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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184435 | Hot aisle containment cooling system and method An air containment cooling system for containing and cooling air between two rows of equipment racks includes a canopy assembly configured to enclose a hot aisle defined by the two rows of equipment racks, and a cooling system embedded within the canopy assembly. Th... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8174829 | Cooling electronic devices provided in rows of racks To cool racks of electronic devices, the racks are arranged in a plurality of rows to define at least a first aisle and a second aisle, where the second aisle has air cooler than air in the first aisle, and where the fans of the electronic devices cause air to flow ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8120913 | Methods and devices for forced air cooling of electronic flight bags An electronic flight bag computer (EFB) includes a housing defining first and second compartments that are fluidly isolated from and in thermal communication with one another. The first compartment contains electronic components connected to a user interface on an e... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8081459 | Air conditioning systems for computer systems and associated methods Computer systems with air cooling systems and associated methods are disclosed herein. In several embodiments, a computer system can include a computer cabinet holding multiple computer modules, and an air mover positioned in the computer cabinet. The computer syste... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8050034 | Electronic apparatus and cooling system An electronic apparatus comprises a case configured to house an electronic circuit unit and includes an air intake, through which external air is taken into the case, and an exhausting opening, from which the air is ejected, an circulator provided in the case and co... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8031468 | Hot aisle containment cooling unit and method for cooling A cooling unit, which is configured to contain and cool air between two rows of equipment racks defining a hot aisle, includes a housing configured to be secured mounted on the two rows of equipment racks such that the housing spans the hot aisle, a heat exchanger s... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8004839 | Cooling system for information device To cool a blade type server disposed in an air-conditioned room, the following arrangements are made. The first is at least one shell having a ventilation passage disposed in the air-conditioned room. The second is, the following are disposed in a ventilation passag... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8000101 | System and method for attaching liquid cooling apparatus to a chassis A system for attaching liquid cooling apparatus includes a fan, a chassis and a grill. The chassis is configured to house electronic components in an interior volume and has an air flow opening large enough to receive the fan. The grill is configured to be fastened ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7995342 | Display device A display device according to the present invention comprises a display panel, a housing sealing around the display panel and making a display screen of the display panel viewable from outside, and a heat exchanger collecting heat, which is arranged on a rear surfac... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7990709 | Apparatus and method for facilitating cooling of an electronics rack Apparatus and method are provided for facilitating cooling of air passing through an electronics rack. The apparatus includes a heat exchange assembly hingedly mounted above and external to the rack, such that air passing above the rack from an air outlet side to an... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7957142 | 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 ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7929296 | Fastening device and heat-dissipating module having the same The invention discloses a fastening device for fasten a heat sink onto a base board. The fastening device comprises a first fastening member, a second fastening member and a third fastening member. When assembling the fastening device to the base board, the second f... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7920382 | Aircraft electronics cooling apparatus for an aircraft having a liquid cooling system The invention relates to an improved aircraft electronics cooling system for an aircraft having a liquid cooling system (2), the aircraft electronics cooling system providing a thermal coupling between an electronic device (40a, 40b | 04/05/2011 |
| 7864527 | Systems and methods for close coupled cooling Systems and methods for close coupled cooling of electrical system components such as computer systems are disclosed. The system may include a structure defining spaces each having an inlet and an outlet and being otherwise generally enclosed in which the electronic... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7859835 | Method and apparatus for thermal management of a radio frequency system A thermal management system includes an air duct assembly comprising a supply air duct having an air inlet opening, a return air duct having an air exit opening and a plurality of distribution air ducts configured to be in fluid communication with the air inlet open... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7848106 | Temperature control within disk drive testing systems A disk drive testing system cooling circuit includes a plurality of test racks. Each of the test racks include a test slot compartment and a test electronics compartment. Each of the test slot compartments includes multiple test slots, and one or more cooling condui... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7830658 | Housing with cooling for electronic equipment A housing for electronic equipment comprises a heat exchanger for exchanging heat between a liquid-containing medium and a gas. This heat exchanger comprises a medium inlet and a medium outlet and a flat heat exchanger mat. The mat comprises a number of parallel, eq... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7826215 | Ducted air temperature sensor A temperature isolation duct in a computer system comprising a chassis securing a circuit board and a fan system that draws air through the chassis, and a heat-generating component is mounted on the circuit board and exposed to the air flow. The hot air duct passive... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7804686 | Thermal control system for rack mounting A thermal control system of a 3U height includes various modules for providing temperature control in a rack environment. The modules may be, for example, a power module, user interface module, various different pump assemblies, various different models of fan assem... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7760500 | Liquid cooling system In some embodiments, a cooling device may be mounted to a portion of a chassis of an electronic system, wherein the cooling device may be releasably and pivotably attached to the chassis in at least an open position to permit access to components within the electron... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7684187 | Heat dissipation device A heat dissipation device includes a vapor chamber, a heat dissipating fins assembly, a cover and a fan. The vapor chamber is configured to a bent shape. The heat dissipating fins assembly is adhered to a partial surface of the vapor chamber. The cover is connected ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7672128 | 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 ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7667967 | Liquid-cooled rack with optimized rack heat exchanger design for non-uniform power dissipation A cooling system for a rack-mount server including at least one blade and a system enclosure includes a liquid cooling line, at least one heat exchanger connected to the liquid cooling line and including a plurality of fins divided into one or more sections of the p... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7660117 | Deformable duct guides that accommodate electronic connection lines A duct work assembly is coupled to an end of an electronics enclosure that houses one or more heat generating devices, such as electronics servers. The duct work assembly includes individual duct guides that each have a deformable end, which is configured to locally... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7660116 | Rack with integrated rear-door heat exchanger Rack assemblies and methods for cooling one or more rack-based computer systems, as well as data center configurations that utilize the rack assembly. The rack assembly comprises a rack providing support for multiple columns of heat-generating electronic devices and... | 02/09/2010 |
| 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 |
| 7626815 | Drive bay heat exchanger The present invention represents a significant advancement in the field of cooling systems for computer hardware. One embodiment of a system for cooling a heat-generating device includes a housing sized to fit within a drive bay of a computing device, a heat exchang... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7619887 | Arrangement for cooling electronic modular units in equipment and network cabinets The invention relates to an arrangement for cooling equipment and network cabinets, particularly server cabinets, in which the fans are integrated into a door. The resulting fan door, in the closed position, covers an access area of the rear of the cabinet and longi... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7558063 | Server with a flexible cooling scheme A server with a flexible cooling scheme is disclosed. The server comprises a case and a fan. When the server is in a first cooling configuration the fan is configured to force the gas past a first area to be cooled and out to the outside of the case through a second... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7542290 | Computer device cooling system A computer device cooling system comprising a heat exchanger comprising an airflow face and a plurality of cooling fans disposed to form an airflow face, the cooling fan airflow face sized to correspond to a size of the heat exchanger airflow face. ... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7508665 | Server farm liquid thermal management system A server farm liquid thermal management system that is efficiently maintained. The server farm liquid thermal management system generally includes a coolant reservoir fluidly connected to a plurality of thermal management units. A supply line from the coolant reserv... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7508666 | Cooling system for electronic equipment A cooling solution includes a system providing thermal energy dissipation for electronic equipment located in support racks or cabinets of a facility. According to one embodiment, the system is integrated with a facility where the support cabinets are locate. The sy... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7492593 | Cooled electronics system employing air-to-liquid heat exchange and bifurcated air flow Augmenting air cooling of electronics system using a cooling fluid to cool air entering the system, and to remove the heat dissipated by the electronics. A cooled electronics system includes a frame with drawers containing electronics components to be cooled. The fr... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7457116 | Method and system to cool memory A method, apparatus, and system related to thermal management. The method includes reducing a temperature of a stream of air upstream of at least one memory module by a heat absorption component of a refrigeration device, moving the stream of air into contact with a... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7447026 | System for hot swapping heat exchangers An enclosure for housing electronic equipment comprises a cabinet for receiving the electronic equipment and a cooling system, wherein the cooling system comprises a coolant circulation system including a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, and at least one fluid coupling ... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7447025 | Heat dissipation device A heat dissipation device (1) includes a heat sink (10), a fan (20), and an air cooling member (30). Airflow produced by the fan is led to the heat sink after passing through the air cooling member. The air cooling member can lower the te... | 11/04/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7405930 | Electronic apparatus An electronic apparatus has a housing which is formed with a suction port and an exhaust port. The interior of the housing is partitioned with a first chamber and a second chamber by a partition wall. The first chamber accommodates a CPU generating heat. The suction... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7403392 | Liquid submersion cooling system A portable, self-contained liquid submersion cooling system that is suitable for cooling a number of electronic devices, including cooling heat-generating components in computer systems and other systems that use electronic, heat-generating components. The electroni... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7397661 | Cooled electronics system and method employing air-to-liquid heat exchange and bifurcated air flow Augmenting air cooling of electronics system using a cooling fluid to cool air entering the system, and to remove the heat dissipated by the electronics. A cooled electronics system includes a frame with drawers containing electronics components to be cooled. The fr... | 07/08/2008 |
