With Cooling Means Patents (Class 361/679.46)
  • Patent number: 8811017
    Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus including a display panel for displaying an image, a heat source arranged at a side surface of at least one side of the display panel, a heat absorbing section for absorbing heat generated by the heat source, a back surface plate arranged at a back surface side of the display panel and made of a metal, a portion of the back surface plate being in close contact with the heat absorbing section, a front surface plate arranged at a front surface side of the display panel and made of a metal, and a middle chassis arranged between the front surface plate and the heat absorbing section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Fujii, Shinpei Nagatani
  • Publication number: 20140226280
    Abstract: In one embodiment of the present invention, a system selectively cools a set of at least one rack-mounted server in a chassis. The system comprises: a chassis; a chassis manager; a set of at least one thermal sensor coupled to each rack-mounted server in a chassis; a trolley track oriented functionally proximate to the multiple rack-mounted servers; and a cold air trolley movably mounted to the trolley track. The cold air trolley moves along the trolley track in order to be selectively oriented next to a particular overheating rack-mounted server in the chassis, thus providing a fluid conduit from a cold air source to the particular overheating rack-mounted server in response to the chassis manager detecting that the particular overheating rack-mounted server is exceeding a predetermined temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: SHAREEF F. ALSHINNAWI, GARY D. CUDAK, EDWARD S. SUFFERN, J. MARK WEBER
  • Patent number: 8800884
    Abstract: A system having: a midplane having air flow channels therein; a disk drive mounted to a first side of the midplane; and a temperature sensors mounted to the midplane. The system includes a pair of electrical chassis connected to a second side of the midplane. A first one of the chassis has therein: a fan; and a fan controller for controlling speed of the fan in response to a temperature control signal. A second one of the chassis has therein: a microprocessor for: detecting temperature signals produced by the temperature sensors; comparing differences between the detected temperature signals; and selecting one of the detected temperature control signal from the compared differences as the temperature control signal. A faulty one of the temperature sensors is detected by: selecting one of the detected temperature control signal as the faulty one of the plurality of temperature sensors from the compared differences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel A Dufresne, II, Daniel Savilonis, John Kevin Bowman, John V Burroughs, Michael Robillard
  • Publication number: 20140218859
    Abstract: A system for cooling hard disk drives (HDDs) includes: an enclosure having a lower volume within which a cooling liquid is heated to a boiling point temperature to cause some of the cooling liquid to evaporate into a plume of rising vapor; a HDD cooling area with at least one HDD placed in the direct path of the rising vapor, which cools the at least one HDD during functional operation of the at least one HDD; and a heat source that dissipates heat into the lower volume of the enclosure, sufficient to heat the cooling liquid to the boiling point temperature. The system can also include a condenser located above both the HDD cooling area. A substantial portion of the rising vapor that passes through the HDD cooling area and cools the at least one HDD is condensed back into liquid phase on contact with the condenser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventors: Austin Michael Shelnutt, James D. Curlee, Edmond I. Bailey, Richard Steven Mills
  • Publication number: 20140211411
    Abstract: Examples provide data center canopies, data center housings, and data centers including turning vanes to facilitate air flow. In some examples, a data center canopy may include turning vanes to direct portions of an exhaust flow from an exhaust inlet toward floor sections to be output via exhaust outlets opposite the floor sections. Other examples are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LP
    Inventor: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LP
  • Publication number: 20140211410
    Abstract: A configurable computer housing includes a frame and a removable motherboard unit. There are a plurality of openings on the frame that are configured to receive the removable motherboard unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: ORIGIN PC
    Inventor: RICHARD CARY
  • Publication number: 20140204527
    Abstract: An air guide unit is disclosed, which is adapted to be disposed between the back of a motherboard and a chassis. The motherboard and the chassis are joined by at least a first locking unit and a second locking unit. The air guide unit comprises an annular side wall. The annular side wall comprises: a first engagement portion adapted to engage with the first locking unit; and a second engagement portion adapted to engage with the second locking unit, wherein the engagement of the first engagement portion with the first locking unit and the engagement of the second engagement portion with the second locking unit limit the movement of the air guide unit in a first direction and a second direction. The second direction is perpendicular to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Inventors: Che Yu KUO, Jin Cai SHAN
  • Patent number: 8787013
    Abstract: A system for removing heat from a computing device includes a carrier and one or more heat removal elements. The carrier includes a carrier surface having a carrier surface pattern. The carrier surface pattern includes coupling portions. The coupling portions of the carrier surface pattern selectively couple, at different locations on the pattern, the heat removal elements to the carrier. The heat removal elements conduct heat from heat producing components of the computing device to the carrier. The carrier conducts heat away from the heat removal elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael P. Czamara, Osvaldo P. Morales
  • Patent number: 8783049
    Abstract: A cooling system for a data center in which equipment racks are disposed has a cooling unit and a controller coupled to the cooling unit. The cooling system includes temperature sensors at or near the cooling unit's air return inlet, at or near the cooling unit's air supply outlet, and at or near the equipment racks air inlet(s). The controller measures these temperatures. A relative humidity sensor is located at or near the air return inlet of the cooling unit. The relative humidity where the relative humidity sensor is located is measured by the controller using the relative humidity sensor. The controller calculates the dew point temperature from the temperature sensor and relative humidity. Using this dew point, which is essentially constant throughout the space being conditioned, and the temperatures from the other locations, the controller then calculates the relative humidity at each location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Liebert Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Jason Gloeckner, David V. Larson
  • Patent number: 8780555
    Abstract: A system for restricting mixing of air in a data center includes a plurality of racks, each of the racks having a front face and a back face. The system includes an enclosure for collecting air released from the back faces of the plurality of racks, the enclosure configured to substantially contain the air in an area between the first row and the second row and having a roof panel coupled to the first row of racks and the second row of racks configured to span a distance between the first row of racks and the second row of racks. The enclosure is configured to maintain a first air pressure inside of the enclosure that is substantially equal to a second air pressure outside the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: American Power Conversion Corporation
    Inventors: James R. Fink, John H. Bean, Stephen F. Held, Richard J. Johnson, Rollie R. Johnson
  • Patent number: 8767380
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Inventor: Franklyn Masterson
  • Publication number: 20140177168
    Abstract: A data processing system includes an enclosure, one or more airflow manifold structures within the enclosure, and a plurality of data processor cards mounted within the enclosure. Each one of the one or more airflow manifold structures has an air inlet portion and an air outlet portion. Each one of the data processor cards extends substantially parallel to each other one of the data processor cards. Each one of the data processor cards includes an airflow duct having an air inlet portion thereof covering a portion of the air outlet portion of at least one of the one or more airflow manifold structures and includes a plurality of data processing units within the airflow duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: CALXEDA, INC.
    Inventors: Walter Denton Scott, Jeffrey Carl Defilippi, David James Borland, Stephan Leonidas Beatty, Edward D. Geist
  • Publication number: 20140177164
    Abstract: A system for use with a computing rack that prolongs operation of computing devices mounted within the rack by preventing or at least limiting the circulation of airflow (e.g., hot airflow) through empty receiving bays of the rack upon removal of computing devices from the receiving bays. In one arrangement, the system includes a plurality of airflow restriction devices (e.g., baffle plates) movably secured adjacent respective receiving bays of the cabinet. Each airflow restriction device is automatically movable between a deployed position to restrict airflow through respective receiving bay in the absence of a computing device in the receiving bay and a refracted position to allow for mounting of a computing device in the receiving bay (e.g., so that the computing device can exhaust hot air out of the rear portion of the receiving bay).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Thomas E. Stewart
  • Publication number: 20140177163
    Abstract: A data center includes a wind collecting structure that directs prevailing winds external to the data center into an interior of the wind collecting structure. The wind collecting structure includes vents around its perimeter configured to selectively open on a side of the wind collecting structure receiving prevailing wind, pressurizing the intake air. The pressurized air flows from the wind collecting structure through a compartment of the data center including computing assets. The air is directed across the computing assets to extract heat from the computing assets during operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventor: Scott Wiley
  • Patent number: 8760863
    Abstract: A multi-rack assembly is provided which includes adjacent first and second electronics racks, each being at least partially air-cooled, and an air-to-liquid heat exchanger associated with the first rack for cooling at least a portion of air passing through the first rack. The heat exchanger, which is disposed at the air inlet or air outlet side of the first rack and is coupled in fluid communication with a coolant loop to receive coolant from the loop and exhaust coolant to the loop, transfers heat from air passing thereacross to coolant passing therethrough. The assembly also includes a cooling unit, associated with the first rack and cooling coolant in the coolant loop, and an airflow director associated with the second rack and facilitating ducting at least a portion of air passing through the second rack to also pass across the heat exchanger associated with the first rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Milnes P. David, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Robert E. Simons
  • Patent number: 8760864
    Abstract: A heat-dissipation structure for a portable folding electronic apparatus includes a hinge support and a heat-conducting device. The portable folding electronic apparatus includes a first casing, a second casing, a hinge, a panel module, and the heat-dissipation structure. The first casing and the second casing are pivotally connected by the hinge. The panel module includes a frame and a light source disposed at a corner of the frame. The hinge support is connected to the hinge and the frame. The heat-conducting device is fixed on the hinge support near the light source. Therefore, heat produced by the light source can be dissipated through the heat-conducting device for improving the optical effect of the panel module; deformation of the heat-conducting device can be reduced by use of the stiffness of the hinge support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventor: Ho-Hsing Chiang
  • Publication number: 20140168886
    Abstract: An air duct includes a main body mounted on a motherboard and an indicating apparatus installed to the main body. The motherboard includes a first connector for outputting signals of the working states of the motherboard. The main body defines a number of through holes. The indicating apparatus includes a number of indicators respectively received in and exposed through the through holes, a second connector installed to the main body and electrically connected to the first connector, and a number of cables respectively connected between the second connector and the indicators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: BO TIAN, YU HAN
  • Publication number: 20140168887
    Abstract: A server rack includes a baffle control device and a plurality of server cases. Each server case accommodates a server and comprises an air inlet and a baffle located at a side of the air inlet to open or close the air inlet. The baffle control device includes a server monitoring unit and a baffle control unit. The server monitoring unit monitors a power on event and a power off event of the server. When the power on event of the server of a corresponding server case is monitored, the baffle control unit controls the baffle of the corresponding server case to open the air inlet of the corresponding server case. When the power off event of the server of the corresponding server case is monitored, the baffle control unit controls the baffle of the corresponding server case to close the air inlet of the corresponding server case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: CHIEN-PAN LAI, CHIH-YUAN HUANG
  • Publication number: 20140168888
    Abstract: A system for providing cooling of a memory device comprises a cooling system arranged to store a coolant, a valve system connected to the output of the cooling system, and a control system connected to the valve system and arranged to open the valve system when power is lost to the control system. The system further comprises a delivery system connected to the output of the valve system and arranged to deliver the coolant to the memory device and the cooling system comprises a canister of low boiling point fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David A. Gilbert, Patrick Varley
  • Patent number: 8755184
    Abstract: A container data center is disclosed in the present invention, relating to the field of data centers. The container data center includes: a container box, in which the inside of the box is divided into an equipment compartment, a power supply and distribution compartment and a water chilling set compartment; doors set in the box; a power supply equipment installed in the power supply and distribution compartment; an electronic equipment and a water chilling terminal installed in the equipment compartment; a water chilling set installed in the water chilling set compartment, in which the water chilling set is in communication with the water chilling terminal to provide cold water for the water chilling terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yonghui Peng, Jun Zhao, Na Wei, Mingliang Hao
  • Publication number: 20140160668
    Abstract: In one embodiment a housing for an electronic device comprises a first section, a second section, and a collapsible chimney coupled to the first section and the second section to provide an airflow path from a portion of the first section. Other embodiments may be described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Inventors: Douglas Heymann, Jered H. Wikander, Mark MacDonald
  • Publication number: 20140160670
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide a circuit board module include a primary cover, a secondary cover and a circuit board sandwiched between the primary cover and the secondary cover. A first set of fins or channels may be provided on a surface of the primary cover. The first set of fins or channels guide cooling air flowing on the surface of the primary cover. A second set of fins or channels may be provided on a surface of the second cover. The second set of fins or channels guide the cooling air flowing on the surface of the secondary cover. The second set of fins or channels intermates with the first set of fins or channels to form a sealed casing enclosing the circuit board. The sealed casing forms a Faraday cage to protect the circuit board from electromagnetic interference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: MERCURY COMPUTER SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Darryl J. McKenney, Paul Zuidema, Donald Blanchet, Daniel Coolidge
  • Publication number: 20140160669
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first body, a second body, a baffle and a drive mechanism. The second body includes an opening the bottom surface thereof, and the baffle is disposed on the bottom surface to cover the opening. The baffle moves with respect to the second body and has a raised portion. The drive mechanism includes a pivot, a linkage and a sliding member. The pivot connects the first body and the second body. The linkage is sleeved over the pivot. The sliding member is connected to the linkage and has a pushing portion. While the first body rotates with respect to the second body, the pivot rotates with the first body and drives the linkage to push the sliding member. In the meantime, the sliding member displaces to push the raised portion by the pushing portion, so that the baffle moves and exposes part of the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chung Hsin Wu, Shu Mu Lin
  • Patent number: 8751706
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a first unit having a first power switch for turning on/off a data processing part, a hard disk drive device, a power supply part and the electronic apparatus, a second unit that is separated from the first unit, is supplied with the power from the power supply part in the first unit, and has a drive device of a detachable recording media and a second power switch having the same function as that of the first power switch, and a cable for communicating data between the first unit and the second unit and supplying power from the power supply part of the first unit to the second unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeru Kurosu, Katsunori Kitaru, Takayuki Momose, Akira Inoue, Sumio Otsuka, Masazumi Kaino, Masao Araya, Norio Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20140153183
    Abstract: An air deflecting system includes an air deflector that is physically mounted against a hot air exhaust vent of a network equipment element using a rack coupling mechanism that is adjustable to accommodate a variable lateral distance of the hot air exhaust vent from the computing rack. The air deflector receives an airflow from the hot air exhaust vent at a first direction and deflects the airflow in a second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Morgan Morrison Pofahl, Dolf Conrad Veit
  • Patent number: 8743532
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tomotaka Yano, Satoru Yoshida, Masahiro Arioka
  • Patent number: 8743537
    Abstract: An airflow adjustment device is disclosed. The airflow adjustment device is used for a blade server provided for plugging in an interface card, and the interface card includes a bracket. The airflow adjustment device is installed in the blade server, and the airflow adjustment device includes a top cover, a plurality of sidewalls, a bracket plate, and at least one deflector. The bracket plate is used for sheltering the bracket, and air enters the blade server through the at least one deflector and at least one gap area formed by the bracket plate and at least one of the plurality of sidewalls whereby the flow resistance of the blade server is not affected by the type of the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Wen-Hsiung Yang, Wei-Chung Hsiao, Shih-Huai Cho, Ming-Chang Wu
  • Patent number: 8737072
    Abstract: A container data center includes a container. The container includes a top wall, two sidewalls, a first end wall, and a second end wall. Two elongated water troughs are arranged on the top of the container, near the sidewalls. The outer side plate of each water trough is lower than a top side of the corresponding inner side plate. A water receptacle is arranged near the first end plate. Pipes connect the water receptacle to the water troughs, to transfer the water in the water receptacle to the water troughs. When the water in the water troughs overflows, the water flows down the sidewalls of the container, to separate and thus protect the sidewalls from pollutants and humidity in the surrounding air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Feng-Chi Yang
  • Patent number: 8730663
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus is disclosed, which comprises: a housing, configured with a plurality of inlets and one outlet; a plurality of electronic elements, disposed inside the housing; and a plurality of gates, arranged at positions corresponding to the plural inlets in an one-by-one manner; wherein, the plural electronic elements are activated while the electronic apparatus is enabled for causing the temperature of the plural electronic elements to be raised to their respective working temperatures, thereby, causing a plurality of heating zones to be formed inside the housing at positions respectively corresponding to the plural inlets; and by enabling each gate to be configured with one thermal expansion element that is enabled to deform with the temperature variation of the corresponding heating zone, each gate is enabled to move between a first position and a second position according to the deformation of the corresponding thermal expansion element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Inventec Corporation
    Inventors: Sung Nien Du, Ting-Chiang Huang, Wei-Yi Lin, Li-Ting Wang
  • Patent number: 8730662
    Abstract: A server rack system includes a rack, servers, and a heat-dissipating wall. The rack has guiding rails, a front end, and a rear end opposite to the front end. The servers slidably configured on the guiding rails and in the rack are adapted for being moved into or out of the rack from the front end. The heat-dissipating wall is pivoted to the rear end and adapted for being folded against or unfolded away from the rear end. The heat-dissipating wall includes a fan wall. Fans lie on the fan wall. The fans are adapted for sucking cool air, such that the cool air enters the rack from the front end and passes through the servers. Heat exchange between the cool air and the servers is carried out to generate hot air that flows out of the rack through the heat-dissipating wall to dissipate heat of the servers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Inventec Corporation
    Inventors: Shi-Feng Wang, Ji-Peng Xu, Tsai-Kuei Cheng
  • Publication number: 20140133089
    Abstract: A data center includes a hot stack for exhausting heated air from the data center and a cold stack that cools intake air relative to the environment surrounding the data center. The temperature difference between air in the cold stack and the environment creates an airflow through the cold stack and into a cold aisle. This pressurizes the cold aisle, causing air to flow from the cold aisle across computing assets to a lower-pressure hot aisle. While flowing across the computing assets, the air absorbs heat generated by the computing assets. The temperature difference between the heated air and air outside the data center causes the heated air to flow through the hot stack and outside of the data center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Inventor: Scott Wiley
  • Publication number: 20140133088
    Abstract: A data center includes a hot stack for exhausting heated air from the data center. As air flows across computing assets operating in the data center, the air absorbs heat generated by the computing assets. The temperature difference between the heated air and air outside the data center, the height of the hot stack, and the area of the hot stack causes the heated air to flow through the hot stack and outside of the data center. This air flow may be used to decrease the pressure of a portion of the data center, causing air to flow from a higher pressure portion of the data center to the depressurized portion of the data center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Inventor: Scott Wiley
  • Publication number: 20140133092
    Abstract: A manufactured data center (MDC) uses construction systems and methods allowing the MDC unit to serve as a drop-in replacement for a traditional brick-and-mortar computer data center, while providing functional and operational advantages over known modular data centers. The MDC comprises “white space” housing supported equipment such as servers and other heat-producing computing equipment, plus a power center incorporating electrical equipment and infrastructure necessary for operation of the supported equipment, including an HVAC system which may comprise a purpose-built computer room air conditioning (CRAC) unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: Lex Industries Ltd.
    Inventors: Lindsey LECKELT, Ryan VETSCH, Andrew MacNEIL, Andrew WHITE
  • Patent number: 8721276
    Abstract: A fan module and a fan rail thereof are provided. The fan module includes a fan, two fan rails and a holder. The fan rails are respectively disposed at opposite sides of the fan, and each of the fan rails includes a main body and a ring-pull, wherein the ring-pull has a tab portion and a pivot portion, and the pivot portion is pivoted with a first end of the main body. The fan is installed in the holder through the fan rails. The fan is adapted to be drawn out from the holder in an unlock state by rotating the tab portion of each of the fan rails along the pivot portion with respect to the main body and applying a pulling force to the tab portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Giga-Byte Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tung-Ke Lu, Chieh-Shih Yi
  • Patent number: 8720701
    Abstract: One aspect of this disclosure is directed to a sub-rack module for supporting a personal computer chassis therein. The sub-rack module is configured to be received within a multi-position support rack. Due to the unique combination of the sub-rack and the multi-position support rack, the sub-rack modules can be positioned such that the back ends of the personal computer chassis form an air passageway in the center of the multi-position support rack, which allows for the air flow to be directed through the passageway and out through the front end of the personal computer chassis. This configuration allows for the high density storage of an array of personal computer chassis while providing adequate cooling for multiple units. A method for manufacturing this system is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: M&A Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Magdy Elwany
  • Patent number: 8724314
    Abstract: An apparatus for supplemental cooling of a docked mobile device that includes a docking module having a docking interface that provides a communication connection for a separable mobile device having several heat generating electronic components that emanate heat when the separable mobile device is in an operating mode. In addition, the separable mobile device has an integrated heat sink structure that spreads the heat emanating from the operating heat generating electronic components across the entire heat sink structure. An air mover is integrated into the docking module to provide a volume of air flow that is directed to the separable mobile device while it is docked to the docking module. Accordingly, an air mover controller receives a first signal from an input sensor and therein controls the air mover to modulate the volume of air flow according to a predetermined tolerance corresponding to the heat generating electronic components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Martin R. Pais, Thomas A. Petrella
  • Patent number: 8724313
    Abstract: An electric power conversion apparatus is provided which includes electronic components, a cooler, an internal unit, a capacitor, and a case. The internal unit has a frame to which at least one of the electronic components and the cooler are secured and which surrounds all around the one of the electronic components. The frame includes unit fixing sections through which the internal unit is fixed to the case and capacitor fixing sections through which the capacitor is fixed to the internal unit. The capacitor fixing sections are located inward of the frame more than the unit fixing sections. The internal unit is fixed to the case and thus works as a beam to increase the mechanical rigidity of the case. The fixing of the internal unit to the case minimizes external force to be exerted through the case on the electronic component and the cooler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Nakasaka, Satoshi Noda, Kenichi Oohama
  • Publication number: 20140126141
    Abstract: A high performance computing system includes one or more blade enclosures having a cooling manifold and configured to hold a plurality of computing blades, and a plurality of computing blades in each blade enclosure with at least one computing blade including two computing boards. The system further includes two or more cooling plates with each cooling plate between two corresponding computing boards within the computing blade, and a fluid connection coupled to the cooling plate(s) and in fluid communication with the fluid cooling manifold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Silicon Graphics International Corp.
    Inventors: Steven J. Dean, Richard B. Salmonson, Russell E. Stacy, Roger Ramseier, Mark Maloney
  • Patent number: 8717745
    Abstract: The method of the invention makes it possible to cool electrical switchgear operating at medium voltage and high current, such as a circuit breaker. The method consists in inserting serially two heat pipes (11) inside said switchgear, putting a first end (11A) of the first heat pipe (11) in the hot portion of the hot portions (10A, 10C) of the circuit breaker (10) and a second end (11B) of the first heat pipe (11) in a portion that is cooler (10A) of the hot portions (10A, 10C). The other heat pipe (11) is put between the cooler of the hot portions (10A) and a cooler part of the circuit breaker (10). A particular application is provided for medium-voltage, high-current circuit breakers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Alstom Technology Ltd
    Inventors: Denis Frigiere, Didier Rodrigues, Jean-Marc Willieme, Frank Jacquier
  • Publication number: 20140118924
    Abstract: In a data center including hot and cold aisles, the flow rate of airflow from the cold aisle through servers to the hot aisle depends on the flow resistance of different servers. As servers may have different cooling needs, an airflow throttling mechanism is coupled to each server to individually adjust the flow resistance through each server based on the amount of cooling airflow needed by a server. Hence, servers use the amount of cooling airflow they need, reducing the overall airflow needs, which reduces the central fan requirements, of the data center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Inventor: Marco Magarelli
  • Patent number: 8704470
    Abstract: A first calculation unit subtracts third digital data which indicates the minimum value of the duty ratio from first digital data which indicates the duty ratio of the PWM driving operation. A slope calculation unit generates slope data which is dependent on the temperature based upon second digital data which indicates the temperature. A second calculation unit multiplies the slope data by the output data of the first calculation unit. A third calculation unit sums the output data of the second calculation unit and the third digital data. A selector receives the output data of the third calculation unit and the third digital data, selects one data that corresponds to the sign of the output data of the first calculation unit, and outputs the data thus selected as a duty ratio control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuro Shimizu, Hiroyuki Ishii
  • Patent number: 8699218
    Abstract: A portable computer system is disclosed according to the invention. The portable computer system comprises: a multi-functional processing unit with power consumption of no more than approximately 10 watts consisting of a single chip having a plurality of processors thereon, wherein each processor is operable for at least one task selected from a group consisting of computing, graphic processing and audio processing; a mother board to which the multi-functional processing unit is connected; a memory unit connected to the motherboard and in communication with the multi-functional processing unit; and an I/O interface connected to the motherboard and in communication with the multi-functional processing unit, the portable computer system is configured to insert into a interface of a peripheral device to communicate between the portable computer system and the peripheral device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventor: Shuang Xu
  • Patent number: 8699221
    Abstract: A notebook computer cooling pad capable of temperature detection and fan-speed adjustment is equipped with heat-dissipating fans, a control panel and plural movably deposited temperature sensors, so that when a notebook computer is placed on the notebook computer cooling pad, a user may be informed of real-time temperature readings related to different locations of the notebook computer and use the use the fan-speed adjusting button to adjust a rotational speed of the heat-dissipating fans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Inventor: Cheng Yu Huang
  • Publication number: 20140098488
    Abstract: Some embodiments of an apparatus, system and method are described for a concealed venting thermal solution. An apparatus may comprise an enclosure arranged around one or more heat generating components, a duct arranged around an internal perimeter of the enclosure and a seam inlet arranged around an external perimeter of the enclosure to allow an airflow to enter the duct. Other embodiments are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Inventors: Mark MacDonald, Shawn S. McEuen
  • Patent number: 8682203
    Abstract: A disclosed cooling structure includes a casing including a bottom plate arranged in a bottom portion of the casing and having a through hole formed in the bottom plate; a heat source to be cooled accommodated in the casing; a suctioning unit configured to suction outer air from an outside of the casing to an inside of the casing via the through hole in the bottom plate; an open and close member including an outer air path for carrying the suctioned outer air and being capable of opening and closing relative to the casing; and an outer air applying unit configured to cool the heat source by the carried outer air received from the open and close member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuuki Kikushima, Mamoru Takayama, Hiroshi Suzuki, Satoshi Aizawa
  • Patent number: 8678524
    Abstract: A spring-loaded door device that fastens to the front of a server rack in order to prevent airflow from exiting through an unfilled space in the server rack. An equipment module can then be inserted through the spring-loaded door device and mounted to the server rack. When the equipment module is removed from the server rack, the spring-loaded door closes to prevent airflow from exiting through the unfilled space in the server rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Inventor: Joseph R. Green
  • Publication number: 20140078667
    Abstract: A data room air circulation system has adjacent racks located side by side. The racks have a front, a rear, and a first and second side. A computer system component is mounted in at least one of the racks. A cold aisle, containing cold air, is located at the front of the racks. As the cold air passes through the component, hot air is formed and discharged to a hot aisle located at the rear of the racks. A baffle, having a front end, a rear end, and a hot air side is located between the racks. The front baffle end is attached to the front of one of the racks, and the rear end is attached to the rear of the other of the racks. The baffle separates the cold aisle from the hot aisle for at least the height of the baffle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless
    Inventor: Frederick J. Ashby
  • Publication number: 20140078668
    Abstract: An example apparatus is provided and may comprise a housing, an electronic blade system, and a plurality of airflow management components. The housing may have an upper chamber and a lower chamber. The electronic blade system may be located between the upper chamber and the lower chamber. The plurality of airflow management components may be configured to be removable and to manage airflow in the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Jason E. Goulden, Charles C. Byers
  • Publication number: 20140071614
    Abstract: A heat dissipation device for an electronic device includes a base, a plurality of fins and at least one heat pipe. The base has a front surface and a rear surface opposite to the front surface. A heat-generating component of the electronic device is disposed adjacent to the rear surface. The plurality of fins extend from the front surface of the base. The heat pipe is disposed on the front surface of the base and in a cutout portion of the plurality of fins. The heat dissipation device, which removes heat from the heat-generating component, has a low profile and improved heat dissipation capability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: Violin Memory Inc.
    Inventor: Givargis George Kaldani
  • Publication number: 20140071613
    Abstract: A cooling system for cooling a heat producing module includes a heat dissipation system and at least one cooling loop. The heat dissipation system is in thermal communication with the heat producing module and contains coolant flowing therethrough. The at least one cooling loop is disposed beneath the surface of the Earth and directly underneath a footprint of the heat producing module. The at least one cooling loop is coupled to the heat dissipation system to receive the coolant from the heat dissipation system and to dissipate the heat from the coolant to the Earth. The at least one cooling loop is completely contained within the footprint of the heat producing module in order to minimize the ecological impact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: AiNET Registry, LLC
    Inventor: DEEPAK K. JAIN