Breaker valve for liquid flow shutoff
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorRobert B. Curtis
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Abstract
An information handling system may include an information handling resource, a liquid cooling system for providing cooling of the information handling resource, a leak detection system for detecting a leak of fluid from the liquid cooling system, and a breaker valve fluidically coupled to the liquid cooling system and communicatively coupled to the leak detection system and configured to, in response to a stimulus from the leak detection system indicating presence of a leak of fluid from the liquid cooling system, automatically transition from an open state in which the breaker valve permits flow of fluid through the breaker valve to a closed state in which the breaker valve impedes flow of fluid through the breaker valve.
Claims18
An information handling system comprising:
- an information handling resource;
- a liquid cooling system for providing cooling of the information handling resource;
- a leak detection system for detecting a leak of fluid from the liquid cooling system;
- and a breaker valve fluidically coupled to the liquid cooling system and communicatively coupled to the leak detection system and configured to, in response to a stimulus from the leak detection system indicating presence of a leak of fluid from the liquid cooling system, automatically transition from an open state in which the breaker valve permits flow of fluid through the breaker valve to a closed state in which the breaker valve impedes flow of fluid through the breaker valve, wherein the breaker valve comprises:
- a valve having a body and two ports mechanically and fluidically coupled to the body;
- and a throw mechanically coupled to the body and configured to be translated between an open position in which the throw causes the valve to be in the open state and a closed position in which the throw causes the valve to be in the closed state;
- wherein the throw is mechanically biased in the closed position.
A breaker valve comprising:
- a valve having a body and two ports mechanically and fluidically coupled to the body;
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- a throw mechanically coupled to the body and configured to be translated between an open position in which the throw causes the valve to be in the open state and a closed position in which the throw causes the valve to be in the closed state;
- wherein the throw is mechanically biased in the closed position.
A method comprising mechanically biasing a throw in a closed position, wherein the throw is mechanically coupled to a body having of a valve comprising the body and two ports mechanically and fluidically coupled to the body and wherein the throw is mechanically coupled to the body and configured to be translated between an open position in which the throw causes the valve to be in the open state and a closed position in which the throw causes the valve to be in the closed state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.