Compact computer having a redundant air moving system and method thereof
US5949646A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 31, 1998 |
| Grant date | Sep 7, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 31, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH05K7/2019
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
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.
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