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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
William J. Anderl, Rochester, MN (US);
Karl Stathakis, Rochester, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A cooling system that includes two or more fans that each have a chassis. The chassis includes a first face, a second face, and a sidewall. The fans then can be attached to each other by attaching a sidewall of a first fan chassis to a sidewall of a second fan chassis. An adjustable vane is attached perpendicularly and approximately equidistant between the fans, with an angular control element that is attached to the first fan chassis. The vane can be oriented such that the vane divides the airflow distributed to the fans. The vane then can be adjusted radially by the angular control element, which is attached to the fan chassis. If an impeller of a fan chassis fails the vane can be adjusted radially using an angular control element to distribute more airflow to the failed fan superimposing the non-failed fan chassis.