With Heating, Cooling Or Heat Exchange Means Patents (Class 312/236)
  • Publication number: 20130186123
    Abstract: A combination-type refrigerating cabinet includes a cabinet body, a refrigeration-cycle unit and a pipe system. The cabinet body internally defines at least one cold accumulation chamber and a refrigerated cabinet internally having at least one refrigeration chamber, and at least one first air passage is provided between the cold accumulation chamber and the refrigerated cabinet. The cold accumulation chamber is internally provided with at least one cold accumulator, and the cold accumulator includes a case filled with a liquid cold accumulating material. The refrigeration-cycle unit separately supplies cold energy to the cold accumulation chamber and the refrigerated cabinet. The pipe system is provided between the cabinet body and the refrigeration-cycle unit, and includes a cold accumulation chamber pipeline communicating the refrigeration-cycle unit with the cold accumulation chamber and a refrigerated cabinet pipeline communicating the refrigeration-cycle unit with the refrigerated cabinet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: INNOVATION THRU ENERGY CO., LTD
    Inventor: INNOVATION THRU ENERGY CO., LTD
  • Publication number: 20130181585
    Abstract: An enclosed control device for heat regulation includes a housing and a heat dissipation mechanism. The heat dissipation mechanism includes at least one heat dissipation member mounted on the housing and a heat dissipation fan mounted in the housing. A cooling runner is defined in the at least one heat dissipation member. An inlet and an outlet are defined in the at least one heat dissipation member. The inlet and the outlet communicate with the cooling runner. The inlet is connected to a cooling liquid source to recycle cooling liquid in the cooling runner. The heat dissipation fan is placed opposite to the at least one heat dissipation member, such that air in the housing is also recycled and flowed into the at least one heat dissipation member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
  • Publication number: 20130168062
    Abstract: A wind shielding device for a heat dissipating device of an electronic device includes a case defining an air outlet communicating with an exhaust hole of a blower, a plurality of blades rotatably received in the case, a retainer base fixed in the case, and a retainer element mounted on the retainer base. When wind blowing outwards from the exhaust hole spins the blades, the blades knock the retainer element out of the way, the retainer element is rotated and allows the blades to continuously rotate. When air from the outside attempts to enter the exhaust hole, the blades are spun to contact the other side of the retainer element, and the retainer element prevents further rotation in that direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Inventor: YAO-TING CHANG
  • Publication number: 20130169130
    Abstract: A sealing system for an aircraft device to be sealed off from the environment includes a door, which, when connected to the housing, is movable between an open position, in which the door clears a door aperture in the housing, and a closed position, in which the door closes the door aperture. The sealing system includes a sealing element, on which a sealing surface is formed, wherein the sealing surface is adapted to interact sealingly with a contact surface when the door is situated in its closed position. A positioning device is provided, which is adapted to move the door substantially at right angles to the sealing surface or to the contact surface between a first position, in which the sealing surface is not movable into sealing contact with the contact surface, and a second position, in which the sealing surface is movable into sealing contact with the contact surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventor: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
  • Patent number: 8477496
    Abstract: An enclosure includes a housing, partition plates received in the housing, hard disk drives fixed between the partition plates, a cover fixed to the housing, a printed circuit board received in the housing and a fan assembly fixed within the housing. The housing includes a bottom plate and a pair of side plates. Each side plate has a guiding device mounted thereon. The guiding device includes a supporting element fixed to the side plate, a fixing element fixed with the printed circuit board, and a rod pivotably connecting the fixing element with the supporting element. The partition plates each have a hook, and the printed circuit board defines multiple slots corresponding to the hooks. The printed circuit board can be driven towards the partition plates by the fixing element around the supporting element so that the slots are aligned and locked with the hooks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Guang-Yi Zhang, Meng-Qi Zhang
  • Publication number: 20130162129
    Abstract: A partition is adapted for separating a cooktop placed on a cabinet, from an inner compartment of said cabinet, said compartment being delimited by side walls, a bottom and by a rear wall. The compartment being independently opened and upwardly presenting the cooktop and adapted to contain objects placed in a drawer or shelves fixed to the side walls. The partition which comprises at least two portions, movable relative to each other in a direction orthogonal to the side walls of the cabinet adapted to be fixed to said walls, said portions being relatively coupled in a position which is according to the distance of said side walls and such as to completely divide the cooktop from the below compartment of the cabinet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventor: Whirlpool Corporation
  • Publication number: 20130141243
    Abstract: A server comprises a holding chassis. The holding chassis comprises a front open end and a back open end. A cable interface area is disposed in the back open end. A fan is disposed in the front open end. The fan is configured to force air form the front open end to the back open end. The holding chassis also comprises a computer rack mounting system being configured to hold a plurality of computers. The server also comprises a blade tray being configured to be removably joined to the rack mounting system. The blade tray comprises a computer and a DC to DC power converter. The server also comprises a power supply shelf being configured to hold a power supply for the blade tray and a power supply for the fan. For alternate off-grid operation, the server may also comprises a DC power distribution box being configured to distribute DC power from external sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Inventor: Anthony Watts
  • Publication number: 20130127313
    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: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: Fujitsu Technology Solutions Intellectual Property GmbH
    Inventors: Bernhard Schräder, Van Son Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20130128537
    Abstract: The present invention provides a back frame of flat panel display device, which includes primary assembling pieces, secondary assembling pieces, and an adjustable bracing piece. The primary assembling pieces have a number of at least two, and the at least two primary assembling pieces are connected through joining to form a main frame structure of the back frame. The secondary assembling pieces are joined to the primary assembling pieces. According to practical needs of the main frame structure, different materials are used for primary assembling pieces at different locations. The back frame further includes the bracing piece that is mounted to the primary assembling pieces or the secondary assembling pieces. The available mounting points between the bracing piece and the primary assembling pieces or the secondary assembling pieces are of a number of at least two so that the bracing piece is selectively mounted to the back frame at different positions. The present invention also provides a backlight system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Yi-Cheng Kuo, Yu-Chun Hsiao, Chong Huang, Jia-He Cheng, Cheng-Wen Que, Quan Li, Liu-Yang Yang
  • Publication number: 20130127312
    Abstract: Safety furniture unit (1) which includes at least one sliding drawer (2), the enclosure (20) of which is intended for containing products, and which includes at least one safety device preventing domestic hazards, said drawer including means making it difficult or even impossible for a child to access the contents thereof, these means comprising a closing wall (6) mobile between two positions, namely a closed position and an open position and vice versa, said mobile wall (6) being slidably mounted between the side walls (4c, 4d) of the drawer, characterized in that said mobile closing wall (6) engages with the front wall (4a) of the drawer by means of a safety latch (21). Said latch is such that, when in a locked position, an action opposite that performed to move the wall and place the wall in the position that enables access to the contents of the drawer needs to be carried out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Inventors: Francis Chedozeau, Sandrine Chedozeau
  • Publication number: 20130127311
    Abstract: An enclosure includes a chassis and a bracket. The chassis includes a bottom plate and a top plate for the bracket to receive therein. A limiting portion is protruded the bottom plate. The bracket includes a base, a latching member, and a stopping member. The latching member is secured to the base and includes a latching portion. The stopping member is secured to the base and includes a hook. The latching member is rotatable between a first position and a second position relative to the base; when the latching member is in the first position, the hook is engaged with the latching member, the latching portion is engaged with the limiting portion, for preventing the bracket from disengaging from the chassis; when the latching member is in the second position, the hook is elastically deformable to disengage from the latching member, the latching portion is disengaged from the limiting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2012
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD
    Inventors: PO-WEN CHIU, ZHAN-YANG LI, WEN-HU LU
  • Publication number: 20130119838
    Abstract: A door device for a household appliance includes a door having in particular a first vertical longitudinal side, a second vertical longitudinal side disposed opposite the first longitudinal side, and a top side extending between the longitudinal sides The door device further includes a door opening device for automatically opening the door, wherein a handle element is designed in particular on the second longitudinal side and/or a handle element is designed in particular on the top side. The door has at least one detection sensor, which is designed to detect a finger in a detection region around or on the handle element, and a control unit, which is designed to control the door opening device in response to information received from the detection sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
    Inventors: Gael Mollet, Pierre Steiner
  • Patent number: 8441781
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a casing, a fan bracket and a fan module. The casing includes a top plate and a bottom plate spaced from and facing the top plate. The fan bracket is mounted on the bottom plate. The fan module includes a fan, a fan holder enclosing the fan therein, and two vibration dampening structures mounted on opposite top and bottom sides of the fan holder. The fan holder is engaged in the fan bracket. The vibration structures protrude beyond the top and bottom sides of the fan holder and abut the top plate and the bottom plate of the casing, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsung-Hsun Chiang
  • Publication number: 20130106265
    Abstract: A system may include a chassis having a pair of stationary rails mechanically coupled thereto. Each stationary rail may receive a corresponding telescoping sliding rail. Each stationary rail/sliding rail combination may be configured to convey a cooling fluid to or from a heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventors: Austin Shelnutt, Christian Petersen, John Stuewe, Joseph Michael Sekel, Richard Mills, Shane Kavanagh
  • Publication number: 20130075056
    Abstract: A structure for storing and cooling electronics comprising a frame support, an internal equipment chamber mounted to the frame support, wherein the internal equipment chamber comprises a tubelike structure defining openings in a front and a back of the internal equipment chamber, and wherein the internal equipment chamber is configured to support electronic equipment such that the weight of the electronic equipment is born by the frame support and not the internal equipment chamber, and a plurality of removable panels disposed around the frame such that a gap is formed between the exterior of the internal equipment chamber and the plurality of removable panels, wherein air may circulate in the gap between the internal equipment chamber and the plurality of removable panels to help regulate a temperature within the internal equipment chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Pedro Fernandez
  • Patent number: 8405984
    Abstract: An adjustable filler panel assembly, configured for use in an electronic equipment enclosure, includes a first panel and a second panel, each adapted to block airflow. The first panel has pairs of horizontally aligned adjustment openings formed therein, and the second panel has a pair of horizontally aligned attachment members disposed near one end. The first and second panels are connected to one another in an overlapping arrangement to form an air-blocking panel assembly with the attachment members of the second panel being aligned with and connected to a pair of adjustment openings of the first panel. In addition, the first panel and the second panel are telescopically adjustable relative to one another such that a length of the air-blocking panel assembly is selectively adjustable to fill at least a portion of an opening in the electronic equipment enclosure, thereby blocking air from flowing through the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Chatsworth Products, Inc.
    Inventors: D. Brian Donowho, Richard Evans Lewis, II
  • Publication number: 20130070414
    Abstract: An exemplary data storage device cage includes a main body and an electrical connector positioned on the main body. The main body includes a rectangular flat plate and two side plates respectively extending upward from opposite edges of the flat plate. The flat plate has at least a pair of tabs opposite to each other. The at least two tabs are respectively contiguous with but offset inward from the two side plates and positioned to cooperatively hold a data storage device therebetween. The electrical connector is positioned between the two side plates for electrically connecting the data storage device to an external device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (WUHAN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: YUE-XIA ZHANG, JIN-BIAO JI, ZHI-JIANG YAO
  • Publication number: 20130069507
    Abstract: A mounting device for a flat panel monitor. The mounting device comprises a front panel and a mating second rear panel for connection with one another to form a housing. At least the front panel has a plurality of mounting apertures therein for securing the housing to a desired flat panel monitor while the rear panel has a mounting mechanism which facilitates attachment of the housing to a desired support surface. An internal recess is formed between the front panel and the rear panel, when assembled with one another, and the internal recess is sized for accommodating and retaining at least one peripheral electronic device therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventors: James DOWLING, Mark Alan FECTEAU
  • Publication number: 20130070422
    Abstract: Systems and methods are hereby provided for enclosures having integrated handle features for storing one or more storage devices. The system includes a rigid frame and multiple bays. Each bay includes a body movably attached to the frame, wherein repositioning of the body with respect to the frame is restricted by at least one holding element of the frame to a limited range of motion. The body defines a receptacle for receiving and holding a storage device. Each bay also includes a lever arm rotatably attached to the frame, the lever arm comprising a cam surface to engage with the body and to move the body upon rotation of the lever arm. When the lever arm achieves a first position, the body engages the storage device with a communication channel, and when the lever arm achieves a second position, the body disengages the storage device from the communication channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: LSI CORPORATION
    Inventors: John M. Dunham, Alan T. Pfeifer, Chen-Hsing Peng
  • Publication number: 20130063006
    Abstract: A panel assembly includes a panel, a first mounting part and a second mounting part. The first mounting part and the second mounting part each include buckling pieces. Part of buckling pieces are moveable mounted on the first mounting part for mounting the first mounting part on a side of a cabinet. The another buckling pieces are immovable mounted on the second mounting part for mounting the second mounting part on an opposite side of the cabinet. When the buckling pieces of the first mounting part are in a free state, the buckling pieces of the first mounting part are attached on the other one of the two opposite sidewalls of the cabinet. When the buckling pieces of the first mounting part are pushed to move towards the second mounting part, the first mounting part are detached from the other one of the two opposite sidewalls of the cabinet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO.,LTD.
    Inventor: YA-ZHONG LI
  • Publication number: 20130057133
    Abstract: The invention relates to a service trolley. The service trolley includes a tabletop having at least one stowable wing, wheels attached to the trolley for moving the trolley, and a hot plate integrated into the tabletop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Inventor: Christiaan Kool
  • Patent number: 8381641
    Abstract: Passive temperature control is provided to vessels too tall to be stored in a shallow, temperature-controlled tray or basin by a vertically oriented thermally-conductive tube. In one embodiment, an insulative collar covers the tray and insulates portions of the tube that extend above the top of the tray. Optional heat sinking fins and air convection holes increase heat transfer between the tube and the tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Prince Castle, LLC
    Inventors: Korey V. Kohl, Robert A. Iverson, Loren Veltrop, Christopher B. Lyons, Donald Van Erden
  • Publication number: 20130043775
    Abstract: A cooling coolant pipe of a server cabinet includes multiple tube bodies interconnected in series and at least one adjustable valve. In each of the tube bodies a first chamber and a second chamber that are adjacent to and separated from each other, the second chambers of the two adjacent tube bodies are in communication with each other, and a wall surface of each of the tube bodies has at least one connection port in communication with the first chamber. The adjustable valve is disposed in one of the tube bodies. The first chamber in each of the tube bodies is in communication with the second chamber in the tube body through the adjustable valve. In this way, the adjustable valve adjusts the flow rate of a cooling fluid flowing from the second chamber to the first chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chien-An Chen, Wei-Ta Shih
  • Patent number: 8379388
    Abstract: A server including a rack, at least one chassis, a plurality of electronic modules, and a cable module is provided. The rack has an opening. The chassis is movably disposed in the rack along a first axis, and moves in and out the rack through the opening. The electronic modules are vertically and detachably disposed in the chassis. A plurality of channels parallel to a second axis and each of the channels is disposed between two adjacent electronic modules, and the first axis is perpendicular to the second axis. The cable module is disposed at a side of the chassis. The cable module is connected to at least one of the electronic modules. When the chassis is moved out from the rack, the electronic module connected to the cable module is next to the opening of the rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Inventec Corporation
    Inventors: Yi-Hsuan Chen, Chi-Hua Yeh, De-Yang Wu, Ting-Kai Chen, Chin-Yuan Li, Chih-Han Kuo
  • Patent number: 8379384
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a cooling structure for an electronic device including an inlet for conveying a flow in a first flow direction towards a first component and an outlet for conveying the flow further. To deter dirt particles from proceeding to electronic components, the cooling structure can include a second flow channel, which starts from a port oriented transversely to the first flow direction or away therefrom and receives part of the flow from the inlet, and which conveys the part of the flow to an electronic component located in the second flow channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: ABB Oy
    Inventors: Matti Smalen, Timo Koivuluoma, Matti Laitinen
  • Publication number: 20130033159
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cooling device, in particular for a control cabinet, having a housing which comprises an opening into which a fan assembly having a support and a fan can be inserted, wherein the support can be detachably connected to the housing. With such a cooling device, easy installation or removal of the fan assembly is achieved in that the support is pivotally connected to the housing via a hinge assembly having hinge pins and a pivoted receptacle, and in that the support can be pivoted between an installation position and a parking position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: RITTAL GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Manfred Immel, Joachim Maul
  • Publication number: 20130027628
    Abstract: A back cover of a liquid crystal display (LCD) for supporting a backlight module is disclosed. The back cover comprises a back cover body and an inset. The inset is inset into the back cover body and is of a hollow frame structure, and the inset is a sheet metal inset, a ceramic inset or a heat pipe inset. A backlight module supported by the back cover and an LCD comprising the backlight module and the back cover are also disclosed. According to the back cover of an LCD, the backlight module supported by the back cover and the LCD comprising the backlight module, the back cover is formed of a plastic material through injection molding, so it is simple to fabricate and can reduce the material cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: Shenzhen China star Optoelectronics Technology Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Gege Zhou, Yuchun Hsiao, Pangling Zhang
  • Publication number: 20130020308
    Abstract: A drawer unit for an oven is provided. The drawer unit includes a drawer casing, a drawer movable into and out from the drawer casing, the drawer defining an accommodation space configured to accommodate food or a food container, and a warming heater disposed at an upper portion of the drawer casing between the drawer casing and the drawer to provide warming energy to the accommodation space. In addition, an oven including the drawer unit is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Inventors: Jungmin CHA, Byoungwoo Choi, Seungjun Lee, Dongwan Lim
  • Publication number: 20130014533
    Abstract: A refrigerator is provided. The refrigerator may include a refrigerator body having at least one storage compartment and an opening, and a main door for opening and closing the storage compartment, the main door also having an opening corresponding to a receiving compartment formed therein. A sub door may be provided to open and close the opening of the main door, and a gasket may be provided along an edge of a rear surface of the sub door to contact a front surface of the main door and seal an interior of the main door when the sub door is closed. A heat transfer member may extend from the inside of a side to the inside of a front surface of the main door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Inventors: Hojin CHOI, Seokhoon KANG, Seongjin KIM, Youngnam KIM, Sanghu PARK
  • Publication number: 20130015753
    Abstract: A refrigerator is disclosed. The refrigerator is able to store foods at a low temperature and to effectively remove bacteria of the foods stored in a storage room, to maintain the storage room clean.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Inventors: Mina Son, Jeongyon Kim, Hyeonjin Kim, Byunghyun Kim, Eunjeong Kim
  • Publication number: 20120326582
    Abstract: A bezel assembly includes a bezel, at least one base member secured to the bezel, and at least one engaging member slidably attached to the at least one base member. The at least one base member includes a side flange substantially perpendicular to the bezel. At least one opening is defined in the side flange. The at least one engaging member includes at least one engaging protrusion. The at least one engaging member is slidable between an original position, wherein the at least one engaging protrusion engages into the at least one opening and protrudes out from an exterior surface of the side flange, and a release position, wherein the at least one engaging protrusion is disengaged from the at least one opening and retracts to an inner side of the side flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Li-Ping CHEN, Chen-Lu FAN
  • Patent number: 8336321
    Abstract: A distributed refrigeration appliance system for use in a residential kitchen and other locations in a dwelling and includes multiple separate refrigeration appliance modules, a central cooling system and a cooling circuit. The system can also include one or more satellite stations having a heat exchanger and arranged for supplying chilled air to one or more refrigeration appliance modules. One or more refrigeration appliance modules can include a thermal cascade cooling device to cool the module to lower temperatures than the cooling circuit can attain. One or more refrigeration appliance modules can be refrigeration/storage modules that can provide refrigerated, unconditioned or heated storage space. The central cooling system can be a vapor compression system having a refrigerant circuit connecting the modules. Alternately, the central cooling system can cool a secondary cooling medium circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Nihat O. Cur, Steven John Kuehl
  • Publication number: 20120309115
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide apparatus and methods for supporting and controlling a substrate during thermal processing. One embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus for processing a substrate. The apparatus includes a chamber body defining an inner volume, a substrate support disposed in the inner volume, and an auxiliary force assembly configured to apply an auxiliary force to the substrate. Another embodiment provides a gas delivery assembly configured to adjust a thermal mass of a fluid flow delivered to position, control and/or rotate a substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: BLAKE KOELMEL, Joseph M. Ranish
  • Publication number: 20120293969
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention may comprise a reconfigurable chassis with one or more first card slots capable of being populated with a first mechanical form factor card, one or more second card slots capable of being populated with the first mechanical form factor card or with a second mechanical form factor card, and a mechanical slot adaptor configured to occupy at least one second card slot, where the mechanical slot adaptor is configured to provide mechanical support for the second mechanical form factor card in the second card slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: TELLABS OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Kimon Papakos, Scott Blakemore, Mark Boduch
  • Patent number: 8315052
    Abstract: A server cabinet adapted for receiving servers therein includes a top plate, a bottom plate opposite to the top plate, a left side plate and a right side plate connecting with the top and bottom plates respectively, and a front side plate disposed between the top and bottom plates. The front side plate defines through holes therein. A total area of the through holes in an upper half portion of the front side plate is different from a total area of the through holes in a lower half portion of the front side plate. The front side plate is rotatable in a plane defined by the front side plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hung-Chou Chan, Zhen-Xing Ye, Xian-Guang Tan
  • Publication number: 20120286635
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a computer case, which comprises a case body and a carrier. The case body is used for installing a motherboard; the carrier is disposed in the case body for installing a plurality of first pieces of hardware. The plurality of first pieces of hardware are connected electrically to the motherboard. In addition, at least a first hardware of the plurality of first pieces of hardware can be replaced by a second piece of hardware, which is connected electrically to the motherboard. The computer case according to the present invention includes the carrier for installing and replacing a plurality of pieces of hardware according to users' requirements and forming various hardware combinations. Thereby, waste of space in the computer case can be avoided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: AOpen Inc.
    Inventor: Jo-Chiao WANG
  • Publication number: 20120280602
    Abstract: The cabinet may house electronic devices and be constructed with a top, a base, opposing side walls, and front and rear doors hingedly mounted on the opposing side walls. A plurality of drawers may extend between and be slidably mounted on the side walls. Each of the drawers may have a gap on each side near the rear wall. The gaps are intended to receive electric cords that connect to the electronic devices in the drawer. Power strips may be mounted on rear portions of the cabinet side walls. An unobstructed space may extend between the power strips and the gaps in each of the drawers for housing the electric cords and to provide access to the rear walls of the drawers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Inventor: James F. Baker
  • Publication number: 20120274194
    Abstract: An enclosure assembly includes an enclosure and a heat-resolution assembly. The enclosure includes a mounting pole and an installation pole connected to the mounting pole. The heat-resolution assembly includes a cushion, an installation plate and a mounting piece. The cushion is secured between the mounting pole and the installation pole. The installation plate is secured to the mounting pole and covers the cushion. The mounting piece covers and is secured to the installation plate. The cushion is secure between the enclosure and the installation plate, and the installation plate is secured between the cushion and the mounting piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: GANG-QIANG QIN
  • Publication number: 20120274193
    Abstract: An enclosure assembly includes an enclosure, a rack and a blocking member. The enclosure includes a top plate. The rack is placed in the enclosure and defines an air inlet and an air outlet; and a gap is defined between the rack and the top plate. The blocking member includes a first locking piece, a second locking piece, and a connecting piece. The first locking piece is secured to the rack. The second locking piece is secured to the top plate. The connecting piece is connected and located between the first locking piece and the second locking piece. The blocking member covers the gap to prevent air from flowing from the air outlet to the air inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD
    Inventor: GANG-QIANG QIN
  • Publication number: 20120275114
    Abstract: A power supply includes a main body, a fan, and a mounting bracket. The main body defines an opening therein. The mounting bracket for mounting the fan is detachably mounted to the main body to cover the opening. The fan is mounted on the mounting bracket and received in the main body through the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2011
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: LEI LIU
  • Patent number: 8279596
    Abstract: A fan mounting system includes a fan chassis defining a plurality of fan housings. A guide member is located on the fan chassis. At least one board support member extends from the fan chassis and is operable to extend through a board to engage an Information Handling System (IHS) chassis when the fan chassis is positioned in the IHS chassis. An IHS chassis cover anchor is located on the fan chassis and is operable to engage an IHS chassis cover and secure the IHS chassis cover to the IHS chassis when the fan chassis is coupled to the IHS chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Alejandro Z. Rodriguez, Brian T. Whitman, Char Damneun, Corey D. Hartman, Glen P. Gordon, Jeffory L. Smalley
  • Patent number: 8279595
    Abstract: A storage unit includes: a storage section containing an information processing apparatus; an intake section allowing intake of a cooling medium into the information processing apparatus for cooling the information processing apparatus; a discharge section receiving the cooling medium discharged from the information processing apparatus; a cooling medium flow generating section configured to control intake and discharge of the cooling medium; a partition section isolating the intake section and the discharge section from each other; an aperture formed in the partition section; a detector section configured to detect an inflow of the cooling medium, discharged from the discharge section, through the aperture; and a controller section configured to control the cooling medium flow generating section in accordance with a result of the detection of the detector section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Junichi Ishimine, Atsushi Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 8279602
    Abstract: A communications cabinet includes a housing defining a location for mounting communications equipment, the housing having a wall formed of a first material with a first penetration resistance, a vent opening in the wall, and a door. At least one plate of material having a second penetration resistance greater than or about equal to the first penetration resistance is mounted between the vent opening and the location for mounting the communications equipment, and the plate is positioned to stop projectiles larger than a given size from traveling in a straight line from the at least one vent opening to the location for mounting communication equipment while leaving an airflow path from the vent opening to the location for mounting the communications equipment that passes around at least one edge of the plate of material through a gap between the at least one plate and the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: CommScope, Inc.
    Inventors: Deepak Kumar Sivanandan, Alan James Skrepcinski, Walter Mark Hendrix, Mark George Spaulding
  • Publication number: 20120242206
    Abstract: In a shelter comprising an enclosure for delimiting an air-conditionable enclosure interior and a container that is externally mounted to the enclosure and has a container space for receiving a cooling installation, a superior protection against detrimental exterior influences shall be provided so that a reliable and energy-efficient cooling of the enclosure interior is ensured. To solve this problem it is suggested that the enclosure comprises at least one passage for heat recirculation from the enclosure interior to the container space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Inventor: Erwin GASSER
  • Patent number: 8274782
    Abstract: A motor control center comprises a plurality of bays in which switchgear components, circuit protective components, automation components and power electronic components are disposed for driving motors and other loads. Network optical conductors are routed through one or more wireways adjacent to the bays. Distribution nodes are coupled to the conductors and are interconnected with respective network terminals within the bays. Components within individual bays for which EtherNet and/or Internet connectivity is desired are coupled to the network terminals. The conductors may comprise plastic optical fibers and may be designed to operate in the relatively high voltage environment of the motor control center bays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Brian Blodorn, David Lee Jensen
  • Patent number: 8259450
    Abstract: A mobile container may include a bottom element, a top element, a front element, a back element, and two side elements defining a containment volume. The two side elements may have a length longer than a length of either the front element or the back element. The containment volume may be configured to include a plurality of rack frames. Each rack frame may include a module insertion area on a first side of the rack frame, a universal backplane area, and a power bus. The universal backplane area may be positioned on a second side of the rack frame opposite to the first side and may include at least one mounting surface configured to mount two or more backplane boards. At least two of the backplane boards may be configured to couple to two respective modules that each have at least two different functions and are insertable through the module insertion area. The at least two different functions of at least one backplane board may include rack power and management functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Birchbridge Incorporated
    Inventors: John Craig Dunwoody, Teresa Ann Dunwoody
  • Publication number: 20120218701
    Abstract: Computer workstation includes a mounting bracket for attachment to a wall, and a cabinet connected to the mounting bracket. A track, attached to the cabinet, is engaged with the mounting bracket to vertically guide the cabinet. A non-contacting sensor detects a computer operator. An input device tray is rotatably connected to the cabinet, and has i) an operating position that holds computer input device(s) in an input position and ii) a stowed position substantially preventing access. First electromagnet selectively retains the tray in the stowed position. Second electromagnet selectively retains the tray in the operating position. An electronic lock control panel accepts authentication input from the operator. An electronic lock control module, in a lockable compartment of the cabinet, is connected to the lock control panel and the sensor. The lock control module separately controls electric current flow through the electromagnets in response to authentication by the lock control module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Inventor: Rendell Thomas
  • Patent number: 8248793
    Abstract: An electronic component includes a housing having an inlet section, a mid-section, and an outlet section, mounting components for mounting the housing within an electronics cabinet, at least one movable louver positioned in at least one of the inlet section, the mid-section, and the outlet section, an actuator configured to manipulate the at least one movable louver to vary a volume flowrate of airflow through the housing, and a controller configured to operate the actuator to one of substantially maintain an environmental condition change from the inlet to the outlet within a predetermined range and substantially restrict airflow through the housing when the electronic component is in a relatively low operational state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Cullen E. Bash, Henry C. Coles, Shailesh N Joshi
  • Patent number: 8238094
    Abstract: A data processing unit includes a chassis configured to contain a line card. The chassis defines, at least in part, a portion of a first flow pathway and a portion of a second flow pathway. The chassis is configured such that a first portion of a gas can flow within the first flow pathway between an intake region and the first end portion of the line card such that the first portion of the gas flows across a first end portion of the line card in a first direction. The chassis is configured such that a second portion of the gas can flow within the second flow pathway between the intake region and a second end portion of the line card such that the second portion of the gas flows across the second end portion of the line card in a second direction opposite the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Gunes Aybay, David J. Lima, Olaf Moeller
  • Publication number: 20120194049
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cabinet for housing electronic equipment, the cabinet comprising two generally parallel side walls and a door moveable between a closed position and a fully open position; wherein the distance between the door and each of the side panels is greater when the door is in the fully open position than the distance between the door and each of the side panels when the door is in the closed position, and also wherein the orientation of the door with respect to the plane of each of the side doors is generally the same in the fully open position as it is in the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: USYSTEMS LIMITED
    Inventor: Michael Charles Alfred Cook