SERVER CASE WITH OPTICAL INPUT/OUTPUT AND/OR WIRELESS POWER SUPPLY
First Claim
1. A computer, comprising:
- a housing including a plurality of walls that define a liquid-tight interior space;
a liquid inlet in a wall of the housing;
a liquid outlet in a wall of the housing;
heat generating computer components disposed within the interior space of the housing, the heat generating computer components form a complete computing system;
a dielectric cooling liquid disposed within the interior space and submerging the heat generating computer components; and
an input/output unit configured to provide input/output connections to/from the computer components, the input/output unit does not have any physical structure thereof extending through any of the plurality of walls.
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Abstract
A liquid submersion-cooled computer that is configured to reduce physical structures passing through walls of the computer liquid-tight computer case, which eliminates the amount of sealing needed around those physical structures and reduces the number of possible fluid leakage paths from the interior of the computer that contains a cooling liquid submerging at least some of the computer components. The computer includes a mechanism to pass input/output signals into and from the computer without any physical structure extending through any of the plurality of walls. The computer also has a mechanism for wirelessly transferring power into the interior space of the computer case, and a switch that controls power in the computer without having any physical structure extending through any of the plurality of walls.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer, comprising:
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a housing including a plurality of walls that define a liquid-tight interior space; a liquid inlet in a wall of the housing; a liquid outlet in a wall of the housing; heat generating computer components disposed within the interior space of the housing, the heat generating computer components form a complete computing system; a dielectric cooling liquid disposed within the interior space and submerging the heat generating computer components; and an input/output unit configured to provide input/output connections to/from the computer components, the input/output unit does not have any physical structure thereof extending through any of the plurality of walls. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer, comprising:
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a housing including a plurality of walls that define a liquid-tight interior space; a liquid inlet in a wall of the housing; a liquid outlet in a wall of the housing; heat generating computer components disposed within the interior space of the housing, the heat generating computer components form a complete computing system; a dielectric cooling liquid disposed within the interior space and submerging the heat generating computer components; and a wireless power transfer mechanism inside the housing adjacent to one of the walls, the wireless power transfer mechanism is configured to receive power from an exterior of the housing and provide power to the computer components, and the wireless power transfer mechanism does not have any physical structure thereof extending through any of the plurality of walls. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer, comprising:
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a housing including a plurality of walls that define a liquid-tight interior space; a liquid inlet in a wall of the housing; a liquid outlet in a wall of the housing; heat generating computer components disposed within the interior space of the housing, the heat generating computer components form a complete computing system; a dielectric cooling liquid disposed within the interior space and submerging the heat generating computer components; and a proximity power switch that controls power in the computer, the proximity power switch does not have any physical structure thereof extending through any of the plurality of walls. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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