US20120164007A1 - Method and apparatus to attenuate vibrations from an air mover assembly - Google Patents
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Abstract
A reduced-vibration air mover assembly comprises a first blade housing to support a first motor housing and a first motor through a first set of struts, the first motor rotatably coupled to a first blade, and a second blade housing to support a second motor housing and a second motor through a second set of struts, the second motor rotatably coupled to a second blade, and a layer of damping material having a first surface adhered to at least one of the first motor housing, the first set of struts and the first blade housing, and a second surface adhered to at least one of the second motor housing, the second set of struts and the second blade housing. A method of reducing vibration transfer to a computer chassis comprises adhesively securing a layer of damping material intermediate a first air mover and a second air mover.
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- 1. Field of the Invention
- The present invention relates to a reduced-vibration air mover assembly for use in cooling a computer, and a method of reducing vibrations transferred from an air mover to a computer chassis.
- 2. Background of the Related Art
- Computers are becoming lighter and smaller as consumers demand portability and compactness and as processor technology enables greater data processing capacity using fewer and smaller processors. As a computer chassis becomes smaller in size, a vibration producing component, such as an air mover, is necessarily positioned closer to a vibration-sensitive component such as a hard disk drive (HDD). HDDs are particularly sensitive to vibrations, and the performance of an HDD may be halved when exposed to vibrations.
- Computers comprise processors that consume electrical power and produce heat. Air movers, such as axial rotary fans, are used to draw cooling air into the computer chassis and to move cooling air through the chassis to remove heat generated by processors and other components within the chassis. Moving a sufficient volume of cool air through the chassis will maintain the processors and other components within a favorable operating temperature range for optimal component performance and life. The use of adjacent and counter-rotating fans, arranged axially and in series one with the other, enables substantially increased air flow through a computer chassis to meet heightened heat removal demand. In counter-rotating fans, the rotation of the air moved from the blade of the first fan reacts on the blade of the second, counter-rotating fan to further contribute to head or pressure to move the air forward from the second fan. The first fan and the second, counter-rotating fan may be coupled one to the other in an air mover assembly that is installed in the computer chassis. Some air movers for computers provide a high-speed mode to further meet heat removal demand.
- There are drawbacks to the use of air mover assemblies having counter-rotating fans and high-speed modes. As the number of fans increase, the vibrations produced by the fans are increased. As the rotational velocity of a given fan blade increases, the amplitude of vibrations transferred to the surrounding computer chassis generally increase exponentially with the increases in rotational velocity. Further, counter-rotating fans may exacerbate the magnitude of vibrations due to coincident imbalance and/or coincident harmonic vibration.
- Fluid dynamics are an important consideration in designing a cooling system for a computer chassis. Cooling air flow is maximized by providing unobstructed air flow pathways both upstream and downstream of a rotating fan blade. For a compact computer chassis, unobstructed air flow pathways upstream and downstream of the fans require that the axis of the rotating fan blade be oriented within the chassis so that the direction of air flow from the rotating fan blade generally coincides with the direction of the length or the direction of the width of the chassis.
- Most of the air moved through a chassis by a rotary fan blade is moved by the radially distal portion of the blade, and the rate of air moved by a rotary fan blade increases dramatically with increased blade diameter. However, increased blade diameter, like increased angular velocity, dramatically increases vibrations. Maximizing the blade diameter and maximizing the rotational speed of the fan blade are critical to maximizing air flow and to efficiently meeting heat removal demands, but the dramatically increased vibrations that result from the large diameter and the high rotational speed of a rotary fan blade are likely to impair the performance of a HDD positioned within the same computer chassis.
- Vibration isolating systems may be used to prevent or reduce the magnitude of vibrations that are transferred to and within the computer chassis. The need for a vibration isolating system is, however, frustrated by the need to maximize heat removal capacity and the need to maximize rotary fan blade diameter.
- One embodiment of the present invention provides an air mover assembly, comprising a first and second air movers with vibration damping material disposed there between. The first air mover has a first motor in a first motor housing to rotate a first blade in a first direction within a first blade housing that supports the first motor through a first plurality of struts, and the second air mover has a second motor in a second motor housing to rotate a second blade in a second direction opposite the first within a second blade housing that supports the second motor through a plurality of second struts. The first air mover and the second air mover are secured in axial alignment. The vibration damping material has a first surface secured to at least one of the first motor housing, the first blade housing and the first set of struts, and a second surface secured to at least one of the second motor housing, the second blade housing and the second set of struts.
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FIG. 1 is a perspective view an embodiment of a layer of damping material formed for engaging the face of an air mover for a computer cooling system. -
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an embodiment of a first air mover to move air through a computer chassis. -
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an embodiment of a second, counter-rotating air mover having the layer of damping material ofFIG. 1 adhered to the face of the second air mover. -
FIG. 4 is a side elevation view of an embodiment of an air mover assembly comprising the first air mover ofFIG. 2 assembled with the second air mover ofFIG. 3 with the layer of vibration damping material ofFIG. 1 secured there between. -
FIG. 5A is a graph illustrating the amplitude of vibrations produced at maximum rotational velocity by an air mover assembly for moving air through a computer chassis and comprising a first air mover and a counter-rotating second air mover. -
FIG. 5B is a graph illustrating the amplitude of vibrations produced at maximum rotational velocity by the same air mover assembly ofFIG. 5A , except that a vibration damping layer is disposed between the first air mover and the counter-rotating second air mover. - An embodiment of the invention provides an air mover having a first fan comprising a first fan housing to support a first fan motor and a first fan blade through a first set of struts, a second fan comprising a second fan housing to support a second fan motor and a second fan blade through a second set of struts, and a layer of vibration dampening material having a first side adhesively coupled to the first set of struts and a second side adhesively coupled to the second set of struts.
- In one embodiment of the invention, the vibration damping layer has a first surface that is adhesively secured to the face of the first fan, and a second surface that is adhesively secured to a face of the second fan, using an acrylic-based adhesive with high damping performance over a wide temperature range and a wide frequency range. One example of such an adhesive is an adhesive sold by Roush Industries as model RA960 damped viscoelastic adhesive.
- In one embodiment of the invention, at least one strut of the first set of struts of the first fan comprises a groove to receive electrically conductive wires to deliver current to the first fan motor disposed centrally to the first set of struts. In another embodiment of the invention, at least one strut of the second set of struts of the second counter-rotating fan comprises a groove to receive electrically conductive wires to deliver current to the second fan motor disposed centrally to the second set of struts. In another embodiment of the invention, the at least one strut of the first set of struts and the at least one strut of the second set of struts are aligned one with the other so that the struts having the groove are abutted one against the other in an assembled configuration.
- The vibration damping material is preferably a unitary member, but could include a plurality of discrete members secured between the first and second air movers. The vibration damping material may be either homogeneous, but may also be heterogeneous, such as including a plurality of layers having different polymer densities.
- In various embodiments, use of the vibration damping material allows the first and second air movers to be secured in a computer chassis without a vibration isolation system coupling the first and second air movers to the computer chassis. Eliminating the use of a vibration isolation system about the perimeter of the air mover housing allows the use of a larger diameter air mover with the same space. However, the two air movers can be secured to the sheet metal chassis, or a frame or carrier that in turn is secured to the chassis, using screws. The two air movers or fans may be attached to each other with a plastic snap pin that is pushed through a hole in the flange of each fan and then expands to hold itself in position.
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FIG. 1 is a perspective view an embodiment of avibration damping material 20 formed for engaging the face of an air mover (seeFIGS. 2 and 3 ) for a computer cooling system. Thevibration damping material 20 is a thin sheet or layer comprising acenter portion 26 coupled through a plurality ofstrut portions peripheral portion 29. Thevibration damping material 20 also comprises a plurality of voids orpassages 22 to facilitate unimpeded air flow through the air mover assembly (seeFIG. 4 ) into which the layer of dampingmaterial 20 is installed. Thevoids 22,strut portions edge 28 may be customized to provide maximum damping by engaging a maximum amount of the faces (seeFIG. 2 ) of the air movers without impeding or obstructing air flow through the passages or volutes of the air movers (seeFIG. 2 ). Thevibration damping material 20 has a first surface shown inFIG. 1 that may be referred to as side A and an opposing second surface that may be referred to as side B. InFIGS. 2-4 , the reference numbers shown inFIG. 1 may be appended with an “A” or a “B” to uniquely identify the first and second surfaces. -
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an embodiment of afirst air mover 10 to move air through a computer chassis. Theface 10A of theair mover 10 comprises amotor housing 16 connected through a plurality ofstruts flange portion 19. A motor (not shown) is provided within themotor housing 16 to rotate afan blade 18 within thefirst air mover 10. A plurality ofvolutes 12 is provided through theface 10A adjacent thefan blade 18 to facilitate air flow across thefan blade 18 and through thefirst air mover 10. Onestrut 17 comprises a groove to receive a plurality ofwires 11 to carry current to the motor (not shown) in themotor housing 16. -
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an embodiment of a second,counter-rotating air mover 30 having the layer ofvibration damping material 20 ofFIG. 1 disposed to generally cover theface 30A of the second,counter-rotating air mover 30. Theair mover 30 will typically be identical to theair mover 10 ofFIG. 1 , but this is not a necessary condition.FIG. 3 reveals afirst surface 20A of the layer ofvibration damping material 20 and the second, oppositesurface 20B (shown only at a temporarily folded back upper right hand corner) engages theface 30A of the second,counter-rotating air mover 30. Thecenter portion 26 of the layer ofvibration damping material 20 is illustrated inFIG. 3 as covering themotor housing 36 of the second,counter-rotating air mover 30, thestrut portions vibration damping material 20 are illustrated as covering thestruts counter-rotating air mover 30, and theperipheral portion 29 of the layer of dampingmaterial 10 is illustrated as covering theflange portion 39 of the second,counter-rotating air mover 30. Thestrut portion 27 is noticeably larger (wider) than theother strut portions vibration damping material 20 to cover the larger strut portion (seestrut 17 inFIG. 14A ) with the groove to receive the conductive wires that carry current to the motor (not shown) within the motor housing 16 (seeFIG. 2 ). -
FIG. 4 is a side elevation view of anair mover assembly 40 including thefirst air mover 10 ofFIG. 2 axially aligned with the second,counter-rotating air mover 30 ofFIG. 3 . Specifically, theface 10A of theair mover 10 is directed toward thefirst face 30A of the second,counter-rotating air mover 30. The layer ofvibration damping material 20 secured between thefirst air mover 10 and the second,counter-rotating air mover 30 dampens the vibrations produced by theair mover assembly 40 by absorbing and dissipating at least a portion of the vibrational energy produced by the activatedair mover assembly 40. Upon activation of theair mover assembly 40, bothair movers 10, will act to move air in the same direction so that air will flow through theair mover assembly 40 in the direction ofarrow 42. - In one embodiment of the
air mover assembly 40 ofFIG. 4 , theface 10A of thefirst air mover 10 is adhered to thefirst surface 20A of the layer of dampingmaterial 20 using an adhesive and theface 30A of the second,counter-rotating air mover 30 is adhered to the second, oppositesurface 20B of the layer of dampingmaterial 20 using the adhesive to form and to maintain the air movers of theair mover assembly 40 in position one with the other. In an alternate embodiment, one ormore fasteners flanges 19 of thefirst air mover 10 and one or more of theflanges 39 of the second,counter-rotating air mover 30 in a fixed relationship one with the other. Additional pieces of damping material may be used tofashion washers fasteners - In one embodiment, the
face 10A of thefirst air mover 10 and theface 30A of the second,counter-rotating air mover 30 may be roughened or otherwise treated to promote adhesion and/or to increase friction between thefaces first surface 20A and second, oppositesurface 20B of the layer of dampingmaterial 20. - It should be noted that the overall contribution of the layer of damping
material 20 to the volume and/or size of the air mover assembly is very small and is wholly attributable to an increase in the size of the assembly in a direction of thearrow 42 which is directed from an unobstructed channel upstream of theair mover assembly 40 toward an unobstructed channel downstream of theair mover assembly 40. The amount of vibration attenuation obtained by this positioning of damping material, which will be discussed below in connection withFIGS. 5A and 5B , is beneficial to efforts to reduce the overall size of a computer chassis while maximizing air mover capacity to meet cooling demand. -
FIG. 5A is an exemplary graph illustrating the amplitude of vibrations produced at maximum rotational velocity by an air mover assembly for moving air through a computer chassis and comprising a first air mover and a second, counter-rotating air mover, generally as illustrated inFIG. 4 but without the layer of vibration damping material. The y-axis is expressed in units of the logarithm (base 10) of power spectral density (“g”s of acceleration squared divided by the frequency width of the spectral line in Hz) of the two air movers running at maximum rotational velocity. -
FIG. 5B is an exemplary graph illustrating the amplitude of vibrations using the same modes of measurement and produced at the maximum rotational velocity by an air mover assembly for moving air through a computer chassis and comprising a first air mover and a second, counter-rotating air mover of the air mover assembly ofFIG. 4 with the layer ofvibration damping material 20 disposed between thefirst air mover 10 and the second,counter-rotating air mover 30. - The results obtained using the present invention illustrate the effectiveness of damping using the disclosed apparatus and method.
FIG. 5A illustrates that the number of vibrationspectral peaks 44 exceeding 10 mPSD (mPSD=0.001×PSD, where PSD is the Power Spectral Density in units of g2/Hz) for the undamped air mover equals three, with oneevent 46 very close to the 10 mPSD threshold.FIG. 5B illustrates that the number of vibration spectral peaks exceeding 10 mPSD for the improved, damped air mover of the present invention equals zero, with oneevent 48 very close to the 10 mPSD threshold. It should be noted that the one event close to the 10 mPSD threshold for the improved air mover assembly is generally out of the range of normal operation for an air mover assembly. The root mean square 49A of the measured vibrations for the undamped air mover is 1.038 as compared to the substantially lower root means square 49B produced by the improved air mover assembly of 0.523. This substantial reduction in vibrations transferred from the air mover assembly to the computer chassis greatly benefits the overall efficiency of a hard disk drive (HDD) disposes within the same chassis as the air mover assembly, especially where the HDD is positioned near the air mover assembly or near a chassis component that is in direct physical contact with the air mover assembly. It should be understood that additional vibration reduction may be achievable by combining the use of the vibration damping material with the use of a vibration isolation system disposed about the periphery of the air mover assembly, but that approach consumes critically valuable space needed for increased blade diameter of the air mover components. - The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. As used herein, the singular forms “a”, “an” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It will be further understood that the terms “comprises” and/or “comprising,” when used in this specification, specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components and/or groups, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof. The terms “preferably,” “preferred,” “prefer,” “optionally,” “may,” and similar terms are used to indicate that an item, condition or step being referred to is an optional (not required) feature of the invention.
- The corresponding structures, materials, acts, and equivalents of all means or steps plus function elements in the claims below are intended to include any structure, material, or act for performing the function in combination with other claimed elements as specifically claimed. The description of the present invention has been presented for purposes of illustration and description, but it is not intended to be exhaustive or limited to the invention in the form disclosed. Many modifications and variations will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention. The embodiment was chosen and described in order to best explain the principles of the invention and the practical application, and to enable others of ordinary skill in the art to understand the invention for various embodiments with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated.
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1. An air mover assembly, comprising:
a first air mover having a first motor in a first motor housing to rotate a first blade in a first direction within a first blade housing that supports the first motor through a first plurality of struts;
a second air mover having a second motor in a second motor housing to rotate a second blade in a second direction opposite the first within a second blade housing that supports the second motor through a plurality of second struts, wherein the first air mover and the second air mover are secured in axial alignment; and
vibration damping material disposed between the first air mover and the second air mover, the vibration damping material having a first surface secured to at least one of the first motor housing, the first blade housing and the first set of struts, and a second surface secured to at least one of the second motor housing, the second blade housing and the second set of struts.
2. The air mover assembly of claim 1 , wherein the vibration damping material has a first surface secured to the first motor housing, the first blade housing and the first set of struts and a second surface secured to the second motor housing, the second blade housing and the second set of struts.
3. The air mover assembly of claim 1 , wherein the vibration damping material is a unitary member.
4. The air mover assembly of claim 1 , wherein the vibration damping material includes a plurality of discrete members.
5. The air mover assembly of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first set of struts comprises a groove to receive a plurality of wires to conduct an electrical current to the first motor.
6. The air mover assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first set of struts is aligned with the second set of struts.
7. The air mover assembly of claim 1 , wherein the vibration damping material comprises polystyrene.
8. The air mover assembly of claim 7 , wherein the layer of polystyrene has a thickness within the range from 0.006 to 0.014 inches.
9. The air mover assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first surface of the layer of damping material is adhesively secured to a face of the first air mover using an acrylic-based damping adhesive and the second surface of the layer of damping material is adhesively secured to a face of the second, counter-rotating air mover using the acrylic-based damping adhesive.
10. The air mover assembly of claim 9 , wherein the thickness of the acrylic-based damping adhesive is within the range from 0.001 to 0.004 inches.
11. The air mover assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first set of struts are adhesively secured to a first surface of the vibration damping material and the second set of struts are adhesively secured to the second surface of the vibration damping material.
12. The air mover assembly of claim 2 , wherein the vibration damping material is a unitary member.
13. The air mover assembly of claim 2 , wherein the vibration damping material includes a plurality of discrete members.
14. The air mover assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first and second air movers are secured in a computer chassis without a vibration isolation system coupling the first and second air movers to the computer chassis.
15. The air mover assembly of claim 2 , wherein the vibration damping material is homogeneous.
16. The air mover assembly of claim 2 , wherein the vibration damping material is heterogeneous.
17. The air mover assembly of claim 2 , wherein the vibration damping material includes a plurality of layers.
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