Changing air flow direction
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorVictor B. Teeter
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure include systems and methods for controlling the direction of cooling air flow across components of an electronic devices. In one or more embodiments, a device or information handling system includes an air flow generator that is able to generate air flow in different directions by activation of a button, a controller, or both. In one or more embodiments, a sensor measures air temperatures of air when the air flows in different directions, and an air flow direction is selected using the air temperature measurements.
Claims20
A method for cooling an electronic device that has an air flow generator, the method comprising:
- obtaining a first temperature measurement of air in an air flow in a first direction;
- causing the air flow generator to change the air flow to a second direction, the second direction being different from the first direction;
- obtaining a second temperature measurement of air in the air flow in the second direction;
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- based upon comparison of the first temperature measurement to the second temperature measurement, selecting one of the first and second directions for the air flow generator to generate air flow in the selected direction.
An information handling system, comprising:
- an air flow generator that is able to generate an air flow through at least part of the information handling system in a first direction and in a second direction that is different from the first direction;
- a button;
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- a controller communicatively coupled to the button and the air flow generator, the controller controlling the air flow generator to switch a direction of the air flow between the first and second directions in response to activation of the button.
A device comprising:
- an air flow generator that is able to generate air flow in first and second directions;
- a sensor that provides a first air temperature measurement when air flows in the first direction and a second air temperature measurement when air flows in the second direction;
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- a controller, communicatively coupled to the air flow generator and the sensor, that is configured to:
- receive the first air temperature measurement and the second air temperature measurement;
- compare the first air temperature measurement to the second air temperature measurement;
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- cause the air flow generator to generate the air flow in one of the first and second directions based on comparison of the first air temperature measurement and the second air temperature measurement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.