Fault tolerant cooling in electrical apparatus
US5668532A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 31, 1995 |
| Grant date | Sep 16, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 31, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B33/144
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A cooling system provides redundant fault-tolerant cooling to electrical devices in an electrical apparatus and comprises a plurality N+1 individual cooling fans, N cooling fans being required to provide cooling of the devices and further comprises monitor logic for monitoring the status of the plurality of cooling fans and for issuing a non-critical warning to the apparatus in the event of failure of one of the cooling fans, the logic being further operable, in the event of a failure in the logic, to issue a non-critical warning to the apparatus.
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