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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:
Jul. 22, 2025

Filed:

Apr. 12, 2023
Applicant:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

David Edward Bryan, Seattle, WA (US);

Christopher Strickland Beall, Woodinville, WA (US);

Darin Lee Frink, Lake Tapps, WA (US);

Assignee:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/20 (2006.01); G06F 1/20 (2006.01); H01L 23/467 (2006.01); H01L 23/473 (2006.01); H05K 13/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/20754 (2013.01); G06F 1/20 (2013.01); G06F 1/206 (2013.01); H01L 23/467 (2013.01); H05K 7/20727 (2013.01); H05K 13/04 (2013.01); H01L 23/473 (2013.01);
Abstract

A rack-mountable computer system enables an airflow that cools components in an upstream portion of the computer system interior to be cooled through mixing with a bypass airflow downstream of the components in the upstream portion. The mixed airflow can cool components in a downstream portion of the interior. The bypass airflow is directed by a bypass plenum that is unencompassed by the separate plenum that directs the airflow to cool the upstream portion components. The bypass plenum can be at least partially established by an external surface the computer system and one or more external structures, including an external surface of an adjacently mounted computer system. Relative flow rates through the separate plenums can be adjusted, via flow control elements, to separately control heat removal from components upstream and downstream of the air mixing, based at least in part upon air temperatures in the separate interior portions.


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