Air-moving assemblies with flywheels

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9568011
APP PUB NO 20160084257A1
SERIAL NO

14828745

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Apparatuses and methods are provided for facilitating air-cooling of, for instance, one or more electronics racks within a data center. The apparatus includes an air-moving assembly and one or more flywheels. The air-moving assembly includes a shaft, one or more mechanical fans coupled to the shaft to rotate, at least in part, with the shaft, and a motor coupled to the shaft to rotatably drive the shaft. The flywheel(s) is sized and coupled to the shaft of the air-moving assembly to store rotational energy, and to facilitate, for a specified period of time, continued rotation of the shaft during interruption in power to the motor. In one implementation, the flywheel(s) is sized and coupled to the shaft to facilitate, for the specified time period, continued rotation of the shaft at a specified percentage, or greater, rotational speed of the shaft compared with shaft speed when rotatably driven by the motor.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
David, Milnes P Fishkill, US 156 3130
Domitrovits, Michael J New Paltz, US 17 90
Murphy, Joshua Milton, US 4 24
Palmer, John V Central Valley, US 4 30
Rosato, Sal M Pine Plains, US 10 109

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