Patent ID: 9173320
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
1. A system for selectively cooling a set of at least one rack-mounted server in a chassis, the system comprising: a chassis, wherein the chassis comprises racks to hold multiple rack-mounted servers; a chassis manager, wherein the chassis manager is a processor-based computing system; a set of at least one thermal sensor coupled to each rack-mounted server in the chassis, wherein the set of at least one thermal sensor communicates a real time temperature of each rack-mounted server from the multiple rack-mounted servers to the chassis manager; a trolley track oriented functionally proximate to the multiple rack-mounted servers, wherein the trolley track is functionally proximate if oriented in a position that allows cold air trolleys to selectively deliver cold air to the multiple rack-mounted servers; a cold air trolley movably mounted to the trolley track, wherein the cold air trolley moves along the trolley track in order to be selectively oriented next to a particular overheating rack-mounted server in the chassis, and wherein the cold air trolley provides a fluid conduit from a cold air source to the particular overheating rack-mounted server in response to the chassis manager detecting that the particular overheating rack-mounted server is exceeding a predetermined temperature; a cold air plenum in fluid communication with the cold air source; an orifice in a side of the cold air plenum; a flexible occlusion flap over the orifice; and a nozzle coupled to and extending away from the cold air trolley, wherein the nozzle is capable of penetrating the flexible occlusion flap to pass through the orifice, wherein cold air passes through the nozzle and across the particular overheating rack-mounted server.