TWI835655B - Cooling manifold integrated seat and server liquid cooling system having the same - Google Patents

Abstract

A cooling manifold integrated seat and a server liquid cooling system having the same are provided. The cooling manifold integrated seat is used for arranging on a server cabinet and corresponding to at least one server chassis of the server cabinet. The cooling manifold integrated seat has a shunt manifold, a concours manifold arranged side by side with the shunt manifold, and at least one overturning component. The overturning component is arranged on a same side of the shunt manifold and the concours manifold and has a first pivoting member and a second pivoting member rotating relatively. The first pivoting member is arranged on the server cabinet, the second pivoting member is arranged on the shunt manifold or the concours manifold.

Description

Cooling manifold integrated base and its server liquid cooling system

The present invention relates to cooling radiators, and in particular, to a cooling manifold integrated base and its server liquid cooling system.

Press, with the rapid development of network and cloud technology, providing data access and other operations or needs for network and cloud users through servers has become an indispensable and necessary equipment today.

Since the inside of the server is integrated through various electronic computing or access components of different specifications, its operation often requires regular maintenance, repairs or component updates. In addition, in order for existing servers to operate normally for a long time, they must add a cooling system to reduce the high temperature generated during operation. When these cooling systems are installed on the server, they will often affect the performance of the server. For operations such as replacement, in severe cases, servers that do not need to be replaced may also need to be shut down. Therefore, it is inconvenient to disassemble and perform the above-mentioned maintenance, repair or replacement operations.

In view of this, in order to improve and solve the above-mentioned deficiencies, the inventor of the present invention devoted himself to research and combined with the application of academic theory, and finally proposed an invention that is reasonably designed and effectively improves the above-mentioned deficiencies.

The main purpose of the present invention is to provide a cooling manifold integrated base and its server liquid cooling system, which can be flipped up and down to facilitate repair, maintenance or replacement of servers that need to be repaired, maintained or replaced. disassembly.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a cooling manifold integrated base for being installed on a server cabinet and corresponding to at least one server chassis on the server cabinet; the cooling manifold integrated base includes a shunt row, A bus bar arranged in parallel with the shunt bar, and at least one flip component. The flip component is located on either side of the shunt bar and the bus bar, and includes a first pivot member, and is opposite to the first pivot member. A second pivoting member rotates; wherein, the first pivoting member is used to be fixed on the server cabinet, and the second pivoting member is combined with the distribution strip or the busbar.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a server liquid cooling system with a cooling manifold integrated base, including a server cabinet, a liquid cooling distributor, a server chassis, and a cooling manifold integrated base; The cooling distributor is located on the server cabinet, and the liquid cooling distributor is used to provide refrigerant and has an output pipe and an input pipe connected to its interior; the server chassis is also located on the server cabinet; the cooling manifold is integrated The base is provided on the server cabinet corresponding to the server chassis, and includes a shunt bar, a bus bar arranged in parallel with the shunt bar, and a flip component that drives the shunt bar and the bus bar to flip upward or downward toward the server chassis. , and the shunt row is connected to the output pipe, and the bus bar is connected to the input pipe; wherein, the flipping component further includes a first pivot member, and a second pivot member that rotates relative to the first pivot member, and The first pivoting part is fixed on the server cabinet, and the second pivoting part is combined with the distribution strip or the busbar.

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1:Server cabinet

10:Frame

100:Alignment hole

2: Liquid cooling distributor

20:Output tube

200:Output row

201:Output connecting pipeline

21:Input tube

210:Input row

211: Input connecting pipeline

3:Server chassis

30: Takeover

300: deflection section

31: Takeover

310: deflection section

4: Cooling manifold integration seat

40: Diversion row

40a: Pipe joint

400: Convergence interface

41:Bus

41a: Pipe joint

410: Diversion interface

42: Flip components

420: first pivot piece

420a: First pivot hole

420b: First positioning hole

420c: First fixed part

420d: Upper positioning hole

420e:Lower positioning hole

421: Second pivot piece

421a: Second pivot hole

421b: Second positioning hole

421c: Second fixed part

422: Pivot axis

43: Elastic positioning parts

430:Sleeve

431: Positioning pin

432: Elastic element

433: Toggle piece

Figure 1 is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of the present invention applied to a server cabinet.

Figure 2 is a schematic three-dimensional view of the present invention applied to a server chassis from another perspective.

Figure 3 is a three-dimensional assembled view of the present invention.

Figure 4 is an exploded perspective view of the present invention.

Figure 5 is a partially exploded perspective view of the present invention from another perspective.

Figure 6 is a partially assembled three-dimensional view of the present invention from another perspective.

Figure 7 is a partial perspective exploded view of the flip assembly of the cooling manifold integration base and the frame of the server cabinet according to the present invention.

Figure 8 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the flip assembly of the cooling manifold integration seat according to the present invention.

Figure 9 is a schematic diagram of the operation of the elastic positioning member of the present invention.

Figure 10 is a schematic side view of the present invention in an installed state.

Figure 11 is a schematic side view of the present invention in a downward flipped state.

Figure 12 is a perspective assembly view of another embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 13 is an exploded perspective view of another embodiment of the present invention.

In order to enable the examining committee to further understand the characteristics and technical content of the present invention, please refer to the following detailed description and drawings of the present invention. However, the attached drawings are only for reference and illustration and are not intended to limit the present invention. .

Please refer to Figure 1, which is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of the present invention applied to a server cabinet. The invention provides a cooling manifold integrated base and a server liquid cooling system thereof, wherein the server liquid cooling system includes a server cabinet 1, a liquid cooling distributor (CDU) 2, and at least one server chassis 3 , the inside of the server chassis 3 can be arranged by a plurality of blade servers, with components such as a motherboard, a processor, etc. and other electronic components and storage media (not shown), and can have independent computing or processing functions. The cooling manifold integration base 4 can correspond to one or two of the above-mentioned server chassis 3, and after supplying refrigerant through the above-mentioned liquid cooling distributor 2, it can control each server and its electronic components in the server chassis 3. Storage media for cooling or heat dissipation.

As shown in Figures 1 and 2, the server cabinet 1 can be composed of a plurality of frames 10, for the liquid cooling distributor 2 and the server chassis 3 to be stacked up and down in the server cabinet 1, for example, the server chassis 3 Stacked above the liquid cooling distributor 2, the example is not limited to this.

Please refer to FIG. 2 again. The liquid cooling distributor 2 is used to provide the above-mentioned required refrigerant. The refrigerant can be various working fluids with cooling effects, such as refrigerants. The liquid-cooling distributor 2 mainly has an output pipe 20 and an input pipe 21 connected to its interior, so that the refrigerant inside the liquid cooling distributor 2 is connected to the delivery pipe 22 through the output pipe 20 and provided to the cooling manifold integration seat 4, and then through The cooling manifold integrated base 4 distributes the refrigerant into the above-mentioned server case 3, and allows the refrigerant to conduct heat exchange with each server, its electronic components, and storage media in the server case 3, and then allows the refrigerant to flow through the cooling manifold. The integrated base 4 is transported back to the liquid cooling distributor 2 for cooling. In order to facilitate the refrigerant communication between each server case 3 or cooling manifold integration base 4 after the above-mentioned server cases 3 or cooling manifold integration bases 4 are stacked in plural, the refrigerant can also be connected between the servers. The cabinet 1 is provided with an upright output row 200 and an input row 210. The output row 200 and the input row 210 can be arranged side by side at any corner or inner frame of the server cabinet 1, and the output row 200 is The output pipe 20 is used to communicate with the liquid cooling distributor 2 and is connected to any cooling manifold integration seat 4 through an output communication pipe 201. The input row 210 is used to communicate with the input pipe of the liquid cooling distributor 2. 21, and then connect to any cooling manifold integration seat 4 with an input communication pipe 211. In this way, the plurality of server chassis 3 or the cooling manifold integration base 4 can achieve an integrated effect of communication through the output row 200 and the input row 210 .

As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5 , the above-mentioned cooling manifold integration base 4 includes a diverter row 40 , a bus bar 41 arranged in parallel with the diverter row 40 , and at least one flipping component 42 . Both the shunt bar 40 and the bus bar 41 can be hollow bodies arranged laterally, and are respectively provided with a plurality of pipe joints 40a, 41a for connection to the server chassis 3. In the embodiment of the present invention, the shunt bar 40 and the bus bar 41 are arranged side by side in the front-to-back direction (the figure shows that the shunt bar 40 is disposed in front of the bus bar 41), and the pipe joints 40a and 41a are disposed in The upper or lower side of the shunt bar 40 and the bus bar 41 is, but not limited to, this; in other possible embodiments, the bus bar 41 can also be disposed in front of the shunt bar 40 (not shown). In addition, if the pipe joints 40a and 41a are instead arranged on the front end surfaces of the shunt row 40 and the bus bar 41, the shunt row 40 and the bus bar 41 will be arranged side by side in the up and down direction. Similarly, it is not limited to which one is located. Above or below, that is, the shunt bar 40 can be arranged above the bus bar 41 or below the bus bar 41 (not shown).

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4 , the manifold 40 can be provided with a manifold 400 for connecting the above-mentioned output communication pipeline 201 so that the refrigerant provided by the liquid cooling distributor 2 can pass through each pipe joint of the manifold 40 40a and is allocated to the server chassis 3. The busbar 41 can also be provided with a branching joint 410 for connecting the above-mentioned input communication pipe 211 to transport the refrigerant for heat exchange in the server chassis 3 back through each pipe joint 41a of the busbar 41 pipe. Liquid cooling distributor 2 is used for cooling.

As shown in FIGS. 5 to 7 , the flip component 42 of the cooling manifold integration base 4 can be disposed on either side of the splitter row 40 and the bus bar 41 (the flip component 42 can also be disposed on both sides). ), and includes a first pivot member 420, a second pivot member 421 and a pivot shaft 422. The first pivot part 420 is used to be fixed on the frame 10 of the server cabinet 1, and the second pivot part 421 is combined with the shunt bar 40 or the bus bar 41; in the embodiment of the present invention, The second pivot member 421 is coupled to the bus bar 41 . The first pivot member 420 has a first pivot hole 420a, and the second pivot member 421 has a second pivot hole 421a for jointly pivoting on the first pivot hole through the pivot shaft 422. 420a vs. on the second pivot hole 421a (as shown in FIG. 8 ), so that the first pivot member 420 and the second pivot member 421 can rotate relative to each other to drive the diverter bar 40 and the bus bar 41 to move upward or downward synchronously. Flip action. Furthermore, the first pivoting member 420 can be further provided with a first positioning hole 420b, and the second pivoting member 421 is provided with a second positioning hole 421b, and the cooling manifold integration seat 4 can be further An elastic positioning member 43 is included, and is used to be fixed on the first positioning hole 420b and the second positioning hole 421b to fix the first pivoting member 420 and the second pivoting member 421 while they undergo the aforementioned relative rotation, so that they can The shunt bar 40 and the bus bar 41 are fixed at preset positions (ie, as shown in Figure 10).

Please refer to FIG. 7 again. The first pivoting member 420 can also have a first fixing portion 420c, which can select an appropriate height position through the alignment hole 100 on the frame 10 of the server cabinet 1 and fix it with screws. The cap 11 and the screw 12 fix the first pivot member 420 on the frame 10 of the server cabinet 1 through the first fixing part 420c. The second pivoting member 421 may have a second fixing part 421c, and is used to be fixed on the bus bar 41 (as shown in FIG. 5 or FIG. 6 ) or the branching bar 40 (not shown).

As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 , the elastic positioning member 43 may include a sleeve 430 and a positioning pin 431 elastically provided in the sleeve 430 , and an elastic element 432 may be disposed between the positioning pin 431 and the sleeve 430 And the positioning pin 431 passes out of the sleeve 430 and is pivotally connected to a pulling member 433, and the sleeve 430 can be fixed outside the second positioning hole 421b of the second pivoting member 421. As shown in Figure 8, when the puller 433 is not moved, the positioning pin 431 is pushed into the first positioning hole 420b by the elastic force of the elastic element 432. The end of the positioning pin 431 can be made of rubber or other materials. The elastic restoring force is made of material that presses into the first positioning hole 420b. At this time, the shunt bar 40 and the bus bar 41 can be fixed at the preset position (as shown in Figure 10); as shown in Figure 9 , and when the first pivoting member 420 and the second pivoting member 421 are to be rotated relative to each other, the pulling member 433 can drive the positioning pin 431 to operate in the sleeve 430 through a lever, and compress the elastic element 432. Exit the first positioning hole 420b. At this time, the first pivot member 420 and the second pivot member can be The rotating member 421 rotates relatively to flip the shunt bar 40 and the bus bar 41 upward (not shown) or downward (as shown in FIG. 11 ).

Therefore, through the above structural composition, the cooling manifold integrated base and its server liquid cooling system of the present invention can be obtained.

Accordingly, as shown in Figures 10 and 11, when you want to repair or replace the server chassis 3, for example, if you want to disassemble the upper server chassis 3, you only need to remove the elastic positioning member 43 as mentioned above, so that the second The first pivoting member 420 and the second pivoting member 421 can rotate relative to each other, so that the splitter row 40 and the busbar 41 of the cooling manifold integration base 4 can be flipped downward to free up space so that they can be smoothly positioned above. On the other hand, if you want to disassemble the server chassis 3 below, just flip the shunt bar 40 and the bus bar 41 of the cooling manifold integration base 4 upward. Therefore, the present invention can facilitate the disassembly of the server chassis 3 that needs to be repaired, maintained or replaced.

Following the above, it is worth mentioning that since the cooling manifold integration seat 4 can be flipped upward or downward, the pipe joints 40a and 41a of the shunt row 40 and the busbar 41 are in communication with the server chassis 3 Above, the joints 30 and 31 respectively used are preferably in a flexible shape; further, it means that the middle portion of each joint 30 and 31 has a curved flexure section 300 and 310. On the one hand, it can This prevents the shunt bar 40 and the bus bar 41 from pulling the nozzles 30 and 31 when they are overturned. On the other hand, it helps the squeezed nozzles 30 and 31 to flex and deform to avoid damage to the nozzles 30 and 31 .

Furthermore, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 7 together, the first pivot member 420 or the second pivot member 421 may be further provided with an upper positioning hole 420d and a lower positioning hole 420e; and in this case, In the embodiment of the invention, the upper positioning hole 420d and the lower positioning hole 420e are both located on the first pivot member 420, but they may also be located on the second pivot member 421 (not shown). Please refer to Figure 10 and Figure 11 again. The upper positioning hole 420d is located above the first positioning hole 420b or the second positioning hole 421b, and the lower positioning hole 420d is located above the first positioning hole 420b or the second positioning hole 421b. The positioning hole 420e is located below the first positioning hole 420b or the second positioning hole 421b; specifically, the upper positioning hole 420d is used to allow the elastic positioning member 43 to move when the cooling manifold integration base 4 is turned upward. The positioning pin 431 is pressed into the upper positioning hole 420d to keep the shunt row 40 and the busbar 41 of the cooling manifold integration seat 4 in the upwardly flipped position; and the lower positioning hole 420e is used for the aforementioned cooling manifold. When the integration base 4 is flipped downward, the positioning pin 431 of the elastic positioning member 43 is pressed into the lower positioning hole 420e, so that the shunt row 40 and the bus bar 41 of the cooling manifold integration base 4 are maintained in the downwardly flipped position. location. This eliminates the need for human hands to support the cooling manifold integration seat 4, making it easier to repair or replace the server chassis 3.

In addition, as shown in FIGS. 12 and 13 , they are a perspective assembly view and a perspective exploded view of another embodiment of the cooling manifold integration seat 4 . Wherein, the shunt rows 40 and the bus bars 41 can be plural and have the same number, so that after they are arranged in parallel above and below each other, each shunt row 40 and each bus bar 41 are arranged in parallel in front and back, and each shunt row The row 40 and each bus bar 41 have corresponding output communication pipes 201 and input communication pipes 211 respectively. This can correspond to occasions that require larger refrigerant flow rates.

To sum up, it is clear that the present invention can achieve the expected purpose of use and solve the deficiencies of conventional knowledge, and because it is extremely novel and progressive, it fully meets the requirements for application for an invention patent. Please file an application in accordance with the patent law. Please check carefully and The patent in this case is granted to protect the rights of the inventor.

However, the above descriptions are only the best possible embodiments of the present invention, and they do not limit the patent scope of the present invention. Therefore, all changes in equivalent technologies, means, etc. that are made by using the contents of the description and drawings of the present invention are equally applicable. Included within the scope of the present invention, it is stated here.

10:Frame

3:Server chassis

30: Takeover

300: deflection section

31: Takeover

310: deflection section

4: Cooling manifold integration seat

40: Diversion row

40a: Pipe joint

41:Bus

41a: Pipe joint

42: Flip components

420: first pivot piece

420b: First positioning hole

420d: Upper positioning hole

421: Second pivot piece

422: Pivot axis

Claims (14)

A cooling manifold integrated base is used to be installed on a server cabinet and corresponds to at least one server chassis on the server cabinet; the cooling manifold integrated base includes: a shunt; a bus bar, and the shunt The rows are arranged side by side; and at least one flip component is provided on either side of the branching row and the bus bar, and includes a first pivot member and a second pivot member that rotates relative to the first pivot member. Pivot part; wherein, the first pivot part is used to be fixed on the server cabinet, and the second pivot part is combined with the distribution bar or the bus bar. The cooling manifold integration base according to claim 1, wherein the branching rows and the bus bars are plural and have the same number. The cooling manifold integrated base according to claim 1, wherein the first pivot member has a first pivot hole, the second pivot member has a second pivot hole, and the flip component further It includes a pivot shaft and is jointly pivoted on the first pivot hole and the second pivot hole. The cooling manifold integrated base according to claim 1, wherein the first pivoting member is provided with a first positioning hole, and the second pivoting member is provided with a second positioning hole, and the cooling manifold The integration base further includes an elastic positioning member that is fixed on the first positioning hole and the second positioning hole. The cooling manifold integration base according to claim 4, wherein the elastic positioning member includes a sleeve and a positioning pin elastically arranged in the sleeve, and an elastic element is provided between the positioning pin and the sleeve. The positioning pin penetrates the outside of the sleeve and is pivotally connected to a pulling member, and the sleeve is fixed outside the second positioning hole. The cooling manifold integrated base as described in claim 4 or 5, wherein the first pivot member or the second pivot member is further provided with an upper positioning hole and a lower positioning hole for the cooling manifold integrated base to move upward. When the cooling manifold integrated seat is turned over, the elastic positioning member is positioned in the upper positioning hole; when the cooling manifold integration base is turned downward, the elastic positioning member is positioned in the lower positioning hole. A server liquid cooling system with a cooling manifold integrated base, including: a server cabinet; a liquid cooling distributor, which is installed on the server cabinet, and is used to provide refrigerant inside, and has a liquid cooling distributor connected to its interior an output pipe and an input pipe; at least one server chassis, located on the server cabinet; and at least one cooling manifold integration seat, corresponding to the server chassis, located on the server cabinet, and including a shunt, A bus bar arranged in parallel with the shunt bar, and at least one flipping component that drives the shunt bar and the bus bar to flip upward or downward toward the server chassis, and the shunt bar is connected to the output pipe, and the bus bar The row is connected to the input pipe; wherein, the flip component further includes a first pivot member and a second pivot member that rotates relative to the first pivot member, and the first pivot member is fixed On the server cabinet, the second pivot member is combined with the distribution strip or the busbar. The server liquid cooling system with a cooling manifold integration base as claimed in claim 7, wherein the shunt rows and the bus bars are plural and have the same number. The server liquid cooling system with a cooling manifold integrated base as described in claim 7, wherein the shunt and the bus are connected to the server chassis through a plurality of pipes, and the pipes are in a flexible shape. . As claimed in claim 9, the server liquid cooling system with a cooling manifold integrated base, wherein the middle section of the pipe has a curved flexure section. The server liquid cooling system with a cooling manifold integrated base as claimed in claim 7, wherein the first pivot member has a first pivot hole, and the second pivot member has a second pivot hole. hole, and the flip component further includes a pivot shaft that is jointly pivoted on the first pivot hole and the second pivot hole. As claimed in claim 7, the server liquid cooling system with a cooling manifold integrated base, wherein the first pivot member is provided with a first positioning hole, and the second pivot member is provided with a second positioning hole. hole, and the cooling manifold integration seat further includes an elastic positioning member that is fixed on the first positioning hole and the second positioning hole. As claimed in claim 12, the server liquid cooling system with a cooling manifold integrated seat, wherein the elastic positioning member includes a sleeve and a positioning pin elastically arranged in the sleeve, and the positioning pin is connected to the sleeve. An elastic element is arranged between the cylinders, and the positioning pin penetrates the outside of the sleeve and is pivotally connected to a pulling member, and the sleeve is fixed outside the second positioning hole. The server liquid cooling system with a cooling manifold integrated base as described in claim 12 or 13, wherein the first pivot member or the second pivot member is further provided with an upper positioning hole and a lower positioning hole; When the cooling manifold integration seat is flipped upward, the elastic positioning member is positioned in the upper positioning hole; when the cooling manifold integration base is flipped downward, the elastic positioning member is positioned in the lower positioning hole.