公开(公告)号：US6067225A

公开(公告)日：2000-05-23

申请号：US905464

申请日：1997-08-04

申请人： Naum Reznikov ,  Michael F. McCormick, Jr. ,  Ehsan Ettehadieh ,  Daniel Hruska ,  Anthony N. Eberhardt

发明人： Naum Reznikov ,  Michael F. McCormick, Jr. ,  Ehsan Ettehadieh ,  Daniel Hruska ,  Anthony N. Eberhardt

IPC分类号： G11B33/12 ,  H05K7/14 ,  G06F1/16 ,  H05K5/00 ,  H05K7/16

CPC分类号： G11B33/124 ,  G11B33/122 ,  H05K7/1409 ,  H05K7/1418

摘要： A bracket having two parallel sides and an interconnecting crosspiece is attached to a disk drive or similar peripheral with the sides of the bracket extending longitudinally of the sides of the drive and the crosspiece extending across the front of the drive. A chassis of a computer or the like has internal parallel sides formed with horizontal guides to receive the bracket, a substantially open front face and an internal connector engageable with a mating connector on the rear of the drive when the bracket is fully inserted in the chassis. The sides of the bracket have features to protect the drive from horizontal and vertical vibrations. A handle is pivoted to the crosspiece near one end moveable between at least three positions: a first or latched position parallel to the crosspiece, a second position swinging out at about a 15.degree. angle and a third position at about a 45.degree. angle. In second position a first point on the end of the handle engages the front edge of the side and a second point is about to enter a slot in one side of the chassis. As the handle is pivoted toward third position the second point engages a margin of the slot and pulls the two connectors apart. To reinsert the drive, the positions of the handle are reversed. A spring biased latch engages a hook on handle. A second spring opens the unlatched handle from the first to second positions.

摘要翻译： 具有两个平行侧面和互连横档的托架被附接到盘驱动器或类似的外围设备，其中托架的侧面沿驱动器的侧面纵向延伸并且横档延伸穿过驱动器的前部。 计算机等的底盘具有形成有水平导向器的内部平行侧，用于接收支架，当支架完全插入到底盘中时，基本敞开的前表面和内部连接器可与驱动器后部的配合连接器接合 。 支架的侧面具有保护驱动器免受水平和垂直振动的特征。 手柄枢转到靠近一端的横档，可在至少三个位置之间移动：平行于横档的第一或闩锁位置，以大约15度角摆动的第二位置和大约45度角的第三位置。 在第二位置，手柄的端部上的第一点接合侧面的前边缘，第二点即将进入底盘一侧的槽。 当把手枢转到第三位置时，第二点接合槽的边缘并将两个连接器分开。 要重新插入驱动器，手柄的位置相反。 弹簧偏置的闩锁与手柄上的钩接合。 第二弹簧从第一到第二位置打开解锁手柄。

公开(公告)号：US06798650B2

公开(公告)日：2004-09-28

申请号：US10021409

申请日：2001-12-12

申请人： Naum Reznikov ,  Michael F. McCormick, Jr. ,  Ehsan Ettehadieh ,  Daniel Hruska ,  Anthony N. Eberhardt

发明人： Naum Reznikov ,  Michael F. McCormick, Jr. ,  Ehsan Ettehadieh ,  Daniel Hruska ,  Anthony N. Eberhardt

IPC分类号： G06F116

CPC分类号： G11B33/124 ,  G11B33/122 ,  H05K7/1409 ,  H05K7/1418 ,  Y10T292/696

摘要： A bracket having two parallel sides and an interconnecting crosspiece is attached to a disk drive or similar peripheral with the sides of the bracket extending longitudinally of the sides of the drive and the crosspiece extending across the front of the drive. A chassis of a computer or the like has internal parallel sides formed with horizontal guides to receive the bracket, a substantially open front face and an internal connector engageable with a mating connector on the rear of the drive when the bracket is fully inserted in the chassis. The sides of the bracket have features to protect the drive from horizontal and vertical vibrations. A handle is pivoted to the crosspiece near one end moveable between at least three positions: a first or latched position parallel to the crosspiece, a second position swinging out at about a 15° angle and a third position at about a 45° angle. In second position a first point on the end of the handle engages the front edge of the side and a second point is about to enter a slot in one side of the chassis. As the handle is pivoted toward third position the second point engages a margin of the slot and pulls the two connectors apart. To reinsert the drive, the positions of the handle are reversed. A spring biased latch engages a hook on the handle. A second spring opens the unlatched handle from the first to second positions.

摘要翻译： 具有两个平行侧面和互连横档的托架被附接到盘驱动器或类似的外围设备，其中托架的侧面沿驱动器的侧面纵向延伸并且横档延伸穿过驱动器的前部。 计算机等的底盘具有形成有水平导向器的内部平行侧，用于接收支架，当支架完全插入到底盘中时，基本敞开的前表面和内部连接器可与驱动器后部的配合连接器接合 。 支架的侧面具有保护驱动器免受水平和垂直振动的特征。 手柄枢转到靠近一端的横档，可在至少三个位置之间移动：平行于横档的第一或闭锁位置，以大约15°角摆动的第二位置和以大约45°角摆动的第三位置。 在第二位置，手柄的端部上的第一点接合侧面的前边缘，第二点即将进入底盘一侧的槽。 当把手枢转到第三位置时，第二点接合槽的边缘并将两个连接器分开。 要重新插入驱动器，手柄的位置相反。 弹簧偏置的闩锁接合手柄上的钩。 第二弹簧从第一到第二位置打开解锁手柄。

公开(公告)号：US06378965B1

公开(公告)日：2002-04-30

申请号：US09490851

申请日：2000-01-24

申请人： Naum Reznikov ,  Michael F. McCormick, Jr. ,  Ehsan Ettehadieh ,  Daniel Hruska ,  Anthony N. Eberhardt

发明人： Naum Reznikov ,  Michael F. McCormick, Jr. ,  Ehsan Ettehadieh ,  Daniel Hruska ,  Anthony N. Eberhardt

IPC分类号： H05K718

CPC分类号： G11B33/124 ,  G11B33/122 ,  H05K7/1409 ,  H05K7/1418 ,  Y10T292/696

摘要： A bracket having two parallel sides and an interconnecting crosspiece is attached to a disk drive or similar peripheral with the sides of the bracket extending longitudinally of the sides of the drive and the crosspiece extending across the front of the drive. A chassis of a computer or the like has internal parallel sides formed with horizontal guides to receive the bracket, a substantially open front face and an internal connector engageable with a mating connector on the rear of the drive when the bracket is fully inserted in the chassis. The sides of the bracket have features to protect the drive from horizontal and vertical vibrations. A handle is pivoted to the crosspiece near one end moveable between at least three positions: a first or latched position parallel to the crosspiece, a second position swinging out at about a 15° angle and a third position at about a 45° angle. In second position a first point on the end of the handle engages the front edge of the side and a second point is about to enter a slot in one side of the chassis. As the handle is pivoted toward third position the second point engages a margin of the slot and pulls the two connectors apart. To reinsert the drive, the positions of the handle are reversed. A spring biased latch engages a hook on handle. A second spring opens the unlatched handle from the first to second positions.

摘要翻译： 具有两个平行侧面和互连横档的托架被附接到盘驱动器或类似的外围设备，其中托架的侧面沿驱动器的侧面纵向延伸并且横档延伸穿过驱动器的前部。 计算机等的底盘具有形成有水平导向器的内部平行侧，用于接收支架，当支架完全插入到底盘中时，基本敞开的前表面和内部连接器可与驱动器后部的配合连接器接合 。 支架的侧面具有保护驱动器免受水平和垂直振动的特征。 手柄枢转到靠近一端的横档，可在至少三个位置之间移动：平行于横档的第一或闭锁位置，以大约15°角摆动的第二位置和以大约45°角摆动的第三位置。 在第二位置，手柄的端部上的第一点接合侧面的前边缘，第二点即将进入底盘一侧的槽。 当把手枢转到第三位置时，第二点接合槽的边缘并将两个连接器分开。 要重新插入驱动器，手柄的位置相反。 弹簧偏置的闩锁与手柄上的钩接合。 第二弹簧从第一到第二位置打开解锁手柄。

公开(公告)号：US5751549A

公开(公告)日：1998-05-12

申请号：US670976

申请日：1996-06-26

申请人： Anthony N. Eberhardt ,  William L. Dailey ,  John A. Harada

发明人： Anthony N. Eberhardt ,  William L. Dailey ,  John A. Harada

IPC分类号： F04D29/58 ,  G06F1/20 ,  H05K7/20

CPC分类号： H05K7/20718 ,  G06F1/20

摘要： An electrical assembly that allows a plurality of electronic assemblies to be cooled by a number of fans. The assembly includes a housing which has a plenum chamber that is located between a rack chamber and a fan chamber. The rack chamber is separated from the plenum chamber by a backbone wall. The fan chamber is separated from the plenum chamber by a fan wall that is perpendicular to the backbone wall. The rack chamber contains a plurality of electronic assemblies such as hard disk drives. The fan chamber contains a plurality of individual fans. The fans induce an air flow from the rack chamber to the fan chamber through the plenum chamber. The plenum chamber provides a uniform pressure that induces an equal flow rate across each disk drive in the rack chamber. The fans are controlled by a control circuit which can detect the failure of one fan and increase the speed of the remaining fans to maintain the plenum chamber pressure. The constant plenum chamber pressure insures an equal flowrate across each disk drive even when one of the fans fails.

摘要翻译： 允许多个电子组件被多个风扇冷却的电气组件。 组件包括具有位于齿条腔室和风扇室之间的增压室的壳体。 机架室通过主干壁与增压室分离。 风扇室通过垂直于主干壁的风扇壁与增压室分离。 机架室包含多个电子组件，例如硬盘驱动器。 风扇室包含多个独立的风扇。 风扇通过增压室引起从架室到风扇室的空气流。 增压室提供均匀的压力，其在机架室中的每个磁盘驱动器上引起相等的流量。 风扇由控制电路控制，该控制电路可以检测一个风扇的故障，并增加剩余风扇的速度以保持增压室的压力。 即使其中一个风扇出现故障，恒定的室室压力也可确保每个磁盘驱动器的流量相等。

公开(公告)号：US5540548A

公开(公告)日：1996-07-30

申请号：US415176

申请日：1995-03-31

申请人： Anthony N. Eberhardt ,  Eddie Y. Wong ,  Chin Y. Cheng ,  Mario J. Lee

发明人： Anthony N. Eberhardt ,  Eddie Y. Wong ,  Chin Y. Cheng ,  Mario J. Lee

IPC分类号： F04D25/16 ,  F04D17/00

CPC分类号： F04D25/166

摘要： A redundant blower unit is installed in a rack above another unit containing heat-emitting electrical elements (such as CPU cards) in order to draw air through the underlying unit and out to atmosphere. Four blowers in the blower unit draw air from a plenum, each blower discharging into an individual exhaust duct leading to the exterior. Two blowers are positioned at a first tier relative to the bottom of the plenum and the other two at a second tier higher than the first tier. If one blower fails, its exhaust duct may malfunction as an air inlet, in which case the incoming air is mixed with exhaust air and discharged through the other blower in the same tier as the failed blower. Thus the efficiency of the two blowers in the other tier is not impeded.

摘要翻译： 冗余吹风机单元安装在另一个装有发热电气元件（如CPU卡）的单元上方的机架中，以便通过下层单元吸入空气并进入大气。 鼓风机组中的四个鼓风机从气室吸入空气，每个鼓风机排放到通向外部的各个排气管道中。 两个鼓风机相对于增压室的底部定位在第一层，而另外两个鼓风机位于高于第一层的第二层。 如果一个鼓风机发生故障，其排气管道可能作为进气口发生故障，在这种情况下，进入的空气与排气混合，并通过与失效鼓风机相同层级的其他鼓风机排出。 因此，另一层的两台鼓风机的效率不受阻碍。

公开(公告)号：US06932696B2

公开(公告)日：2005-08-23

申请号：US10338598

申请日：2003-01-08

申请人： William H. Schwartz ,  Anthony N. Eberhardt ,  Cathleen A. Quick

发明人： William H. Schwartz ,  Anthony N. Eberhardt ,  Cathleen A. Quick

IPC分类号： G06F1/20 ,  H05K7/20

CPC分类号： H05K7/20836 ,  G06F1/20 ,  H05K7/20736

摘要： A cooling system including redundant fan controllers. The cooling system includes a first fan controller coupled to control a first plurality of fans and a second fan controller coupled to control a second plurality of fans. During operation, the first plurality of fans and the second plurality of fans operate concurrently. The first fan controller and the second fan controller are each configured to monitor the first and the second plurality of fans and to detect a failure in any of the first and the second plurality of fans. Further, in response to detecting a failure of a fan of the first plurality of fans, the second fan controller is configured to increase an operating speed of a corresponding fan of the second plurality of fans.

摘要翻译： 包括冗余风扇控制器的冷却系统。 冷却系统包括耦合以控制第一多个风扇的第一风扇控制器和耦合以控制第二多个风扇的第二风扇控制器。 在操作期间，第一组多个风扇和第二组风扇同时工作。 第一风扇控制器和第二风扇控制器各自被配置为监视第一和第二多个风扇并且检测第一和第二多个风扇中的任一个中的故障。 此外，响应于检测到第一多个风扇的风扇的故障，第二风扇控制器被配置为增加第二多个风扇的相应风扇的操作速度。

公开(公告)号：US06655917B1

公开(公告)日：2003-12-02

申请号：US09691483

申请日：2000-10-17

申请人： Mario J. Lee ,  Anthony N. Eberhardt

发明人： Mario J. Lee ,  Anthony N. Eberhardt

IPC分类号： H05K720

CPC分类号： H05K7/20727

摘要： The present invention provides a method and apparatus for serial coolant flow control. In one embodiment of the present invention, two or more sets of angled rotating blades are used in series to increase the coolant pressure and flow. In this embodiment, the rotational direction of a set of blades is the reverse of the rotational direction of any set of blades next to it. In one embodiment, the angles of the blades are such that the forward velocity created by a set of blades is in the same direction as forward velocities created by other sets of blades in the system. In one embodiment, the blades of one set form a right angle with the blades of any set next to it. In one embodiment, the coolant flow controller is a fan. In another embodiment, the coolant is air. In yet another embodiment, the system being cooled is an electronic system.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供一种串联冷却剂流量控制的方法和装置。 在本发明的一个实施例中，串联使用两组或多组成角度的旋转叶片来增加冷却剂的压力和流量。 在该实施例中，一组叶片的旋转方向与其旁边的任何一组叶片的旋转方向相反。 在一个实施例中，叶片的角度使得由一组叶片产生的向前速度与由系统中的其它组叶片产生的向前速度相同。 在一个实施例中，一组叶片与其旁边的任何组的叶片成直角。 在一个实施例中，冷却剂流量控制器是风扇。 在另一个实施例中，冷却剂是空气。 在另一个实施例中，被冷却的系统是电子系统。

公开(公告)号：US5949646A

公开(公告)日：1999-09-07

申请号：US127258

申请日：1998-07-31

申请人： Mario J. Lee ,  Anthony N. Eberhardt ,  Eric R. Eberhardt

发明人： Mario J. Lee ,  Anthony N. Eberhardt ,  Eric R. Eberhardt

IPC分类号： H05K7/20

CPC分类号： H05K7/2019

摘要： A computer having a compact enclosure separated into two cooperative compartments, each having a pair of air fans for cooling electrical heat generating elements located in each compartment, the pair of fans being arranged on common sides of the compartments, one fan serving as a redundant fan on the failure of one of the other fans, the compartments are interconnected on opposite sides relative to the fans by an airflow plenum and separated by an airflow blockage wall in a manner that cooling air introduced into one compartment is circulated through both compartments before being exhausted from the other compartment.

摘要翻译： 一种具有分离成两个协作室的紧凑型外壳的计算机，每个具有一对空气风扇，用于冷却位于每个隔室中的电热元件，一对风扇布置在隔间的共同侧面上，一个风扇用作冗余风扇 在其他风扇之一的故障中，隔室通过气流通风室相对于风扇在相对侧相互连接并且被气流阻塞壁隔开，使得被引入到一个隔室中的冷却空气在被耗尽之前通过两个隔间循环 从另一个隔间。