Volumetric resistance blower apparatus and system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9746001-B2
Application number	US-201113977484-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 7, 2011
Priority date	Dec 7, 2011
Publication date	Aug 29, 2017
Grant date	Aug 29, 2017

Abstract

Some embodiments of an apparatus and system are described for a volumetric resistance blower. An apparatus may comprise a motor, a rotor comprising a cylindrical foam block, and a casing having one or more inlets arranged in an axial direction of the rotor and one or more outlets arranged in a radial direction of the rotor. Other embodiments are described.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A blower, comprising
a motor;
a hub operably coupled to the motor;
a cylindrical rotor operably coupled to the hub, the cylindrical rotor comprising:
a cylindrical foam block formed of a first porous material that is porous to air, wherein the first porous material has a first pores per inch characteristic; and
a plurality of internal dividers extending across the cylindrical foam block to form a plurality of chambers in the cylindrical rotor, wherein the plurality of internal dividers is formed of a second porous material that is porous to air, wherein the second porous material has a second pores per inch characteristic, the first pores per inch characteristic different from the second pores per inch characteristic; and
a casing having one or more inlets and one or more outlets.

2. The blower of claim 1 , wherein the one or more inlets are arranged in an axial direction of the cylindrical rotor and the one or more outlets arranged in a radial direction of the cylindrical rotor.

3. The blower of claim 1 , wherein the cylindrical rotor is arranged to create a volumetric resistance inside the casing, the volumetric resistance to cause a flow of air to be drawn into the one or more inlets and out of the one or more outlets.

4. The blower of claim 1 , wherein the cylindrical rotor is arranged to generate a centrifugal force to cause a flow of air to flow through the cylindrical foam material or one or more cylindrical foam blocks.

5. The blower of claim 1 , wherein the cylindrical rotor comprises a substantially flat top surface, a substantially flat bottom surface and a substantially contiguous radial surface.

6. The blower of claim 1 , wherein the cylindrical rotor comprises a material having between 10 pores per inch (ppi) and 100 ppi.

7. The blower of claim 1 , wherein the one or more internal dividers are arranged to prevent azimuthal circulation inside the plurality of chambers.

8. The blower of claim 1 , comprising:
one or more grooves, ribs or brushes arranged as part of a top portion or a bottom portion of the casing.

9. The blower of claim 8 , wherein the one or more grooves, ribs or brushes is arranged to remove contaminants from the cylindrical rotor.

10. The blower of claim 1 , wherein the cylindrical rotor is arranged to generate low iso-acoustic interference compared to a blade-based rotor.

11. A computing system, comprising
an enclosure;
one or more heat generating components; and
a blower arranged inside the enclosure, the blower comprising:
a cylindrical rotor having an inner radial edge, the cylindrical rotor comprising:
a cylindrical foam block formed of a first porous material that is porous to air, wherein the first porous material has a first pores per inch characteristic; and
a plurality of internal dividers extending across the cylindrical foam block to form a plurality of chambers in the cylindrical rotor,

wherein the plurality of internal dividers is formed of a second porous material that is porous to air, wherein the second porous material has a second pores per inch characteristic, the first pores per inch characteristic different from the second pores per inch characteristic.

12. The computing system of claim 11 , wherein the blower comprises:
a motor;
a hub arranged to support the cylindrical rotor and to couple the cylindrical rotor to the motor; and

a casing having one or more inlets arranged in an axial direction of the cylindrical rotor and one or more outlets arranged in a radial direction of the cylindrical rotor.

13. The computing system of claim 12 , wherein the cylindrical rotor is arranged to create a volumetric resistance inside the casing, the volumetric resistance to cause a flow of air to be drawn into the one or more inlets and out of the one or more outlets.

14. The computing system of claim 12 , comprising:
one or more grooves, ribs or brushes arranged as part of a top portion or a bottom portion of the casing.

15. The computing system of claim 14 , wherein the one or more grooves, ribs or brushes are arranged to remove contaminants from the cylindrical rotor.

16. The computing system of claim 11 , wherein the cylindrical rotor is arranged to generate a centrifugal force to cause a flow of air to flow through the cylindrical rotor.

17. The computing system of claim 11 , wherein the cylindrical rotor comprises a substantially flat top surface, a substantially flat bottom surface and a substantially contiguous radial surface.

18. The computing system of claim 11 , wherein the cylindrical rotor comprises a material having between 10 pores per inch (ppi) and 100 ppi.

19. The computing system of claim 11 , wherein the one or more internal dividers are arranged to prevent azimuthal circulation inside the plurality of chambers.

20. The computing system of claim 11 , wherein the cylindrical rotor is arranged to generate low iso-acoustic interference for the computing system compared to a blade-based rotor.

21. The blower of claim 1 , wherein the cylindrical rotor comprises an inner radial edge and an outer radial edge, wherein the one or more internal dividers substantially extend from the inner radial edge to the outer radial edge.

Assignees

• Macdonald Mark
• Intel Corp

Inventors

• Macdonald Mark

Classifications

• F04D17/167

  Operating by means of fibrous or porous elements (suction filters F04D29/701), e.g. with sponge rotors · CPC title

• F04D29/666 Primary

  by means of rotor construction or layout, e.g. unequal distribution of blades or vanes · CPC title

• G06F1/20 Primary

  Cooling means · CPC title

• H05K7/20136

  Forced ventilation, e.g. by fans (H05K7/202 takes precedence) · CPC title