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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2005
Lawrence B. Seibold, San Jose, CA (US);
Lawrence B. Seibold, San Jose, CA (US);
Rackable Systems, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
A power supply for use in a negative pressure computer system is provided, including: an enclosure; an air exhaust port provided on a first side of the enclosure; an air intake port provided on a second side of the enclosure, said second side being adjacent to the first side having the exhaust port; and an air mover configured to draw cooling air into the intake port and exhaust cooling air out of the exhaust port. A computer system is provided, including: a chassis; a printed circuit board (PCB) mounted in the chassis; one or more computer components coupled to the printed circuit board; a power supply for supplying power to the one or more computer components. The power supply includes: a power supply enclosure; a power supply intake port for receiving cooling air into the power supply housing; a power supply exhaust port oriented to exhaust air from the power supply housing into an interior region of the chassis; and a power supply air mover configured to draw cooling air into the power supply intake port and exhaust cooling air out of the exhaust port and into the interior region of the chassis. The computer system further includes one or more chassis air movers to draw the cooling air emitted from the exhaust port of the power supply out of the interior region of the chassis.