US 12,349,311 B2
Systems and methods for filling and draining liquid of a liquid cooling system
Eric M. Tunks, Austin, TX (US); Ben J. Sy, Austin, TX (US); Camden Schreeder, Austin, TX (US); Ian Greener, Morton, IL (US); Nathaniel Honl, College Station, TX (US); Andre Branco, Redondo Beach, CA (US); Laura Smith, Metairie, LA (US); Pavel Lazurenko, Hermosa Beach, CA (US); and Jackson Colvin, Magnolia, TX (US)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Jul. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/876,296.
Prior Publication US 2024/0040745 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. H05K 7/20 (2006.01); G05D 7/06 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 7/20272 (2013.01) [G05D 7/0676 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for filling and draining a liquid cooling system, comprising:
a reservoir configured to hold liquid;
a pump fluidically coupled to the reservoir;
a first fluidic conduit configured to couple to a first pair of fluid disconnects of a manifold of the liquid cooling system;
a second fluidic conduit configured to couple to a second pair of fluid disconnects of the manifold of the liquid cooling system; and
a processor communicatively coupled to the pump and configured to:
in a fill mode of the system, drive liquid from the reservoir, through the first fluidic conduit, through the first pair of fluid disconnects, to fluidic channels of the liquid cooling system fluidically coupled to the first pair of fluid disconnects; and
in a drain mode of the system, cause the pump to drive liquid present in the fluidic channels to flow from the fluidic channels, through the first pair of fluid disconnects, through the first fluidic conduit, and to the reservoir.