow, in the failover cooling mode, ambient air to pass through the air pathway into the cold air containment aisle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Levi A. Campbell, Milnes P. David, Dustin W. Demetriou, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9459661
    Abstract: Techniques and apparatus for providing one or more holes in a housing for an electronic device are disclosed. The one or more holes in the housing can be used to facilitate visual indicators. A light source can be controlled to provide light into a hole and thus emit light from the hole. When the light source is not providing light to the hole, the hole can be visually disguised (e.g., camouflaged) so it blends with the surrounding portions of the housing. The electronic device can, for example, be a small electronic device, such as a portable or handheld electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: James R. Kroghahl, Nathan N. Ng, Rimple Bhatia
  • Patent number: 9456525
    Abstract: There are disclosed a digital signage including a display panel, a first support panel coupled to a rear surface of the display panel, the first support panel comprising a plurality of first grooves formed in one direction, a second support panel coupled to a rear surface of the first support panel, the second support panel comprising a plurality of second grooves formed in an orthogonal direction with respect to the first grooves, a driving circuit board provided in a rear surface of the second support panel to control driving of the display panel, and a case comprising the display panel arranged in one surface thereof and an inner space where the first support panel, the second support panel and the driving circuit board are mounted, wherein both ends of the first grooves are open toward the inner space of the case to induce air flow in the case, and both ends of the second grooves are in communication with the outside via a hole formed in the case to flow external air there through, such that the support s
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Donghee Yoon, Injae Chin, Dongjune Kim, Sungwook Han, Jiyong Lee
  • Patent number: 9451721
    Abstract: A modular redundant power supply includes a casing, a power integration panel, a plurality of power supply modules and a power regulation module. The casing has an installation space defined into a first installation zone and a second installation zone. The power integration panel is located in the installation space. The power supply modules are installed on the first installation zone and connected to the power integration panel. Each power supply module outputs a duty power to the power integration panel after being started. The power regulation module gets the duty power from the power integration panel and regulates thereof to generate an auxiliary duty power output to the power integration panel so that the power integration panel can supply the duty power and the auxiliary duty power to an external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: ZIPPY TECHNOLOGY CORP.
    Inventors: Tsun-Te Shih, Yu-Yuan Chang, Heng-Chia Chang, Chun-Lung Su
  • Patent number: 9442541
    Abstract: An air deflecting system includes an air deflector that is physically mounted against a hot air exhaust vent of a network equipment element using a rack coupling mechanism that is adjustable to accommodate a variable lateral distance of the hot air exhaust vent from the computing rack. The air deflector receives an airflow from the hot air exhaust vent at a first direction and deflects the airflow in a second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Morgan Morrison Pofahl, Dolf Conrad Veit
  • Patent number: 9436236
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a sensor section configured to detect a change in an attitude of a housing, a cooling fan configured to cool the housing, and a fan control circuit configured to control rotation of the cooling fan. When a change in the attitude of the housing has been detected by the sensor section, the fan control circuit stops the rotation of the cooling fan or decreases the number of rotation of the cooling fan to be lower than that in an ordinary operation. Thereafter, when a change in the attitude of the housing is no longer detected by the sensor section, the fan control circuit returns the rotation of the cooling fan to that in the ordinary operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Ito, Kentaro Hideshima, Shinya Sato
  • Patent number: 9433124
    Abstract: A system may include a reversible fan module that creates an airflow. The reversible fan module may include a set of attachment members, disposed on a face of the reversible fan module, that secure the reversible fan module a first orientation or a second orientation. The system may further include a chassis that include a divider that divides an interior region of the chassis into a front compartment and a rear compartment, a window, disposed on the divider, that allows airflow between the front compartment and the rear compartment, a first opening in the chassis that opens the front compartment to a first external region, a second opening in the chassis that opens the rear compartment to a second external region, and a bay that receives the reversible fan module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Arista Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Wilcox, Richard Hibbs, Jiayi Wu
  • Patent number: 9412496
    Abstract: A cable assembly for a cable backplane system includes a tray having a frame and spacer assemblies coupled to the frame that hold cable tray connectors in fixed positions relative to the frame. Each cable tray connector has a housing holding a plurality of contacts and cables extending rearward from the corresponding housing. The housings are configured to be received in corresponding openings in a backplane of the cable backplane system. A flexible cable harness extends from the tray. The flexible cable harness has a flexible shield electrically coupled to the frame and a harness connector electrically connected to at least one corresponding cable tray connector. At least some of the cables are routed from the tray through the flexible shield to the harness connector. The flexible shield provides electrical shielding for the cables. The harness connector is variably positionable relative to the tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher David Ritter, Jeffrey Stewart Simpson, Tracy Lee Smith, Brian Patrick Costello, Jared Evan Rossman
  • Patent number: 9414516
    Abstract: A digital sign and a method of driving a digital sign are provided. The digital sign may include a case, a display panel provided in the case, and a circuit unit to drive the display panel. An inner space of the case may include a first space and a second space, with a first end of the first space connected to a first end of the second space. A suction port may be formed in the case to guide external air into the inner space, and a discharge port may be formed in the case to discharge the air from the case. A circulation fan may be provided in the inner space to induce flow of air in the inner space, and a circulation damper may be disposed between second ends of the first space and the second space to open and close the second ends thereof. The air introduced through the suction port passes through the inner space of the case and is discharged through the discharge port when the circulation damper is closed, and the air circulates in the first space and the second space when the circulation damper is opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Injae Chin, Sungwook Han, Jiyong Lee
  • Patent number: 9400531
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a notebook computer, comprising a computer main body and a screen movably connected to the computer main body. A cavity and an expansion card press mechanism is provided inside the computer main body. A popup box is further provided on one side of the computer main body. The expansion card press mechanism comprises press blocks capable of moving forward and backward in an installation direction of an expansion card. The press blocks press the expansion card. The cavity is provided with an opening which is disposed at a position on an end face of the computer main body. The popup box is movably connected to the computer main body and provided with an antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: Shenzhen Arboo Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: David Chu, Haihua Zhou
  • Patent number: 9384077
    Abstract: A storage control apparatus for controlling a storage apparatus including inside a casing thereof one or more storage units and two or more fans for cooling the storage units includes a processor. The processor is configured to obtain abnormality information regarding abnormalities in access in each of the storage units. The processor is configured to switch a control state between a first control state and a second control state. The first control state corresponds to a first combination of operation modes of the fans. The second control state corresponds to a second combination of operation modes of the fans. The second combination is different from the first combination. The processor is configured to detect, among the fans, a first fan that is related to an abnormality in the storage units on basis of first abnormality information for the first control state and second abnormality information for the second control state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Junichi Ogawa
  • Patent number: 9380702
    Abstract: A server system includes an array of server cells. Some or all of the server cells include a set of at least three side panels forming an enclosure and a compute component comprising a processor core. At least one side panel of each server cell is removably mechanically coupled and removably electrically coupled to a facing side panel of an adjacent server cell. The enclosure may form a triangular prism enclosure, a cuboid enclosure, a hexagonal prism enclosure, etc. The enclosure can be formed from a rigid flex printed circuit board (PCB) assembly, whereby the side panels are implemented as rigid PCB sections that are interconnected via flexible PCB sections, with the flexible PCB sections forming corners between the rigid PCB sections when the rigid-flex PCB assembly is folded into the enclosure shape. The compute component and other circuit components are disposed at the interior surfaces of the rigid PCB sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventor: Jean-Philippe Fricker
  • Patent number: 9368816
    Abstract: A fuel cell system including a fuel cell stack having a plurality of fuel cells, each of the fuel cells including an electrolyte membrane disposed between an anode and a cathode, an anode supply manifold in fluid communication with the anodes of the fuel cells, the anode supply manifold providing fluid communication between a source of hydrogen and the anodes, an anode exhaust manifold in fluid communication with the anodes of the fuel cells, and a fan in fluid communication with the anodes of the fuel cells, wherein the fan controls a flow of fluid through the anodes of the fuel cells after the fuel cell system is shutdown.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Thomas A. Greszler, Gary M. Robb, John P. Salvador, Balasubramanian Lakshmanan, Hubert Gasteiger
  • Patent number: 9363923
    Abstract: A deflection device and an electronic device are disclosed. The deflection device is located in the electronic device for guiding airflow generated by a fan device to at least one electronic component. The deflection device includes a first fixed part and a plurality of strip structures. The first fixed part is used for fixing the deflection device in a suitable position. One end of each of the strip structures is connected to the first fixed part and able to undergo compression deformation independently such that forms a first shape when not compressed or a second shape when compressed. When the deflection device is fixed in a suitable position of the electronic device and close to the electronic component, the shape of the at least one strip structure is changed from a first shape to a second shape for guiding the airflow to the electronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventor: Chia-Chi Shao
  • Patent number: 9357681
    Abstract: A data center row infrastructure module enables rapid deployment of a computing room enclosure for computer systems that provides intake air circulation to, and exhaust air removal from, the computer systems in the enclosure. The data center row infrastructure module includes free-standing exhaust plenum structures encompassing opposite sides of the enclosure and a plenum module spanning a top end of the enclosure between the free-standing exhaust plenum structures. Each free-standing exhaust plenum structure includes an internal exhaust air plenum that directs exhaust air received from the enclosure through an exhaust air outlet on a top end of the free-standing exhaust plenum structure. The plenum module establishes a bottom end of a cooling air plenum above and separate from the enclosure and between the free-standing exhaust plenum structures. Some plenum modules can direct cooling air directly to the enclosure as intake air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter George Ross, Matthew Thomas Phillips, Alan Donald Gillooly, Paul Andrew Churnock
  • Patent number: 9345172
    Abstract: A cable management rack is provided within which a heat-generating device is mountable. The rack includes a first upright and a second upright attached to opposite respective lateral sides of a base and a top member, and respective side-facing panels. Each of the panels defines a plurality of vent holes arranged in an array. A cable management system includes a cable management rack for accommodating a heat generating device, a first baffle mounted with respect to a first upright of the rack and for redirecting a rearward flow of cool air sideways from a space adjacent a front side of the rack, and a second baffle mounted with respect to a second upright of the rack and for redirecting a sideways flow of exhaust air from the rack and through the second upright into a space adjacent a rear side of the rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Ortronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Lars R. Larsen, Stewart A. Levesque
  • Patent number: 9345151
    Abstract: The present invention among other things relates to a housing and a construction kit for a control apparatus, e.g. in the form of a controller for a window lifter of a motor vehicle. A controller module with a printed circuit board here is to be accommodated in a housing at least in part, and there are provided two different types of controller modules, e.g. for a right vehicle side on the one hand and for a left vehicle side on the other hand. According to a first aspect of the invention the housing is suitable for both types of controller modules, so that the housing can selectively be combined with the one or the other type of controller module, in order to mount a control apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Hallstadt
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Rosenthal, Sascha Keim