US 11,906,092 B2
Quick-disconnect assembly for a fluid line in a server
Chao-Jung Chen, Taoyuan (TW); Chih-Hsiang Lee, Taoyuan (TW); Wei-Pin Chen, Taoyuan (TW); and Jyue Hou, Taoyuan (TW)
Assigned to QUANTA COMPUTER INC., Taoyuan (TW)
Filed by Quanta Computer Inc., Taoyuan (TW)
Filed on May 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/804,772.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/269,956, filed on Mar. 25, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0304618 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. H05K 7/20 (2006.01); F16L 37/127 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 37/127 (2013.01) [H05K 7/20272 (2013.01); H05K 7/20781 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A server having electronic modules producing waste heat and an internal fluid circulation system for cooling the electronic modules, the server comprising:
a chassis defining a region in which the electronic modules are located, the chassis including a fluid inlet-port region for receiving fluid for the internal fluid circulation system and a fluid outlet-port region for removing the fluid from the internal fluid circulation system;
a quick-disconnect (QD) connector associated within at least one of the fluid inlet-port region and the fluid outlet-port region, the QD connector being fluidically coupled to the internal fluid circulation system, the QD connector including a fixed manifold coupled to the chassis and a removable manifold that is removably connected to the fixed manifold, the fluid being flowable through the fixed manifold and the removable manifold in response to the fixed manifold and the removable manifold being in a connected state; and
a manual mating actuator associated with the QD connector, the manual mating actuator including a handle and a buckle, and wherein, in response to the handle being moved from a first position to a second position, the buckle moves the removable manifold into the connected state with fixed manifold.