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| 20110110044 | HEAT DISSIPATION APPARATUS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A heat dissipation apparatus adapted for cooling an electronic component received in a metal housing includes a heat sink thermally attached to the electronic component and a plurality of resilient tabs arranged between the heat sink and the metal housing. The resilient tabs are elastically deformed by the metal housing and thermally contact an inner face of the metal housing. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110317359 | FAN DUCT FOR ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A fan duct includes a top plate, two side plates extending downward from opposite sides of the top plate, and plural guiding plates extending downward from the top plate. The side plates and the top plates cooperatively define an air inlet and an air outlet. The air inlet and the air outlet are located at another two opposite sides of the top plates, respectively. The guiding plates are located between the side plates and adjacent to the air outlet. Each of the guiding plates forms a guiding face facing the air inlet. The guiding face is obliquely oriented with respect to the top plate. An electronic device incorporating the fan duct is also provided. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120013188 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM AND CONTAINER DATA CENTER INCLUDING THE SAME - A power supply system includes a road electricity generating apparatus, a battery, and a voltage converter. The road electricity generating apparatus is installed in a road. The road electricity generating apparatus includes a number of piezoelectric crystals connected in series to convert potential energy of passing vehicles to electricity. The battery stores the electricity generated by the piezoelectric crystals. The voltage converter converts the electricity of the battery to a desired working voltage for the container data center. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013195 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM AND CONTAINER DATA CENTER INCLUDING SAME - A power supply system includes a number of aerogenerators, a number of rectifiers, and a direct current to direct current (DC/DC) converter. A first terminal of each rectifier is connected to a corresponding one of the aerogenerators. A first terminal of the DC/DC converter is connected to second terminals of the rectifiers. A second terminal of the DC/DC converter is connected to a power unit of a container data center. Each rectifier converts the alternating current (AC) generated by the corresponding aerogenerator to a pulsating direct current (DC). The DC/DC converter converts the pulsating DC to a constant voltage DC and supplies power to the power unit. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120024515 | DATA CENTER AND HEAT DISSIPATING SYSTEM THEREOF - A container data center includes a plurality of server systems installed in a container. Each server system includes a power distribution units (PDU) used to manage power and a heat dissipating system to dissipate heat. The heat dissipating system includes a fan and a fan controller connected to the PDU. The PDU detects output power of the corresponding server system and transforms the output power to a corresponding fan rotation speed control signal transmitted to the fan controller, the fan controller controls rotation speed of the fan according to the fan rotation speed control signal. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120039035 | SERVER SYSTEM AND HEAT DISSIPATION DEVICE THEREOF - An exemplary server system includes a server cabinet, multiple servers, and a heat dissipation module. The server cabinet includes a rack, a front door and a rear plate. The front door and the rear plate are hinged on front and rear sides of the rack, respectively. The servers are arranged in the server cabinet along a lateral axis of the server cabinet. The heat dissipation device includes a fan module mounted on the servers and a dissipating module arranged on the fan module. The fan module is configured for drawing airflow along an upward axis in the server cabinet. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120041597 | FAN SPEED CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A fan speed control system includes a fan, a hardware device, and a basic input/output system (BIOS) module. The BIOS module includes a memory unit, an initial power detecting unit, a searching unit, and a control unit. The memory unit stores a matching table between of initial power ranges and corresponding fan speed control curves. The initial power detecting unit is operable to detect the initial power of the hardware device. The searching unit is operable to read the matching table and search which fan speed control curve matches with the initial power of the hardware device. The control unit is operable to select the matching fan speed control curve to control a speed of the fan. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120043287 | DATA CENTER - A data center includes a rack, and a server module installed in the rack. The server module includes a top surface, a bottom surface, and left and right surfaces. A number of closing members are positioned on the top surface, the bottom surface, and the left and right surfaces of the server module. The closing members resist against the rack to close the interstices between the rack and the server module, to avoid hot air vented from the server module flowing back through the interstice. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044631 | SERVER SYSTEM WITH HEAT DISSIPATION DEVICE - An exemplary server system includes a server cabinet, racks arranged in the server cabinet, servers mounted on the racks, and a heat dissipation device. The heat dissipation device includes a heat exchanger arranged over the racks, a first fan module arranged under the racks for drawing cooling air from the heat exchanger to the servers to exchange heat, and a second fan module including drawing fans respectively arranged on the racks for drawing up heated air from the servers to the heat exchanger. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044632 | SERVER SYSTEM AND HEAT DISSIPATION DEVICE THEREOF - An exemplary server system includes a server cabinet, multiple racks arranged in the server cabinet, multiple servers mounted on the racks, and a heat dissipation device for cooling the servers. The heat dissipation device includes a fan module and a dissipating module. The fan module is arranged over the racks for generating downwards airflow across the servers to exchange heat with the servers. The dissipating module is arranged over the racks to exchange heat with the airflow after the airflow passes the servers. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120057298 | SERVER SYSTEM WITH HEAT DISSIPATION APPARATUS - An exemplary server system includes a server cabinet defining a space therein; a number of racks arranged in the space, a number of servers mounted in the racks, and a heat dissipation apparatus arranged under the racks. A channel is defined between the racks. Each of the servers includes a drawing fan. The heat dissipation apparatus includes a fan module and two heat exchangers respectively arranged at opposite sides of the fan module. The fan module is aligned with the channel for generating upward a flow of cooling air upward to the channel. During operation of the server system, the cooling air is drawn across the servers by the drawing fans to evacuate heat from the servers and becomes heated air, and the heated air flows down to the heat exchangers where the heat is dissipated from the heated air such that the heated air become the cooling air again. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120063082 | DATA CENTER - A data center includes a housing and a number of server module assemblies received in the housing. Airflow interspaces are formed between neighboring server module assemblies, and between the two outmost server module assemblies and corresponding sidewalls of the housing. The airflow interspaces are alternately used for cold aisles and hot aisles. An inside of each server module is communicated with one of the hot aisles and one of the cold aisles at opposite sides of the server module. A number of cooling units are installed in the housing over the server module assemblies. A number of fans are installed in the housing to draw hot air from the hot aisles to flow through the corresponding cooling units to be cooled, and the cooled air flow into the corresponding cold aisles, thereby creating air differences in air pressure between the cold aisles and the hot aisles. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120063087 | CONTAINER DATA CENTER AND AIR INTAKE APPARATUS - A container data center includes a movable container, two server systems having a cold aisle and two hot aisles, two fan apparatuses, an exchanger, and an air intake apparatus. The air intake apparatus includes a number of air intake elements each defining an air channel. The fan apparatuses are operable to transfer hot airflow in the hot aisles into the heat exchanger, and then the heat exchanger transforms the hot airflow into cold airflow and transfers the cold airflow into the cold aisle through the air intake apparatus. The air intake elements are connected together and cover the cold aisle. The air intake elements of the air intake apparatus are arranged in a “V” shape along an orientation toward the airflow of the cold aisle. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120071076 | CONTAINER DATA CENTER AND HEAT DISSIPATION SYSTEM - A container data center includes a container, a number of server systems, and a number of fan apparatuses. Each fan apparatus includes a number of guides to guide airflow of the cooling airflow, a guide driver to drive the guides, and a micro control unit (MCU) to control the guide driver. Each server system includes a temperature sensor to determine temperature of the server system. The MCU of each fan apparatus is connected to two temperature sensors of two server systems nearest to the fan apparatus but not in the same row. The MCU receives two temperature signals from two corresponding temperature sensors and directs the guide driver to rotate the guides towards the server system with higher temperature. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120075794 | CONTAINER DATA CENTER WITH POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM - A container data center includes a power storage device, a power distribution device, a number of server systems, a portable container, and a number of power supply systems each connected between two opposite server systems in two rows. The power supply system includes a blower, a number of wind turbines, and a generator. Cooled air is blown to rotate the wind turbines by the blower, to generate mechanical energy. The generator receives the mechanical energy from the wind turbines and converts the received mechanical energy to electricity, and provides the converted electricity to the power storage device or the power distribution device. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120077427 | CONTAINER DATA CENTER AND HEAT DISSIPATION SYSTEM - A container data center includes a movable container, two server systems, an exhaust fan arranged on the container, a cold airflow generating apparatus arranged under the server systems, and a heat shield connected between tops of the server systems. A cold aisle is defined among the server systems, the heat shield, and the cold airflow generating apparatus. A hot aisle is defined among sidewalls of the container, the server systems, the heat shield, and the cold airflow generating apparatus. A bottom of the cold aisle defines an opening to communicate with the cold airflow generating apparatus. The cold airflow generating apparatus includes a blower arranged under the opening, two heat exchangers respectively arranged at opposite sides of the blower, and two air filters respectively arranged around outside of the heat exchangers. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120087077 | SERVER SYSTEM WITH HEAT DISSIPATION DEVICE - An exemplary server system includes a server cabinet, a number of racks received in the server cabinet, a number of servers mounted in the racks, and a heat dissipation device. The server cabinet includes a top plate, a bottom plate, and two end plates between the top and bottom plates. Each end plate defines an opening at a top end thereof and a plurality of apertures at a bottom end thereof. The servers are stacked between the end plates of the server cabinet with a channel defined therebetween. The heat dissipation device includes an intake fan arranged under the racks with air intakes thereof facing the apertures and air outlets thereof facing the channel, and two drawing fans respectively arranged at the openings of the two end plates for exhausting heated air of the server cabinet to the exterior. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120097375 | FAN SYSTEM FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A fan system for dissipating heat generated in an electronic device includes a processor unit, a speedometer unit connected to the processor unit, a governor unit connected to the processor unit, and a fan group including at least two fans. Each fan is connected to the speedometer unit and the governor unit and has at least two motors. The processor unit controls all the motors to rotate and thereby drives all the fans to rotate through the governor unit, and detects rotation speeds of all the motors through the speedometer unit. When a motor malfunctions, the processor unit adjusts the rotation speeds of all other motors to ensure that the fan having the malfunctioning motor and other fans are respectively provided with equal power and then rotate in equal speeds. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120103843 | CONTAINER DATA CENTER - A container data center includes a mobile container, a support plate installed in the container adjacent and parallel to a bottom wall of the container. Also included are two server systems arranged on the support plate in two parallel rows and a number of brackets installed between the bottom wall and the support plate. Additionally, a blower is installed between the bottom wall and the support plate, and two heat exchangers are provided at opposite sides of the blower. Each of the brackets comprises a number of columns. Each of the columns defines an air channel facing the blower. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120107120 | COOLING FAN AND ROTOR OF COOLING FAN - A cooling fan includes a frame and a rotor received in the frame. The rotor includes a hub, blades extending outwardly and radially from the hub, and a cover plate connected with the hub. The hub includes a top wall and a sidewall extending from a circumference of the top wall. The top wall of the hub defines a plurality of blind holes on an outer surface thereof, and the blind holes are shaded by the cover plate. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120118553 | HEAT VENTILATION APPARATUS - An exemplary heat ventilation apparatus includes a server system having servers, a temperature sensor, a blower unit and a controlling unit electrically connected to the temperature sensor and the blower unit. The temperature sensor is mounted on the server system for sensing a temperature of an interior of the server system. The blower unit is adapted for drawing hot air from the server system to warm buildings. The controlling unit outputs different signals to turn on or turn off the blower unit according to different temperatures of the interior of the server system. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120129442 | CONTAINER DATA CENTER - A container data center includes a container, a number of server systems installed in the container, a heat dissipating system, and two static air purifier devices. Two air inlets and two air outlets are defined in the container. The static air purifier devices are respectively attached to sidewalls of the container, and communicating with the air inlets of the container. The heat dissipating system drives air outside the container to flow into the container through the air inlets after flowing through the static air purifiers to be filtered of dust, and exhausts hot air generated by the servers through the outlets of the container. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120132554 | CONTAINER DATA CENTER - A container data center includes a container and a number of server systems arranged in two rows. An intake is defined in a top wall of the container. An outlet is defined in a sidewall of the container adjacent to the bottom of the container. Air outside the container is drawn into the container through the intake to cool the server systems. Hot air dissipated by the server systems is exhausted out of the container through the outlet of the container. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120142265 | CONTAINER DATA CENTER - A container data center includes a container and a number of server systems arranged in two rows. The container includes a top wall, a bottom wall opposite to the top wall, and opposite sidewalls connected between the top wall and the bottom wall. Each of the sidewalls defines an intake adjacent to the bottom wall of the container, and an outlet adjacent to the top wall of the container. Air outside the container is drawn into the container through the intake to cool the server systems. Hot air dissipated by the server systems is exhausted out of the container through the outlet of the container. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120155021 | AIR DUCT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - An air duct includes a top plate, two side plates extending from two lateral sides of the top plate, a baffle plate extending from the top plate and located between the side plates, and a torsion spring connected between the top plate and the baffle plate. The top plate and the side plates cooperatively define an air passage in the air duct. The baffle plate includes a first end pivotally connected with the top plate and an opposite second end. The second end of the baffle plate is rotatable relative to the top plate. The torsion spring includes two arms abutting against the top plate and the baffle plate, respectively. When the baffle plate is rotated relative to the top plate under an external force, the torsion spring resists such force. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120190289 | FAN APPARATUS AND FAN GATE THEREOF - An exemplary fan apparatus includes a cooling fan and a fan gate attached to the cooling fan. The cooling fan defines an air inlet and an air outlet at two opposite sides thereof. The fan gate includes a mounting frame fixed on the cooling fan and surrounding the air outlet, and an airflow valve extending from the mounting frame. The airflow valve is bendable relative to the mounting frame. When the cooling fan works, an airflow produced by the cooling fan flows to the fan gate and pushes the airflow valve to bend with respect to the cooling fan to cause the air outlet to be exposed. When the cooling fan does not work, the airflow valve covers the air outlet. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20130008200 | DATA CENTER OF HIGH HEAT DISSIPATION EFFICIENCY - A data center includes a container, a server system, an air conditioner, and an air guide. The container includes a floor, and a sidewall that defines a through hole adjacent to the floor. The server system includes a rack and a number of servers mounted in the rack. The rack defines an air outlet apart from but facing the sidewall. The air conditioner includes an evaporator and a condenser. The evaporator is positioned on the top of the rack. The condenser defines an outlet and is sandwiched between the bottom of the rack and the floor and extending through the through hole. The air outlet of the condenser faces outside of the container. The air guide is a sheet extending from an edge of the evaporator that is distant from the rack and then bends to extend toward the floor. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130083483 | HEAT DISSIPATION DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING SAME - A heat dissipation device is for dissipating heat generated from an electronic device, and includes a fan duct and a heat sink. The fan duct includes a top plate having a receiving hole penetrating therethrough. The heat sink is configured to dissipate heat from a heat-generating electronic component of the electronic device, and includes a base configured to be mounted on the heat-generating electronic component and a number of heat dissipating sheets positioned on the base. The heat dissipating sheets are long enough to extend towards the fan duct and into the receiving hole when the heat dissipation device is installed in the electronic device. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130103879 | LOAD CARD FOR TESTING PERIPHERAL COMPONENT INTERCONNECT SLOTS - A load card for testing different types of PCI slots is provided. The load card includes several gold fingers, and resistor selection circuits. Each gold finger corresponds to one PCI slot. Each resistor selection circuit includes a resistor to test at least one PCI slot working in one working voltage. When a PCI slot working at a working voltage is to be tested, the gold finger connects to the PCI slot, and the resistor selection circuit including the resistor to test the PCI slot working at the working voltage is enabled and others are disabled in response to an operation of the user. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130107451 | SERVER SYSTEM WITH AIR COOLING DEVICE | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130133357 | CONTAINER DATA CENTER - A container data center includes a container and a number of racks containing a number of computer servers. The racks divide the container into a first space and a second space. The container further includes a heat dissipation system including a first portion. The first portion includes a first intake communicating with the first space, an evaporator, and a first outlet communicating with the second space. The evaporator cools the airflow coming from the first space through the first intake, and the first outlet exhaust the cooled airflow to the second space. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130137357 | CONTAINER DATA CENTER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AIRFLOW INTO THE CONTAINER DATA CENTER - A container data center includes a portable container, a number of server cabinets accommodated in the container, a shutter set on a side wall of the container, a temperature sensor to sense a temperature of air outside the container, a humidity sensor to sense a humidity of air outside the container, and a controlling device to receive the sensed temperature and the sensed humidity. The controlling device compares the sensed temperature with a preset temperature and compares the sensed humidity with a preset humidity range. When the sensed temperature is less than the preset temperature and the sensed humidity is in the preset humidity range, the controlling device opens the shutter. When the sensed temperature is higher than the preset temperature or the sensed humidity is outside of the preset humidity range, the controlling device closes the shutter. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130146269 | HEAT SINK - A heat sink includes a base and a number of fins perpendicularly extending from the base. The base includes a main body. The fins include a number of parallel first fins and two second fins sandwiching the first fins. Each second fin includes a main piece extending from the main body and a guiding piece extending from one end of the main piece. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130148297 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH AIR DUCT - An air duct is installed in a chassis. The chassis includes a bottom wall. The air duct includes a first positioning plate and a second positioning plate perpendicularly fixed on the bottom wall and parallel to each other, and a cover. The cover includes a top plate with a first side rotatably connected to the first positioning plate, and a second side detachably latched to the second positioning plate, and the easily-removable air duct is fashioned so as to direct one or more airflows more effectively over the electronic components within an electronic device. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130155607 | COOLING SYSTEM FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A cooling system is used for cooling an electronic apparatus in an electronic device. The electronic device includes a top wall, a bottom wall, a first sidewall, and a second sidewall. The electronic apparatus is supported on a middle of the bottom plate. The cooling system includes an evaporator, a fan, a condenser, a heat sink attached to the condenser, and a refrigerant pipe connected between the condenser and the evaporator. The heat sink and the condenser are set on an inner surface of the first sidewall. The fan is set on the first sidewall and aligns with the heat sink. The condenser operates to cool refrigerant and transfers the cooled refrigerant to the evaporator. A first airflow cooled by and coming from the evaporator flows through the electronic apparatus and the condenser to cool the electronic apparatus and the condenser, and is then vented through the fan. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130155613 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH AIR DUCT - An electronic device includes a casing, a motherboard installed in the casing, a number of components positioned on the motherboard, a number of fans and vents aligning with the components, and an air duct installed on the motherboard so as to enclose the components. The casing includes a cover defining an opening. The air duct includes a removable top plate covering the opening. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130163194 | CABINET WITH COOLING SYSTEM - A cabinet includes a chassis, a server module, a first cooling module, and a number of second cooling modules. The server module includes servers received in the chassis, and each server includes heat generating components. The first cooling module includes first fans. The second cooling modules are mounted in each server. Each second cooling module includes a second fan and a temperature sensor electrically connected to the second fan. When temperatures measured by the sensors are lower than a predetermined temperature, only the first fans are employed to dissipate heat of the servers; when any of the measured temperatures is higher than the predetermined temperature, the temperature sensor that detected the higher temperature transmits a signal to the corresponding second fan for starting the second fan. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130203334 | CONTAINER DATA CENTER - A container data center includes a container and an airflow guide cover. The container includes an end wall defining an opening. The airflow guide cover is mounted to the end wall and includes a plate covering the opening. A vent is defined in the plate. A hollow airflow guide portion protrudes into the container from an inner surface of the plate, surrounding the vent. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20140004785 | CONTAINER DATA CENTER | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140049907 | RACK-MOUNT SERVER SYSTEM - A rack-mounted server system includes a rack, a number of server units mounted in the rack adjacent to a front end of the rack, a fan module, and a number of power units located beside the server units. The rack includes a back wall defining an air outlet aligned with the server units. The fan module is fixed to the back wall and fitted in the air outlet. The power units are arranged in front of the fan module. An air-guide plate is mounted in the rack between the fan module and the power units to guide a part of the airflow generated by the fan module to flow through the power units. | 02-20-2014 |
