US5793608A
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Cooling system for enclosed electronic components
Assignee: Oracle America Inc
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Filing: 1996-06-11
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Granted: 1998-08-11
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Expires: 2016-06-11
Abstract
Abstract An enclosure contains, among other components, hard drive cartridges, graphics or other option cards, power supply and a CPU and its support chips. The total power in the whole enclosure is about 325W and the CPU consumes about 30W of this total. For design purposes the components are closely positioned and hence heat dissipation is an important problem. Plural fans, as hereinafter disclosed, are used to circulate air. For the hard drive cartridges a fan snapped into a sidewall of the enclosure draws air from apertures in the bottom through the cartridge and into a plenum. For the CPU, an impingement fan discharges air directly downward on a heat sink positioned over the chip and into the plenum. Bulk flow fans discharge air from air intake vents in side walls of the enclosure as well as air discharged from the hard drive and CPU through an internal wall into a separate sub-enclosure for the power supply and thence to the exterior. Conventional fans are used but are positioned and inter-related so that the noise level is tolerable.
Inventors
- 👤 Alan Lee Winick
- 👤 Nagaraj Mitty
- 👤 Gary A. Harpell
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 08:33
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10W; H10W40/00; H10W40/40; H10W40/43; G; G06; G06F; G06F1/00; G06F1/16; G06F1/20
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
196 words
In combination, an enclosure comprising a bottom and four peripheral sides extending substantially vertically upward from said bottom, a first said side being formed with air inlet first apertures, a motherboard on said bottom, a heat emitting chip positioned on said motherboard, a heat sink above said chip, said heat sink comprising a base resting on said chip and a plurality of vertical fins extending upward from said base, a power supply area adjacent a second said side, a partition parallel to said second side and spaced inwardly of said power supply area, and said partition being in close proximity to said chip, said partition and said first, third and fourth sides defining a plenum, said second side being formed with air discharge second apertures, a top formed with a fan aperture above said heat sink, an impingement first fan located in said fan aperture discharging air from said plenum downward to cool said heat sink and said chip, said top engaging said partition, a second fan in said partition discharging air from said plenum and air emitted from said heat sink and said chip through said power supply area and out through said second apertures.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
196 words
In combination, an enclosure comprising a bottom and four peripheral sides extending substantially vertically upward from said bottom, a first said side being formed with air inlet first apertures, a motherboard on said bottom, a heat emitting chip positioned on said motherboard, a heat sink above said chip, said heat sink comprising a base resting on said chip and a plurality of vertical fins extending upward from said base, a power supply area adjacent a second said side, a partition parallel to said second side and spaced inwardly of said power supply area, and said partition being in close proximity to said chip, said partition and said first, third and fourth sides defining a plenum, said second side being formed with air discharge second apertures, a top formed with a fan aperture above said heat sink, an impingement first fan located in said fan aperture discharging air from said plenum downward to cool said heat sink and said chip, said top engaging said partition, a second fan in said partition discharging air from said plenum and air emitted from said heat sink and said chip through said power supply area and out through said second apertures.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
25 words
The combination of claim 1 which further comprises a plurality of second chips on said motherboard, said impingement fan discharging air on said second chips.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
The combination of claim 2 which further comprises tower disk heat sinks on said second chips, air discharged by said impingement fan cooling said tower disk heat sinks.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
102 words
The combination of claim 1 which further comprises a plurality of heat emitting electronic components in said plenum, said electronic components comprising at least one disk drive adjacent said third side, a hard drive fan adjacent but spaced inward of said third side directing air toward said at least one disk drive, a plurality of vents formed in said bottom adjacent said third side, said hard drive fan drawing air upward through said vents and then inwardly of said enclosure toward said disk drive and a cartridge fitting into said third side, said hard drive fan being detachably mounted in said cartridge.
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| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 2005-08-10 | 2006-02-09 | 2006-08-11 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
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