Container data center

• US 9,609,784 B2
• Filed: 03/18/2013
• Issued: 03/28/2017
• 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
• Primary Examiner(s): Tompkins, Alissa
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hamilton, Frances F
• Application Number:
  US13/846,926
• Publication Number:
  US 20140199934A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,471 Days
• Field of Search: 454/184, 454 63- 67
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 received in a room, comprising:

a container;

an air inlet defined at an end of the container and an air outlet away from the air inlet, the air outlet positioned across from the air inlet;

a plurality of server cabinets positioned inside the container;

an air duct positioned inside the room and extending through a sidewall of the room; and

a hollow connecting member comprising a first side detachably connected to the end of the container defining the air inlet and a second side opposite to the first side, the second side detachably connected to an end of the air duct away from the sidewall; and

wherein air outside the room flows through the air duct, the hollow connecting member, the air inlet, and enters the cabinets dissipating heat generated in the cabinets by flowing out of the container through the air outlet of the container;

wherein the hollow 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;

wherein the bracket comprises four connecting bars connected end to end, and the connecting bars cooperatively bound the space, and

wherein the second side of the hollow connecting member comprises a second side of each connecting bar, the second side of each connecting bar defines a cutout, wherein 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.

2. The container data center of claim 1, wherein the bracket is made of a flexible material.

3. The container data center of claim 1, wherein the first side of the hollow connecting member comprises a first side of each connecting bar, the first side of each connecting bar defines a cutout, wherein a magnet is engaged in the cutout, and the magnets are coupled to the container at the air inlet.

4. The container data center of claim 1, 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 hollow connecting member and the air inlet of the container.

5. The container data center of claim 4, wherein the shell comprises four plates connected end to end, and the plates cooperatively bound the airflow channel.

6. The container data center of claim 4, wherein the connecting portion comprises four flanges extending out from ends of the plates, the flanges are engaged in the space.

7. The container data center of claim 4, wherein the connecting portion defines a plurality of connecting holes, a 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.