Electronic component, method of cooling, and damper therefor
AssigneeMotorola, Inc.
InventorJohn E. Gatti
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Abstract
An electronic component (100) includes an electronic equipment enclosure (110), a plurality of electronic devices (121) inside the enclosure, air movers (130) capable of cooling the electronic devices, and a separate barometric vane dampers (201, 202) adjacent to each of the air movers. The electronic component includes N+1 air movers where N is a minimum number of air movers required to cool the enclosure. Additionally, each of the barometric vanes has at least one stop to limit its movement. Furthermore, the barometric vanes are contoured to direct air flow within the electronic equipment enclosure and are closeable by gravity when the air movers are stationary.
Claims6
An electronic component comprising:
- an electronic equipment enclosure;
- a plurality of electronic devices inside the electronic equipment enclosure;
- a plurality of air movers adjacent to the electronic equipment enclosure to move air within the electronic equipment enclosure;
- and
- a plurality of dampers, wherein each of the plurality of dampers comprises a pair of movable vanes, wherein each vane of the pair of movable vanes is contoured and rotatable in opposite directions, thereby directing air in different directions,
- and wherein:
- each of the plurality of air movers is located adjacent to a separate one of the plurality of dampers, and wherein each pair of movable vanes of the plurality of dampers is closeable by gravity.
An electronic component comprising:
- an electronic equipment enclosure;
- a plurality of electronic devices inside the electronic equipment enclosure;
- a plurality of air movers adjacent to the electronic equipment enclosure to move air within the electronic equipment enclosure;
- a plurality of dampers, wherein each of the plurality of dampers comprises a pair of flexible vanes, wherein each vane of the pair of flexible vanes is contoured and rotatable in opposite directions, thereby directing air in different directions
- and wherein:
- each of the plurality of air movers is located adjacent to a separate one of the plurality of dampers, and wherein each of the flexible vanes of the plurality of dampers is comprised of a material deformable by air blown by one of the plurality of air movers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.