Coolant supply unit, cooling unit, and electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9924614-B2
Application number	US-201715424320-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 3, 2017
Priority date	Sep 7, 2012
Publication date	Mar 20, 2018
Grant date	Mar 20, 2018

Abstract

A coolant supply unit includes a plurality of pumps, a casing that includes a coolant inlet port, a plurality of branch ports that respectively convey coolant to the plurality of pumps, a plurality of flow merging ports through which the coolant from the plurality of pumps merges, and a coolant outlet port; and a separating wall that is provided inside the casing and that separates the inside of the casing into a distribution chamber that is in communication with the inlet port and the branch ports, and a flow merging chamber that is in communication with the flow merging ports and the outlet port.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A coolant supply unit comprising:
a plurality of pumps;
a casing that includes a coolant inlet port, a plurality of branch ports that respectively convey coolant to the plurality of pumps, a plurality of flow merging ports through which the coolant from the plurality of pumps merges, and a coolant outlet port;
a separating wall that is provided inside the casing and that separates the inside of the casing into a distribution chamber that is in communication with the inlet port and the branch ports, and a flow merging chamber that is in communication with the flow merging ports and the outlet port;
a first enlarged portion with a flow path cross-section area widened in a height direction at a location in the distribution chamber portion where the inlet port is provided; and
a second enlarged portion with a flow path cross-section area widened in a height direction at a location in the flow merging chamber portion where the outlet port is provided.

2. The coolant supply unit of claim 1 , wherein the inlet port and the outlet port are provided at the same height from a bottom wall of the casing.

3. The coolant supply unit of claim 1 , wherein:
the inlet port is provided at one length direction end side of the casing; and
the outlet port is provided at the other length direction end side of the casing.

4. The coolant supply unit of claim 3 , wherein respective length directions of the plurality of pumps intersect with the casing length direction in a side view of the casing.

5. The coolant supply unit of claim 3 , wherein respective length directions of the plurality of pumps are parallel to the casing length direction in a side view of the casing.

6. The coolant supply unit of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of pumps are provided at the casing at one side in a width direction orthogonal to a casing length direction.

7. A coolant supply unit comprising:
a plurality of pumps;
a casing that includes a coolant inlet port, a plurality of branch ports that respectively convey coolant to the plurality of pumps, a plurality of flow merging ports through which the coolant from the plurality of pumps merges, and a coolant outlet port;
a separating wall that is provided inside the casing and that separates the inside of the casing into a distribution chamber that is in communication with the inlet port and the branch ports, and a flow merging chamber that is in communication with the flow merging ports and the outlet port; wherein:
a number of the plurality of branch ports is greater than a number of pumps of the plurality of pumps, and a number of the plurality of flow merging ports is greater than the number of pumps of the plurality of pumps; and
the coolant supply unit further comprises one or more closing off members that close off branch ports and flow merging ports to which the pumps are not connected.

8. The coolant supply unit of claim 7 , wherein:
the inlet port is provided at one length direction end side of the casing; and
the outlet port is provided at the other length direction end side of the casing.

9. The coolant supply unit of claim 8 , wherein respective length directions of the plurality of pumps intersect with the casing length direction in a side view of the casing.

10. The coolant supply unit of claim 8 , wherein respective length directions of the plurality of pumps are parallel to the casing length direction in a side view of the casing.

11. The coolant supply unit of claim 7 , wherein the plurality of pumps are provided at the casing at one side in a width direction orthogonal to a casing length direction.

Assignees

• Fujitsu Ltd

Inventors

• Suzuki Masumi
• Aoki Michimasa
• Wei Jie

Classifications

• Y10T137/87265

  Dividing into parallel flow paths with recombining · CPC title

• H05K7/20272 Primary

  Accessories for moving fluid, for expanding fluid, for connecting fluid conduits, for distributing fluid, for removing gas or for preventing leakage, e.g. pumps, tanks or manifolds · CPC title

• H05K7/202

  Air circulating in closed loop within enclosure wherein heat is removed through heat-exchangers · CPC title

• H05K7/20636 Primary

  within sub-racks for removing heat from electronic boards · CPC title

• Y10T137/86163

  Parallel · CPC title