Patent ID: 8587941
Filing Date: 2013-11-19
Classification: G06F,H05K

Abstract:
1. A cooling device of a computer rack equipped with a back panel comprising an evacuation zone, toward an exterior of the computer rack, of air having circulated over electric power components ( 20 1 , . . . , 20 i , . . . , 20 n ) arranged within the computer rack, comprising a rear door in the thickness of which air cooling means with at least one air/water heat exchanger is arranged, the cooling device comprising: a supporting frame on which the rear door is mounted, the supporting frame being shaped to surround the air evacuation zone of the computer rack; removable positioning means of the supporting frame disposed against the back panel of the computer rack; first connection means to an external supply of cold water; second connection means to an external evacuation of hot water having circulated in the air/water heat exchanger; and a plate for receiving and guiding flexible tubes of supply and evacuation including a plate with at least two overlaid horizontal supports fixed in a lower part of the supporting frame and constructed to be inserted under the computer rack at a location between the base of the computer rack and the floor on which of the computer rack is supported using floor support means, wherein the first connection means comprises a flexible tube attached, at one extremity, to a connection device to the external supply and, at another extremity, to a pivoting connection device to the air/water heat exchanger, and wherein the second connection means comprises a flexible tube attached, at one extremity, to a connection device to the external evacuation and, at another extremity, to a pivoting connection device to the air/water heat exchanger.