Server rack cooling device
AssigneeNEC Platforms, Ltd.
InventorYasuhito Nakamura
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Abstract
A serving rack cooling device. The device includes a rack; an enclosure provided inside the rack; a module provided inside the enclosure; a main pipe provided in the rack; a branching tube connected to the main pipe; a cooling unit that cools a heat-generating component mounted on the module; a first connection tube that connects the branching tube with the cooling unit; and a plurality of module connection portions that are provided inside the enclosure and to which the module is connected. The enclosure can slide in a state in which the module is connected to the module connection portion, and the cooling unit and the branching tube are connected by the first connection tube.
Claims11
A device comprising:
- a rack;
- an enclosure provided inside the rack;
- a module provided inside the enclosure;
- a main pipe provided in the rack;
- a branching tube connected to the main pipe;
- a cooling unit that cools a heat-generating component mounted on the module;
- a first connection tube that connects the branching tube with the cooling unit;
- and
- a plurality of module connection portions that are provided inside the enclosure and to which the module is connected;
- wherein the enclosure can slide in a state in which the module is connected to the module connection portion, and the cooling unit and the branching tube are connected by the first connection tube,
- a plurality of enclosures are housed inside the rack,
- a plurality of the branching tubes are connected, respectively, to the plurality of enclosures, and
- the plurality of branching tubes are detachably connected to the single main pipe.
A device comprising:
- a rack;
- an enclosure provided inside the rack;
- a module provided inside the enclosure;
- a main pipe provided in the rack;
- a branching tube connected to the main pipe;
- a cooling unit that cools a heat-generating component mounted on the module;
- a first connection tube that connects the branching tube with the cooling unit and
- a plurality of module connection portions that are provided inside the enclosure and to which the module is connected;
- wherein the enclosure can slide in a state in which the module is connected to the module connection portion, and the cooling unit and the branching tube are connected by the first connection tube,
- an opening is formed in the enclosure, and
- the first connection tube is arranged to pass through the opening.
A device comprising:
- a rack;
- an enclosure provided inside the rack;
- a module provided inside the enclosure;
- a main pipe provided in the rack;
- a branching tube connected to the main pipe;
- a cooling unit that cools a heat-generating component mounted on the module;
- a first connection tube that connects the branching tube with the cooling unit and
- a plurality of module connection portions that are provided inside the enclosure and to which the module is connected;
- wherein the enclosure can slide in a state in which the module is connected to the module connection portion, and the cooling unit and the branching tube are connected by the first connection tube,
- the branching tube has a supply branching tube that supplies a cooling medium to the module and a discharge branching tube that discharges the cooling medium, and
- the supply branching tube and the discharge branching tube are provided so as to leave a gap therebetween.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.