...that the x-ray was discovered purely by accident? When German physicist Wilhelm Konrad von Roentgen was experimenting with cathode rays in 1895, he put an activated Crookes tube in a book and went out to lunch. When he returned, he discovered that a key that had also been placed in the book showed up as an image on the developed film!
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 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 resp... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120129441 | COMPUTER SERVER CENTER A computer server center includes a pair of server racks, a pair of separating boards, and a condenser. The pair of server racks are arranged to face each other. The pair of separating boards connect two sides of the pair of server racks to define a separating room betw... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120108157 | CONTAINER DATA CENTER A container data center includes a portable container defining a number of inlets, a number of racks received in the container, and a number of air ducts. Each of the air ducts is mounted to the container and aligns with one corresponding inlet of the container. Each of... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120083196 | System and Method for Conditioning Air A technique facilitates the conditioning of air in an equipment room by utilizing external, ambient air and mixing the external air with warmer air from the equipment room to maintain the equipment room within a desired temperature range. In one embodiment, the techniqu... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120083197 | COLD AIR CONTAINMENT SYSTEM IN A DATA CENTRE A system is provided for containing cold air in a corridor created on the side of a computer cabinet, comprising a base mountable on the computer cabinet, and a panel fastened to the base and moveable with respect to the base, the panel being suitable for separating the... | 04/05/2012 |
| 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 contr... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120052785 | COOLING SYSTEM AND COOLING METHOD A cooling system for cooling an electronic device housed in a rack disposed in a room, the cooling system includes an air conditioner includes an inlet and an outlet and being configured to suck air through the inlet, cool the sucked air, and discharge the cooled air th... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120045982 | CONTAINER DATA CENTER A container data center includes a container, a partition member received in the container, and a number of non-powered turbines installed on the top wall of the container. The container includes a top wall, a bottom wall opposite to the top wall, and a sidewall connect... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120031125 | ENERGY-SAVING SYSTEM AND CONTAINER DATA CENTER INCLUDING THE SAME An energy-saving system includes first and second infrared emitters, first and second infrared receivers, an air conditioner, and a controller. The infrared receivers send out detecting signals when the infrared receivers do not receive infrared signals of the infrared ... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120034860 | DATA CENTER AND COMPUTER STORING RACK THEREFOR The problem for the present invention is to provide a data center that can allow computers such as servers or the like to be operated stably and that can greatly reduce energy consumption during operation, and a rack for storage of computers to be used therein. Accordin... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120028559 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VENTILATING AND ISOLATING ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT According to various embodiments, a system includes a power center or other electrical system. The system includes an enclosure having a ventilation opening and an isolation assembly. The isolation assembly includes a deformable portion and a blocking portion. The block... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120013229 | DUCTED EXHAUST EQUIPMENT ENCLOSURE An electronic equipment enclosure includes a frame structure at least partially enclosed by a plurality of panels defining a compartment in which one or more electronic components are mounted and an exhaust air duct that is adapted to segregate hot air being exhausted f... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120009862 | Cold aisle/hot aisle containment system for computer servers in a data center A cold aisle/hot aisle containment system for cooling computer servers on a raised floor in a data center is provided. The system includes a pedestal support system and a cold aisle is defined by at least one row of air-grate floor panels located between at least two ba... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120003912 | PROVISIONING OF COOLING RESOURCES THROUGH A DELIVERY APPARATUS In a method for provisioning cooling resources to at least one device through at least one delivery apparatus, a recirculation value of cooling resources supplied to the at least one device from the at least one delivery apparatus and a cooling effectiveness (CE) value ... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110319006 | VENT HOOD APPARATUS FOR DATA CENTER An apparatus is provided including a vent hood having an intake opening on a lower side thereof and a return opening on an upper side thereof. The apparatus also includes a return duct connected to the return opening and configured to connect to an air conditioner of a ... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110319007 | SERVER CABINET WITH VENTILATION SYSTEM A server cabinet includes a housing configured to hold plural servers therein, and a ventilation system provided at an open side of the housing. The ventilation system includes an air supply conduit through which airflow can enter other parts of the ventilation system, ... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110310550 | RACK SERVER A rack server including a cabinet, at least one case, at least one replaceable module, and at least one fan is provided. The case is disposed in the cabinet movably and has an opening and a plurality of vents. The replaceable module is moved in or out of the cabinet alo... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110306287 | AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM Some embodiment includes an air conditioner, an air blower, a sensor, and a controller. The air conditioner works for supply to cold spaces. The air blower produces streams of air in and between a server room and an air conditioning system. The sensor takes a measure of... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110306288 | AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING SERVER ROOM According one embodiment, an air-conditioning system is connected to a server room, in which server racks accommodating a plurality of servers are placed between separated first and second spaces, by a return air duct and a supply air duct. In the server room, an airflo... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110300788 | Vertical Exhaust Duct Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a thermal management system. The thermal management system includes a first cabinet, a second cabinet positioned adjacent the first cabinet, and a multi-cabinet vertical exhaust duct positioned above the first cabinet... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110300789 | AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM An embodiment includes a first space, a second space, a first damper, a second damper, and a third damper. The first space is connected to a cold space, having cold air reside therein to send to the cold space. The second space has return air reside therein, as it is di... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110292603 | AIRFLOW CONTROL APPARATUS An adjustable blocking arrangement for electronic hardware or computer racks, for preventing the undesired leakage of air through rack spaces not filled with hardware. An airflow control device is provided comprising a flexible web and a magazine adapted to receive the ... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110288664 | Individually Cooling One Or More Computers In A Rack Of Computers In A Data Center Individually cooling one or more computers in a rack of computers in a data center including an air intake chamber, the air intake chamber having a first opening at a bottom end for receiving air from beneath the data center through perforated tiles in the floor of the ... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110287704 | Vertical exhaust duct An electronic equipment enclosure comprises a frame structure formed from a plurality of support posts and at least partially enclosed by a plurality of panels. The panels include at least side, top and back panels defining an enclosure having a top, a bottom and a rear... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110275303 | Cable management system including airflow functionality A cable management rack is provided within which or upon which a heat-generating device is mountable, and which encompasses a vertical rectangular frame open in a front and a rear of the frame. The rack includes a first upright and a second upright attached to opposite ... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110267767 | SERVER ASSEMBLY A server assembly includes a first server and a first airflow guiding pipe. The first server comprises a front wall. An input hole is defined in the front wall. A first input opening and a first output opening are defined in the first airflow duct. The first output open... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110256823 | DATA CENTER CEILING A datacenter deck element and a datacenter comprising the same, comprising a remotely actuated louvre or slatted aperture. The slats are actuated to adopt a vertical position in the event of a fire so as to permit the passage of water from a sprinkler or other ceiling m... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110256822 | Evaporative Induction Cooling A data center cooling system includes an evaporative cooling system. The evaporative cooling system includes fans configured to circulate outside air at ambient conditions through an entry zone of a data center, and atomizers positioned upstream of the entry zone config... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110250831 | AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM AND AIR CONDITIONER THEREOF An air-conditioning system is used in a data center. The air-conditioning system includes plural electronic apparatuses, plural air conditioners and plural airflow blocking structures. The plural airflow blocking structures are arranged in airflow paths of respective ai... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110239683 | COMPRESSED AIR COOLING SYSTEM FOR DATA CENTER A system for removing heat from components in a computer room of data center includes one or more air storage containers that hold compressed air, one or more compressors that supply compressed air to the air storage containers, and one or more plenums in fluid communic... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110239681 | CONTAINER BASED DATA CENTER SOLUTIONS A cooling container comprises a container housing with a chilled water storage tank including a first interface for receiving chilled water. The chilled water tank has a plurality of straight pipes joined by elbows connections to provide a folded path, the full path len... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110239680 | CONTAINER BASED DATA CENTER SOLUTIONS A cooling container comprises a container housing with a chilled water storage tank including a first interface for receiving chilled water. The chilled water tank has a plurality of straight pipes joined by elbows connections to provide a folded path, the full path len... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110244779 | AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM AND AIR CONDITIONING CONTROL METHOD An air conditioning system disclosed in the present application includes an air conditioner configured to send cooling air to a space installed with racks for mounting one or more electronic devices, an opening panel configured to supply into the space the cooling air s... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110237174 | Device for cooling and conditioning an environment containing a plurality of heat emitting bodies, particularly for server rooms and the like A device for cooling and conditioning an environment that contains a plurality of heat emitting bodies, and in particular for server rooms and the like, which comprise:
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| 20110223849 | AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM An air conditioning system includes an air conditioner that feeds cooling air to a space in which an electronic device is arranged; and a supplying opening that is provided in a vicinity of a flow pathway along which hot air discharged from the electronic device flows t... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110217916 | Cabinet for cooling units for server rooms A cabinet for cooling units for server rooms, of the type comprising a lower part for containing conditioning elements closed by a first lower panel that is at least partly formed by a grill for the exit of the climate-controlled air, and an upper part for containing el... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110207392 | METHOD FOR REGULATING THE COOLING AIR IN EQUIPMENT CABINETS AND SENSOR ARRANGEMENT In order to improve the energy balance for air cooling in equipment cabinets, in particular cabinet arrangements in computer centres and server rooms, regulation of the fans for the cooling air circuit is proposed, by means of which precisely the required amount of cool... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110207391 | Controlled Warm Air Capture A system for providing air circulation to rack-mounted computers can include a plurality of rack-mounted computers on a plurality of motherboards, each motherboard having a front end near a work space and a back end; one or more fans associated with the plurality of mot... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110195652 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COOLING DATA CENTERS AND OTHER ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT Temperature, humidity, and pressure control systems and methods for enclosed spaces, including data centers. In some embodiments, the rotational frequency of the air supply fans is controlled based on a pressure associated with the enclosed space. In some embodiments, t... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110189935 | AIRFLOW GUIDE An airflow guide includes a top cover and two side covers. The two side covers are disposed on opposite ends of the top cover. At least one of the two side covers includes a base plate and a sliding plate. The base plate is fixedly connected to the top cover. The slidin... | 08/04/2011 |