Computer system cooling using an externally-applied fluid conduit

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8830672
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13560617

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A computer system includes a rack-mountable server unit with a closed server housing. The server housing has a channel with a recessed channel wall in conductive thermal communication with a processor or other heat-generating component. An elongate conduit is received into the channel of the server housing in conductive thermal communication with an external surface of the server housing. The server is cooled by conductive fluid flow through the conduit, with no appreciable airflow through the server housing. The system may be operated in an optional burst cooling mode, wherein a volume of cooling fluid is trapped in the conduit for a period of time before being quickly released.

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  • LENOVO INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Alshinnawi, Shareef F Durham, US 78 404
Cudak, Gary D Creedmoor, US 363 3141
Hardee, Christopher J Raleigh, US 276 3120
Humes, Randall C Raleigh, US 43 470
Roberts, Adam Moncure, US 170 1501
Suffern, Edward S Chapel Hill, US 108 1474
Weber, J Mark Wake Forest, US 69 503

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