CONTAINER DATA CENTER

• US 20140199934A1
• Filed: 03/18/2013
• Published: 07/17/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/17/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cloud Network Technology Singapore Pte. Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: LIN, TAI-WEI
• Granted Patent: US 9,609,784 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 454/184
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/343 Structures characterised by movable, separable, or collapsible parts, e.g. for transport movable roof parts E04B7/16; floatable buildings B63B; small prefabricated buildings, transportable as a whole, E04H1/12; small garages E04H6/02; tents or canopies, in general E04H15/00
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 2001/1283 Small buildings of the ISO containers type
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/1497 Rooms for data centers; Shipping containers therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/20745 within rooms for removing heat from cabinets, e.g. by air conditioning device

Abstract

A container data center includes a container, an air duct, and a connecting member. The container is received in a room. The container defines an air inlet and an air outlet away from the air inlet. The air duct extends through a sidewall of the room. A first side of the connecting member is detachably connected to the air inlet of the container, and a second side of the connecting member is connected to the air duct. Air outside the room enters the air duct, flows through the connecting member, enters the container through the air inlet, and flows out of the container through the air outlet.

Claims

1. A container data center, comprising:

a container to be received in a room, wherein the container defines an air inlet and an air outlet away from the air inlet;

a hollow air duct extending through a sidewall of the room; and

a hollow connecting member comprising a first side detachably connected to the air inlet of the container and a second side connected to the air duct.

2. The container data center of claim 1, wherein the connecting member comprises a bracket sandwiched between the container and the air duct, the bracket defines a space communicating with the air duct and the air inlet of the container.

3. The container data center of claim 2, wherein the bracket is made of a flexible material.

4. The container data center of claim 2, wherein the bracket comprises four connecting bars connected end to end, and the connecting bars cooperatively bound the space.

5. The container data center of claim 4, wherein a first side of each connecting bar defines a cutout, a magnet is engaged in the cutout, the magnets are absorbed to the container at the air inlet.

6. The container data center of claim 4, wherein a second side of each connecting bar defines a cutout, a magnet is engaged in the cutout, the air duct is made of iron, and the air duct is detachably connected to the second side of the bracket through the magnets.

7. The container data center of claim 2, wherein the air duct comprises a shell and a connecting portion extending out from an end of the shell, the connecting portion is inserted into the space of the bracket, the air duct defines an airflow channel extending through the connecting portion, the airflow channel communicates with the space of the connecting member and the air inlet of the container.

8. The container data center of claim 7, wherein the shell comprises four plates connected end to end, and the plates cooperatively bound the airflow channel.

9. The container data center of claim 7, wherein the connecting portion comprises four flanges extending out from ends of the plates, the flanges are engaged in the space.

10. The container data center of claim 7, wherein the connecting portion defines a plurality of connecting holes, the second side of the bracket defines a plurality of positioning holes aligning with the connecting holes, a plurality of rivets is engaged in the positioning holes and the corresponding connecting holes.