Data storage system having cooling fan speed protection

Automatic temperature and humidity regulation – Ventilator type – Electrically actuated

Reexamination Certificate

Rate now

  [ 0.00 ] – not rated yet Voters 0   Comments 0

Details

C318S469000, C318S472000, C714S047300

Reexamination Certificate

active

07621460

ABSTRACT:
A speed control system is provided for controlling temperature within a chassis. The chassis includes therein a temperature sensing device for producing a temperature signal representative of temperature within the chassis, a fan, and a fan speed controller. The fan speed controller produces a nominal fan speed control signal comprising a train of pulses, successive pulses having a duty cycle related to the temperature signal produced by the temperature sensing device, such time durations decreasing with increasing temperature. The speed control system includes a decoupling circuit responsive to the nominal fan speed control signal for, in response to relatively a low duty cycle, coupling the nominal fan control signal to an output of the decoupling circuit, and, in response a relatively high duty cycle, producing a preset fan speed signal at the output of the decoupling circuit. The fan has a speed in accordance with the signal at the output of the decoupling circuit.

REFERENCES:
patent: 5528229 (1996-06-01), Mehta
patent: 5841876 (1998-11-01), Gifford et al.
patent: 6040668 (2000-03-01), Huynh et al.
patent: 6135718 (2000-10-01), Yang
patent: 6390379 (2002-05-01), Huang
patent: 6650074 (2003-11-01), Vyssotski et al.
patent: 6879120 (2005-04-01), Xi
patent: 6891347 (2005-05-01), Dobbs et al.
patent: 7275380 (2007-10-01), Durant et al.
patent: 2003/0015983 (2003-01-01), Montero et al.
patent: 2003/0137267 (2003-07-01), Blake
patent: 2004/0027799 (2004-02-01), King et al.
patent: 2004/0234376 (2004-11-01), Marando et al.
patent: 2004/0263105 (2004-12-01), Tsai et al.
patent: 2005/0196157 (2005-09-01), Fung
Electrronic Motor Control for Fan IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletion, vol. 36, No. Aug. 8, 1993.
International Search Report Written Opinion.
U.S. Appl. No. 11/238,601, filed Mar. 29, 2005.
U.S. Appl. No. 11/238,600, filed Mar. 29, 2005.
U.S. Appl. No. 11/238,352, filed Mar. 29, 2005.
U.S. Appl. No. 11/238,284, filed Mar. 29, 2005 (Now U.S. Pat. No. 7,134,902).
U.S. Appl. No. 11/238,283, filed Mar. 29, 2005.

LandOfFree

Say what you really think

Search LandOfFree.com for the USA inventors and patents. Rate them and share your experience with other people.

Rating

Data storage system having cooling fan speed protection does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Data storage system having cooling fan speed protection, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Data storage system having cooling fan speed protection will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

     

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-4100700

  Search
All data on this website is collected from public sources. Our data reflects the most accurate information available at the time of publication.