Converging cooling duct for a computer cooling system
US6587335B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 30, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jul 1, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 5, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F1/20
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for cooling components within a computer system chassis. In one embodiment, a cooling duct unit includes an air moving unit base with an air moving unit to draw and accelerate air from outside a computer system chassis to a high velocity airflow. Connected to the air moving unit base is a duct to converge and change the high velocity airflow from a circular shape to a noncircular shape. The converged and changed high velocity airflow is directed to cool a device within a computer system chassis. As a result, the device within the computer system is chassis cooled more uniformly and efficiently, while reducing acoustic noise and providing a modular cooling duct unit design for ease of attachment and removal.
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