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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7885074 | Direct jet impingement-assisted thermosyphon cooling apparatus and method Cooling apparatuses and methods are provided for facilitating cooling of an electronic device utilizing a cooling subassembly, a pump and a controller. The cooling subassembly includes a jet impingement structure, and a thermosyphon. The jet impingement structure di... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7885070 | Apparatus and method for immersion-cooling of an electronic system utilizing coolant jet impingement and coolant wash flow Apparatus and method are provided for facilitating pumped, immersion-cooling of an electronic system having multiple different types of electronic components. The apparatus includes a container sized to receive the electronic system, a coolant inlet port and a coola... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7883266 | Method and apparatus for defect detection in a cold plate Method and apparatus are provided for detecting a defect in a cold plate, configured for cooling an electronics component. The method includes: establishing a first fluid flow through the cold plate, the first fluid flow being at a first temperature; impinging a sec... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7878007 | Monitoring method and system for determining airflow rate through and heat removal rate of an air-conditioning unit Monitoring method and system are provided for dynamically determining airflow rate through and heat removal rate of an air-conditioning unit, such as a computer room air-conditioning unit. The method includes: sensing inlet and outlet temperatures of fluid passing t... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7841385 | Dual-chamber fluid pump for a multi-fluid electronics cooling system and method A dual-chamber fluid pump is provided for a multi-fluid electronics cooling system and method. The pump has a first fluid path for pumping a first fluid coolant and a second fluid path for pumping a second fluid coolant, with the first fluid path including a first p... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7832925 | Apparatus and method for simulating heated airflow exhaust of an electronics subsystem, electronics rack or row of electronics racks Apparatus and method are provided for facilitating simulation of heated airflow exhaust of an electronics subsystem, electronics rack or row of electronics racks. The apparatus includes a thermal simulator, which includes an air-moving device and a fluid-to-air heat... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7830664 | Cooling apparatuses with discrete cold plates compliantly coupled between a common manifold and electronics components of an assembly to be cooled Cooling apparatuses and methods are provided for cooling an assembly including a planar support structure supporting multiple electronics components. The cooling apparatus includes: multiple discrete cold plates, each having a coolant inlet, coolant outlet and at le... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7827451 | Method, system and program product for establishing decimal floating point operands for facilitating testing of decimal floating point instructions A method, system and program product are provided for establishing one or more decimal floating point (DFP) operand for facilitating testing of a decimal floating point instruction. The method includes obtaining an encoded DFP operand previously generated for testin... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7805618 | Component indicators used during extended power-off service A method and related apparatus for servicing an electrical/electronic device during power shut offs is provided. The apparatus comprises a service logic having a memory and control component for storing device information during normal device operation and one or mo... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7793512 | Multiple self cleaning orifice thermal expansion device A multiport expansion device for vapor compression refrigeration systems is provided having improved reliability by preventing orifice fouling by virtue of its mechanical design. Furthermore, multiple arrays of ports of two or more similar or differently sized port ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7791882 | Energy efficient apparatus and method for cooling an electronics rack Apparatus and method are provided for cooling an electronics rack in an energy efficient, dynamic manner. The apparatus includes one or more extraction mechanisms for facilitating cooling of the electronics rack, an enclosure, a heat removal unit, and a control unit... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7788941 | Cooling system and method utilizing thermal capacitor unit(s) for enhanced thermal energy transfer efficiency A cooling system and method are provided which include a facility cooling unit, a cooling tower, and one or more thermal capacitor units. The facility cooling unit, which includes a heat dissipation coolant loop, facilitates thermal energy extraction from a facility... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7787248 | Multi-fluid cooling system, cooled electronics module, and methods of fabrication thereof A multi-fluid cooling system and methods of fabrication thereof are provided for removing heat from one or more electronic devices. The cooling system includes a multi-fluid manifold structure with at least one first fluid inlet orifice and at least one second fluid... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7787222 | Over-voltage protection for voltage regulator modules of a parallel power system A protection circuit for a parallel power system having at least two parallel coupled voltage regulators is disclosed. The protection circuit includes at least two isolation control circuits, each control circuit being coupled to a respective voltage regulator. Each... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7768222 | Automated control of rotational velocity of an air-moving device of an electronics rack responsive to an event Automated control is provided of rotational velocity of an air-moving device cooling an electronics subsystem of an electronics rack. The automated control includes: automatically responding to a failure event associated with the electronics subsystem of the rack by... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7762314 | Cooling apparatus, cooled electronic module and methods of fabrication employing a manifold structure with interleaved coolant inlet and outlet passageways A cooling apparatus and method of fabrication are provided for facilitating removal of heat from an electronic device. The cooling apparatus includes a manifold structure having a plurality of inlet and outlet passageways for injecting coolant onto, and exhausting c... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7757506 | System and method for facilitating cooling of a liquid-cooled electronics rack Systems and methods are provided for cooling an electronics rack, which includes a heat-generating electronics subsystem across which air flows from an air inlet to an air outlet side of the rack. First and second modular cooling units (MCUs) are associated with the... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7751918 | Methods for configuring tubing for interconnecting in-series multiple liquid-cooled cold plates Methods of configuring a cooling subassembly for an electronics system are provided, that is, for establishing a coolant-carrying tube layout for interconnecting multiple liquid-cooled cold plates in series-fluid communication for cooling multiple heat-generating el... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7731079 | Cooling apparatus and method of fabrication thereof with a cold plate formed in situ on a surface to be cooled A cooling apparatus and method of fabrication are provided for facilitating removal of heat from a heat-generating electronic device. The method of fabrication includes: obtaining a solder material; disposing the solder material on a surface to be cooled; and reflow... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7715215 | Control of an AC-to-DC power supply assembly fed by a three-phase AC source Control of an AC-to-DC power supply assembly fed by a three-phase AC source is provided by: determining whether the power supply assembly includes greater than three single-phase power regulators feeding a common load, with multiple regulators being connected in par... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7707880 | Monitoring method and system for determining rack airflow rate and rack power consumption Monitoring method and system are provided for dynamically determining rack airflow rate and rack power consumption employing a heat exchanger disposed at an air outlet side of the electronics rack. The method includes: sensing air temperature at the air outlet side ... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7681073 | Arbitration system for redundant controllers, with output interlock and automatic switching capabilities An arbitration mechanism is provided for arbitrating between redundant controllers having outputs electrically connected together and provided as input to at least one device under control. The arbitration mechanism includes logic for automatically determining which... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7673389 | Cold plate apparatus and method of fabrication thereof with a controlled heat transfer characteristic between a metallurgically bonded tube and heat sink for facilitating cooling of an electronics component Cold plate apparatuses and methods of fabrication are provided for facilitating cooling of an electronics component. The fabrication approach includes: forming a tube with a first metal and having first and second ends with a heat transfer region disposed therebetwe... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7667965 | Acoustically absorptive anti-recirculation panel for one or more electronics racks of a data center An acoustically absorptive panel is provided configured to reside above multiple electronics racks disposed in a row within a data center. The acoustically absorptive panel is configured to extend a height above the multiple electronics racks sufficient to at least ... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7665325 | Multi-fluid cooling system and method with freeze protection for cooling an electronic device A multi-fluid cooling system and method for cooling an electronic device are provided which employ freeze protection when in a shipping state. The cooling system includes a coolant loop having an expansion tank containing first and second fluids, which are immiscibl... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7660121 | System of facilitating cooling of electronics racks of a data center employing multiple cooling stations A cooling system and method are provided for cooling air exiting one or more electronics racks of a data center. The cooling system includes at least one cooling station separate and freestanding from at least one respective electronics rack of the data center, and ... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7660109 | Apparatus and method for facilitating cooling of an electronics system Apparatus and method are provided for facilitating air-cooling of an electronics system employing a vapor-compression heat exchange system, and front and back covers. An evaporator housing of the heat exchange system is mounted to a system housing of the electronics... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7657347 | Temperature-based monitoring method and system for determining first and second fluid flow rates through a heat exchanger Monitoring method and system are provided for dynamically determining flow rate of a first fluid and a second fluid through a heat exchanger. The method includes: pre-characterizing the heat exchanger to generate pre-characterized correlation data correlating effect... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7656660 | Airflow arresting apparatus and method for facilitating cooling of an electronics rack of a data center An airflow arresting apparatus is provided configured to reside above an electronics rack within a data center. The apparatus includes an airflow arrester and a track mechanism. The airflow arrester includes a collapsible panel sized and configured to reside above t... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7653499 | Method and system for automated energy usage monitoring within a data center An automated method and system are provided for facilitating monitoring of energy usage within a data center. The method includes automatically determining energy usage of one or more electronics racks of a data center by automatically ascertaining time-based energy... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7646603 | Noise-reducing attachment apparatus for heat exchanger door of an electronics rack of a data center A noise-reducing attachment apparatus for a heat exchanger door is provided for facilitating attenuation of noise emanating from an electronics rack. The apparatus includes a frame structure configured to coupled to the heat exchanger door. The door includes in air ... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7642914 | Auto-locating system and method for data center mapping and monitoring Automated locating of electronics racks within a data center room is provided. The automated approach employs n wireless identification units associated with respective electronics racks of the data center, and first and second transceiver units positioned within th... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7641101 | Method of assembling a cooling system for a multi-component electronics system A cooling system assembly method including: providing a support fixture having a multi-level support surface and multiple positioning dowels extending therefrom; positioning multiple liquid-cooled cold plates on the support surface employing the multiple dowels, the... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7639511 | Adjustable attachment for electronic assemblies An apparatus and method used for connecting surfaces to one another is provided. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises of a mounting body with a front and a back portion. The front portion includes an opening that is aligned with another opening of a block, fix... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7639499 | Liquid cooling apparatus and method for facilitating cooling of an electronics system Apparatus and method are provided for facilitating liquid cooling one or more components of an electronic subsystem chassis disposed within an electronics rack. The apparatus includes a rack-level coolant manifold assembly and at least one movable chassis-level mani... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7639498 | Conductive heat transport cooling system and method for a multi-component electronics system A conductive heat transport cooling system and method are provided for cooling primary and secondary heat generating components of an electronics system. The cooling system includes a liquid-based cooling subsystem including at least one liquid-cooled cold plate phy... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7630795 | Method and air-cooling unit with dynamic airflow and heat removal adjustability Method and air-cooling unit are provided for dynamically adjusting airflow rate through and heat removal rate of the air-cooling unit to facilitate cooling of one or more electronics racks of a data center. The air-cooling unit includes a housing, an air-moving devi... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7593227 | Isolation valve and coolant connect/disconnect assemblies and methods of fabrication for interfacing a liquid cooled electronics subsystem and an electronics housing An isolation valve assembly, a coolant connect/disconnect assembly, a cooled multi-blade electronics center, and methods of fabrication thereof are provided employing an isolation valve and actuation mechanism. The isolation valve is disposed within at least one of ... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7558248 | Fanning route generation technique for multi-path networks A fanning route generation technique is provided for multi-path networks having a shared communications fabric. The technique includes selecting a source node—destination node (S-D) group having common starting and ending sets of links from the network of intercon... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7539989 | Facilitating intra-node data transfer in collective communications Intra-node data transfer in collective communications is facilitated. A memory object of one task of a collective communication is concurrently attached to the address spaces of a plurality of other tasks of the communication. Those tasks that attach the memory obje... | 05/26/2009 |
