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US 2025/0107034 A1Published application
Device for cooling electronic equipment
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
InventorsClaudio D'INCÀ, Sergio MOSTI
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Abstract
A device for use with a fan. The device includes a shaft mounted at opposite ends via brackets to a housing of the fan, a curtain for blocking airflow through the fan in a closed position, the curtain being wound onto the shaft in an open position, a closing mechanism for unwinding the curtain to the closed position, and a locking mechanism for locking the curtain in the open position. In response to detection of malfunction of the fan the locking mechanism is released and the closing mechanism unwinds the curtain to the closed position.
Claims20
A device for use with a fan, the device comprising:
- a shaft mounted at opposite ends via brackets to a housing of the fan;
- a curtain for blocking airflow through the fan in a closed position, the curtain being wound onto the shaft in an open position;
- a closing mechanism for unwinding the curtain to the closed position;
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- a locking mechanism for locking the curtain in the open position;
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- in response to detection of malfunction of the fan the locking mechanism is released and the closing mechanism unwinds the curtain to the closed position.
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