Air Patents (Class 361/678)
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Patent number: 12232293Abstract: A network switch device includes cooling fans to remove heat generated by its electronic circuitry during operation. Multiple cooling zones are provided in a network switch device to enable reduced cooling fan power consumption. The switch device includes a baffle positioned between a first zone and a second zone and across a circuit board. A first cooling fan provides a first airflow through the first zone and across a first portion of the circuit board positioned within the first zone. A second cooling fan provides a second airflow through a second zone of the housing and across a second portion of the circuit board positioned within the second zone. The baffle directs the first airflow away from the second zone and directs the second airflow away from the first zone. Fan speeds of fans in a cooling zone may be adjusted based on temperature sensors positioned in that zone.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2022Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: ARISTA NETWORKS, INC.Inventors: Aaron Gregory Levitan, Vincent Cridlig, Yury Murashka, Matthew Gawlowski, Paulmer Soderberg
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Patent number: 12225680Abstract: A monitoring-and-control drawer (138) for an electrical connection enclosure comprises a front part (300) comprising a ventilation grille (326), a back portion (348) at which a back ventilation region is provided and functional elements (362). The heat generated by the functional elements is removed by an air flow (FL1) which enters the functional unit via each air grating in the front part and re-emerges from the functional unit via the back ventilation region, having passed right through the functional unit. The back portion belongs to a base of the drawer to which the functional elements are attached and comprises a group of upstream connectors (354) connected to an electricity source, a group of downstream connectors (356) connected to an electrical load and a ventilation orifice (358) which is part of to the back ventilation region and which is located between the group of upstream connectors and the group of downstream connectors.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2022Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: Schneider Electric Industries SASInventors: Louis Linares, Olivier Wasner, Charles Gailla
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Patent number: 11985790Abstract: A modular arrangement is provided for housing electronic equipment and associated cooling structure in a data center environment. The modular units provide cooling air on an as-needed basis to individual pieces of equipment by way of individual plenums and associated valves. The units can be interconnected by vertical stacking, in side-to-side arrangements, and back-to-back arrangements. A number of units can be interconnected to form a cell. The cells can be interconnected to form larger units. In this manner, data centers can be configured in any desired arrangement without requiring complicated cooling design.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2021Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: Zonit Structured Solutions, LLCInventors: Steve Chapel, William Pachoud
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Patent number: 11901708Abstract: A cooling system for an air insulated switchgear compartment includes: a housing; a fan; and a flap. The fan is mounted to the housing. The flap is mounted to the housing. The flap is positioned adjacent to the fan such that a rotational axis of the fan does not extend through the flap.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Jiri Horak, Emil Kalina
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Patent number: 11870232Abstract: An electrical power distribution module for a vehicle. The electrical power distribution module provided with an upper module and a lower module. The upper module provided with circuit boards for various vehicle components and a temperature control system. The lower module provided with a plurality of isolated busbars, isolated from the surrounding structure. Each isolated busbar is one of a positive busbar, a negative busbar, and a ground busbar. The plurality of isolated busbars are arranged on opposite sides of the lower module and are arranged in an alternating fashion based on polarity. The plurality of isolated busbars are electrically connected to the circuit boards. The plurality of electrical connectors are spaced apart from each other and are configured to provide power and ground connections for the vehicle components. The plurality of isolated busbars are configured to carry different voltages.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATIONInventor: Chad Burchett
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Patent number: 11864358Abstract: An apparatus, such as a power routing apparatus, includes an enclosure having first and second compartments having respective first and second opposing walls. A cooling structure is disposed between the first and second compartments and has a coolant passage defined therein configured to support a coolant flow in a direction parallel to the first and second opposing walls. First and second semiconductor switches (e.g., static switches) are disposed on the first and second walls on opposite sides of the coolant passage and are configured to be cooled by the coolant flow.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power LimitedInventors: Franz S. Domurath, Donald Caulfield, George Arthur Navarro
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Patent number: 11690187Abstract: A display system can include a stand that includes a base and an arm that extends from the base to an end portion of the arm; and a display housing that includes a display, a rail assembly and an arm socket, translatable via the rail assembly, that receives the end portion of the arm.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventor: Brian William Wallace
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Patent number: 11679815Abstract: A liquid discharge structure includes a bottom wall to be disposed tilted relative to a horizontal plane at a casing which is configured to be installed in a vehicle, a lateral wall arranged vertically at a lower end edge of the bottom wall, wherein the lower end edge is configured to be located on a lower side of the bottom wall being tilted, wherein the lateral wall has a discharge opening for liquid located at an end of the lateral wall closer to the bottom wall, a tubular rib wall projecting at least inwardly within the casing from the lateral wall so as to surround the discharge opening, and a partitioning rib wall which is arranged vertically on an inner surface of the bottom wall at a position closer to the lateral wall so that the partitioning rib wall extends intersecting a center axis of the tubular rib wall.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2020Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Satoshi Yokoyama, Yusuke Nagai, Makoto Goto
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Patent number: 11678215Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. One method may include a UE determining a priority of a UE quality of service over UE thermal efficiency constraints, generating a priority indicator based at least in part on the determined UE quality of service priority, and transmitting to a base station via physical layer signaling, the priority indicator. Another method may include a UE determining a priority of a UE quality of service over UE energy constraints, generating a priority indicator based at least in part on the determined UE quality of service priority, and transmitting to a base station via physical layer signaling, the priority indicator. Yet another method may include a base station receiving a UE priority indicator specifying a UE quality of service priority over thermal efficiency constraints and temporarily prioritizing the UE QoS over UE thermal efficiency constraints based on the received priority indicator.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2019Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Vasanthan Raghavan, Juergen Cezanne, Junyi Li, Wooseok Nam, Tao Luo
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Patent number: 11324138Abstract: An information handling system may include a chassis, a cable channel formed within the chassis, and a sleeve within the cable channel and configured to minimize airflow recirculation in the chassis via the cable channel, the sleeve comprising a cable passage opening for passage of a cable and an obstruction configured to create a seal at the cable passage opening in the absence of the cable from the cable passage opening, such seal restricting airflow through the cable passage opening.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2020Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Hsiang-Yin Hung, Chun-Yang Tseng, Yi-Pai Chu
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Patent number: 11042200Abstract: An apparatus that first and second volumes are fluidly separated by a combination of a first second and a second sections, where the first section is insoluble to a cooling liquid and the second section is soluble to the cooling liquid. In the event of a leak of coolant liquid, the second sections dissolve, forming a fluid path from the first volume to the second volume. The coolant liquid may then escape the first volume in spaces that result from the dissolution of the second sections.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2020Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Shawn Emory Bender, Jorge Padilla
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Patent number: 11044831Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical enclosure arrangement comprising an electrical enclosure line and a cooling device connected into the line. The electrical enclosure line is formed from multiple electrical enclosures which are connected together. The invention is characterized in that the cooling device suctions hot air out of the electrical enclosures via two opposite faces, each of the faces of the cooling device adjoining a respective electrical enclosure, and blows the air back into the electrical enclosures as cooled air. At least one busbar is guided through a busbar transfer area of the cooling device between the electrical enclosures adjoining the cooling device.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2016Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Inventors: Christoph Schreier, Stefan Eibach, Christoph Reitz, Steffen Wagner, Michele Vallani
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Patent number: 11005239Abstract: Method and apparatus for sealing an air vent in a switchgear cabinet provide a vent seal assembly having a vent seal cover and a set of linear guides on which the vent seal cover may be mounted. The vent seal cover and linear guides are housed within a casing attachable to an interior surface of the switchgear cabinet and directly over an air vent. Within the casing, the vent seal cover may slide freely along the linear guides toward the air vent, with no spring or other mechanical biasing mechanism to oppose the sliding of the cover. A catch on the casing releasably holds the vent seal cover to keep the air vent open during normal operating conditions. When an arc event occurs, pressure from the arc event knocks the vent seal cover free of the catch and propels it toward the air vent, quickly slamming the air vent shut.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2019Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey T. Jordan, Gregory O. Motley
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Patent number: 10951027Abstract: A smart load center panel (10) accepts two hot legs from each of two power sources, and selectively connects each of a plurality of breakers to one of the two power sources under processor control. A dielectric chassis (12) provides structural support and electrical isolation for a plurality of individual circuit boards (28), each including a pair of breaker stabs (26) and a relay (24) operative to selectively connect each breaker stab (26) to a different power source. A bus bar assembly (20) comprises two bus bars for the hot legs of each of two power sources, and insulates the bus bars from each other and from inadvertent contact. A master printed circuit board (40) comprises slits (43, 45) defining the individual circuit board (28) except at the edges. After mounting and soldering, the edges are cut away, yielding a plurality of individual circuit boards (28). Neutral and ground bus bars (46, 52) are mounted to the side of the panel housing (12), behind a flange of a front opening.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2017Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: Koolbridge Solar, Inc.Inventors: Curtis W. Thornton, Paul Wilkinson Dent
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Patent number: 10599593Abstract: A device for a spacecraft includes electronic boards; elements that are robust to radiation, i.e.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2018Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: THALESInventors: Marc Fossion, Christophe Maillard
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Patent number: 10299410Abstract: A modular cooling apparatus for cooling one or more rack-mounted electronic component enclosures in a datacenter includes a base duct section and a duct assembly. The base duct section includes an inlet to receive a cooling airflow and an outlet to transfer to the cooling airflow to the duct assembly. The duct assembly is connected to the base duct section. The duct assembly includes one or more modular duct sections. Each of the one or more modular duct sections has a vent and is configured such that the vent aligns with an exterior opening in the respective one of the one or more electronic component enclosures.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2015Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Shawn Duane Patrick, Frank Andrew Glynn, Alan Joseph Lachapelle, Giorgio Arturo Pompei
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Patent number: 10178798Abstract: A housing having a first chamber arranged to receive one or more enclosures, and having a second chamber separated from the first chamber by a wall is provided. The one or more enclosures are each arranged to have electronic circuitry within the enclosure. The housing has one or more fans arranged to exhaust a first airflow from each of the one or more enclosures and the first chamber. The housing has one or more power supplies with a further one or more fans arranged to exhaust a second airflow from the second chamber and the one or more power supplies. The wall has one or more apertures arranged to at least partially align with one or more apertures of each of the one or more enclosures, so that the second airflow proceeds through the one or more apertures of the wall.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2017Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: Pure Storage, Inc.Inventors: Erik Christensen, Clay Ross, Yifan Wang
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Patent number: 9953004Abstract: A data processing system with a main board and balcony boards. The data processing system includes a mainboard, at least one processor module, and at least one memory module. The system has at least one balcony board carrying at least one of the processor modules and at least one of the memory modules. The processor module has a first pin area for connecting to the balcony board and a second pin area for connecting to the mainboard, such that the balcony board is attached to the mainboard in a fixed position. The balcony board has an opening through which the processor module is plugged in a socket attached to the mainboard. The mainboard has an opening through which the processor module is plugged in a socket attached to the balcony board. A mainboard and a balcony board for a data processing system is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2015Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventor: Burkhard Steinmacher-Burow
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Patent number: 9681578Abstract: A heat dissipation system used for a communications device is disclosed, where the communications device includes a chassis, a network board, a service board, a backplane, and a high-rate cable; the chassis is configured to house the network board, the service board, the backplane, and the high-rate cable; the backplane is vertically inserted in a middle part or a middle rear part of the chassis, and parallel to a front side of the chassis; the service board and the network board are parallel and are connected to a front side of the backplane; the high-rate cable is connected between the network board and the service board on a rear side of the backplane; and the heat dissipation system further includes multiple fans that are installed in an array form on a rear side of the chassis, and an air vent that penetrates through the backplane.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2015Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Nengwu Xiang, Changyi Liu
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Patent number: 9203066Abstract: A battery and an electrical apparatus accommodated in a battery pack body (1, 4) are effectively cooled. The battery pack body (1, 4) includes a battery region in which a battery module (2) is accommodated and an electrical apparatus region in which the electrical apparatus is accommodated. An air-suction portion (3) and an air-exhaust portion (37) are formed in the battery pack body (1, 4). Air which flows through the air-suction portion (36) is made to flow in the battery pack body (1, 4), thereby cooling the battery module (2) and the electrical apparatus and then, the air is made to flow out through the air-exhaust portion (37). The electrical apparatus region includes an electrical apparatus cover (27) which covers at least a portion of the electrical apparatus and which branches air which is sucked through the air-suction portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2012Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD.Inventors: Minoru Watanabe, Toshiki Kusunoki, Shinpei Ono
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Publication number: 20150124381Abstract: A switchboard copper busbar heat dissipating device for dissipating heat from a copper busbar inside a switchboard includes a thermally-conductive electrically-insulating plate having a first surface connected to the copper busbar and a second surface; at least one heat pipe having a first end connecting to the second surface of the thermally-conductive electrically-insulating plate and a second end protruding out of the switchboard; and a plurality of cooling fins connected to the second end of the heat pipe and disposed outside the switchboard. Hence, the switchboard copper busbar heat dissipating device is conducive to miniaturization of a switchboard, enhancement of efficiency of heat dissipation of the switchboard, compliance with the Ingress Protection (IP) Ratings of the switchboard (regarding waterproofing and dust-proofing thereof), and avoiding a waste of energy.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2013Publication date: May 7, 2015Applicant: Chia Hsing Electrical Co., Ltd.Inventor: SEN-CHAN WU
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Patent number: 9007746Abstract: A cabinet structure for a switchgear assembly. The cabinet structure includes a cabinet having upper and lower vents and a breaker cradle for holding a circuit breaker having primary disconnects for connecting the circuit breaker to bus bars. The cabinet further includes an air passageway located between the upper and lower vents, wherein the air passageway extends vertically through the primary disconnects and the cabinet. Further, the cabinet includes a fan module having at least one fan for drawing outside air through the lower vent, the air passageway and the primary disconnects for cooling the primary disconnects.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2012Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Siemens Industry, Inc.Inventors: Rahul Rajvanshi, Harry W. Josten, James Keith Flowers
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Patent number: 9007763Abstract: An adjustable blocking arrangement for electronic hardware or computer racks, for preventing the undesired leakage of air through rack spaces not filled with hardware. An airflow control device is provided comprising a flexible web and a magazine adapted to receive the part of the flexible web that is not deployed. The device is adapted such that a length of the web may be deployed to sealingly block a space in the rack that is not filled with hardware modules, to prevent the flow of air through the space. The device may comprising a detection system adapted to detect the space in the rack that is not filled with hardware modules, and a processing system adapted to receive a signal from the detection system, and as a function of the signal to automatically deploy or retract the flexible web so as to sealingly block the space.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2011Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventor: Emmanuel Tong-Viet
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Patent number: 9001499Abstract: An electrical switching apparatus includes a plurality of poles, each of the poles including a terminal. The terminal of a first one of the poles is proximate the terminal of a second one of the poles. A jumper is electrically connected between the terminal of the first one of the poles and the terminal of the second one of the poles. The jumper includes a plurality of heat transfer members, each of the heat transfer members being separated from others of the heat transfer members.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2012Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: Eaton CorporationInventors: Kenneth D. Kolberg, Thomas M. Whalen, John J. Shea, Percy J. Lipsey
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Patent number: 8971043Abstract: Described embodiments include a portable electronic device. The device includes a shell housing components of the portable electronic device having a heat-generating component. The device includes a heat-rejection element located at an exterior surface of the shell. The heat-rejection element is configured to reject heat received from the heat-generating component into an environment in thermal contact with the heat-rejection element. The device includes a controllable thermal coupler configured to regulate heat transfer to the heat-rejection element. The device includes an activity monitor configured to infer a user touch to the shell in response to a detected activity of the portable electronic device. The device includes a thermal manager configured to regulate heat transfer by the controllable thermal coupler to the heat-rejection element in response to the inferred user touch.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2013Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Elwha LLCInventors: Philip Lionel Barnes, Hon Wah Chin, Howard Lee Davidson, Kimberly D. A. Hallman, Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Jordin T. Kare, Brian Lee, Richard T. Lord, Robert W. Lord, Craig J. Mundie, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Nicholas F. Pasch, Eric D. Rudder, Clarence T. Tegreene, Marc Tremblay, David B. Tuckerman, Charles Whitmer, Lowell L. Wood, Jr.
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Patent number: 8966922Abstract: A cooling apparatus and method are provided for cooling an electronic subsystem of an electronics rack. The cooling apparatus includes a local cooling station, which has a liquid-to-air heat exchanger and ducting for directing a cooling airflow across the heat exchanger. A cooling subsystem is associated with the electronic subsystem of the rack, and includes either a housing facilitating immersion cooling of electronic components of the electronic subsystem, or one or more liquid-cooled structures providing conductive cooling to the electronic components of the electronic subsystem. A coolant loop couples the cooling subsystem to the liquid-to-air heat exchanger of the local cooling station. In operation, heat is transferred via circulating coolant from the electronic subsystem and rejected in the liquid-to-air heat exchanger of the local cooling station to the cooling airflow passing across the liquid-to-air heat exchanger. In one embodiment, the cooling airflow is outdoor air.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2012Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Milnes P. David, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Roger R. Schmidt, Robert E. Simons
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Patent number: 8964387Abstract: A power converter arrangement has two static switching element bridges that are alternatively operable and comprise static switching elements. The power converter arrangement has one housing that houses the two static switching element bridges; the housing has one cooling system for the static switching element bridges housed therein.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2012Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Alstom Technology Ltd.Inventors: Carsten Meinecke, Frank Furch
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Patent number: 8959941Abstract: A cooling apparatus and method are provided for cooling an electronics rack. The cooling apparatus includes an air-cooled cooling station, which has a liquid-to-air heat exchanger and ducting for directing a cooling airflow across the heat exchanger. A cooling subsystem is associated with the electronics rack, and includes a liquid-cooled condenser facilitating immersion-cooling of electronic components of the electronics rack, a liquid-cooled structure providing conductive cooling to electronic components of the electronics rack, or an air-to-liquid heat exchanger associated with the rack and cooling airflow passing through the electronics rack. A coolant loop couples the cooling subsystem to the liquid-to-air heat exchanger. In operation, heat is transferred via circulating coolant from the electronics rack, and rejected in the liquid-to-air heat exchanger of the cooling station to the cooling airflow passing across the liquid-to-air heat exchanger. In one embodiment, the cooling airflow is outdoor air.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2011Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Milnes P. David, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madusudan K. Iyengar, Roger R. Schmidt, Robert E. Simons
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Patent number: 8955347Abstract: A cooling apparatus and method are provided for cooling an electronic subsystem of an electronics rack. The cooling apparatus includes a local cooling station, which has a liquid-to-air heat exchanger and ducting for directing a cooling airflow across the heat exchanger. A cooling subsystem is associated with the electronic subsystem of the rack, and includes either a housing facilitating immersion cooling of electronic components of the electronic subsystem, or one or more liquid-cooled structures providing conductive cooling to the electronic components of the electronic subsystem. A coolant loop couples the cooling subsystem to the liquid-to-air heat exchanger of the local cooling station. In operation, heat is transferred via circulating coolant from the electronic subsystem and rejected in the liquid-to-air heat exchanger of the local cooling station to the cooling airflow passing across the liquid-to-air heat exchanger. In one embodiment, the cooling airflow is outdoor air.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2011Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Milnes P. David, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madusudan K. Iyengar, Roger R. Schmidt, Robert E. Simons
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Patent number: 8922977Abstract: In an electrical distribution cabinet a mechanism providing quick, reliable, passive arc blast control has a flue chamber surrounding the likely arc site such as an electrical connection point. The flue chamber provides a flue channel which lengthens the arc and attenuates the current and temperature until the arc is extinguished. Preferably, the flue chamber and channel are formed of opposable open-faced polyhedral structures, one fitting inside the other. The mechanism is particularly suited for draw-out circuit breaker connections in a switch gear cabinet.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2012Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.Inventor: Timothy Robert Faber
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Patent number: 8879042Abstract: An exemplary embodiment relates to a cooling system and a method for cooling an electronic display. A preferred embodiment includes a transparent gas cooling chamber. The transparent gas cooling chamber may have a linear polarizer. The components in the system are preferably housed within the electronic display housing. The cooling chamber defines a gas compartment that is anterior to and coextensive with the electronic display surface. Fans may be used to propel the isolated gas through the cooling chamber. The circulating gas removes heat directly from the electronic display surface by convection. The isolated gas is transparent or at least semi-transparent. The image quality of an exemplary embodiment remains essentially unchanged, even though the gas is flowing through a narrow channel over the visible face of the electronic display surface.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2008Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Manufacturing Resources International, Inc.Inventor: William Dunn
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Patent number: 8852466Abstract: The present invention relates to switchgear for breaking a medium- or high-voltage electric current, which switchgear comprises a leaktight enclosure in which electrical components are found as well as a gaseous medium for extinguishing the electric arcs likely to occur in said enclosure, and which switchgear is characterized in that: the gaseous medium comprises at least one fluoroketone alone or in a mixture with at least one gas that does not form part of the fluoroketone family; the fluoroketone is present in the enclosure in part in the liquid state and in part in the gaseous state; and in that the enclosure further comprises means for absorbing molecular species that form after the ionization experienced by said fluoroketone during arcing. The invention also relates to a method of manufacturing said switchgear.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2011Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: Schneider Electric Energy FranceInventors: Yannick Kieffel, Daniel Piccoz, Alain Girodet
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Patent number: 8854816Abstract: The front case of the unit case contains a circuit section including a power semiconductor module, and the rear case contains a cooling fin assembly of the semiconductor module and a cooling fan. The cooling air ventilated through the wind channel by the cooling fan is discharged upward from the unit case. The water-proof cover is placed over the top of the unit case. The water-proof cover includes an exhausting structure formed with openings downward at the left and right sides of a front part of the water-proof cover to form an exhausting path; and a ventilation guide formed around an exhausting port inside a rear part of the water-proof cover. The cooling air discharged to the inside space of the water-proof cover by the cooling fan is ventilated through the ventilating path and exhausted outside through the exhausting path.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2012Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: Fuji Electronic Co., Ltd.Inventor: Takanori Shintani
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Patent number: 8842421Abstract: An arc-resistant switchgear enclosure has a vent opening and a vent flap. Normally the vent flap is open to allow air to circulate through the enclosure. However, in the event of an arc fault explosion in the enclosure, the vent flap is forced to close by the explosion. As the vent flap closes, a flexible latch member moves along a keeper and prevents the vent flap from reopening. In some embodiments, the latch member contacts the keeper and props the vent flap open for normal operation.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2012Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: Central Electric Manufacturing CompanyInventor: Paul W. Gingrich
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Patent number: 8837119Abstract: A matrix converter includes first to third AC reactors connected in series with first- to third-phase outputs of three-phase AC electric power, and a first cooling fan that generates cool air for cooling the first to third AC reactors. The first to third AC reactors are arranged side-by-side in a direction intersecting a direction in which the cool air flows.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2011Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa DenkiInventors: Kazutaka Kishimoto, Makoto Kojyo, Takahiro Uchino
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Patent number: 8830658Abstract: The invention relates to a switch cabinet arrangement of a device for generating electrical energy, wherein the switch cabinet arrangement comprises at least two separate power switch cabinets. The technical object of achieving an optimum scalability of devices for generating electrical energy with at the same time a simple installation and maintenance of the power switch cabinets despite a small available installation space, is achieved according to the invention in that the power switch cabinets respectively comprise a machine connection, a power module, a mains connection and a decentralised control unit, wherein the power module comprises a machine converter, a mains converter, a direct voltage intermediate circuit and a chopper, and wherein the power switch cabinets are electrically connected in parallel to one another via the machine connection and the mains connection.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2013Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Woodward Kempen GmbHInventors: Markus Eichler, Hans-Georg Nowak, Marianne Hitpaβ
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Patent number: 8817471Abstract: A system for suppressing an overheat condition in an electrical housing includes an electrical housing that defines a housing area including one or more electrical devices; a suppression fluid container containing a suppression fluid; a valve configured to regulate the flow of the suppression fluid from the suppression fluid container to the housing area; at least one sensor configured to sense at least one of temperature and smoke; and a controller communicatively connected to the at least one sensor and the valve, the controller configured to receive signals from the at least one sensor indicating an overheat condition in the housing area; and in response to the received signals indicating the overheat condition in the housing area, control the valve to allow the suppression fluid to flow from the suppression fluid container into the housing area, in order to suppress the overheat condition in the housing area.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2011Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Cooper Technologies CompanyInventor: Kyle Steven Barna
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Patent number: 8797738Abstract: A power converting apparatus includes a housing, a cable, and a grommet supporting member. The housing includes a housing base, a main body, and an air duct. The housing base has a first surface and a second surface and includes a through hole. The main body includes a plurality of electronic components on the first surface of the housing base. The air duct is disposed on the second surface of the housing base, and cooling air flows through the air duct. The cable is disposed through the through hole of the housing base so as to be wired between the main body and the air duct. The grommet supporting member is in the air duct or the main body. The grommet supporting member supports a grommet through which the cable is disposed. The grommet supporting member is not integral with the housing base.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2012Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa DenkiInventors: Sumiaki Nagano, Kazutaka Kishimoto, Makoto Kojyo
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Patent number: 8787018Abstract: A power converting apparatus includes a housing, a cylindrical capacitor, and a cylindrical capacitor cover. The housing includes a housing base, a main body, and an air duct. The main body includes a plurality of electronic components on a first surface of the housing base. The air duct is disposed on a second surface of the housing base. The capacitor penetrates through the housing base so that a part of the capacitor is disposed in the main body while a rest part of the capacitor is disposed in the air duct. The capacitor cover is disposed on the housing base and covers the rest part of the capacitor. The capacitor cover includes an elastic material and an inner surface. The capacitor cover includes a groove disposed on the inner surface in an axial direction of the capacitor cover.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2012Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa DenkiInventors: Sumiaki Nagano, Kazutaka Kishimoto, Makoto Kojyo
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Patent number: 8773851Abstract: A power converting apparatus includes a housing base, a main body, an air duct, a pair of upright air duct walls, first and second heat generators, and a protrusion. The housing base has first and second surfaces. The main body is on the first surface. The air duct is for cooling air to flow through the air duct and is on the second surface. The upright air duct walls are on the second surface and extend from an upwind side to a downwind side. The first and second heat generators are disposed in series from the upwind side to the downwind side in the air duct. The protrusion is between the first and second heat generators to protrude from at least one of the pair of air duct walls toward a center portion of an air-flowing space for the cooling air.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2012Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa DenkiInventors: Tomohiro Shigeno, Toshiaki Fujiki, Kazutaka Kishimoto
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Patent number: 8767380Abstract: A cabinet to be interposed between an above ground or underground sump and the control panel for said sump. All electrical connections between the control panel for the operation of the sump or lift station and the sump or lift station itself are disposed within this cabinet. The cabinet has two abutting closed sections, an A section having an open bottom and at least one vented side and a vented door; and a B section having a bottom panel and non-perforated sides and door. A pair of aligned intermediate rear panels close off each section, the only connection between said sections being a cable entry seal disposed in aligned openings in each intermediate rear panel for the passage of cabling from the A section to be mounted for termination in the B section. Any conventional cabling termination means can be employed in the B section.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2012Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Inventor: Franklyn Masterson
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Patent number: 8743532Abstract: In order to obtain a switchgear which can improve heat dissipation efficiency, in the switchgear which dissipates heat outside an apparatus vessel, the heat being generated from an electrical apparatus placed in the apparatus vessel, the switchgear includes a first heat conductor in which one side is connected to a heat generation portion of the apparatus vessel and the other side is extended toward the apparatus vessel side, a second heat conductor in which one side is disposed near the other side of the first heat conductor and the other side is extended outside the apparatus vessel, and an insulating member between conductors disposed between the other side of the first heat conductor and one side of the second heat conductor.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2009Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Tomotaka Yano, Satoru Yoshida, Masahiro Arioka
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Publication number: 20140133071Abstract: An arc-resistant switchgear enclosure has interior compartments with outlet vent openings that are selectively closed by vent flaps. The vent flaps are propped in an open position by props that extend from the vent flaps and contact supports. The props have a latch portion that latches the vent flap when the vent flap is in the closed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2012Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: Central Electric Manufacturing CompanyInventor: Paul W. Gingrich
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Patent number: 8717746Abstract: A cooling apparatus is provided for a switchgear having at least one primary contact to connect to a terminal of a circuit breaker, with a busbar joint connected to the primary contact. The cooling apparatus includes an evaporator associated with the primary contact. A condenser is located at a higher elevation than the evaporator. Heat pipe structure fluidly connects the evaporator with the condenser. Heat transfer structure is coupled with the busbar joint for removing heat from the busbar joint. Working fluid is in the evaporator so as to be heated to a vapor state, with the heat pipe structure transferring the vapor to the condenser and passively returning condensed working fluid back to the evaporator for cooling the at least one primary contact.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2012Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: ABB Technology AGInventors: Patrik Kaufmann, Francoise Molitor
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Patent number: 8696138Abstract: A filter unit includes an air filter, which captures dust from intake air, and a cleaning unit, which automatically cleans the air filter. The cleaning unit includes a rotation brush, which removes dust from the air filter, and a dust box, which extends parallel to the rotation brush. The dust box includes a dust inlet that opens toward the rotation brush and receives dust from the rotation brush. The dust box is removable from the filter unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2011Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yosuke Nishihata, Akira Miyanaga, Yoshiharu Arioka, Hideaki Okaniwa
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Patent number: 8699210Abstract: A system for cooling a multi-cell power supply, the system including a water pump, a water-to-air heat exchanger in fluid communication with the water pump, and a supply water manifold in fluid connection with the water-to-air-heat exchanger. The system further includes a plurality of power cells in fluid communication with the supply water manifold via one or more water hoses, and a multi-winding device in fluid communication with the plurality of power cells via at least one water-cooled bus, wherein the at least one water cooled bus electrically connects the power cells to secondary windings of the multi-winding device. The water-cooled buses provide both electrical current as well as cooling fluid to each winding of the multi-winding device, thereby eliminating a need for separate cooling and power connections.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2008Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Siemens Industry, Inc.Inventors: Marc F. Aiello, Peter Willard Hammond, Edward Alan Cheesman, Wayne Sheldon Jordan, Jonathan Kunkle
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Patent number: 8631890Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide an electric construction machine capable of efficiently cooling the battery mounted on the swing structure. To achieve the object, there is provided an electric construction machine in which a battery storage room 11 is formed in the swing structure 3 and a plurality of batteries 231 as electric power sources are arranged in the battery storage room 11, comprising: a battery storage structure 23 storing the batteries 231 and having an air flow channel through which air can flow upward from a lower part of the battery storage structure 23; a covering sheet 26 entirely covering the top and side faces of the battery storage structure 23; and a duct 27 for discharging the air, one end of which is arranged in an upper part of the covering sheet 26.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2011Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akira Noguchi, Masayuki Yunoue
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Patent number: 8634182Abstract: A premises power source accessory panel for an outdoor unit, a method of adapting an outdoor unit with a premises power source accessory panel and an outdoor unit incorporating the panel or the method. In one embodiment, the panel includes: (1) a bracket having at least one electrical conduit aperture and (2) a circuit protection element mounted to the bracket and configured to be coupled to a premises power source, the bracket removably couplable to the outdoor unit in lieu of a conventional electrical conduit panel.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2010Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: Lennox Industries, Inc.Inventors: Robert B. Uselton, Timothy J. Brizendine
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Patent number: 8625256Abstract: Closed busbar system for three-phase low voltage distribution, comprising phase bars that extend lengthways and transverse branch bars, one of which is respectively electrically connected to an associated phase bar. The phase bars are maintained in an inserted manner in a socket of an insulating housing for reducing the cross-section or increasing the power in such a manner that a cooling channel associated with each phase track is formed between the rear side of the phase tracks and the base inner side of the socket.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2009Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Inventor: August Schmid
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Publication number: 20130314850Abstract: There is provided a switchboard including a boards each including an opening portion which is provided in a ceiling surface and configured to exhaust heat, and an intake portion which is provided in a lower portion and configured to taken in cooling air, a fan provided to cover the opening portion of a board of the boards and configured to exhaust air in a horizontal direction to cool the inside of the board, and a duct configured to supply the cooling air from the opening portion of a board not provided with the fan to the inside of the board provided with the fan.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2013Publication date: November 28, 2013Inventors: Takehiro TAKAHASHI, Akira SATOU