Dell Products Inc.

Eric Michael Tunks

Steven Embleton

Ben John Sy

Ayedin Nikazm

Tyler B Duncan

Joseph Andrew Vivio

James Don Curlee

John R Stuewe

Joshua Scott Keup

Hasnain Shabbir

Richard Mark Eiland

Donald W Gerhart

Rene Jason Salas

Dinesh Kunnathur Ragupathi

Dominick Adam Lovicott

Haesung Kwon

Daniel Alvarado

Carlos Guillermo Henry

William K Coxe, Jr

Alaric Joaquim Narcissius Silveira

Joseph A Bartole

Bruce E Lykins

Travis Christopher West-Edwards

Timothy Michael Lambert

Stuart Allen Berke

Austin Michael Shelnutt

Paul Theodore Artman

Jeffrey Leighton Kennedy

Michael Joseph Stumpf

Michael Albert Perks

Balamurugan Gnanasambandam

Chris M Helberg

Curtis Ray Genz

Owen Kidd

Randy Alton Frazier

Julian Yu-Hao Chen

Walt R Carver

Shun-cheng Hsu

Chadwick Thomas Berry

Xinzhi Ma

Danny Alvarado

John Ervin Jenne

Jimmy Koon-Ming Tang

Marc Douglas Sayre

Brian M Hahn

Roberto A Gutierez

Donnie W Gerhart

Seth Law

Camden Schreeder

Ian Greener

Steve Embleton

Nathaniel Honl

Andre Branco

Pavel Lazurenko

Jackson Colvin

Laura Smith

A computing device includes a printed circuit board, a base, and a heater apparatus. The printed circuit board is secured to the base. The heater apparatus includes a heater component and a plurality of heater wires, and the heater component is disposed between the printed circuit board and the base.

Heater apparatus for a computing device

A method may include, in response to an indication that a clean air filter has been installed in an information handling system, setting a speed of an air mover of the information handling system to a predetermined filter testing speed, determining a clean filter baseline airflow as an airflow driven within the information handling system responsive to the predetermined filter testing speed, calculating a threshold filter failure airflow based on the clean filter baseline airflow, and periodically executing filter fouling tests. Each filter fouling test may include setting the speed of the air mover to the predetermined filter testing speed, determining a resulting airflow within the information handling system responsive to the predetermined filter testing speed, comparing the resulting airflow to the threshold filter failure airflow, and communicating an alert responsive to the resulting airflow being below the threshold filter failure airflow.

Self-calculating filter fouling thresholds

A method for filling and draining a liquid cooling system, may include, in a fill mode of the system, causing a pump to drive liquid from a reservoir configured to hold the liquid, through a first fluidic conduit configured to couple to a first pair of fluid disconnects of a manifold of the liquid cooling system, through the first pair of fluid disconnects, to fluidic channels of the liquid cooling system fluidically coupled to the first pair of fluid disconnects, and in a drain mode of the system, causing the pump to drive liquid present in the fluidic channels to flow from the fluidic channels, through the first pair of fluid disconnects, through the first fluidic conduit, and to the reservoir.

Systems and methods for filling and draining liquid of a liquid cooling system

A multi-device chassis air filter characterization system includes a multi-device chassis, an air filter that is included on the multi-device chassis, and a plurality of computing devices that are housed in the multi-device chassis. Each of the computing devices determines that a current time corresponds to a predetermined air filter characterization time period and, in response, operates a cooling system in that computing device at a predetermined cooling system operating level for the predetermined air filter characterization time period. A first computing device that is included in the plurality of computing devices measures an air filtering characteristic provided by the air filter during the predetermined air filter characterization time period and, based on the air filtering characteristic, determines whether to generate an air filter replacement alert.

Multi-device chassis air filter characterization system

Methods, systems, and devices for managing the operation of data processing systems are disclosed. A data processing system may include a computing device that may provide computer-implemented services. To provide the computer-implemented services, hardware components of the data processing system may need to operate within certain thermal dissipation requirements. To regulate the temperature of the hardware components, a fan may circulate air through the data processing system when the temperatures fall outside the thermal dissipation requirements. To regulate the temperature of the hardware components more efficiently, higher air flow rates may be desired. To increase air flow rates, a three-dimensional ventilation port may be implemented to de-constrict air flow when air enters or exits the data processing system.

System and method for improving rate of air flow through data processing systems

An improved method and system for heating and cooling an electronic device, when internal temperatures are below safe operating ranges. To do so, the system selectively heats or cools each zone of the electronic device. This may be done by individual heaters and/or cooling system for each separate zones. Alternatively, or in addition too, the system can selectively open and close baffles, causing fresh ambient air to enter and/or recirculate heated air in a device's enclosure. This keeps sensitive components of the computing device, such as processors and memory from suffering damage, by operating them at temperatures that are either too cold or too warm.

Independent active cooling and heating control loop per component

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, anti-static bag, and kit for transporting an electronic component in the anti-static bag. Along with the electronic component, a desiccant and a temperature indicator are added to the anti-static bag. The anti-static bag is then vacuum sealed to reduce the air and moisture in the anti-static bag. The vacuum sealed bag, desiccant, and temperature indicator, insure that the formation of condensation on the electronic component will be minimized, which will potentially prolong the life of the electronic component.

Vacuum static service bag for servers

Methods and systems for managing the operation of data processing systems are disclosed. A data processing system may include a computing device that may provide computer implemented services. To provide the computer implemented services, hardware components of the data processing system may need to operate in predetermined manners. To manage the operation of the hardware components, the data processing system may heat them when their temperatures fall outside of thermal operating ranges. The data processing system may implement a distributed management framework for managing the operation of a thermal management subsystem tasked with maintaining the temperatures of the hardware components through heating.

System and method for fan control across wide ambient temperatures

Methods, systems, and devices for providing computer-implemented services are disclosed. To provide the computer-implemented services, hardware components that generate heat may be used. To manage the heat generated by the hardware components, a heat sink assembly may be used. The heat sink assembly may include features for adjusting its shape and/or size to accommodate other nearby components. By accommodating other components, the heat sink assembly may be used in spaces that would otherwise be unusable for thermal dissipation purposes due to the risk of mechanical interference between the heat sink assembly and the other components.

Variable topography heat sink fins

Embodiments of the invention may provide an improved method for pre-heating an electronic device such as an information handling system, when internal temperatures are below safe operating ranges. To do so, the system selectively heats the entire device or select zones of the electronic device for a predetermined amount of time when the system is restarted after a period of time sufficient to bring the system to ambient temperatures. The predetermined amount of time is determined based on measured ambient temperatures. Using a table that corresponds the ambient temperatures to a time that a component needs to heat up to a nominal temperature in a zone, the predetermined time can be calculated.

Predictive open loop pre-heating of electronic devices in cold environments

A computing device includes a thermal excursion detection unit and a power supply unit. The thermal excursion detection unit is configured to monitor a temperature of an internal volume of the computing device and to control the operation of the power supply unit. The power supply unit is configured to provide power to hardware components in the computing device and the power supply unit only provides power to the hardware components when the thermal excursion detection unit permits.

Method and system for thermal excursion monitor and control

A data processing device includes an internal volume for housing electromagnetic interference emitting devices. The data processing device further includes a first electromagnetic radiation absorbing vent. The data processing device further includes a second electromagnetic radiation absorbing vent. The first electromagnetic radiation absorbing vent and the second electromagnetic radiation absorbing vent delineate a gas flow path through the internal volume.

System and method for thermal management and electromagnetic interference management

A computing device includes a bezel and an enclosure. The bezel includes an air circulation component and a heater apparatus. The enclosure includes a plurality of hardware components, and the bezel is affixed to a frontside of the enclosure and configured to heat an internal volume of the enclosure.

Heater apparatus and air circulation component-integrated bezel for a computing device

A computing device includes a bezel and an enclosure. The bezel includes a heater apparatus. The enclosure includes a plurality of hardware components, and the bezel is affixed to a frontside of the enclosure and configured to heat at least a volume of air entering the enclosure.

Heater apparatus-integrated bezel for a computing device

A computing device includes a top cover, a heater apparatus, a plurality of temperature sensors, and a heating control component. The heater apparatus includes a heater component and a connector, and the heater component is affixed to the top cover. The plurality of temperature sensors are operatively connected to the heating control component. The heating control component configured to manage the heater apparatus using the plurality of temperature sensors.

Heater apparatus-integrated top cover for a computing device

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Eric Michael Tunks