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US 9,517,371 B1Granted
Rack-mounted fire suppression system
AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.
InventorsBrock R. Gardner, Osvaldo P. Morales, Michael P. Czamara
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Abstract
A data center includes a plurality of racks on a floor and one or more fire suppression systems coupled to at least some of the racks. The fire suppression systems include reservoirs mounted on the racks, a fire suppression material in the reservoir, and one or more material dispensing devices coupled to the reservoir. The material dispensing devices may dispense fire suppression material onto or into the racks in response to a fire condition.
Claims22
A data center, comprising:
- a floor;
- a plurality of racks on the floor, wherein the plurality of racks comprise a plurality of rack-mounted servers;
- and
- one or more fire suppression devices each coupled to at least one of the plurality of racks, wherein at least one of the fire suppression devices comprises:
- one or more reservoirs mounted above a top surface of the at least one of the plurality of racks, wherein at least one reservoir of the one or more reservoirs is configured to hold a quantity of fire suppression material sufficient to suppress a fire in multiple ones of a plurality of rack-mounted servers mounted in the at least one rack;
- and
- one or more material dispensing devices mounted to at least one of the reservoirs,
- wherein at least one of the material dispensing devices is configured to dispense fire suppression material held in the at least one reservoir onto or into the rack in response to a fire condition.
5 more elements
A fire suppression system, comprising:
- one or more mounting portions configured to mount on a rack comprising a plurality of rack-mounted servers;
- one or more reservoirs, wherein at least one reservoir of the one or more reservoirs is configured to couple with the one or more mounting portions and mount above a top surface of the rack and hold a quantity of fire suppression material sufficient to suppress a fire in multiple ones of the plurality of rack-mounted servers mounted in the rack;
- and
- one or more material dispensing devices mounted to at least one of the reservoirs,
- wherein at least one of the material dispensing devices is configured to dispense fire suppression material held in the at least one reservoir onto or into the rack in response to a fire condition.
2 more elements
A method of suppressing a fire in rack-mounted servers, comprising:
- coupling a reservoir of fire suppression material mount above a top surface of the rack comprising a plurality of rack-mounted servers, wherein the reservoir holds a quantity of fire suppression material sufficient to suppress a fire in multiple ones of rack-mounted servers mounted in the rack, wherein coupling the reservoir to the top surface of the rack comprises coupling the reservoir to the rack via one or more mounting portions configured to mount on the rack;
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- dispensing, in response to fire condition, via one or more material dispensing devices mounted to the reservoir, at least a portion of the fire suppression material held in the reservoir onto or into the rack.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.