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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189334 | Dehumidifying and re-humidifying cooling apparatus and method for an electronics rack Dehumidifying and re-humidifying cooling apparatus and method are provided for an electronics rack. The apparatus includes an air-to-liquid heat exchanger disposed at an air inlet side of the rack, wherein air flows through the rack from the air inlet side to an air... | 05/29/2012 |
| 7839634 | Micro thrust cooling One embodiment of the present invention uses plasma-driven gas flow to cool down electronic devices. The cooling device may comprise micro heat sink fins assembly, micro plasma actuators assembly, and magnetic circuit assembly. The plasma actuator assembly comprises... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7835149 | Computer enclosure with airflow guide A computer enclosure includes a chassis with a plurality of heat generating components installed therein and an airflow guide structure. The airflow guide structure includes a fan and a duct attached to the fan. A pair of airflow outlets aligned with the fan is defi... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7751188 | Method and system for providing cooling of components in a data storage system A cooling method and system is disclosed which utilizes vortex tubes to generate and direct cold air over heat-generating components of an electronic system. ... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7430118 | Cold row encapsulation for server farm cooling system 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 ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7403391 | Rack height cooling A data center includes an electronic equipment rack having a front face and a back face and a cooling unit positioned adjacent to the rack, the cooling unit having a front face and a back face, the cooling unit being configured to exhaust cooled air from the front f... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7394451 | Backlit display with motion sensor An apparatus for interfacing with a control system, and in particular a home automation system. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises an integrated LCD touch screen and motion sensor. The motion sensor is used to illuminate a backlight to the touch screen when ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7365974 | Method for electronics equipment cooling having improved EMI control and reduced weight An air cooling apparatus for an aircraft includes a cabinet that is configured to house a plurality of modules in a plurality of module accepting regions, respectively, wherein the cabinet has a backplane region. The apparatus further includes a plurality of air flo... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7361081 | Small form factor air jet cooling system An enclosure forms a plurality of tiers vertically stacked in a longitudinal dimension. Each tier is a 1U modular computer system having a computer chassis configured for mounting in the multi-tiered support, and computer components that need cooling within the comp... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7345873 | System and method for cooling electronic systems A cooling system for cooling a plurality of electronic components comprises a centralized source comprising at least one micro cooler configured to deliver a flow of a cooling medium and a plurality of baffles configured to redistribute the cooling medium over the e... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7342784 | Cooling method and device for an electronic component A cooling device for electronic components has a main body, a motor, an adaptor tube, a shaft, a valve assembly, a reservoir, and a delivery tube. The motor is mounted in the main body. The adaptor tube is mounted between the main body and the reservoir and is gradu... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7324336 | Flow through cooling assemblies for conduction-cooled circuit modules A cooling assembly is located in a chassis with a conduction-cooled circuit module and permits the conduction-cooled circuit module to be utilized in an air-flow-through or liquid-flow-through circuit module chassis assembly. The cooling assembly may be a removable ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7295434 | Electronically controlled electric fan cooled by pressurized ambient air An electronically controlled electric fan (10) cooled by pressurized ambient air, includes: a motor (11) furnished with a cover (12), a mechanical assembly rotating a wheel (15) and a casing (13),... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7286347 | Electronic device having a temperature control system An electronic device includes a targeted area within the electronic device. The targeted area includes a first side and a second side that is different from the first side. A first fan lies along the first side. Also, a second fan lies along the second side. The fir... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7283365 | Jet impingement cooling apparatus and method A nozzle useful for enhancing localized cooling of electronic elements and the like is provided. The nozzle is mountable on a substantially planar face of a substrate. It is conformed to intercept a fluid flowing across said face and redirect it toward the substrate... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7262965 | Thermal structure for electric devices A thermal structure includes a fin module, a heat sink base, a heat pipe, a fan housing, and a fan. One end of the heat pipe is connected with the fin module and the other end of the heat pipe is installed on the heat sink base. The fan housing is fixed on the fin m... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7259963 | Rack height cooling A data center includes an electronic equipment rack having a front face and a back face and a cooling unit positioned adjacent to the rack, the cooling unit having a front face and a back face, the cooling unit being configured to exhaust cooled air from the front f... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7236359 | Environmental control system for personal computers An environmental control unit for a personal computer tower case includes an enclosure configured to substantially enclose the tower case and an air conditioning unit configured to draw air from a first region of the enclosure, cool the air to within a selected rang... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7180737 | Heat exchanger system for circuit card assemblies An apparatus for housing and cooling circuit card assemblies employed in communication and other systems is disclosed including a chassis having opposed end walls which are formed with a series of spaced inlet card guides and correspondingly spaced outlet card guide... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7173821 | Computer rack with power distribution system The invention relates to a computer rack, frame or system having a direct current power supply positioned at the upper portion of the rack. In one variation, the DC power supply is placed in the highest shelf in the computer rack. In another variation, the DC power ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7173820 | Data center cooling A modular data center, for housing and cooling electronic equipment, includes multiple housings, a first portion of the housings configured to hold heat-producing electronic equipment and a second portion of the housings configured to hold at least one cooling unit,... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7170747 | Plug-in rack A mounting rack for aircraft has one or more rows, which are located one above the other, each having one or more compartments which are located alongside one another, for holding electronics units, with a compartment being designed for independent insertion and wit... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7161801 | Commutate silencer of computer system A commutate silencer of a computer system is described. The commutate silencer of the computer system is installed at the back end of the computer system, and comprises a shield device, a commutate device and at least one partition. The shield device comprises a fir... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7120018 | Mother board with a ventilation-enhancing member A mother board includes a CPU, a suction fan mounted on the CPU for dissipating heat resulting from operation of the CPU, a north bridge chip disposed downstream to the suction fan, a power-consumption component disposed at one side of the CPU, and a ventilation-enh... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7112131 | Rack enclosure An enclosure is provided for housing electronic equipment that accommodates the different cooling and ventilating requirements of different types of equipment. The enclosure is constructed and arranged to support cooling airflow in a front-to-back configuration thro... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7046514 | Data center cooling A modular data center, for housing and cooling electronic equipment, includes multiple housings, a first portion of the housings configured to hold heat-producing electronic equipment and a second portion of the housings configured to hold at least one cooling unit,... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7042733 | Ultra compact computer arrangement A cubical computer housing assembly comprises first and second ends and four sides, which define an interior compartment for housing the various computer components. The first and second ends are rigidly connected to one another and are slidingly detachable from fou... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7033267 | Rack enclosure An enclosure is provided for housing electronic equipment that accommodates the different cooling and ventilating requirements of different types of equipment. The enclosure is constructed and arranged to support cooling airflow in a front-to-back configuration thro... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7028753 | Apparatus to enhance cooling of electronic device An electronic device has at least one component that is capable of generating a quantity of heat. The electronic device further has an air-moving device and an air duct. The air moving device is capable of creating a flow of air that removes a portion of the quantit... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7019244 | Electrostatic precipitator An electrostatic precipitator that removes zinc whiskers from cooling air provided to cool components in an electronics enclosure. The electrostatic precipitator comprises an ionizer configured to apply a charge to zinc whiskers suspended in the cooling air. The ele... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7014118 | Module header apparatus A header connector apparatus (10) is configured to receive an electronic card (11). The apparatus (10) includes a body (12) having first and second spaced apart side arms (14, 16) formed integrally with the body (12) and con... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6980435 | Modular electronic enclosure with cooling design An embodiment of a modular electronic enclosure is provided as including a chassis having a first portion defining a first compartment, and a second portion defining a second compartment. First and second replaceable units are replaceably received within the first a... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6980433 | Data center cooling system A modular data center includes a plurality of racks, each of the racks having a front face and a back face, wherein the plurality of racks is arranged in a first row and a second row, such that the back faces of racks of the first row are facing the second row, and ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6963484 | Airflow blocker component that comprises a flexible flap portion An airflow blocker component of an apparatus in one example is coupled with a support component. The airflow blocker component comprises a flexible flap portion that is bendable away from the support component into a position that directs one or more airflow portion... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6927977 | Blower exhaust for a closed frame Certain exemplary embodiments of the present invention provide a system for substantially containing a flame, comprising an electrical device enclosure comprising at least one heat-generating electrical device; a substantially planar baffle plate suspended in an ape... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6924977 | Computer system cooling A housing is provided for a modular computer system. The housing comprises a face through which a first removable computer system module is receivable at a module receiving location. The housing also comprises a barrier movable between a first position wherein the b... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6907332 | Method and apparatus to align auxiliary aircraft equipment attitude and heading Precision alignment of auxiliary equipment on an aircraft is accomplished by a locating tool for the aircraft inertial reference unit (IRU) attached to the auxiliary equipment mount. Aircraft attitude and heading are obtained using the IRU. The IRU is removed from i... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6896612 | Self-cooled electronic equipment enclosure with failure tolerant cooling system and method of operation A sealed electronic equipment enclosure with a dedicated cooling system is fitted with movable louvers in the enclosure walls. During normal operation, air pressure developed by the dedicated cooling system keeps the louvers closed and maintains the enclosure sealed... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6888720 | Distributed graphitic foam heat exchanger system A system for cooling at least two electronic components comprises a plurality of graphitic foam products which are each thermally coupled to a corresponding component, a plurality of housings which are each mounted over a corresponding foam product and which each co... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6859366 | Data center cooling system A cooling solution is provided for a modular data center. The modular data center includes a plurality of racks, each of the racks having a front face and a back face, wherein the plurality of racks is arranged in a first row and a second row, such that the back fac... | 02/22/2005 |
