Communications: electrical – Condition responsive indicating system – With particular system function
Patent
1995-10-31
1997-09-16
Mullen, Thomas
Communications: electrical
Condition responsive indicating system
With particular system function
326 10, 340679, 371 26, 39518209, G08B 2900
Patent
active
056685327
ABSTRACT:
A cooling system provides redundant fault-tolerant cooling to electrical devices in an electrical apparatus and comprises a plurality N+1 individual cooling fans, N cooling fans being required to provide cooling of the devices and further comprises monitor logic for monitoring the status of the plurality of cooling fans and for issuing a non-critical warning to the apparatus in the event of failure of one of the cooling fans, the logic being further operable, in the event of a failure in the logic, to issue a non-critical warning to the apparatus.
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Beer Reginald
Cutts Stanley John
Kew Steven Brian
Morris Neil
Newmarch David
Billion Richard E.
Gamon Owen J.
International Business Machines - Corporation
Mullen Thomas
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