ADAPTIVE COOLING ASSEMBLY
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1. An adaptive cooling assembly, comprising:
- a removable shelf installed in the adaptive cooling assembly;
an adaptive cooling bay located in a slot formed by the removable shelf, wherein the adaptive cooling bay includes a pair of connectors; and
a removable thermal bus bar (TBB) installed in the adaptive cooling bay and connected to the pair of connectors, wherein the removable TBB provides liquid cooling to an electronic device.
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Abstract
Example implementations relate to an adaptive cooling assembly. For example, an adaptive cooling assembly includes a removable shelf installed in the adaptive cooling assembly, an adaptive cooling bay located in a slot formed by the removable shelf, and a removable thermal bus bar installed in the adaptive cooling bay and connected to a pair of connectors. The adaptive cooling bay includes the pair of connectors and the removable thermal bus bar provides liquid cooling to an electronic device.
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15 Claims
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1. An adaptive cooling assembly, comprising:
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a removable shelf installed in the adaptive cooling assembly; an adaptive cooling bay located in a slot formed by the removable shelf, wherein the adaptive cooling bay includes a pair of connectors; and a removable thermal bus bar (TBB) installed in the adaptive cooling bay and connected to the pair of connectors, wherein the removable TBB provides liquid cooling to an electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system comprising:
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an adaptive cooling assembly including; a wall structure; and a plurality of removable shelves installed on the wall structure forming a plurality of slots; and a removable thermal bus bar (TBB) installed in an adaptive cooling bay of one of the plurality of slots to provide liquid cooling to an electronic device, wherein the adaptive cooling bay includes a pair of connectors connected to the removable TBB. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. The system of 10, wherein the different electronic device is cooled using integrated liquid-cooled cold plate cooling.
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12. The system of 11, wherein the pair of connectors include a pair of blind mate connectors at a back or a front of the wall structure and the pair of blind mate connectors support both removable TBBs and electronic devices with integrated cooling.
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13. A system comprising:
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a rack including a plurality of slots to support a plurality of electronic devices; an adaptive cooling assembly including; a wall structure; a plurality of removable shelves forming a plurality of adaptive cooling hays; and the plurality of adaptive cooling bays, each of the plurality of adaptive cooling bays located in one of the plurality of slots and each of the plurality of adaptive cooling bays including a pair of blind mate connectors; the plurality of electronic devices. each installed in one of the plurality of slots and supported by at least one of the plurality of removable shelves; and a plurality of removable thermal bus bars (TBB) installed in at least a subset of the plurality of adaptive cooling bays to provide liquid cooling to at least a subset of the plurality of electronic devices, wherein each of the plurality of removable TBBs are connected to one of the pairs of blind mate connectors. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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