Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080303225 | FAN FLOW SEAL DOCKING COLLAR - A fan docking collar for sealing between a fan housing of a fan and an enclosure wall to improve fan performance by preventing flow recirculation. The docking collar includes a pliable body that defines an opening for air flow. The body has a seal for mating with the fan housing and a rim for sealing against the enclosure wall. | 12-11-2008 |
20080303360 | INSULATED BEARING MOTOR ASSEMBLY - A motor with improved bearing life has a shaft rotatably supported by a pair bearings. The motor further has a stator and a rotor, wherein one of the stator and the rotor is mounted to the shaft and the other of the stator and the rotor surrounds the shaft so that the stator and rotor can rotate with respect to one another. The motor has one or more features to protect at least one of the bearings from heat emitted by at least one of the stator and the rotor. | 12-11-2008 |
20080304230 | Heat-Sink Structure With Small Fin Gap Area - A heat-sink structure includes a base and fins, the latter defining gaps with a cross-sectional area less than 24 mm | 12-11-2008 |
20080310100 | AIRFLOW ADJUSTMENT IN AN ELECTRONIC MODULE ENCLOSURE - An electronic module enclosure has a frame with an airflow opening. A gate positioned within airflow opening pivots between open and closed positions, allowing a maximum and minimum amount of airflow, respectively, through the airflow opening. | 12-18-2008 |
20080310107 | AIRFLOW PATH WITHIN AN ELECTRONIC MODULE ENCLOSURE - An enclosure houses electronic modules in a front region and a rear region. Airflow can be transferred through electronic modules in the front region and into a plenum. An airflow path in the enclosure transfers airflow from the front region of the enclosure to electronic modules housed in the rear region of the enclosure. Airflow is transferred through the electronic modules in the rear region and into the plenum. | 12-18-2008 |
20080310967 | INTELLIGENT AIR MOVING APPARATUS - An intelligent air moving apparatus for cooling an electronics enclosure includes a motor for driving a fan at a variable rotational speed and a microcontroller for controlling the rotational speed of the motor. The microcontroller includes a speed sensor for sensing the rotational speed such that when the sensed rotational speed deviates below a target speed, the microcontroller detects a locked rotor condition. | 12-18-2008 |
20080316704 | AIR MANIFOLD FOR ELECTRONIC MODULE ENCLOSURE - A central air manifold for an electronic module enclosure includes a front section and a rear section. The front section includes openings adapted to communicate with electronic modules and the rear section includes openings adapted to communicate with fans. The openings of the front section can be open when electronic modules are installed in the front section and the openings in the rear section can be open when operating fans are installed in the rear section. | 12-25-2008 |
20090009962 | COMPUTER SYSTEM WITH MOTOR COOLER - A computer system comprises a chassis, an electronic component disposed within the chassis, and a cooling fan that comprises a motor support fixed to a housing that is coupled to the chassis and a hub disposed within the housing. A plurality of blades extend radially from the hub. A motor is disposed within a motor enclosure formed by the motor support and the hub. The hub is rotatably coupled to the motor such that the plurality of blades generates a flow of air around the motor enclosure. The system comprises a motor cooler comprising a flow path through the motor enclosure, where the flow path has a first opening and a second opening, and where the second opening is disposed within an area of lowered downstream pressure so as to develop a differential pressure between the first and second openings and generate a flow of air through the motor enclosure. | 01-08-2009 |
20090010771 | MOTOR COOLER - A cooling fan comprises an outer housing. A motor support is fixed to the outer housing and a motor is mounted to the motor support. A hub is rotatably coupled to the motor and, with the motor support, forms a motor enclosure that substantially surrounds the motor. A plurality of blades extends radially from the hub and are arranged so as to generate a flow of air around the motor enclosure when the blades are rotated. The cooling fan also comprises a motor cooler comprising a flow path through the motor enclosure, wherein the flow path has a first opening and a second opening, wherein the second opening is disposed within an area of lowered downstream pressure so as to develop a differential pressure between the first and second openings and generate a flow of air through the motor enclosure as the motor operates. | 01-08-2009 |
20090016010 | COMPONENT LAYOUT IN AN ENCLOSURE - An electronic module includes an enclosure having front face and a rear face. An electronic circuit board is positioned in the enclosure and a processor is mounted to the electronic circuit board. A data storage device is positioned in the enclosure such that the processor is positioned between the data storage device and the electronic circuit board. | 01-15-2009 |
20090306833 | COOLING ASSIST MODULE - Systems associated with moving heat out of a computer are described. One exemplary system embodiment includes a large heat exchanger, large, quiet, automatically redundant fans, automatically redundant pumps, and a leak containment apparatus. The example system may also include logics for selectively controlling air flow, liquid flow, and flow paths. | 12-10-2009 |
20110030323 | DISCHARGING AIR FILTER - An apparatus comprises a moving, continuously cleaning filter that removes contaminants from air as the air enters an equipment rack and discharges the contaminants into the air as the air exits the equipment rack. | 02-10-2011 |
20110116225 | SPOT-COOLING FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In at least some embodiments, an apparatus includes a pressurized air source and a tube coupled to the pressurized air source. The apparatus also includes an electronic component that is spot-cooled by moving air between the pressurized air source and the electronic component via the tube. | 05-19-2011 |
20120012275 | INTELLIGENT AIR MOVER APPARATUS - A system for cooling an electronics enclosure comprises a plurality of fan modules. Each fan module comprises, a motor for driving a fan at a variable rotational speed, a microcontroller for controlling the rotational speed of the motor, an interface for electronically communicating between the microcontroller and an infrastructure controller external to the fan module, the infrastructure controller providing a target speed to the microcontroller, a memory for storing data including speed avoidance zones, wherein when the target speed falls within one of the speed avoidance zones, the microcontroller controls the motor speed to be slightly outside the speed avoidance zone. | 01-19-2012 |
20120307440 | MIXED-FLOW DUCTED FAN - In accordance with at least some embodiments, a computer system includes an enclosure ( | 12-06-2012 |
20130037250 | INTELLIGENT AIR MOVING APPARATUS - An intelligent air moving apparatus for cooling an electronics enclosure includes a motor for driving a fan at a variable rotational speed and a microcontroller for controlling the rotational speed of the motor. The microcontroller includes a speed sensor for sensing the rotational speed such that when the sensed rotational speed deviates below a target speed, the microcontroller detects a locked rotor condition. | 02-14-2013 |
20130174597 | ADIABATIC COOLING UNIT - Mixing gases within an adiabatic cooling unit can include allowing a first gas at a first temperature to enter a mixing chamber on a non-exposed side of an adiabatic cooling media and utilizing a first baffle to direct the first gas in a direction away from the adiabatic cooling media. Mixing gases within an adiabatic cooling unit can also include allowing a second gas at a second temperature to enter the mixing chamber on an exposed side of the adiabatic cooling media and allowing the first gas and the second gas to mix in the mixing chamber creating a mixed gas. Furthermore, mixing gases within an adiabatic cooling unit can include creating an inlet with the first baffle and a second baffle to direct the mixed gas away from the adiabatic cooling media and allowing the mixed gas to enter through the exposed side of the adiabatic cooling media. | 07-11-2013 |