Blind mating adapting unit
AssigneeBaidu USA LLC
InventorTianyi Gao
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Abstract
A blind mating adapter unit is disclosed that is adjustably locatable on a server chassis. The blind mating adapter unit is rotatably adjustable to align the orientation of one or more fluid connectors on the blind mating adapter unit to a corresponding one or more mating fluid connectors on a coolant distribution manifold installed in a server rack. Alternatively, the blind mating adapter can be separable into two halves that can be positioned to align with, and blind mate to, the coolant distribution manifold. When the server is slid into place in the server rack, the fluid connectors on the blind mating adapter fluidly couple to the corresponding mating fluid connectors on the coolant distribution manifold. The blind mating adapter unit functions as an intermediate layer for server and rack fluid mating.
Claims20
A blind mating adapter unit configured to fluidly couple a server in an electronic rack to a coolant distribution manifold via blind mating, the blind mating adapter unit comprising:
- an adapting plate having a plurality of fluid connectors on a first side of the adapting plate and a plurality of fluid connection points on a second side of the adapting plate, each fluid connector on the first side corresponding to one of the fluid connection points on the second side, wherein the adapting plate is separable into a first half and a second half;
- a mounting bar, adjustably coupled to the adapting plate, wherein the mounting bar is adjustably coupled to a chassis of the server, wherein the first half is slidably coupled to a frame using the mounting bar, and the second half is slidably coupled to the frame using a second mounting bar;
- wherein the blind mating adapter unit is configurable to fix an alignment of the plurality of fluid connectors on the first side of the adapting plate to a plurality of mating fluid connectors on a coolant distribution manifold in the electronic rack, such that when the server is installed into the electronic rack, the blind mating adapter unit is blind mated to the mating plurality of fluid connectors on the coolant distribution manifold.
A server comprising:
- a cooling module comprising a coolant supply line, a heat transfer unit, and a coolant return line;
- a blind mating adapter unit adjustably coupled to a chassis of the server, and the blind mating adapter unit includes:
- an adapting plate having a plurality of fluid connectors on a first side of the adapting plate and plurality of fluid connection points on a second side of the adapting plate, each fluid connector on the first side corresponding to one of the fluid connection points on the second side, wherein the adapting plate is separable into a first half and a second half, and wherein the first half is slidably coupled to a frame using a mounting bar, and the second half is slidably coupled to the frame with using a second mounting bar;
- wherein the adapting plate is configurable to fix an alignment of the plurality of fluid connectors on the first side of the adapting plate to a corresponding mating plurality of fluid connectors on a coolant distribution manifold in an electronic rack, such that when the server is installed in the electronic rack, the plurality of fluid connectors on the blind mating adapter unit is configured to blind mate to the mating plurality of fluid connectors on the coolant distribution manifold.
An electronic rack, comprising:
- a plurality of server chassis arranged in a stack, each server chassis including one or more servers, wherein each server chassis comprises:
- a cooling module comprising a coolant supply line, a heat transfer unit, and a coolant return line;
- a blind mating adapter unit adjustably coupled to a chassis of the server, and the blind mating adapter unit includes:
- an adapting plate having a plurality of fluid connectors on a first side of the adapting plate and plurality of fluid connection points on a second side of the adapting plate, each fluid connector on the first side corresponding to one of the fluid connection points on the second side, wherein the adapting plate is separable into a first half and a second half, and wherein the first half is slidably coupled to a frame using a mounting bar, and the second half is slidably coupled to the frame with using a second mounting bar;
- wherein the adapting plate is configurable to fix an alignment of the plurality of fluid connectors on the first side of the adapting plate to a corresponding mating plurality of fluid connectors on a coolant distribution manifold in an electronic rack, such that when the server is installed in the electronic rack, the plurality of fluid connectors on the blind mating adapter unit is configured to blind mate to the mating plurality of fluid connectors on the coolant distribution manifold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.