Component ejection for fluid leak isolation
AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.
InventorsLuke Thomas Gregory, Ryan F. Conroy, Felipe Enrique Ortega Gutierrez
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Abstract
A sensor may detect a coolant leak at or near an appliance that is slidable between a seated position and an ejected position relative to a rack. In the seated position, a coolant supply line may be coupled with a conduit of the appliance to convey coolant past the appliance. A biaser can bias the appliance toward the ejected position, and a latch may secure the appliance in a seated position against the biaser. A releaser can release the latch in response to coolant leak detection by the sensor and permit the biaser to move the appliance toward the ejected position, for example, which may cause the conduit to become disconnected from the coolant supply line to cut off flow to the leak.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- a rack;
- a chassis slidingly received in the rack;
- a datacenter computing equipment component borne by the chassis;
- a cooling system comprising:
- a coolant supply line coupled with the rack;
- a conduit arranged in the chassis to convey coolant for cooling the datacenter computing equipment component;
- and
- a connector releasably connecting the conduit with the coolant supply line;
- and
- an ejection system comprising:
- a biaser biasing the chassis toward an ejected position in which the connector is disconnected so that the conduit is disconnected from the coolant supply line;
- a latch securing, against the bias of the biaser, the chassis in a seated position in which the connector connects the conduit with the coolant supply line;
- a sensor positioned to detect a leak in the cooling system occurring at or near the datacenter computing equipment component;
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- a releaser comprising an actuator that releases the latch in response to leak detection by the sensor to permit the biaser to move the chassis toward the ejected position.
A system, comprising:
- an electronic appliance slidably positionable within a rack between a seated position, in which a coolant supply line of the rack is coupled with a conduit of the electronic appliance for conveying coolant past the electronic appliance, and an ejected position, in which the conduit is disconnected from the coolant supply line;
- a sensor that detects a coolant leak at or near the electronic appliance when the electronic appliance is positioned in the seated position;
- a biaser configured to bias the electronic appliance toward the ejected position;
- a latch configured to secure the electronic appliance in the seated position against the bias of the biaser;
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- a releaser configured to release the latch in response to coolant leak detection by the sensor to permit the biaser to move the electronic appliance toward the ejected position.
A method comprising:
- detecting a coolant leak at or near an electronic appliance that is slidably received in a rack in a seated position in which a coolant supply line of the rack is coupled with a conduit of the electronic appliance for conveying coolant past the electronic appliance;
- and
- in response to detecting the coolant leak, generating release instructions to cause a releaser to release a latch to permit a biaser to move the electronic appliance toward an ejected position in which the conduit is disconnected from the coolant supply line.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.