Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080280552 | BLOWER EXHAUST BACKFLOW DAMPER METHODS - Methods for preventing exhaust backflow into a blower are disclosed. Embodiments may include a blower system with an invertible blower chassis having a blower exhaust to direct airflow from the blower chassis at an airflow angle. The system may also include a backflow damper frame attached to the blower chassis and positioned to receive airflow from the blower chassis and one or more vertical damper vanes rotatably attached to the backflow damper frame. Each damper vane may freely rotate between a first, closed position and a second, open position. The damper vanes may block airflow into the blower exhaust when in the closed position and may freely rotate to a position where the damper vanes are substantially parallel to the airflow from the blower exhaust. The damper vanes may each include a vane pin to rotatably attach to frame holes of the backflow damper frame. | 11-13-2008 |
20110134606 | LOW PROFILE COMPUTER PROCESSOR RETENTION DEVICE - A low profile computer processor retention device, the computer processor including a processor substrate and a heat spreader mounted on the processor substrate. The retention device includes a retention housing. The retention housing is shaped to fit around a socket. The retention device also includes a load frame. The load frame is operatively coupled to the retention housing and is configured to retain the computer processor in the socket of a motherboard with direct contact between the load frame and the processor substrate. The load frame has a cutout. The retention device also includes a heat sink fastening member coupled to the retention housing and configured to fasten a heat sink to the retention housing and configured to couple the heat sink to the heat spreader through the cutout of the load frame. | 06-09-2011 |
20110149501 | ROTATING HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION IN A COMPUTER CHASSIS - A system comprises a server chassis and first and second hard disk drive carriers, wherein each carrier supports a hard disk drive. A first hinge rotatably connects a distal end of the first hard disk drive carrier to a first side of the chassis, wherein the first hinge allows the carrier to rotate about a first hinge axis between an open position and a closed position. The first hard disk drive carrier rotates in a first plane between an open position extending beyond the front of the chassis and a closed position within the chassis. A second hinge rotatably connects a distal end of the second hard disk drive carrier to a second side of the chassis that opposite the first side of the chassis, wherein the hinge allows the carrier to rotate about a second hinge axis between an open position and a closed position. The second hard disk drive carrier rotates in a second plane between an open position extending beyond the front of the chassis and a closed position within the chassis, wherein the second plane is parallel to the first plane. | 06-23-2011 |
20120170191 | Midplane With A Direct Connect Adapter - A midplane that includes a direct connect adapter mounted within the midplane, the direct connect adapter including: a first opening for receiving a first computing component connector on a first side of the midplane; and a second opening for receiving a second computing component connector on a second side of the midplane, and the direct connect adapter mounted within the midplane electrically coupling the first computing component connector and the second computing component connector without electrically coupling the first computing component connector and the second computing component connector to the midplane. | 07-05-2012 |
20130117601 | IMPLEMENTING ULTRA HIGH AVAILABILITY PERSONALITY CARD - A method and circuit for implementing an enhanced availability personality card for a chassis computer system, and a design structure on which the subject circuit resides are provided. The personality card includes a first erasable programmable read only memory (EPROM) and a second EPROM, each EPROM storing Vital Product Data (VPD) and a first temperature sensor and a second temperature sensor sensing temperature. A primary bidirectional bus and a redundant bidirectional bus are respectively connected between the first EPROM and the first temperature sensor and the second EPROM and the second temperature sensor, and a pair of chassis management modules. Each chassis management module includes a switch connected to both the primary bidirectional bus and the redundant bidirectional bus providing redundant paths, enabling continued function with failure of any critical personality card component. | 05-09-2013 |
20130160984 | AUTOMATIC COUPLING OF INDEPENDENT COOLING REGIONS DURING FAN MAINTENANCE - In a computer system, airflow through first and second cooling regions are normally separated by a chassis wall, and are independently controlled by respective first and second fan modules. The internal chassis wall includes a bypass opening that is normally blocked by the second fan module. In response to removal of the second fan module, the bypass opening is unblocked, to fluidly couple the two cooling regions. A redundant fan module is optionally included in fluid communication with the first cooling region, to either generate airflow through the first cooling region in response to failure or removal of the first fan module, or to supplement the airflow capacity of the first fan module in response to removal of the second fan module. | 06-27-2013 |
20140182108 | SECURING ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITHIN A SUB-CHASSIS FOR CONNECTION TO A CHASSIS MIDPLANE - A method includes securing a midplane to a bracket disposed between a first and second ends of a chassis, wherein a first surface of the midplane engages the bracket and faces the first end of the chassis. A first electronic device is secured within the first end of the chassis with a first device connector coupled to a first midplane connector on the first surface of the midplane and a first device latch secured directly to a first slot in the chassis adjacent the first end. A sub-chassis is secured within the second end of the chassis, wherein the sub-chassis has a proximal end that engages a second surface of the midplane. Furthermore, a second electronic device is secured within the sub-chassis with a second device connector coupled to a second midplane connector on the second surface of the midplane and a second device latch secured directly to a slot in the sub-chassis adjacent the distal end of the sub-chassis. | 07-03-2014 |
20140185247 | LATCH TO POSITION AND BIAS A MODULE WITHIN A CHASSIS - A system includes a module having a connector at a leading end and a handle pivotally coupled to a trailing end. The handle pivots between open and closed positions, and includes landing and grip portions. The system further includes a chassis having a bay, a connector disposed in the bay, and a spring latch assembly adjacent an open end of the bay for receiving the leading end of the module. The spring latch has a catch adjacent to a spring element. Receiving the leading end of the module into the bay aligns the module connector with the connector in the bay and aligns the landing of the handle with the catch of the spring latch assembly. Pivoting the handle from the open position to the closed position will then cause the landing of the handle to engage the catch and then load the spring element to couple the connectors. | 07-03-2014 |