Patent Application Number: 2008260481
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Prior Art Detail
Summary / Description
| Summary / Description | US Patent No 7,286,351 (filed 6 May 2005) ('Apparatus and Method for Facilitating Cooling of an Electronics Rack Employing a Closed Loop Heat Exchange System') |
Basic Information
| Type of Prior Art | Issued Patents - US |
| Country | United States of America |
| Patent/Application # | No 7,286,351 |
| Kind Code | United States (US) - Reexamination Certificate Seco... - B2 |
| Patentee Name | International Business Maachines Corporation |
| Relevant Pages, Columns, or Lines | Figures 1B, 5A and 5B. |
| URL | http://www.freepatentsonline.co... |
| Filing Date | May 6, 2005 |
| Additional Information | |
Notes / To Do
| Notes | Essential elements of this invention appear to be anticipated in the following patent documents. The concept of cold aisle isolation is described in US Patent Application 2006/0260338 (filed May 17, 2005) ('Cold Aisle Isolation'). This document also de |
Excerpt
Excerpt The apparatus of claim 1, wherein cooled air supply is provided to the air inlet side of the electronics through an air duct disposed above the electronics rack |
Relevance
Claims
1
A server cooling device, comprising:
an enclosure defining an interior space and comprising at least one server rack port configured to engage a rack such that one or more rack-mounted units installed in the rack interface with the interior space; and
a cooling module operative to supply cooling air to the interior space defined by the enclosure from a top surface of the enclosure.
| Relevance | The prior art describes a cooled air supply provided by an air duct above the electronics rack. |
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