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Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021

Filed:

Nov. 09, 2018
Applicant:

Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);

Inventors:

Nan Wang, Shanghai, CN;

Austin M. Shelnutt, Leander, TX (US);

Assignee:

Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/20 (2006.01); G05B 19/416 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/206 (2013.01); G05B 19/416 (2013.01); G05B 2219/49215 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system may include a tank configured to hold a dielectric liquid, a rack located within the tank and having a plurality of bays, each bay configured to receive a corresponding device, an air pump configured to drive an air flow, at least one variable-buoyancy chamber mechanically coupled to at least one of the tank and the rack, each of the at least one variable-buoyancy chamber comprising a fluidically-sealed plenum and wherein the at least one variable-buoyancy chamber is configured to mechanically couple to a device-in-service, and a control subsystem configured to control a buoyancy of the at least one variable-buoyancy chamber in order to cause movement of the device-in-service relative to the rack.


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