Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multi-rack assembly method with shared cooling unit
- Patent Title (中): 多机架组装方式与共享冷却单元
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Application No.: US13684753Application Date: 2012-11-26
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Publication No.: US08797740B2Publication Date: 2014-08-05
- Inventor: Levi A. Campbell , Richard C. Chu , Milnes P. David , Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. , Madhusudan K. Iyengar , Robert E. Simons
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C.
- Agent Steven Chiu, Esq.; Kevin P. Radigan, Esq.
- Main IPC: H05K7/20
- IPC: H05K7/20

Abstract:
A multi-rack assembly is provided which includes first and second electronics racks. The first electronics rack includes one or more cooling units disposed within the first electronics rack, which are coupled in fluid communication with a primary coolant loop of the first electronics rack to, at least in part, provide cooled coolant to the primary coolant loop and facilitate cooling one or more first rack electronic components. The second electronics rack includes a secondary coolant loop coupled in fluid communication with the cooling unit(s) disposed within the first electronics rack. The multi-rack assembly further includes a controller to automatically provide cooled coolant to the secondary coolant loop, and wherein the controller controls flow of cooled coolant from the cooling unit(s) to the secondary coolant loop depending, at least in part, on cooling requirements of the first electronics rack.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130104383A1 MULTI-RACK ASSEMBLY METHOD WITH SHARED COOLING UNIT Public/Granted day:2013-05-02
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