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Granted Patent B2
US 12,364,939 · App. 17/639,971 · Granted Jul 22, 2025

Filtration design for immersion cooling tank systems

Inventors: John P. Baetzold (North St. Paul, MN); Phillip E. Tuma (Faribault, MN); Margaret M. Vogel-Martin (Forest Lake, MN); Bamidele O. Fayemi (Cottage Grove, MN); Ronald D. Jesme (Plymouth, MN)
Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
B01D35/0276B01D35/143B01D35/18B01D35/26H05K7/20236B01D2201/287B01D2201/301
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Patent No.
US 12,364,939
App. No.
17/639,971
Granted
Jul 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A filtration system for a tank includes a filter housing, at least a portion of which is disposed in a tank and in fluidic communication with a dielectric fluid within the tank; at least one filtration element, disposed within the filter housing; and a fluid pump, at least a portion of which is disposed within the filter housing and immersed in the dielectric fluid, the fluid pump in fluidic communication with the at least one filtration element.

Claims (13)

1. A filtration system for a tank, comprising

a filter housing, at least a portion of which is disposed in a tank and in fluidic communication with a dielectric fluid within the tank;

at least one filtration element, disposed within the filter housing, the filter housing comprising an opening disposed on a portion of the filter housing accessible from outside the tank;

a removable elongated member separate from and removably attached to the filter housing; and

a fluid pump, at least a portion of which is disposed within the filter housing and immersed in the dielectric fluid, the fluid pump in fluidic communication with the at least one filtration element;

wherein the fluid pump is unsealed, and an electrical connection of the fluid pump is exposed and at least partially immersed within the dielectric fluid;

wherein the fluid pump and the at least one filtration element are disposed on and physically connected by the removable elongated member such that they may be removed through the opening of the filter housing using the elongated member.

2. The filtration system of claim 1 , wherein the elongated member is a central core extending past or through the at least one filtration element and the fluid pump.

3. The filtration system of claim 1 , wherein the elongated member is a container at least partially enclosing the at least one filtration element and the fluid pump.

4. The filtration system of claim 1 , wherein the tank is an immersion cooling tank for an electronic system.

5. The filtration system of claim 1 , further comprising a sensor for determining a status of the at least one filtration element.

6. The filtration system of claim 5 , wherein the sensor is a color-changing sensor.

7. The filtration system of claim 5 , wherein the sensor is an electronic sensor configured to monitor an electrical property of the at least one filtration element.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 3, 2022
From: JESME, RONALD D.; FAYEMI, BAMIDELE O.; TUMA, PHILLIP E.; BAETZOLD, JOHN P.; VOGEL-MARTIN, MARGARET M.
To: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
Reel/Frame 059157/0133 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62898585 · Sep 11, 2019
Related Publication 20220314147A1 · Oct 6, 2022
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