Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Variable inlet vanes
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Application No.: US15091152Application Date: 2016-04-05
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Publication No.: US09695829B2Publication Date: 2017-07-04
- Inventor: William J. Anderl , Karl Stathakis
- 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
- Agent Nathan M. Rau
- Main IPC: F04D19/02
- IPC: F04D19/02 ; F04D25/16 ; F04D19/00 ; F04D29/56 ; F04D29/64 ; B23P19/00 ; H05K7/20 ; F04D29/60

Abstract:
A cooling system that includes two or more fans that each have a chassis. The chassis includes a first face, a second face, and a sidewall. The fans then can be attached to each other by attaching a sidewall of a first fan chassis to a sidewall of a second fan chassis. An adjustable vane is attached perpendicularly and approximately equidistant between the fans, with an angular control element that is attached to the first fan chassis. The vane can be oriented such that the vane divides the airflow distributed to the fans. The vane then can be adjusted radially by the angular control element, which is attached to the fan chassis. If an impeller of a fan chassis fails the vane can be adjusted radially using an angular control element to distribute more airflow to the failed fan superimposing the non-failed fan chassis.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160215779A1 VARIABLE INLET VANES Public/Granted day:2016-07-28
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