Thermal ducting for improved cooling in rack domains
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsSteven Embleton, Rene Jason Salas
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Abstract
A thermal ducting rail receives a rack device in a rack chassis. The thermal ducting rail includes air flow guiding elements that enable cooling air from a front face of the rack chassis to be directed to an external side of the thermal ducting rail and from the external side to a rear face of the rack chassis. The thermal ducting rail enables rack devices equipped with side-to-side cooling to receive cooling air in a rack chassis with front-to-back cooling, without extending beyond a unit height occupied by the rack device.
Claims17
A thermal ducting rail for a rack chassis, the thermal ducting rail comprising:
- a front perforation to receive cooling air from the environment, the front perforation located at a front portion of the thermal ducting rail;
- a front duct to guide the cooling air to an external side of the thermal ducting rail, wherein the front duct is located at the external side;
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- a rear perforation to receive the cooling air from the external side and enable the cooling air to exit the rear of the rack chassis, the rear perforation located at a rear portion of the thermal ducting rail.
A rack chassis, comprising:
- a pair of thermal ducting rails for receiving a rack device, at least one of the pair of thermal rails comprising:
- a front perforation to receive cooling air from the environment, the front perforation located at a front portion of the thermal ducting rail;
- a front duct to guide the cooling air to an external side of the thermal ducting rail, wherein the front duct is located at the external side;
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- a rear perforation to receive the cooling air from the external side and enable the cooling air to exit the rear of the rack chassis, the rear perforation located at a rear portion of the thermal ducting rail.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.