Server rack, electronic apparatus, and electronic apparatus protection method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9007762-B2
Application number	US-201213713781-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 13, 2012
Priority date	Apr 25, 2012
Publication date	Apr 14, 2015
Grant date	Apr 14, 2015

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a server rack includes a server, a housing which includes a ventilation opening part, and surrounds the server, a water sensor which is provided outside the housing and senses water, a closing member which is movable between a first position in which the closing member is dislocated from the opening part and a second position in which the closing member covers the opening part, a moving mechanism which moves the closing member from the first position to the second position, an adhering mechanism which brings the closing member that has moved to the second position into close contact with the housing, and a controller which operates the moving mechanism and the adhering mechanism, when the water sensor senses water.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A server rack comprising:
a server;
a housing which includes a ventilation opening part, and surrounds the server;
a water sensor which is provided outside the housing and senses water;
a closing member which is movable between a first position in which the closing member is dislocated from the opening part and a second position in which the closing member covers the opening part;
a moving mechanism which moves the closing member from the first position to the second position;
an adhering mechanism which brings the closing member that has moved to the second position into close contact with the housing; and
a controller which operates the moving mechanism and the adhering mechanism, when the water sensor senses water.

2. The server rack of claim 1 , further comprising:
an earthquake sensor which senses an earthquake; and
an air bag which is expanded in a position between the server and an internal surface of the housing, when the earthquake sensor senses an earthquake.

3. The server rack of claim 2 , wherein
the closing member includes a plate part which has a plate-like shape, and a packing part which abuts against the housing to surround the opening part.

4. The server rack of claim 3 , wherein
each of the moving mechanism and the adhering mechanism is an electromagnet.

5. The server rack of claim 4 , further comprising:
a receiving part which receives the closing member that has moved to the second position,
wherein the closing member drops from the first position to the second position, when attraction provided by the moving mechanism is removed.

6. The server rack of claim 5 , wherein
the closing member is provided outside the housing.

7. The server rack of claim 2 , wherein
the closing member is provided inside the housing, and
the air bag also serves as the adhering mechanism.

8. An electronic apparatus comprising:
a server;
a housing which includes an opening part and surrounds the server;
a sensor which is provided to be exposed to outside and senses water;
a closing member which is movable between a first position in which the closing member is dislocated from the opening part and a second position in which the closing member covers the opening part;
a moving mechanism which moves the closing member from the first position to the second position, when the sensor senses water; and
an adhering mechanism which brings the closing member that has moved to the second position into close contact with the housing.

9. An electronic apparatus protection method, which is used for an electronic apparatus that includes a server, a housing that includes an opening part and surrounds the server, a closing member which is movable between a first position in which the closing member is dislocated from the opening part and a second position in which the closing member covers the opening part, a first sensor, a second sensor, an air bag, a moving mechanism, and an adhering mechanism, the method comprising:
expanding the air bag between the server and the housing when the first sensor senses an earthquake; and
moving the closing member from the first position to the second position by the moving mechanism, and bringing the closing member which has moved to the second position into close contact with the housing by the adhering mechanism, when the second sensor senses water.

10. The electronic apparatus protection method of claim 9 , wherein
the moving mechanism is an electromagnet, and the closing member is dropped from the first position to the second position by removing attraction by the electromagnet when the second sensor senses water.

11. The electronic apparatus protection method of claim 9 , wherein
the closing member is provided inside the housing, the air bag is expanded to bring the closing member that has moved to the second position into close contact with the housing when the second sensor senses water, and thereby the air bag is used as the adhering mechanism.

Assignees

• Toya Mitsunobu
• Toshiba Kk

Inventors

• Toya Mitsunobu

Classifications

• G06F1/182 Primary

  with special features, e.g. for use in industrial environments; grounding or shielding against radio frequency interference [RFI] or electromagnetical interference [EMI] · CPC title

• H05K7/1495

  providing data protection in case of earthquakes, floods, storms, nuclear explosions, intrusions, fire · CPC title