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US 10,542,634 B2Granted
Fan reconfiguration and displacement due to a failed or failing fan
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorWilliam J. Anderl
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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorWilliam J. Anderl
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A system which provides redundant cooling of heat generating components within an electronic system with a single row of fans out the use of counter-rotational fans or multiple rows of fan by displacing failed fans in orthogonal directions. The system includes a fan track that has an orthogonal portion and at least one parallel portion. A failed or failing fan is moved from the orthogonal portion of the fan track to the parallel portion of the fan track. A bank of fans are each upon the orthogonal portion of the track. Each fan in the bank of fans acts upon air to produce an airflow. The bank of fans includes a moved fan at least partially filling a void upon the orthogonal portion of the fan track that is created when the failed or failing fan was moved from the orthogonal portion of the fan track to the parallel portion of the fan track.
An method of redundantly cooling a heat generating component within an electronic system by displacing fans within a redundant fan system in orthogonal directions, the method comprising:
A system that redundantly cools a heat generating component within an electronic system by displacing fans in orthogonal directions, the system comprising:
An electronic system that has a redundant fan system that cools a heat generating component within the electronic system by displacing fans in orthogonal directions, the electronic system comprising:
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