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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2019

Filed:

Sep. 23, 2017
Applicant:

Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);

Inventors:

Chuankeat Kho, San Jose, CA (US);

Jason David Adrian, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 29/66 (2006.01); G06F 1/20 (2006.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01); H01L 23/467 (2006.01); F04D 29/70 (2006.01); G06F 1/18 (2006.01); F04D 29/64 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 29/668 (2013.01); F04D 29/664 (2013.01); F04D 29/667 (2013.01); F04D 29/703 (2013.01); G06F 1/182 (2013.01); G06F 1/20 (2013.01); H01L 23/467 (2013.01); H05K 7/20136 (2013.01); F04D 29/646 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus for dampening vibrations generated by exhaust fans may include (1) at least one exhaust fan that (A) generates airflow across an array of storage devices that include rotating disks and (B) generates acoustic waves that produce propagating vibrations and (2) at least one acoustic attenuator that (A) includes a group of honeycomb-shaped openings that dampen the acoustic waves generated by the exhaust fan and (B) mitigates, by way of the honeycomb-shaped openings, interference to the rotating disks caused by the propagating vibrations produced by the acoustic waves. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.


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