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US 10,638,645 B1Granted
Leak detection and containment for liquid cooled computing
AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.
InventorsMichael Jon Moen, Vijay Patel, Felipe Enrique Ortega Gutierrez, Yaotsung Lee
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Abstract
An assembly for containing and detecting leaks from a coolant line includes a basin with side and end walls, and at least one U-shaped cavity in an end wall for receiving a coolant line of a liquid cooling system. A bottom of the basin includes at least one sloped interior surface arranged to divert water in the basin to a local low point, where a sensor is positioned and operable to detect liquid in the collection basin. A leak detection system can employ a leak detection assembly to detect and/or locate a leak.
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An assembly, comprising:
- a first basin comprising a bottom, first and second ends, and first and second sides defining an interior volume, wherein:
- the first end comprises a first end wall having a first cavity configured to receive a coolant line;
- the first side, second side, and second end comprise, respectively, a first sidewall, second sidewall, and a second end wall configured to limit airflow from an environment of the assembly into the interior volume of the basin;
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- the bottom comprises at least two opposing slopes that converge toward a low portion of the interior volume, the at least two opposing slopes being arranged to collect liquid coolant in the basin at the low portion of the interior volume;
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- a liquid sensor positioned at the low portion of the interior volume and operable to detect liquid coolant collected at the low portion.
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A system, comprising:
- a computing system cooling assembly including a first heat exchanger configured to transfer heat from a computing component to a liquid coolant, a second heat exchanger configured to extract heat from the liquid coolant, and a coolant line to transfer the liquid coolant between the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger;
- a first basin connected with the coolant line, the basin comprising a bottom, first and second ends, and first and second sides defining an interior volume, wherein,
- the first end comprises a first end wall having a first cavity receiving the coolant line;
- the first side, second side, and second end comprise, respectively, a first sidewall, second sidewall, and a second end wall configured to limit airflow into the interior volume of the basin;
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- the bottom comprises at least two opposing slopes that converge toward a low portion of the interior volume, the at least two opposing slopes being arranged to collect liquid coolant in the basin at the low portion of the interior volume;
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- a liquid sensor positioned at the low portion of the interior volume of the basin and operable to detect liquid coolant collected at the low portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.