Fan Or Blower Patents (Class 361/695)
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Systems and methods for policy-based per-zone air mover management for offline management controller
Patent number: 10254807Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a management controller for use in an information handling system may include a processor configured to manage a plurality of air mover control systems for a plurality of air movers integral to the information handling system, each air mover of the plurality of air movers associated with a corresponding zone of the information handling system and a co-processor configured to, in the event of a fault condition of the processor, manage the plurality of air mover control systems in accordance with a per-zone policy.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2016Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Hasnain Shabbir, Timothy M. Lambert -
Patent number: 10257957Abstract: Cooling systems employing adjacent fan cages having cage walls with interflow passages are disclosed. A cooling system includes cooling fans disposed in adjacent fan cages. Cage walls of the fan cages direct flows from the fans to the outlet ports of the fan cages which are in fluid communication with electrical components within an electronics-containing enclosure. By forming an interflow passage between the adjacent fan cages, upon occurrence of an inoperable fan, a portion of the flow from an adjacent operable fan can pass to the outlet port of the fan cage of the inoperable fan via the passage and provide better cooling of the components impacted by the inoperable fan. In this manner, thermal damage is avoided while minimizing fan noise associated with higher fan speeds.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2015Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David Paul Barron, Howard Victor Mahaney, Jr., Phillip V. Mann, Matthew Tant Richardson
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Patent number: 10251317Abstract: A data center system can include a mobile support structure; one or more enclosures for removable electronic equipment where the enclosures are housed by the support structure; a cooling system in fluid communication with the enclosures for cooling of the electronic equipment where the cooling system is housed by the support structure; and a power system operably connected to the electronic equipment and the cooling system for supplying power thereto where the power system comprises a generator housed by the support system. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2017Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: Baselayer Technology, LLCInventor: George Slessman
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Patent number: 10251289Abstract: A head-mounted display includes a display device, a bonding structure connected to the display device, an adjusting mechanism connected to the bonding structure, and a rotation button connected to the adjusting mechanism. When the rotation button is rotated, the length of the bonding structure is changed by the adjusting mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2017Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.Inventors: Chun-Lung Chen, Chien-Hsien Sung
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Patent number: 10249649Abstract: A thin film transistor array substrate and a display panel are provided. A parasitic capacitor is formed from a common line and a data line, and a capacitance value of the parasitic capacitor formed from the data line connected to the connecting line with a larger resistance value and the corresponding common line is less than that of the parasitic capacitor formed from the data line connected to the connecting line with a smaller resistance value and the corresponding common line. Thus the displayed image bright stripes with inconsistent brightness can be avoided from appearing.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2017Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Liyang An
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Patent number: 10238006Abstract: A heat dissipating module including a casing, a fan, a plurality of blades and at least one locking element is provided. The casing has a first positioning side and a second positioning side opposite each other, and the casing includes a sliding recess located on the first positioning side. The fan is disposed in the casing. The blades respectively slide into the sliding recess and are positioned on the first positioning side and the second positioning side. The locking element passes through the sliding recess to limit the blades from moving out of the sliding recess.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2016Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: Wistron CorporationInventors: Xiao-Ju Huang, Zhao-Ping Fu
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Patent number: 10225957Abstract: A data center liquid cooling coolant distribution system design for multiple liquid cooled racks which are arranged in multiple rows. These rows of electronic racks are positioned spaced apart from each other to form an aisle. The data center system further includes a CDU to provide cooling liquid to the electronic racks to remove heat generated from the IT components of the electronic racks. The CDU includes a set of liquid supply and return lines coupled to room manifolds arranged within the aisle. The room manifolds are coupled to rack manifolds of each electronic rack. The rack manifolds of an electronic rack are adapted to receive a cooling liquid from the CDU via the room manifolds and to exchange the heat generated from the IT components of the electronic rack.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2017Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: BAIDU USA LLCInventors: Tianyi Gao, Hu Tang, Yan Cui, Xianguang Tan, Zhiming Luo, Tianyu Zhou
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Patent number: 10212858Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems directed to efficient cooling of data centers. Some embodiments of the invention allow encapsulation of cold rows through an enclosure and allow server fans to draw cold air from the cold row encapsulation structure to cool servers installed on the server racks. In other particular embodiments, the systems disclosed can be used to mix outside cool air into the cold row encapsulation structure to cool the servers. In some embodiments, the present invention involves utilizing a raised sub-floor design of a data center room.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2009Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: Excalibur IP, LLCInventors: Scott Noteboom, Albert Dell Robison
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Patent number: 10212848Abstract: Devices, methods, and program products for determining an atmospheric pressure are disclosed. One electronic device includes a fan that dissipates heat. The fan rotates at a rotation speed. The electronic device also includes a heat source. The electronic device includes a calculation unit that determines an atmospheric pressure at a location of the electronic device. The electronic device also includes a first temperature sensor that senses an ambient temperature and sends first information corresponding to the ambient temperature to the calculation unit. The electronic device includes a second temperature sensor that senses a temperature of the heat source and sends second information corresponding to the temperature of the heat source to the calculation unit. The calculation unit determines the atmospheric pressure based on the first information, the second information, and the rotation speed of the fan.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2017Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITEDInventor: Xiao He
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Patent number: 10194559Abstract: In a cooling system for electronic apparatuses, the electronic apparatus includes inner partitioning walls disposed in a cooling tank with an open space, defined by a bottom wall and side walls for dividing the open space into arrayed storage sections. An electronic apparatus is stored in the storage section. Inflow openings for the cooling liquid are formed in a bottom portion or a side surface of the respective storage sections, and outflow openings are formed at a position near the liquid surface of the cooling liquid flowing in the respective storage sections. The electronic apparatus includes a first board having a first surface on which at least one processor is mounted, and a second surface opposite the first surface, a second board having the third surface that faces the second surface of the first board, and a flow channel formed as a gap between the second and third surface.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2015Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: EXASCALER INC.Inventor: Motoaki Saito
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Patent number: 10180665Abstract: A fluid-cooled computer system includes a plurality of heat-generating components and a cooling system configured for supplying a cooling fluid at a controlled cooling fluid flow rate to cool the heat-generating components. A temperature-based cooling control circuit includes a temperature sensor configured for sensing a temperature of the heat-generating components and control logic for increasing a cooling fluid flow rate in response to the temperature exceeding a temperature threshold. A power-based cooling control circuit is configured for identifying and quantifying an increasing power consumption trend over a target time interval and, during a period that the temperature of the electronic device does not exceed the temperature threshold, increasing a cooling fluid flow rate to the electronic device in response to the magnitude of the increasing power consumption trend exceeding a power threshold.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2011Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignee: Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Thomas M. Brey, Vinod Kamath, Jason A. Matteson
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Patent number: 10168748Abstract: A system may include a plurality of temperature sensors configured to sense temperatures at a plurality of locations associated with an information handling system, a cooling subsystem comprising at least one cooling fan configured to generate a cooling airflow in the information handling system, and a thermal manager communicatively coupled to the plurality of temperature sensors and the cooling subsystem. The thermal manager may be configured to, based on at least a power provided to a subsystem of the information handling system, estimate a thermal condition proximate to the subsystem and set a speed of the at least one cooling fan based on the estimated thermal condition and a required cubic airflow rate associated with the subsystem, wherein the required cubic airflow rate is determined based on a required linear airflow velocity associated with the subsystem and a net cross-sectional area through which the cooling airflow travels.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2016Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Hasnain Shabbir, Dominick A. Lovicott, Carlos G. Henry
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Patent number: 10151327Abstract: A motor drive device that closes a mounting hole for mounting a fan unit by way of a fan fixing member is provided with a structure that can effectively improve operability for maintenance. A bar serving as a regulating member of a motor drive device has a first projecting piece that is formed so as to curve downwards after extending in the horizontal direction from a top part thereof, and a second projecting piece that projects downwards from a bottom part thereof, and by the first projecting piece being placed in an upper insertion part and the second projecting piece being placed in a lower insertion part, a fan unit is fixed in a mounting hole of a flange.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2017Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: FANUC CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuhiro Yamamoto, Makoto Takeshita
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Patent number: 10133316Abstract: A binocular head-mounted device with interpupillary distance adjustment mechanisms is provided in the present invention, which comprises a visual frame, two display modules and two interpupillary distance adjustment mechanisms. The two display modules are disposed at a left side and a right side of the visual frame respectively. Each of the two interpupillary distance adjustment mechanisms is disposed on one of the display modules and on the visual frame and has a snap-fit portion and a positioning structure corresponding thereto. The positioning structure has a plurality of positioning recesses arranged horizontally in a first direction, and the plurality of positioning recesses can be snap-fitted with the snap-fit portion so that the display module is moved parallel to the first direction and then positioned.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2018Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: SYNDIANT INC.Inventor: Chun Chiu Daniel Wong
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Patent number: 10128032Abstract: An electromechanical assembly is provided controlled by voltage across a motor or with an electronic system. The electromechanical assembly includes a control circuit coupled to sense voltage at the motor or within the electronic system, and an electromechanical actuator energized by the voltage sensed by the control circuit. A movable element is movable by the electromechanical actuator from an operational position to a quiesced position when the voltage sensed by the control circuit falls below a quiesced threshold. In certain embodiments, the voltage being sensed is across a motor of an air-moving assembly, which resides within a support structure, or the voltage being sensed is within the electronic system, which resides within the support structure, and the movable element is an interlock element which interlocks to the support structure to prevent removal of one or more components from the structure when sensed voltage is above the quiesced threshold.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2015Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Steven J. Ahladas, Robert K. Mullady
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Patent number: 10117355Abstract: A heat dissipation foil comprises a flexible substrate, a molecular fan film and an adhesive. The flexible substrate has a working surface and an adhesive surface, opposite the working surface. The molecular fan film is on the working surface. The adhesive is on the adhesive surface.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2016Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: Chemnova Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Chhiu-Tsu Lin
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Patent number: 10117363Abstract: A server device having a plurality of server modules and a plurality of cooling fans in a chassis includes: a management unit configured to control the server modules; and a temperature measurement part configured to perform measurement of temperatures of the server modules. The management unit is configured to decide a server module to run on a basis of a result of the measurement by the temperature measurement part.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2017Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: NEC CorporationInventors: Jun Yokoyama, Kazuya Uchida
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Patent number: 10110009Abstract: A power converter apparatus includes a case, a power converter which is in the case and converts input power to predetermined power and output the predetermined power, a first switch positioned in the case and connected to the converter component, a second switch positioned in the case and connected to the converter component, the second switch having a moving component which moves between first and second positions, and a cover which is installed on the case such that the cover covers the first switch and which moves in two mutually different directions relative to the case such that the cover is removed from the case. The cover has a contact portion which makes contact with the moving component of the second switch in the first position and which restricts movement of the cover in one or more of the two directions when the cover is moved in the two directions.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2015Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKIInventors: Yasunori Yamanaka, Masafumi Sakai, Kenshiro Morishita
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Patent number: 10098264Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus is an air-conditioning apparatus, for an air-conditioning target space in which a rack including a device as a heat-producing object is provided and which is separated by the rack into a cold space and a hot space, that makes return air from the hot space flow in so as to cool the return air and supplies an arbitrary air volume of the supplied air which is obtained by cooling the return air to the cold space by using a supply fan. The air-conditioning apparatus includes a processor. The processor executes a process including conducting control so that a temperature of the supplied air is equal to a prescribed value that is set in advance, and adjusting an air volume of the supplied air by controlling the supply fan so that a temperature of the return air is equal to a target value that is set in advance.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2016Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Takehisa Matsuda, Akira Minegishi, Hideo Kubo, Hiroyuki Fukuda, Toshio Sugimoto, Masaki Takahashi, Syunsuke Ohga
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Patent number: 10098256Abstract: An electronic device includes a sealable housing, constituent surfaces of which are configured by a conductor, a plurality of heat generating components including a coil having a relatively large heating value during operation and an electrolysis capacitor having a heating value during operation relatively smaller than the heating value of the coil and having a heatproof temperature lower than the heatproof temperature of the coil, the heat generating components being housed on the inside of the housing, and an internal air fan housed on the inside of the housing. The electrolysis capacitor is housed above the coil. The internal air fan sends wind from one right side surface side of two side surfaces opposed to each other in the housing to the other side surface side between the coil and the electrolysis capacitor to thereby blow air between the electrolysis capacitor and the coil including heat generated by the coil against the other side surface.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2015Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Naoki Amano, Tatsuumi Soyama
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Patent number: 10088702Abstract: The exemplary embodiments herein provide a figure eight closed loop of circulating gas pathways wrapping around an electronic display. One or more open loop ambient air pathways may pass through the figure eight but do not allow the circulating gas and the ambient air to mix. In some embodiments, the open loop ambient air pathway travels along a rear surface of the electronic display. In some embodiments, the circulating gas pathways contain a front channel placed in front of the electronic display, a rear channel placed behind the electronic display, and a center channel placed between the front and rear channels. Pass-through apertures may be placed within the path of the circulating gas and/or the ambient air to allow the paths of the two gaseous matters to cross without allowing them to mix with one another.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2016Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: Manufacturing Resources International, Inc.Inventors: William Dunn, Kevin O'Connor
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Patent number: 10073990Abstract: A power supply module implemented within a first device and including a voltage regulator and an authentication module. The voltage regulator receives power from a power source and supplies the power to devices within the first device. The power source is separate from the power supply module. The authentication module includes a regulator module and a generation module. The regulator module controls operation of the voltage regulator based on operation in one of multiple operating modes. The generation module: receives an authentication request signal from a host device; in response to the authentication request signal, transmits an authentication response signal to the host device; and receives a notification signal from the host device based on the authentication response signal. The notification signal indicates whether the power supply module is an authorized device. The regulator module is configured to transition between the operating modes based on the notification signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2015Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.Inventors: Sui Shieh, Suhel Dhanani, Scott Jones, Anil Telikepalli
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Patent number: 10070557Abstract: An electronic device according to the present invention includes a fan motor disposed at the upper side of a ventilation hole in an upper wall part of a casing containing an electronic component. A fluid receiving part for receiving fluid is positioned beneath lowermost points of vanes of the fan motor.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2016Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: FANUC CORPORATIONInventor: Kazuyuki Sasaki
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Patent number: 10041502Abstract: An air blower includes an impeller, a motor and a blower housing. The blower housing includes a first housing member for receiving the motor and a second housing member for receiving the impeller. The first and second housing members are mounted to each other. Two opposed air outlets are formed at an end of the first housing member remote from the second housing member. Each air outlet is formed by an outwardly inclined cutout. The cutout is bounded by two inclined sides. An angle A formed by each inclined side and an axial direction of the blower is in the range from 0 to 45 degrees. Radial lines extending from one inclined side of one air outlet and the adjacent inclined side of the other air outlet form an angle B in the range from 15 to 45 degrees.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2015Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: JOHNSON ELECTRIC S.A.Inventors: Xiao Hong Ye, Jing Li, Nan Li, Ching Hang Leung, Jian Jun Liu, Siu Chun Tam
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Patent number: 10039212Abstract: A data center system can include a mobile support structure; one or more enclosures for removable electronic equipment where the enclosures are housed by the support structure; a cooling system in fluid communication with the enclosures for cooling of the electronic equipment where the cooling system is housed by the support structure; and a power system operably connected to the electronic equipment and the cooling system for supplying power thereto where the power system comprises a generator housed by the support system. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2015Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: BASELAYER TECHNOLOGY, LLCInventor: George Slessman
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Patent number: 10034413Abstract: The disclosure discloses an air deflection plug-in box for a forced air-cooled cabinet. The air deflection plug-in box includes a front vertical plate with one or more vent holes, a rear vertical plate with one or more vent holes, two side vertical plates with hangers and an air deflection diaphragm arranged to isolate air areas, wherein the front vertical plate, the rear vertical plate, the two side vertical plates and the air deflection diaphragm are fixedly connected into a whole to distinctively guide cold airflow on one side of the air deflection diaphragm and guide hot airflow on the other side of the air deflection diaphragm. One or more thermal barriers are also arranged on at least one surface of the air deflection diaphragm, and each thermal barrier is made from thermal insulation material.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2014Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: ZTE CORPORATIONInventors: Shouli Zhu, Mingjian Yu, Jian Li, Jiapeng Dai, Jiazheng Xu
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Patent number: 10015896Abstract: A display enclosure assembly comprises a cabinet enclosing an interior space, the cabinet comprising a front wall and a rear wall, one or more display modules at least partially enclosed within the interior space, the one or more display modules configured to form an electronic display at the front wall, one or more fans mounted at the rear wall, each of the one or more fans comprising a fan intake facing rearward from the rear wall and a fan exhaust facing into the interior space, a vent extending at least partially between the front wall and the rear wall, the vent providing a first pathway for cooling air to pass from a front side of the cabinet to arear side of the cabinet, and an exhaust providing a second pathway for warmed air to exit the interior space.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2015Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: Daktronics, Inc.Inventors: Sunil Gaddam, Wayne R. Tucker, Travis Whitehead
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Patent number: 9970674Abstract: An adaptive ventilation system and method for a data center are provided. The adaptive ventilation system includes: one or more system-controlled vents facilitating dynamic redirection of airflow passing through the vent(s), and including (for instance) a plurality of adjustable louvers; and a plurality of sensors dispersed within the data center for ascertaining one or more feedback parameters within different zones of the data center. The system also includes a controller configured or programmed to automatically manage adjustment of the system-controlled vent(s) based on the ascertained feedback parameter(s) within the data center. The automatically managing includes, for instance, automatically controlling orientation of multiple louvers of the system-controlled vent(s) to dynamically facilitate a desired airflow discharge adjustment to at least one system-controlled vent based, at least in part, on the sensed feedback parameter(s) within the different zones.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2015Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Eli M. Dow, Joseph D. Harvey, Douglas E. Rohde
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Patent number: 9955612Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 12, 2016Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLCInventors: Morgan Morrison Pofahl, Dolf Conrad Veit
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Patent number: 9949407Abstract: A rack-mountable computer system includes a horizontal divider that divides a chassis interior of the computer system into a first level and a second level. One or more heat-producing components are mounted on the first level and a plurality of heat-producing components are mounted on the second level. The horizontal divider includes one or more openings that allow air flowing in the first level to mix with air flowing in the second level. Combined air including the air flowing in the second level and at least a portion of the air flowing in the first level cool a portion of the plurality of heat-producing components mounted in the second level downstream from the one or more openings in the horizontal divider.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2015Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Christopher Strickland Beall
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Patent number: 9936611Abstract: A system for storing data includes a rack and one or more data storage modules mounted on the rack. The data storage modules may include a chassis, two or more vertically-oriented backplanes coupled to the chassis, two or more mass storage devices coupled to the backplanes, and one or more air passages extending beneath one or more of the backplanes. Each backplane is configured to preclude airflow through the backplane between opposite vertical faces and can couple mass storage devices on one or more of the opposite vertical faces. One or more of the air passages can supply an upwards-directed airflow along one of the opposite vertical faces of a backplane to remove heat from a heat producing component of a mass storage device coupled to the vertical face of the vertically-oriented backplane.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2014Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Strickland Beall, David Edward Bryan, Darin Lee Frink, Jason Alexander Harland
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Patent number: 9936603Abstract: A system for the management of rack-mounted field replaceable units (FRUs) that affords the enhanced availability and serviceability of FRUs provided by blade-based systems but in a manner that accommodates different types of FRUs (e.g., in relation to form factors, functionality, power and cooling requirements, and/or the like) installed within a rack or cabinet.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2015Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: Oracle International CorporationInventors: Thomas E. Stewart, Yefim Gelfond, Tina Vazirizad, Ramanan Sampath, Gilberto Figueroa, Russell Brovald, Richard Rogers
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Patent number: 9930813Abstract: A method for enhancing the cooling efficiency of a computer room air conditioning unit, in a data center, is provided. Raised floor panels are carried on a pedestal support system. The floor panels divide a data center, into upper and lower plenums. A cold aisle is includes air-grate floor panels. The computer room air conditioning unit is operated to condition a heated hot aisle return air flow. A server rack has a front, a back, and side rack support frame members. The support members define an interior server compartment. At least one damper door frame has a top, a bottom and side members. The door frame members define at least one open air flow panel portion. A series of horizontal damper blade members are pivotally mounted in the open panel portion. The damper blade members are pivoted to direct a stream of the conditioned air flow over heat generating components contained in the interior server compartment in order to elevate the temperature of the heated return airflow at the air conditioning unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2016Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: Raymond & Lae Engineering, Inc.Inventor: Gary Meyer
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Patent number: 9915482Abstract: A heat sink including a base section, connection fins, and parallel fins. The base section includes: a first base plate configured to be mounted with a heat generating component on its outer surface; a second base plate disposed to face the first base plate in a parallel manner, configured to be mounted with a heat generating component on its outer surface; and a third base plate disposed perpendicular to the first base plate and the second base plate, which secures the first base plate and the second base plate along a junction line. The base section includes first and second regions arranged in the direction of the junction line. The connection fins are disposed on the first region to connect inner surfaces of the first and second base plates and to be parallel to the third base plate, and the parallel fins are disposed on the second region from an inner surface of the third base plate to be parallel to the first base plate.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2011Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Kenji Kato, Shigetoshi Ipposhi, Toshiki Tanaka, Shinya Motokawa, Toshio Nakayama, Masafumi Ibushi
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Patent number: 9904336Abstract: A data storage system is described with an array of front fans and moving doors for airflow control. In one example an enclosure is configured to mount in a rack. A horizontal plane board in the enclosure has memory connectors aligned in a row and external interfaces. Memory cards connect to a respective memory connector of the board. Removable fans at the front of the enclosure push air along the memory cards to the rear and doors at the front of the enclosure, each have an open position to accommodate a corresponding fan and a closed position to block airflow when the corresponding fan is removed.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2016Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: INTEL CORPORATIONInventors: Jawad B. Khan, Randall K. Webb, Michael D. Nelson
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Patent number: 9907204Abstract: The present disclosure provides a heat dissipation device, a working method thereof and a display device. The heat dissipation device is applied to a display device, including a temperature monitoring unit, configured to monitor an environment temperature of each predetermined region of the display device; a control unit, connected to the temperature monitoring unit, configured to determine regions to be cooled according to a monitoring result of the temperature monitoring unit and then send a control instruction to a movement unit; the movement unit, connected to the control unit, and configured to move at least one heat dissipation fan to the regions to be cooled in response to the received control instruction; and the at least one heat dissipation fan connected to the movement unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2015Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Naijia Guo, Jianzi He
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Patent number: 9901012Abstract: A data center system can include a mobile support structure; one or more enclosures for removable electronic equipment where the enclosures are housed by the support structure; a cooling system in fluid communication with the enclosures for cooling of the electronic equipment where the cooling system is housed by the support structure; and a power system operably connected to the electronic equipment and the cooling system for supplying power thereto where the power system comprises a generator housed by the support system. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2015Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: BASELAYER TECHNOLOGY, LLCInventor: George Slessman
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Patent number: 9891676Abstract: A computer case includes a case body, a carrying structure and a cooler. The case body is with an opening formed thereon. The carrying structure is detachably connected to the case body from the outside and corresponds to the position of the opening. The cooler is fixed to the carrying structure. This way, computer peripherals can be installed without disassembling the case body.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2017Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: COOLER MASTER TECHNOLOGY INC.Inventors: Chia-Hsiang Chi, Yu-Qing Lyu
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Patent number: 9888616Abstract: The instant disclosure relates to a chassis structure for industrial uninterruptible power supply system including: a chassis having a frame and a front side panel, left side panel, right side panel, rear side panel and top panel installed on the frame; the chassis has a plurality of spacer on the bottom thereof for lifting the chassis from the ground for a distance to forming a gas-intake space; a plurality of protective plates disposed around the gas-intake space, each protective plate has a plurality of gas-intake hole; a bottom plate structure disposed between the bottom of the chassis and the gas-intake space and has at least a gas-intake gap; at least a venting hole disposed on the top panel of the chassis, each venting hole has at least an exhaust fan for outputting a gas from the chassis.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2016Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: VOLTRONIC POWER TECHNOLOGY CORP.Inventors: Tung-Chen Yu, Xiao-Bo Wan, Juor-Ming Hsieh
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Patent number: 9888614Abstract: A data center row infrastructure module enables rapid deployment of a computing room enclosure for computer systems that provides intake air circulation to, and exhaust air removal from, the computer systems in the enclosure. The data center row infrastructure module includes free-standing exhaust plenum structures encompassing opposite sides of the enclosure and a plenum module spanning a top end of the enclosure between the free-standing exhaust plenum structures. Each free-standing exhaust plenum structure includes an internal exhaust air plenum that directs exhaust air received from the enclosure through an exhaust air outlet on a top end of the free-standing exhaust plenum structure. The plenum module establishes a bottom end of a cooling air plenum above and separate from the enclosure and between the free-standing exhaust plenum structures. Some plenum modules can direct cooling air directly to the enclosure as intake air.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2016Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Peter George Ross, Matthew Thomas Phillips, Alan Donald Gillooly, Paul Andrew Churnock
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Patent number: 9883613Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a subrack and a terminal. The subrack includes a chassis, a first main board region arranged in a front part of the chassis, and a second main board region arranged at a rear of the chassis and also includes: a first air duct arranged in the chassis and a second air duct arranged in the chassis, where the second air duct and the first air duct are separated.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2014Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: ZTE CORPORATIONInventors: Yibing Gao, Dongsheng Yao, Fei Zhao
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Patent number: 9877580Abstract: The present invention is a ceiling-mountable enclosure comprising a support frame, a lightweight inner enclosure, and a back box configured for installation in a suspended ceiling. The apparatus of the present invention includes a removable device door configured to be mounted to the support frame. Electrical and signal wires are routed through conduit access plates provided at the back box. Electrical or other equipment is mounted to a removable device door. The removable device door with mounted equipment is attached to the support frame, then rotated upwards to fit flush with the ceiling and fastened to the support frame. A variety of power receptacles are provided that are configured to be mounted to either the back box, the inner enclosure, or the removable device door. The enclosure includes a cooling system comprising an electrically powered fan and air ducts integrated into the inner enclosure.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2013Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: RGB Systems, Inc.Inventors: William C Stewart, Jr., Michael Hudson, Dale Vipatapalin, Tuan Tran, Andrew C Edwards
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Patent number: 9883606Abstract: In various examples, a system comprises a first plurality of power supplies comprising a first plurality of external electrical connectors, and a second plurality of power supplies comprising a second plurality of external electrical connectors. The first plurality of power supplies may be symmetric with the second plurality of power supply about an axis of symmetry. The system further comprises a common fan module. The common fan module comprises a fan to cool the first plurality of power supplies and the second plurality of power supplies, a power inlet, a third plurality of electrical connectors, a fourth plurality of electrical connectors. The third plurality of electrical connectors are capable of being electrically coupled to the first plurality of electrical connectors, and the fourth plurality of electrical connectors are capable of being electrically coupled to the second plurality of electrical connectors.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2016Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LPInventors: Daniel Humphrey, Rameez Kadar Kazi, Michael R. Miller
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Patent number: 9874579Abstract: An inertial measurement unit includes a spherical gimbal system and a heat exchanger system that cool components of the spherical gimbal system without affecting the operations of the spherical gimbal system. The heat exchanger system can be configured to flow chilled air to the components of the spherical gimbal system by using the spherical gimbals as transport pathways for the chilled air and the returned heated air.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2015Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventor: Stephen T. Butscher
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Patent number: 9872104Abstract: A system and method for controlling noise produced by an air handling system, for example, is provided. The system includes a source microphone to collect sound measurements from the air handling system and a processor to define a cancellation signal that at least partially cancels out the sound measurements. The system also includes a speaker to generate the cancellation signal. The sound measurements are at least partially canceled out within a region of cancellation. Accordingly, the system further includes a response microphone to collect response sound measurements at the region of cancellation. The processor tunes the cancellation signal based on the response sound measurements.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2015Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: Nortek Air Solutions, LLCInventor: Lawrence G. Hopkins
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Patent number: 9863435Abstract: A fan unit (2) includes a fan housing (3), a fan motor (5) provided in the fan housing, and a partition plate (4) that is attached to a partition plate attachment surface (6a) of the fan housing and that regulates air flow from the fan motor. A protrusion portion (7) is provided on the partition plate attachment surface of the fan housing.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: FANUC CORPORATIONInventor: Masaki Miura
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Patent number: 9851781Abstract: A control method includes supplying, by a second cooling apparatus, air at a first airflow rate to a plurality of computers each of which provides a first cooling apparatus; acquiring information on power consumption of the plurality of first cooling apparatuses and power consumption of the second cooling apparatus; supplying, by the second cooling apparatus, air at a second airflow rate, having a value obtained by changing the first airflow rate by a predetermined amount to the plurality of computers; acquiring information on the power consumption of the plurality of first cooling apparatuses and the power consumption of the second cooling apparatus; and changing an airflow rate of the second cooling apparatus by the predetermined amount, based on a comparison result between a changed amount of the power consumption of the plurality of first cooling apparatuses and a changed amount of the power consumption of the second cooling apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2014Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventor: Hiroyoshi Kodama
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Patent number: 9836102Abstract: Embodiments herein describe a cooling system for a plurality of arrayed components arranged in a first bank and a second bank, the first bank being disposed upstream of the second bank along an airflow path. The system comprises a first wall configured to be positioned above the first bank and the second bank. The first wall defines an angled cavity such that a height of the angled cavity decreases from the front end of the angled cavity to a region between the front end and the back end of the angled cavity. The first wall defines the angled cavity such that a distance between the first wall and the first bank is greater than a distance between the first wall and the second bank. The first wall forms a top portion of the airflow path.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2016Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventor: William J. Anderl
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Patent number: 9837789Abstract: An air-cooled laser device having a heat radiating structure capable of effectively radiating heat generated by a laser diode module and also radiating heat generated by a heating component other than the laser diode module, without being increased in size. The laser device has: laser diode modules; a heat-receiving plate horizontally-arranged, to which the laser diode modules are thermally connected; at least one L-shaped heat-transferring member extending inside the heat-receiving plate and bending at a right angle outside heat-receiving plate; a plurality of heat radiating fins attached to a vertical portion of the heat-transferring member so that each fin extends in a horizontal direction; and an axial fan for sending air to an upper space of the heat-receiving plate through between the fins. The air after flowing between the fins cools a heating component other than the laser diode module, positioned in the upper space, without changing the flow direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2016Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: FANUC CORPORATIONInventor: Hiroshi Takigawa
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Patent number: 9801304Abstract: A cooling system for an automatic control component includes a frame. The frame includes a front side, a back side, a first side wall, and a second side wall. The cooling system also includes a stay coupled to the frame. Additionally, the cooling system includes a locking mechanism coupled to the front side of the frame. The locking mechanism is configured to move between a locked position and an unlocked position to secure the frame to a control module assembly. Moreover, the cooling system includes a fan positioned within the frame. The fan is configured to cool internal electronics of the control module assembly and the fan receives operative energy from the control module assembly. The cooling system also includes a printed circuit board secured within the stay and configured to receive power from the control module assembly and supply power to the fan.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2015Date of Patent: October 24, 2017