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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
William J. Anderl, Rochester, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system which provides redundant cooling of heat generating components within an electronic system with a single row of fans out the use of counter-rotational fans or multiple rows of fan by displacing failed fans in orthogonal directions. The system includes a fan track that has an orthogonal portion and at least one parallel portion. A failed or failing fan is moved from the orthogonal portion of the fan track to the parallel portion of the fan track. A bank of fans are each upon the orthogonal portion of the track. Each fan in the bank of fans acts upon air to produce an airflow. The bank of fans includes a moved fan at least partially filling a void upon the orthogonal portion of the fan track that is created when the failed or failing fan was moved from the orthogonal portion of the fan track to the parallel portion of the fan track.