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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Yutaka Hayashi, Hadano, JP;
Mitsuo Miyamoto, Hadano, JP;
Michihito Watarai, Hadano, JP;
Takayuki Atarashi, Tsuchiura, JP;
Tetsuya Tanaka, Niihari-gun, JP;
Toshio Hatada, Tsuchiura, JP;
Yoshihiro Takada, Niihari-gun, JP;
Takahiro Daikoku, Ushiku, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A forced air cooling apparatus having a blower for blowing air taken in from an intake surface or inlet of the blower to be blown against an electronic device in an installation wherein the blower is mounted for operation on a casing or a rack, and in which the apparatus has a flow regulating plate vertically intersecting the intake surface that is installed immediately before the intake surface. With this construction, eddy air current flow in the vicinity of the intake surface is prevented and the cooling ability obtained from the blower is optimized to thereby attain the effect that the electronic devices can be efficiently cooled without requiring the same separation distance between an intake surface of the blower and a wall surface of the frame or casing in which the blower is installed, as compared with a conventional installation of the same equipment in the same casing without the flow regulating plate.