Fluid reservoir device for computing system
AssigneeZt Group Int'l, Inc. Dba Zt Systems
InventorsMahesh Varrey, Chen An
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Abstract
A fluid reservoir device is provided. A body forms a reservoir operable to receive fluid. The body is operable to transition between a contracted configuration and an expanded configuration such that the body in the expanded configuration expands a volume of the reservoir. A transition component is operable to transition the body between (1) the expanded configuration to the contracted configuration as a computing device fluidly connects with a rack manifold, and (2) the contracted configuration to the expanded configuration as the computing device disconnects from the rack manifold.
Claims20
A fluid reservoir device comprising:
- a body forming a reservoir operable to receive fluid, the body operable to transition between a contracted configuration and an expanded configuration such that the body in the expanded configuration expands a volume of the reservoir;
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- a transition component operable to transition the body between (1) the expanded configuration to the contracted configuration as a computing device fluidly connects with a rack manifold, and (2) the contracted configuration to the expanded configuration as the computing device disconnects from the rack manifold.
A computing device comprising:
- a liquid cooling system with a computing disconnect operable to fluidly couple with a rack manifold;
- a chassis with a chassis reservoir operable to receive fluid leaking from the liquid cooling system;
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- a fluid reservoir device in fluid communication with the chassis reservoir, the fluid reservoir device including:
- a body forming a reservoir operable to receive the fluid in the chassis reservoir, the body operable to transition between a contracted configuration and an expanded configuration such that the body transitioning to the expanded configuration expands a volume of the reservoir;
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- a transition component operable to transition the body between (1) the expanded configuration to the contracted configuration as a computing disconnect fluidly connects with the rack manifold, and (2) the contracted configuration to the expanded configuration as the computing disconnect disconnects from the rack manifold.
A computing system comprising:
- a rack with a rack manifold including a rack disconnect;
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- a computing device including:
- a liquid cooling system with a computing disconnect operable to detachably couple with the rack disconnect of the rack manifold to provide fluid communication between the rack manifold and the liquid cooling system;
- a chassis with a chassis reservoir operable to receive fluid leaking from the liquid cooling system;
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- a fluid reservoir device in fluid communication with the chassis reservoir, the fluid reservoir device including:
- a body forming a reservoir operable to receive the fluid in the chassis reservoir, the body operable to transition between a contracted configuration and an expanded configuration such that the body transitioning to the expanded configuration expands a volume of the reservoir;
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- a transition component operable to transition the body between (1) the expanded configuration to the contracted configuration as a computing disconnect fluidly connects with the rack manifold, and (2) the contracted configuration to the expanded configuration as the computing disconnect disconnects from the rack manifold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.