Patents by Inventor Weiyu W. Lu

Weiyu W. Lu has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Liquid-assisted bottom air cooling of electronic racks in data centers
    Patent number: 9848516
    Abstract: An electronic rack includes a housing to contain one or more IT components arranged in a stack, a first rack aisle formed on a first side of the one or more IT components to direct cooler air received from the cooling unit upwardly, and a second rack aisle formed on a second side of the one or more IT components to direct warmer air to the cooling unit downwardly. The electronic rack further includes a cooling unit having one or more cooling units disposed underneath the IT components to receive first liquid from an external chiller system, to exchange heat carried by the warmer air using the first liquid to generate the cooler air, to transform the first liquid into a second liquid with a higher temperature, and to transmit the second liquid carrying the exchanged heat back to the external chiller system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: BAIDU USA LLC
    Inventors: Ali Heydari, Eric M. Kumar, Charles J. Ingalz, Weiyu W. Lu, Tianyi Gao, Manasa Sahini, Yan Cui
  • LIQUID-ASSISTED BOTTOM AIR COOLING OF ELECTRONIC RACKS IN DATA CENTERS
    Publication number: 20170188483
    Abstract: An electronic rack includes a housing to contain one or more IT components arranged in a stack, a first rack aisle formed on a first side of the one or more IT components to direct cooler air received from the cooling unit upwardly, and a second rack aisle formed on a second side of the one or more IT components to direct warmer air to the cooling unit downwardly. The electronic rack further includes a cooling unit having one or more cooling units disposed underneath the IT components to receive first liquid from an external chiller system, to exchange heat carried by the warmer air using the first liquid to generate the cooler air, to transform the first liquid into a second liquid with a higher temperature, and to transmit the second liquid carrying the exchanged heat back to the external chiller system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Ali Heydari, Eric M. Kumar, Charles J. Ingalz, Weiyu W. Lu, Tianyi Gao, Manasa Sahini, Yan Cui