CN115669247B

CN115669247B - Airflow channel folding assembly, data center system and installation method

Info

Publication number: CN115669247B
Application number: CN202280003170.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 宫新光
Original assignee: Hangpei Technology Shenzhen Co ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Hangyi Intellectual Property Services Co ltd
Priority date: 2022-09-15
Filing date: 2022-09-15
Publication date: 2023-05-30
Anticipated expiration: 2042-09-15
Also published as: WO2024055245A1; CN115669247A

Abstract

An airflow channel folding assembly, a data center system and a method of installation, the folding assembly comprising: a plurality of closed units (11) arranged at intervals along a second direction, wherein two adjacent closed units (11) are rotationally connected around a first rotating shaft (12) extending along the first direction, and the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction; the first and the last two closed units (11) of the folding assembly are respectively connected with the first supporting body (20) and the second supporting body (30), and after the closed units (11) are rotated and unfolded, the closed units (11), the first supporting body (20) and the second supporting body (30) are connected to form an air flow channel extending along the second direction. Through the mode, in the process of installing the airflow channel, the folding closed units (11) can be rapidly installed and formed by rotating and unfolding, the installation process is simplified, the installation is convenient, and the installation efficiency is improved.

Description

Airflow channel folding assembly, data center system and installation method

Technical Field

The embodiment of the invention relates to the technical field of data center architecture, in particular to an airflow channel folding assembly, a data center system and an installation method.

Background

With the rapid development of cloud computing, high-power density rack servers, blade servers and storage servers with smaller volumes, faster processing and stronger functions are increasingly adopted, the deployment density of equipment in a data center machine room is increased, the energy consumption of a single rack is increased, and correspondingly, the heat of the data center machine room is increased, so that a temperature management system with good performance is required.

Aiming at the problem of heat dissipation management of a data center, the existing airflow closed channel is formed by assembling a plurality of closed units on site through fixing pieces, and because the server cabinet is about 2-2.2 m or more, the channel closed installation position is higher, the installation work can consume a certain amount of manpower and time, the installation structure is complex, the installation is troublesome and time-consuming, and the rapid deployment requirement is difficult to meet.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the foregoing, embodiments of the present invention provide an airflow channel folding assembly, a data center system, and an installation method for solving the problems in the prior art.

According to a first aspect of an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an airflow channel folding assembly comprising:

the plurality of closed units are rotationally connected with each other between two adjacent closed units around a first rotating shaft extending along a first direction;

The plurality of closed units comprise a first closed unit positioned at the head part and a second closed unit positioned at the tail part, wherein the first closed unit is used for being connected with a first supporting body, and the second closed unit is used for being connected with a second supporting body;

the plurality of closed units rotate and unfold along the second direction, the first supporting bodies and the second supporting bodies are arranged at intervals along the second direction, the plurality of closed units, the first supporting bodies and the second supporting bodies are connected to form an airflow channel extending along the second direction, and the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction.

In some embodiments, after a plurality of the closing units are unfolded in a rotating way, two adjacent closing units are stopped in a rotating way through a rotation stopping piece.

In some embodiments, each of the closing units is provided with a first sliding part extending along the second direction, the rotation stopping piece is provided with a second sliding part in sliding fit with the first sliding parts, and the first sliding parts of two adjacent closing units are connected along the second direction;

the first sliding portion and the second sliding portion are configured in shape: when the rotation stopping member slides along the first sliding part of one closed unit to the first sliding part of another adjacent closed unit, the rotation stopping member is limited to two adjacent closed units along a third direction, and the third direction is perpendicular to the second direction.

In some embodiments, the first sliding portion is disposed on two sides of each of the closed units along a third direction, and the third direction is perpendicular to the second direction.

In some embodiments, each of the closed units has two first connecting portions arranged at intervals along the second direction, two second connecting portions arranged at intervals along the first direction, a closed portion located between the first connecting portions and the second connecting portions, two adjacent first connecting portions of two adjacent closed units are rotatably connected, and the first connecting portions and the second connecting portions are detachably mounted on the periphery of the closed portion.

In some embodiments, the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion are both made of an aluminum alloy material, and the sealing portion is made of a plastic material.

In some embodiments, the first closing unit is rotatably connected to the first support body by a planar hinge, and the second closing unit is rotatably connected to the second support body by the planar hinge.

In some embodiments, two adjacent closed units are rotationally connected through a planar hinge, and the rotation directions of the two adjacent planar hinges are opposite.

In some embodiments, the first direction is an up-down direction, the second direction is a front-back direction, a plurality of closing units are connected to the left side and the right side of the first support body and the second support body, each closing unit located on at least one side of the first support body and the second support body is at least partially matched with the right upper part of a cabinet, and the plurality of cabinets are arranged along the front-back direction;

after the plurality of closed units are rotated and unfolded, the plurality of closed units, the first supporting body, the second supporting body and the plurality of cabinets form the airflow channel for discharging the hot air flow.

In some embodiments, the number of said closed cells on the left and right sides of said first support and said second support is less than the number of said closed cells on the other side.

In some embodiments, the first direction is a left-right direction, the second direction is a front-back direction, a plurality of the closed units are connected to the upper sides of the first support body and the second support body, each of the closed units is at least partially matched with the right upper side of a cabinet, and the plurality of cabinets are arranged along the front-back direction;

According to a second aspect of embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a data center system comprising an airflow channel folding assembly as claimed in any preceding claim, a first support, a second support, and a cabinet, the folding assembly being connected in a second direction between the first support and the second support, the cabinet cooperating with the folding assembly and forming an airflow channel with the first support and the second support.

In some embodiments, the first support and the second support are each mounted with a movement wheel for movement along the ground.

In some embodiments, the first support body and the second support body are both provided with at least two fixing feet arranged along the interval, the bottoms of the fixing feet are provided with an abutting surface for abutting against the ground, an adjusting mechanism for adjusting the distance from the abutting surface to the ground, and the moving wheel is positioned between the two fixing feet.

In some embodiments, the folding device further comprises a height adapting piece, wherein the second direction is a front-back direction, and the height adapting piece is closed and arranged in a fit gap between the folding component and the cabinet along the up-down direction;

The height adapting piece comprises a first adapting piece and at least one second adapting piece, wherein the first adapting piece is located at the head part along the up-down direction, the second adapting piece is connected with the first adapting piece, the first adapting piece is connected with the closed unit, and the second adapting piece is located at the tail part and matched with the cabinet.

In some embodiments, a first joint is provided on a side of the first adapter, which is close to the cabinet, and a second joint is provided on a side of the second adapter, which is close to the closed unit;

the first joint part of the first adapter is combined with the second joint part of the adjacent second adapter in a concave-convex manner, wherein the first joint part of one second adapter is combined with the second joint part of the adjacent second adapter in a concave-convex manner.

In some embodiments, the first adapter comprises a first connection post, a second connection post, and a first baffle, the first connection post and the second connection post are all connected with the closed unit, the first connection post and the second connection post are arranged at intervals along the second direction, and the first connection post and/or the second connection post are all detachably connected with the first baffle.

In some embodiments, the folding device further comprises a height adapting piece, wherein the second direction is a front-back direction, and the height adapting piece is arranged in a fit gap between the folding component and the cabinet along the up-down direction;

a first sliding structure is arranged on one side, close to the cabinet, of the closed unit, and a second sliding structure in sliding connection with the first sliding structure is arranged on one side, close to the closed unit, of the height adapting piece;

the side, far away from the closed unit, of the height adapting piece is matched with the cabinet;

the first sliding structure and the second sliding structure are configured to: when the second sliding structure is in sliding fit along the first sliding structure, the height adapting piece is limited to the closed unit along the up-down direction.

In some embodiments, the first sliding structure is concavely provided with a T-shaped groove, the second sliding structure is provided with a protruding threaded portion and a clamping piece in threaded connection with the threaded portion, the clamping piece is slidably connected with the T-shaped groove, and the clamping piece is limited by the T-shaped groove along the up-down direction.

According to a third aspect of the embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an installation method of an airflow passage folding assembly, applied to the above airflow passage folding assembly, the installation method including:

Rotationally connecting every two adjacent closed units in the closed units around the first rotation shaft extending along the first direction;

connecting the first closing unit with the first support;

connecting the second closing unit with the second support body;

and rotating and unfolding the plurality of closed units along the second direction so that the plurality of closed units, the first supporting body and the second supporting body are connected to form an airflow channel extending along the second direction.

According to the embodiment of the invention, the folding assembly is formed by rotationally connecting two adjacent closed units in the closed units, the first closed unit and the second closed unit are respectively connected with the first supporting body and the second supporting body, and the two adjacent closed units are rotationally connected around the first rotation axis extending along the first direction, so that the rotational connection among the closed units of the folding assembly is already pre-installed before installation, the installation flow in the process of installing the airflow channel can be saved, and the installation efficiency is improved. Still further, because two adjacent between the closed unit rotate around the first axis of rotation that extends along the first direction and connect in order to form folding subassembly, consequently the pulling force that a plurality of closed units were expanded in the installation is less, and is laborsaving, makes things convenient for installer's operation, and need not installer one by one to each closed unit splice fixedly, and required installer is less, and the mounting means is simple and convenient, further improves installation effectiveness.

In addition, a plurality of after the closed unit rotates and expands, a plurality of closed unit first supporter with the second supporter is connected and is formed the edge the air current passageway that the second direction extends, consequently accessible first supporter and second supporter support folding subassembly in the installation can be installed folding subassembly and form the air current passageway, need not to set up stand and other bearing structure, reduce extra part installation and cost, and the installation space of rack is unrestricted, convenient deployment. It should be noted that, a plurality of closed units can be folded to form a folding assembly, can form standardized module, and scattered parts are less, are difficult for losing spare part, convenient transportation and transport.

The foregoing description is only an overview of the present invention, and is intended to be implemented in accordance with the teachings of the present invention in order that the same may be more clearly understood and to make the same and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention more readily apparent.

Drawings

Various other advantages and benefits will become apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art upon reading the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments. The drawings are only for purposes of illustrating the preferred embodiments and are not to be construed as limiting the invention. Also, like reference numerals are used to designate like parts throughout the figures. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a folding assembly provided in an embodiment of the present invention before being mounted on a first support and a second support;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a folding assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention mounted to a first support and a second support;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a folding assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention after being unfolded;

FIG. 4 shows a schematic diagram of two adjacent closed cells not flattened provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 shows a schematic diagram of two adjacent closed cells after being flattened according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 shows a schematic structural diagram of a closed cell provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 shows an enlarged view of A in FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a data center system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a schematic view showing the same number of closed cells connected to both sides of the first support and the second support according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a schematic view showing the different numbers of the sealing units connected to the two sides of the first support body and the second support body according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 11 is a schematic view showing a folding assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention attached to the upper sides of a first support and a second support;

Fig. 12 is a schematic structural view of a moving wheel and a fixed foot according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 13 is a schematic view showing the overall structure of a data center system provided with a height adapter according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 14 is a schematic structural view of the fitting for fitting with a closed unit and a cabinet according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 15 shows a schematic structural view of a height adapter provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 16 shows a schematic structural view of a first adapter provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 17 shows an enlarged view of B in fig. 16;

fig. 18 shows a flowchart of an installation method provided by an embodiment of the present invention.

Reference numerals in the specific embodiments are as follows:

100-a data center system;

a 10-fold assembly; 11-closing units; 111-a first closed cell; 112-a second closed cell; 113-a first connection; 114-a second connection; 1141-a first slide; 1142-a first sliding structure; 115-a closure; 12-a first rotation axis; 13-a rotation stop; 131-a second slide; 14-plane hinges;

20-a first support; 21-a door frame;

30-a second support;

40-cabinet;

50-moving the wheel;

60-fixing feet; 61-fixing plates; 62-an adjustment mechanism; 63-a hold-down; 631-abutment surface;

70-height adapter; 71-a first adapter; 711-first connection post; 712-a second connection post; 7121—a plug; 713-a first baffle; 7131-interface; 714-a second sliding structure; 715-a threaded portion; 716-a clip; 72-a second adapter; 73-a first joint; 74-second joint.

Detailed Description

Embodiments of the technical solutions of the present application will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The following examples are only for more clearly illustrating the technical solutions of the present application, and thus are only examples, and are not intended to limit the scope of protection of the present application.

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this application belongs; the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the application; the terms "comprising" and "having" and any variations thereof in the description and claims of the present application and in the description of the figures above are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions.

In the description of the embodiments of the present application, the technical terms "first," "second," etc. are used merely to distinguish between different objects and are not to be construed as indicating or implying a relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated, a particular order or a primary or secondary relationship. In the description of the embodiments of the present application, the meaning of "plurality" is two or more unless explicitly defined otherwise.

Reference herein to "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment may be included in at least one embodiment of the present application. The appearances of such phrases in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor are separate or alternative embodiments mutually exclusive of other embodiments. Those of skill in the art will explicitly and implicitly appreciate that the embodiments described herein may be combined with other embodiments.

In the description of the embodiments of the present application, the term "and/or" is merely an association relationship describing an association object, which means that three relationships may exist, for example, a and/or B may mean: there are three cases, a, B, a and B simultaneously. In addition, the character "/" herein generally indicates that the front and rear associated objects are an "or" relationship.

In the description of the embodiments of the present application, the term "plurality" refers to two or more (including two), and similarly, "plural sets" refers to two or more (including two), and "plural sheets" refers to two or more (including two).

In the description of the embodiments of the present application, the orientation or positional relationship indicated by the technical terms "center", "longitudinal", "transverse", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", "axial", "radial", "circumferential", etc. are based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and are merely for convenience of describing the embodiments of the present application and for simplifying the description, rather than indicating or implying that the apparatus or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be configured and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the embodiments of the present application.

In the description of the embodiments of the present application, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured" and the like are to be construed broadly and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; or may be mechanically or electrically connected; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and can be communicated with the inside of two elements or the interaction relationship of the two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the embodiments of the present application will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to the specific circumstances.

Aiming at the air flow channel of the existing data center, the inventor notes that in the installation process, because the cabinet is higher, the cabinet is usually more than 2-2.2m, an installer needs to splice a plurality of closed units at a higher installation height, the size of the closed units is larger, two adjacent closed units in the closed units are fixedly connected through a fixing piece through bolts, the number of parts to be installed is more, the installation is troublesome, and the installation efficiency is low; moreover, since the cabinets are arranged in a transverse arrangement, the arrangement is generally up to 6m or more, and correspondingly, the closing plates are arranged in a transverse installation, which requires four or more persons to install and takes a long time to install, and the installation efficiency is low. In addition, the existing airflow channel also needs to be provided with a plurality of upright post structures and supporting structures to support and strengthen a plurality of closed units, the structure is complex, the installation is troublesome, and the installation difficulty is increased, and the upright post structures cause the limitation of the installation space of the cabinet, so that the flexible deployment of the cabinet and other equipment is affected.

According to the embodiment of the invention, the folding assembly is formed by rotationally connecting two adjacent closed units in the closed units, the first closed unit and the last closed unit are respectively connected with the supporting bodies positioned at two lateral sides, and the two adjacent closed units are rotationally connected around the first rotation axis extending along the first direction, so that the rotational connection between the closed units of the folding assembly is finished before installation. In the installation, the installer can be connected folding subassembly and two support bodies earlier, thereby then pulls open a plurality of sealed units that drive folding subassembly and expand, or, installer also can expand a plurality of sealed units earlier, then be connected first sealed unit and last sealed unit with the support body that is located horizontal both sides respectively, need not installer one-to-one and splice fixedly to each sealed unit, required installer is less, and the mounting means is simple and convenient, and installation effectiveness is high, thereby overcome above-mentioned technical problem.

For convenience of description, an x-axis direction in fig. 1 to 12 is defined as a second direction, which is a front-rear direction, an arrow of an x-axis is directed to a forward direction, a y-axis direction is defined as a third direction, which is a left-right direction, an arrow of a y-axis is directed to a right direction, a z-axis direction is defined as a first direction, which is an up-down direction, and an arrow of a z-axis is directed to an up direction. In some embodiments, the second direction, the first direction, and the third direction may be other directions, which are not limited herein, and are set as needed.

Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 shows a perspective view of an embodiment of an airflow path folding assembly 10 according to the present invention, the folding assembly 10 connecting a first support 20 and a second support 30, the folding assembly 10 comprising: a plurality of closing units 11, wherein two adjacent closing units 11 are rotationally connected around a first rotation shaft 12 extending along a first direction; the plurality of closing units 11 includes a first closing unit 111 at the head part for connection with the first supporting body 20 and a second closing unit 112 at the tail part for connection with the second supporting body 30; after the plurality of closed units 11 are rotated and unfolded, the first supporting bodies 20 and the second supporting bodies 30 are arranged at intervals along the second direction, and the plurality of closed units 11, the first supporting bodies 20 and the second supporting bodies 30 are connected to form an airflow channel extending along the second direction, and the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction.

Wherein the number of the plurality of closing units 11 is set as required. In some embodiments, when the arrangement of the cabinets 40 in the second direction is short, for example, in the case of 2-4 cabinets 40 being arranged, the number of the closed units 11 may be small, the number of the closed units 11 may be two, and the size of each closed unit 11 in the second direction may be small, so that transportation and installation are facilitated. In some embodiments, when the cabinets 40 are arranged longer in the second direction, the number of the closing units 11 may be set to be greater to accommodate the arrangement length of the cabinets 40, and the dimensions of the closing units 11 in the second direction are set accordingly according to the transportation and installation requirements; referring to fig. 8, the dimension of the enclosure unit 11 along the second direction corresponds to the dimension of the two cabinets 40 arranged along the second direction, so that the dimension of the enclosure unit 11 is not larger and corresponds to the dimension of the cabinet 40, thereby facilitating the installation and arrangement of the cabinet 40 and the enclosure unit 11. In some embodiments, the number of the closing units 11 may be set to three or more, as needed, without limitation.

Referring to fig. 3, 4 and 5, a plurality of closing units 11 are disposed at intervals along a second direction, and two adjacent closing units 11 are rotatably connected about a first rotation axis 12 extending along the first direction, so that the plurality of closing units 11 can be folded and contracted or unfolded along the second direction. When the plurality of closed cells 11 are folded and contracted in the second direction, the angle between two adjacent closed cells 11 becomes smaller, in some embodiments, the angle between two adjacent closed cells 11 becomes smaller until parallel, so as to reduce the folded volume, or in some embodiments, the angle between two adjacent closed cells 11 becomes smaller but not parallel, which is not limited herein, and is set as required. When the plurality of closed cells 11 are unfolded along the second direction, the included angle between two adjacent closed cells 11 becomes larger, in some embodiments, the included angle between two adjacent closed cells 11 becomes larger until the two closed cells are located on the same plane, that is, the angle is 180 °, or in some embodiments, the included angle between two adjacent closed cells 11 may be unfolded to be greater than 180 ° or less than 180 °, which is not limited herein, and is set according to needs. The first rotation axis 12 may be disposed parallel to the first direction, or may be disposed obliquely so as not to be parallel to the first direction, and is not limited thereto, and may be disposed as needed.

The closing unit 11 may be plate-shaped, columnar or other shapes, and the closing unit 11 may be integrally formed or may be separately installed, which is not limited herein, and may be provided as needed. In addition, the two adjacent closing units 11 may be connected in a rotating manner by a hinge, may be connected in a rotating manner by a hinge structure, may be connected in a rotating manner by a pivot structure, or may be connected in a rotating manner by other rotating manners, which are not limited herein, and may be set as needed.

Referring to fig. 1, 2 and 3, when the folding assembly 10 formed by the plurality of closed units 11 is connected to the first supporting body 20 and the second supporting body 30, the two closed units 11 located at the front and the rear are respectively connected to the first supporting body 20 and the second supporting body 30. For convenience of description, the closing unit 11 located at the front part is regarded as a first closing unit 111, and the closing unit 11 located at the tail part is regarded as a second closing unit 112 when the first closing unit 111 is connected with the first supporting body 20, and the second closing unit 112 is connected with the second supporting body 30, and the connection manner may be fixed connection or rotational connection, which is not limited herein, and is set according to needs.

The first support body 20 and the second support body 30 are used for supporting the folding assembly 10, so that the plurality of closed units 10 are supported by the first support body 20 and the second support body 30 after being unfolded, and structural stability of the airflow channel is enhanced. The first support 20 and the second support 30 may be walls, frames, or other structures for supporting the installation of the folding assembly 10, which are not limited herein.

Referring to fig. 1, 2 and 3, the first support body 20 and the second support body 30 are frames, and each include a door frame 21, and the door frame 21 can be opened or closed as required. The folding assembly 10 is connected between the first support 20 and the second support 30 along the second direction to perform folding and unfolding operations, and accordingly, after the plurality of closing units 11 are unfolded, the plurality of closing units 11, the first support 20 and the second support 30 are connected to form an air flow channel extending along the second direction, and heat of the cabinet 40 is discharged through the air flow channel or cool air of the refrigeration equipment enters the cabinet 40 from the air flow channel.

By rotationally connecting two adjacent closing units 11 among the plurality of closing units 11 to form the folding assembly 10, the first closing unit 111 and the second closing unit 112 are respectively connected with the first supporting body 20 and the second supporting body 30, and the adjacent two closing units 11 are rotationally connected around the first rotational axis 12 extending along the first direction, so that the rotational connection among the plurality of closing units 11 of the folding assembly 10 is already pre-installed before installation, thereby saving the installation procedure in the process of installing the airflow channel and improving the installation efficiency. Still further, because the first rotation axis 12 that extends along the first direction is rotated between two adjacent closed units 11 and is connected in order to form folding subassembly 10, consequently the pulling force that a plurality of closed units 11 were expanded in the installation is less, and is laborsaving, makes things convenient for installer's operation, and need not installer one-to-one to each closed unit 11 splice fixedly, and required installer is less, and the mounting means is simple and convenient, further improves installation effectiveness.

In addition, after the plurality of closed units 11 are rotated and unfolded, the plurality of closed units 11, the first supporting body 20 and the second supporting body 30 are connected to form an airflow channel extending along the second direction, so that the folding assembly 10 can be mounted to form the airflow channel by supporting the folding assembly 10 through the first supporting body 20 and the second supporting body 30 in the mounting process, a stand column and other supporting structures are not required, additional component mounting and cost are reduced, the mounting space of the cabinet 40 is not limited, and the deployment is convenient. It should be noted that, the plurality of closed units 11 can be folded to form a folding assembly 10, so that a standardized module can be formed, and the number of scattered components is small, so that the components are not easy to lose, and the transportation and the carrying are convenient.

In some embodiments, after the plurality of closing units 11 are unfolded in a rotating manner, the two adjacent closing units 11 are stopped in a rotating manner by the rotation stopping member 13, so that the installation and the structural stability of the airflow channel are prevented from being influenced by the rotation of the two adjacent closing units 11. The rotation stopping member 13 may be provided as a sliding block structure so as to be slidably connected with the two adjacent closed units 11, or the rotation stopping member 13 may be provided as a fastening member to be fastened and connected with the two adjacent closed units 11, or the rotation stopping member 13 may be fastened and connected with the two adjacent closed units 11 through a screw connection, or the rotation stopping structure is not limited herein and is set according to needs.

Referring to fig. 5, 6 and 7, in some embodiments, each of the closed units 11 is provided with a first sliding portion 1141 extending along a second direction, and the rotation stop member 13 is provided with a second sliding portion 131 slidably engaged with the first sliding portion 1141; the shapes of the first sliding portion 1141 and the second sliding portion 131 are configured to: when the rotation stopper 13 slides along the first sliding portion 1141 of one of the closing units 11 to the first sliding portion 1141 of the other adjacent closing unit 11, the rotation stopper 13 is restricted to the adjacent two closing units 11 along the third direction, which is perpendicular to the second direction.

The first sliding portion 1141 and the second sliding portion 131 are provided, so that the rotation stopping member 13 can slide in the second direction on the closed units 11, the first sliding portions 1141 of adjacent closed units 11 are connected in the second direction, so that the rotation stopping member 13 can slide from one closed unit 11 to the adjacent closed unit 11, operation is convenient, and the rotation stopping member 13 can align and position the two adjacent closed units 11. The first sliding portion 1141 and the second sliding portion 131 may be engaged by a concave-convex structure, the shape of which is not limited, and may be set as needed, for example, the first sliding portion 1141 is a groove, the second sliding portion 131 is a bump, or the first sliding portion 1141 is a bump, the second sliding portion 131 is a groove, or the first sliding portion 1141 is a peripheral side contour of the closed unit 11, and the second sliding portion 131 is set such that the groove is adapted to the peripheral side contour and slides along the peripheral side of the closed unit 11; or the first sliding portion 1141 and the second sliding portion 131 are engaged by magnetic attraction; or the first sliding portion 1141 and the second sliding portion 131 are engaged by other sliding means, which is not limited herein, and may be provided as needed. The first sliding portion 1141 may be provided at the periphery of the closing unit 11, or may be provided at another position of the closing unit 11, and is not limited thereto, and may be provided as needed.

Since the rotation stopper 13 has an effect of stopping rotation of the adjacent two closed units 11, when the rotation stopper 13 slides along the first sliding portion 1141 of one closed unit 11 to the first sliding portion 1141 of the other adjacent closed unit 11, the rotation stopper 13 is restricted to the adjacent two closed units 11 in the third direction, thereby preventing the adjacent two closed units 11 from rotating relatively, and shaping the adjacent two closed units 11, and enhancing the connection strength of the adjacent two closed units 11. In some embodiments, if the first sliding portion 1141 and the second sliding portion 131 are mated by a concave-convex structure, the corresponding groove structure is set as a T-shaped groove, the bump structure is set as a T-shaped bump, or the groove structure is set as a dovetail groove, the bump structure is correspondingly set as a dovetail bump, so as to limit the rotation stopping member 13 to the closed unit 11; or the second sliding portion 131 is provided as a groove and three sides of the outer peripheral contour to restrict the rotation stopper 13 to the closing unit 11; or other structures that can limit the rotation stop member 13 to the closing unit 11 when the first sliding portion 1141 and the second sliding portion 131 are engaged, are not limited herein, and are set as needed.

Referring to fig. 5, 6 and 7, in some embodiments, first sliding portions 1141 are disposed on two sides of each of the closed units 11 along the third direction to increase the rotation stopping effect of the rotation stopping member 13 and increase the alignment of the rotation stopping member 13.

In some embodiments, each of the closed units 11 has two first connecting portions 113 disposed at intervals along the second direction, two second connecting portions 114 disposed at intervals along the first direction, and a closed portion 115 located between the first connecting portions 113 and the second connecting portions 114, and adjacent first connecting portions 113 of two adjacent closed units 11 are rotatably connected, and the first connecting portions 113 and the second connecting portions 114 are detachably mounted on the peripheral side of the closed portion 115. Through first connecting portion 113, second connecting portion 114 demountable installation in the week side of closing portion 115 for closing portion 115 and first connecting portion 113, second connecting portion 114 can be processed respectively and assembled, convenient production. Wherein, the side of the first connecting portion 113 and the second connecting portion 114 facing the closing portion 115 are respectively provided with a clamping groove for being matched with the peripheral side of the closing portion 115 so as to be clamped with the closing portion 115 to form detachable installation, and in addition, the closing plate can be sealed and fixed with the first connecting portion 113 and the second connecting portion 114 through sealing elements. Alternatively, in some embodiments, the first connecting portion 113 and the second connecting portion 114 are screwed to the sealing portion 115, or other detachable mounting means, which are not limited herein, and are provided as needed. The cross-sections of the first connection portion 113 and the second connection portion 114 are not limited. Referring to fig. 5 and 7, in order to stably connect the rotation stop member 13 to the adjacent two closed units 11, the dimension of the second sliding portion 131 along the second direction is greater than the dimension of the two adjacent first connecting portions 113 along the second direction after the two adjacent closed units 11 are flattened. Of course, in other embodiments, the second sliding portion 131 may also be set to be smaller than the second direction of the two adjacent first connecting portions 113, which is not limited herein, and is set as needed.

In some embodiments, the first sliding portions 1141 are disposed on two sides of each of the closed units 11 along the third direction, and the first sliding portions 1141 are disposed on two sides of the closed units along the second direction, so as to further increase the rotation stopping effect of the rotation stopping member 13 and increase the alignment degree of the rotation stopping member 13.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 7, the cross sections of the first connecting portion 113 and the second connecting portion 114 are square, so that when two adjacent closing units 11 rotate to lie in the same plane, the joint surface of two adjacent first connecting portions 113 is larger and the gap is smaller. Grooves are concavely formed on the square periphery of the first connecting portion 113 and the second connecting portion 114 to reduce the weight of the first connecting portion 113 and the second connecting portion 114, wherein the grooves facing to one side of the closing portion 115 serve as clamping grooves matched with the closing portion 115, the grooves on two sides along the third direction serve as first sliding portions 1141 of the rotation stopping members 13, and the second sliding portions 131 of the corresponding rotation stopping members 13 are provided as T-shaped protruding blocks.

In some embodiments, the first connecting portion 113 and the second connecting portion 114 are both made of an aluminum alloy material, and the sealing portion 115 is made of a plastic material.

The first connecting portion 113 and the second connecting portion 114 are made of aluminum alloy materials, so that the sealing units 11 have larger structural strength, are lighter in weight, prevent the connecting portions of two adjacent sealing units 11 from being deformed due to larger gravity after being unfolded, the sealing portions 115 are made of plastic materials, the sealing portions 115 mainly have sealing effects, the structural strength is not required to be too large, the cost of the plastic materials is low, the weight is light, and the weight is further reduced. In some embodiments, the plastic material meets fire protection requirements to improve fire protection safety of the data center. Preferably, the closure 115 is made of a solar panel or an acrylic panel.

Referring to fig. 4 and 5, in some embodiments, the first connection portions 113 of two adjacent closed units 11 are rotatably connected by two planar hinges 14 disposed at intervals along the first direction, and the first rotation shaft 12 is disposed on the planar hinges 14; the first distance D1 between the two planar hinges 14 along the first direction and the length L1 of the first connecting portion 113 along the first direction conform to the following relationship: 1/3L1 < D1 < 1/2L1.

Wherein, connect two adjacent closed cells 11 through setting up plane hinge 14 to prevent two adjacent closed cells 11 excessive rotation, control rotation angle is max 180 degrees, guarantees two adjacent closed cells 11 and is located the coplanar, adopts plane hinge 14 to be favorable to making the clearance between two adjacent closed cells 11 less in addition, is favorable to the gas tightness of air current passageway, and plane hinge 14 is equipped with two along first direction interval, in order to increase two adjacent closed cells 11's connection stability. 1/3L1 is more than 1 and less than 1/2L1, so that the distance between two plane hinges 14 is larger, the two plane hinges are not too large, and the two adjacent closed units 11 can rotate smoothly. Referring to fig. 5, D1 is 700mm, l1 is 1720m, and the two planar hinges 14 are symmetrical about the middle line of the first connecting portion 113 along the first direction, so that the two adjacent closed units 11 rotate more smoothly, in other embodiments, the centers of the two planar hinges 14 along the first direction may also be offset from the middle line of the first connecting portion 113 along the first direction, which is not limited herein, and is set as required.

In some embodiments, the larger the size of the closed unit, the greater the number of planar hinges is correspondingly disposed, without limitation, as desired.

Referring to fig. 1, 2 and 3, in some embodiments, the first closing unit 111 is rotatably connected to the first support 20 by the planar hinge 14, and the second closing unit 112 is rotatably connected to the second support 30 by the planar hinge 14, so as to further improve the installation efficiency, and facilitate the folding assembly 10 to be pulled and unfolded in the second direction. Wherein, the first closing unit 111 and the first supporting body 20 can be prevented from rotating by the fixing member, and the second closing unit 111 and the second supporting body 30 can be prevented from rotating by the fixing member, so that the installation molding of the air flow channel is more stable, and the fixing member can be of an L-shaped structure, so that the connection angle of the first closing unit 111 and the first supporting body 20 is shaped and the connection angle of the second closing unit 112 and the second supporting body 30 is shaped. The angle of the L-shaped fixing piece is not limited, and the L-shaped fixing piece is arranged according to the requirement, and when the angle of the L-shaped fixing piece is 90 degrees, the whole air flow channel is square.

Referring to fig. 9 and 10, in some embodiments, two adjacent closed units 11 are rotatably connected by a planar hinge 14, and the rotation directions of the two adjacent planar hinges 14 are opposite, so as to facilitate folding of the plurality of closed units 11 of the folding assembly 10.

Referring to fig. 3 and 8, in some embodiments, the first direction is an up-down direction, the second direction is a front-back direction, a plurality of closed units 11 are connected to the left and right sides of the first support body 20 and the second support body 30, each closed unit 11 located on at least one side of the first support body 20 and the second support body 30 is at least partially matched with the right above the cabinet 40, and the plurality of cabinets 40 are arranged along the front-back direction; after the plurality of closing units 11 are rotatably unfolded, the plurality of closing units 11, the first supporting body 20, the second supporting body 30, and the plurality of cabinets 40 form an air flow path for the hot air flow to be discharged.

The first direction is an up-down direction, the second direction is a front-back direction, the corresponding plurality of closing units 11 are vertically arranged, the second connecting portions 114 of the plurality of closing units are arranged at intervals along the up-down direction, the first closing units 111 are connected to the rear side of the first supporting body 20, the second closing units 112 are connected to the front side of the second supporting body 30, the corresponding plurality of closing units 11 are rotated and unfolded, the unfolding surfaces of the plurality of closing units 11 on the left side and the right side are opposite, the cabinet 40, the folding assembly 10, the first supporting body 20 and the second supporting body 30 form an airflow channel for exhausting hot air, wherein cold air of the refrigerating equipment enters from one side of the cabinet 40 away from the airflow channel, and heat of the cabinet 40 is exhausted upwards from the airflow channel. In some embodiments, the top heights of the first support 20 and the second support 30 are consistent with the top heights of the plurality of closed cells 11 to conform to the machine room ceiling. The first support body 20 and the second support body 30 each have a door frame 21 and a connecting plate connected to an upper side of the door frame 21, the connecting plate of the first support body 20 is connected with the first closing unit 111, the connecting plate of the second support body 30 is connected with the second closing unit 112, and a top height of the connecting plate is adapted to a top height of the closing unit 11. It should be noted that, each of the sealing units 11 is at least partially fitted directly above the cabinet 40, and the projection of the sealing unit 11 along the up-down direction is at least partially overlapped with the projection of the cabinet server along the up-down direction, so as to be matched with the cabinet 40.

Referring to fig. 8, in some embodiments, when the cabinet 40 is arranged in the front-rear direction and on the left and right sides of the first support 20 and the second support 30, respectively, the lower sides of each of the closing units 11 on the left and right sides of the first support 20 and the second support 30 are respectively engaged with the cabinet 40.

In some embodiments, when the cabinet 40 is arranged in the front-rear direction on the left or right side of the first and

second supports

20 and 30, the lower side of each of the plurality of closing units 11 on the same side as the cabinet 40 is engaged with the cabinet 40, respectively; the undersides of the plurality of closing units 11 on the other side where the cabinet 40 is not provided extend to the ground. Accordingly, the heights of the closing units 11 at both sides are not uniform to accommodate the arrangement of the cabinet 40.

Referring to fig. 10, in some embodiments, the number of the closing units 11 located at the left and right sides of the first and second supporting

bodies

20 and 30 is smaller than the number of the closing units 11 at the other side. The smaller the number of the closed units 11, the larger the size of the closed units 11 and the fewer the rotating connection parts, and the larger the size, the more inconvenient transportation and more convenient installation. By providing the number of closing units 11 on both sides to be non-uniform, balancing is performed during transportation and installation.

Referring to fig. 11, in some embodiments, the first direction is a left-right direction, the second direction is a front-back direction, a plurality of enclosure units 11 are connected to the upper sides of the first support body 20 and the second support body 30, each enclosure unit 11 is at least partially matched with a right upper side of the cabinet 40, and the plurality of cabinets 40 are arranged along the front-back direction; after the plurality of closing units 11 are rotatably unfolded, the plurality of closing units 11, the first supporting body 20, the second supporting body 30, and the plurality of cabinets 40 form an air flow path for inflow of cool air.

Wherein, the first direction is the left-right direction, the second direction is the front-back direction, the corresponding plurality of closed units 11 are transversely arranged, and the corresponding plurality of closed units 11 are rotatably unfolded and have unfolding surfaces opposite to the ground, so that the cabinet 40, the folding assembly 10, the first support body 20 and the second support body 30 form an airflow channel, wherein, the cold air of the refrigeration equipment flows into the airflow channel, and the heat of the cabinet 40 is discharged outwards from one side of the cabinet 40 away from the airflow channel. Wherein the top heights of the first support body 20 and the second support body 30 are identical to the top heights of the plurality of closed cells 11 and lower than the height of the ceiling of the machine room to form a flow passage of hot air flow.

In some embodiments, the enclosure unit 11 is a plate-shaped structure, the boards on two sides of the enclosure unit 11 are arranged at intervals along the up-down direction, the first connecting portions 113 are arranged at intervals along the front-back direction, the second connecting portions 114 are arranged at intervals along the left-right direction, the first supporting body 20 and the second supporting body 30 may each have only a door frame 21, the door frame 21 of the first supporting body 20 is connected with the first enclosure unit 111, the door frame 21 of the second supporting body 30 is connected with the second enclosure unit 112, and the top of the door frame 21 is substantially level with the board of the enclosure portion 115.

In some embodiments, when the cabinets 40 are arranged in the front-rear direction and on the left and right sides of the first and

second supports

20 and 30, respectively, the plurality of closing units 11 are located on the upper sides of the plurality of cabinets 40.

second supports

20 and 30, the first rotation shafts 12 of the respective plurality of closing units 11 extend in the left-right direction, the plurality of closing units 11 are connected to the upper side of the first support 20 and the unfolded surface is engaged with the cabinet 40, the unfolded surface being opposite to the ground; the other side of the cabinet 40 is provided with a plurality of closed units 11 which are correspondingly connected with the other sides of the first supporting body 20 and the second supporting body 30, the first rotating shafts 12 of the closed units 11 extend in the vertical direction, the unfolding surfaces of the closed units 11 on the other side are opposite to the cabinet 40, and the lower sides of the closed units 11 on the other side extend to the ground. Accordingly, the arrangement of the plurality of closing units 11 located at different sides of the first support body 20 and the second support body 30 is not uniform to accommodate the arrangement of the cabinet 40.

Referring to fig. 8, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a data center system 100, including the airflow channel folding assembly 10, the first support 20, the second support 30 and the cabinet 40, wherein the folding assembly 10 is connected between the first support 20 and the second support 30 along the second direction, and the cabinet 40 is matched with the folding assembly 10 and forms an airflow channel with the first support 20 and the second support 30.

Referring to fig. 8 and 12, in some embodiments, the first support 20 and the second support 30 are each provided with a moving wheel 50 for moving along the ground, so that the first support 20 and the second support 30 can be moved conveniently when the folding assembly 10 is connected to the first support 20 and the second support 30, so that the folding assembly 10 can be unfolded along with the relative movement of the first support 20 and the second support 30 along the second direction, the installation operation is convenient, the installation flexibility is increased, and the moving wheel 50 is provided so that the first support 20 and the second support 30 can be supported by the ground while moving, thereby increasing the movement stability and facilitating the smooth unfolding of the folding assembly 10. The number of the moving wheels 50 may be one, two, three or more, and may be set as needed. In addition, the position of the moving wheel 50 is not limited, and it is preferable that the moving wheel 50 is symmetrically disposed so as to force balance the first support 20 and the second support 30.

Referring to fig. 12, in some embodiments, the first support 20 and the second support 30 are each provided with at least two fixing legs 60 disposed along a space, an abutment surface 631 for abutting against a ground surface is provided at a bottom of the fixing legs 60, and an adjusting mechanism 62 for adjusting a distance between the abutment surface 631 and the ground surface is provided at a bottom of the fixing legs 60, and the moving wheel 50 is located between the at least two fixing legs 60.

The fixing pins 60 are used for fixing the positions of the first support body 20 and the second support body 30, and after the folding assembly 10 is unfolded and installed with the first support body 20 and the second support body 30 to form an airflow channel, the installation positions of the first support body 20 and the second support body 30 are fixed by the fixing pins 60, so that the first support body 20 and the second support body 30 are prevented from being displaced to influence the installation positions of the airflow channel. If the abutment surface 631 is adjusted to be not abutted against the ground during the installation process of forming the airflow channel, the first support body 20 and the second support body 30 can be moved by the moving wheel 50 until the folding assembly 10 is unfolded and meets the installation requirement, and after the installation position of the airflow channel is determined, the abutment surface 631 of the fixing leg 60 is adjusted by the adjusting mechanism 62 to press and abut against the ground, so that the positions of the first support body 20 and the second support body 30 are fixed. The adjusting mechanism 62 may be adjusted by a screw adjusting manner, may be adjusted by a snap-fit manner, or may be adjusted by other adjusting manners, which are not limited herein, and may be set as needed. In addition, the fixing legs 60 may be provided in two or three or more, and are not limited thereto, and may be provided as needed, and are not limited thereto.

Referring to fig. 12, taking the fixing leg 60 on the first support body 20 as an illustration, the fixing leg 60 includes a fixing plate 61, an adjusting mechanism 62 and a pressing member 63, wherein the fixing plate 61 is fixedly connected with a side edge of the first support body 20, the adjusting mechanism 62 is a screw rod, the screw rod is in threaded connection with the fixing plate 61 and passes through the fixing plate 61 to be connected with the pressing member 63, the abutting surface 631 is disposed opposite to the ground on the bottom surface of the pressing member 63, the distance between the abutting surface 631 and the ground is adjusted by rotating the screw rod, and when the position of the first support body 20 needs to be fixed, the abutting surface 631 is adjusted to abut against the ground to fix the position of the first support body 20.

Referring to fig. 13 and 14, in some embodiments, the data center system further includes a height adapter 70, the second direction is a front-to-back direction, the height adapter 70 seals a fit gap between the folding assembly and the cabinet in the up-down direction, the height adapter 70 includes a first adapter 71 located at a head in the up-down direction and at least one second adapter 72 connected to the first adapter 71, the first adapter 71 is connected to the sealing unit, and the second adapter 72 located at a tail is matched with the cabinet.

The height adapting piece 70 comprises a first adapting piece 71 positioned at the head part along the up-down direction and at least one second adapting piece 72 connected with the first adapting piece 71 so as to adapt to different heights of the cabinet and flexibly adjust. The first adaptor 71 is located on the upper side of the second adaptor 72 and on the header to be connected with the closed unit, and the second adaptor 72 may be provided with one or two or more as needed, which is not limited herein. If one second adapter 72 is provided, the second adapter 72 is the second adapter 72 located at the tail; if a plurality of second adapters 72 are provided, two adjacent second adapters 72 are connected, and accordingly, the first adapter located near the cabinet among the plurality of second adapters 72 is the second adapter 72 with the tail.

The first adaptor 71 may be connected to the closed unit 11 by sliding, or the first adaptor 71 may be connected to the closed unit by fastening with a screw, or the first adaptor 71 may be connected to the closed unit by fastening, or other connection methods, which are not limited herein, and may be set as needed. The first adapter 71 and the second adapter 72 may be pivotally connected, or the first adapter 71 and the second adapter 72 may be connected in a snap-fit manner, or the first adapter 71 and the second adapter 72 may be connected in a male-female fit manner, which is not limited herein, and may be set as needed.

The fit clearance between the folding assembly and the cabinet along the up-down direction is sealed by the height adapting piece 70, so that the folding assembly is compatible with cabinets with different heights, the fit clearance between the cabinet with lower height and the corresponding sealing unit is filled, and the air flow in the air flow channel is prevented from leaking. In addition, if the folding assembly is arranged according to the maximum height of the cabinet, the universality of the folding assembly can be enlarged in the subsequent use process, the cabinet with various heights is applicable, the folding assembly matched with the cabinet height is not required to be customized again, the original folding assembly is not required to be replaced, and the cost and the repeated installation problem are reduced.

Referring to fig. 15 and 16, in some embodiments, a first engaging portion 73 is disposed on a side of the first adapter 71 and each second adapter 72 close to the cabinet, and a second engaging portion 74 is disposed on a side of each second adapter 72 close to the enclosure unit; the first engaging portion 73 of the first adapter 71 is engaged with the second engaging portion 74 of the adjacent second adapter 72 in a concave-convex manner, wherein the first engaging portion 73 of one second adapter 72 is engaged with the second engaging portion 74 of the adjacent second adapter 72 in a concave-convex manner.

Wherein in some embodiments the first engagement portion 73 is provided with a protruding structure and the second engagement portion 74 is provided with a recessed structure adapted to the protruding structure, which protruding structure cooperates with the recessed structure to connect the first engagement portion 73 and the second engagement portion 74. In some embodiments, referring to fig. 16, it is also possible that the second joint part 74 is provided with a protruding structure, and the first joint part 73 is provided with a recessed structure, and the protruding structure cooperates with the recessed structure to connect the first joint part 73 and the second joint part 74. The shape of the protruding structure may be a cylindrical shape, a polygonal cylindrical shape, or other shapes, and is not limited thereto, and may be provided as needed, as long as the first engaging portion 73 and the second engaging portion 74 can be joined with each other with concavity and convexity.

Through first joint 73 and second joint 74 unsmooth for first adapter 71 can dismantle with second adapter 72 and two adjacent second adapters 72 can dismantle the connection, easy to assemble and dismantle, and the structure is comparatively simple, convenient processing.

Referring to fig. 16 and 17, in some embodiments, the first adapter 71 includes a first connecting post 711, a second connecting post 712, and a first baffle 713, the first connecting post 711 and the second connecting post 712 are connected to the closing unit 11, the first connecting post 711 and the second connecting post 712 are disposed at intervals along the second direction, and the first connecting post 711 and/or the second connecting post 712 are detachably connected to the first baffle 713.

Referring to fig. 16, the first connection post 711 has a cylindrical shape, and the second connection post 712 has a square cylindrical shape. In some embodiments, the first connection post 711 and the second connection post 712 may be the same, for example, cylindrical, square, or other shapes, and are not limited herein, and may be disposed as needed. In some embodiments, the first connection post 711 may also have a square post shape, a triangular post shape, or other shapes, and the first connection post 711 may also have a cylindrical shape, a triangular post shape, or other shapes, which are not limited herein, and are provided as needed. In addition, the first connection post 711 and the second connection post 712 may be connected to the same closed cell, or the first connection post 711 and the second connection post 712 may be connected to different closed cells, respectively, and the distance between the first connection post 711 and the second connection post 712 is not limited and is set as needed.

In some embodiments, the detachable connection manner of the first connection post 711 and/or the second connection post 712 and the first baffle 713 may be a threaded connection manner, a snap connection manner, or a plugging manner, or other structures, which are not limited herein, and are set as required. For example, referring to fig. 17, a plugging portion 7121 is protruding from a side of the second connection post 712 near the first connection post 711 along the second direction, and a plugging opening 7131 for inserting the plugging portion 7121 is concavely formed in the first baffle 713, so as to realize detachable connection between the second connection post 712 and the first baffle 713.

In some embodiments, the structure of the second adapter 72 is similar to the structure of the first adapter 71. Referring to fig. 16 and 17, the second adapter 72 includes a first connection post 711, a second connection post 712, and a first baffle 713 connected between the first connection post 711 and the second connection post 712, and the second connection post 712 is detachably connected to the first baffle 713. And the second connection post 712 is upwardly protruded with a protrusion structure which is concavely and convexly engaged with the second connection post 712 of the first adapter 71, and the protrusion structure is provided with threads to enhance the connection stability of the first adapter 71 and the second adapter 72.

The first adapting piece 71 comprises a first connecting column 711, a second connecting column 712 and a first baffle 713, wherein the first connecting column 711 and the second connecting column 712 are connected with the closed unit, so that the closed unit is connected in the first adapting piece 71 to be of a columnar structure, the structural strength of connection is enhanced, the first adapting piece 71 is ensured to have larger structural strength, the first baffle 713 mainly has the function of shielding and sealing, and the larger structural strength is not needed, so that the weight of the first adapting piece 71 can be reduced by adopting a plate-shaped structure. In addition, the first connection post 711 and/or the second connection post 712 are detachably connected to the first barrier 713 for easy transportation and installation.

In some embodiments, the height of the first adapter 71 and the second adapter 72 in the up-down direction is 10cm. Wherein the height difference of the different cabinets is about an integer multiple of 10cm, in which case the height of the first adapter 71 and the second adapter 72 can be flexibly adjusted according to the height of the different cabinets by setting both the height of the first adapter 71 and the height of the second adapter 72 to 10cm. For example, if the height difference of the different cabinets is 20cm, the first adapter 71 and the second adapter 72 are required to be disposed correspondingly; if the height difference of different cabinets is 30cm, at this time, the first adapter 71 and the two second adapters 72 are needed to be arranged correspondingly; similarly, the present invention is not limited thereto, and may be set as needed.

In some embodiments, if the height difference of the different cabinets is 10cm, only the first adapter 71 is needed, and the corresponding height adapter 70 is the first adapter 71.

Of course, in some embodiments, the heights of the first adapter 71 and the second adapter 72 may be set to other dimensions, and the heights may be set to be the same or different, which is not limited herein and is set as needed.

Referring to fig. 14 and 15, in some embodiments, the folding device further includes a height adapter 70, the second direction is a front-back direction, and the height adapter 70 is disposed in a fit gap between the folding assembly and the cabinet along the up-down direction; a first sliding structure 1142 is arranged on one side of the closed unit close to the cabinet, and a second sliding structure 714 which is in sliding connection with the first sliding structure 1142 is arranged on one side of the height adapting piece 70 close to the closed unit; the side of the height adapter 70 remote from the closed unit mates with the cabinet; the first slide structure 1142 and the second slide structure 714 are configured to: the height adapting member 70 is constrained to the closed unit in the up-down direction when the second sliding structure 714 is slidably engaged along the first sliding structure 1142.

Wherein, through setting up first sliding structure 1142 and second sliding structure 714 for altitude mixture adaptation piece 70 can sliding connection be in the closed cell, easy to assemble, and make altitude mixture adaptation piece 70 and closed cell connection more stable. The first sliding structure 1142 and the second sliding structure 714 may be matched by a concave-convex structure, the shape of the concave-convex structure is not limited, and the concave-convex structure is set according to needs, for example, the first sliding structure 1142 is a groove, the second sliding structure 714 is a bump, or the first sliding structure 1142 is a bump, the second sliding structure 714 is a groove, or the first sliding structure 1142 is a peripheral outline of the closed unit, and the second sliding structure 714 is set so that the groove is adapted to the peripheral outline and slides along the peripheral side of the closed unit; or the first sliding structure 1142 and the second sliding structure 714 are matched by a magnetic attraction manner; or the first sliding structure 1142 and the second sliding structure 714 are engaged by other sliding methods, which are not limited herein, and are set as needed.

Since the height adapting piece 70 has the function of preventing the air flow in the channel from leaking, the installation of the height adapting piece 70 is required to be stable, and correspondingly, when the second sliding structure 714 is slidingly matched along the first sliding structure 1142, the height adapting piece 70 is limited to the closed unit along the up-down direction, so as to prevent the height adapting piece 70 from being separated and loosened along the up-down direction. In some embodiments, if the first sliding structure 1142 and the second sliding structure 714 are mated by a concave-convex structure, the corresponding groove structure is a T-shaped groove, the bump structure is a T-shaped bump, or the groove structure is a dovetail groove, and the bump structure is correspondingly a dovetail bump, so as to limit the height adapter 70 to the closed unit along the up-down direction; or other structures that allow the first sliding structure 1142 and the second sliding structure 714 to be engaged to limit the height adaptor 70 to the closed unit in the up-down direction, which is not limited herein, and is set as required.

Referring to fig. 14 and 15, in some embodiments, the first sliding structure 1142 is concavely provided with a T-shaped groove, the second sliding structure 714 has a protruding threaded portion 715 and a locking member 716 screwed with the threaded portion 715, the locking member 716 is slidably connected with the T-shaped groove, and the locking member 716 is limited by the T-shaped groove along the up-down direction.

In the process of installing the height adapting piece 70 to the closed unit, the clamping piece 716 is rotated to the extending direction perpendicular to the second direction, then the clamping piece 716 slides to the designated position through the T-shaped groove, and in the sliding process, the clamping piece 716 is clamped on the T-shaped groove, so that the clamping piece is limited to the closed unit along the up-down direction.

By adjusting the rotation direction of the engaging member 716 and the height of the engaging member 716 on the threaded portion 715, the direction and the installation position of the height adapting member 70 can be flexibly adjusted during the installation process of the closed unit, so as to better adapt to the closed unit. In addition, the clamping member 716 is slidably connected with the T-shaped slot, and the clamping member 716 is limited by the T-shaped slot along the up-down direction, so that the clamping member 716 can be more stably limited in the closed unit.

Referring to fig. 18, a method for installing the folding assembly 10 of an air flow channel is provided, which is applied to the folding assembly 10 of an air flow channel, and includes:

Step 110: rotatably connecting each adjacent two of the plurality of closed cells 11 about a first rotation axis 12 extending in a first direction;

step 120: the first closing unit 111 is connected to the first supporting body 20;

step 130: connecting the second closing unit 112 with the second supporting body 30;

step 140: the plurality of closing units 11 are rotatably unfolded in the second direction so that the plurality of closing units 11, the first supporting body 20 and the second supporting body 30 are connected to form an air flow passage extending in the second direction.

In step 110, the plurality of closed units 11 are installed to form the folding assembly 10 before the air flow channel is formed, so that every two adjacent closed units 11 in the plurality of closed units 11 need to be rotationally connected around the first rotation shaft 12 extending along the first direction to form the folding assembly 10, so that the folding assembly 10 as a whole is pulled to rotationally unfold during the subsequent installation process of forming the air flow channel.

In some embodiments, the plurality of closed units 11 may be pre-assembled to form the folding assembly 10 to form a standardized module, with fewer loose parts, less loss of parts, and convenient transportation and handling.

In the process of installing the steps 120 to 130, an installer may connect the folding assembly 10 with the first support 20 and the second support 20, and then pull the first support 20 or the second support 20 apart, or pull the first support 20 and the second support 20 apart at the same time, so as to drive the plurality of closing units 11 of the folding assembly 10 to be unfolded; alternatively, in some embodiments, the installer may first deploy the plurality of closed cells 11 and then attach the first and second

closed cells

111, 112 to the first and

second supports

20, 30, respectively.

In some embodiments, the first support 20 and the second support 30 are walls, and when the folding assembly 10 is installed, the first closing unit 111 or the second closing unit 112 is installed on one of the walls, and then the plurality of closing units 11 are unfolded along the second direction, and the second closing unit 112 or the first closing unit 111 is installed on the other wall, so that the folding assembly is installed on two walls spaced along the second direction. Or in some embodiments, the first support 20 and the second support 30 are frames, in which case both frames are movable, in which case the plurality of closed cells 11 in the folded state may be first mounted on the two frames, and then the two frames are moved in the second direction to unfold the plurality of closed cells 11 of the folding assembly 10; or the distance between the two frames is fixed, one of the frames is connected first, then the plurality of closing units 11 are unfolded in the second direction, and then the other frame is connected. Or in some embodiments, the first support 20 is a wall and the second support 30 is a frame, where one frame is movable, in which case a plurality of closing units 11 in a folded state may be first mounted on the wall and the frame, and then the frame is moved to unfold the plurality of closing units 11 of the folding assembly 10 in the second direction; or the distance between the wall body and the frame is fixed, the wall body or the frame is connected firstly, then a plurality of closed units 11 are unfolded along the second direction, and then the corresponding frame or the wall body is connected; or in some embodiments, the first supporting body 20 is a frame, the second supporting body 30 is a wall, and the installation mode of the folding assembly 10 refers to the case that the first supporting body 20 is a wall, and the second supporting body 30 is a frame, which is not described herein.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only for illustrating the technical solution of the present application, and not for limiting the same; although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it should be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical scheme described in the foregoing embodiments can be modified or some or all of the technical features thereof can be replaced by equivalents; such modifications and substitutions do not depart from the spirit of the embodiments, and are intended to be included within the scope of the claims and description. In particular, the technical features mentioned in the respective embodiments may be combined in any manner as long as there is no structural conflict. The present application is not limited to the specific embodiments disclosed herein, but encompasses all technical solutions falling within the scope of the claims.

Claims

1. An airflow channel folding assembly, comprising:

After the plurality of closed units are rotated and unfolded along the second direction, the first supporting bodies and the second supporting bodies are arranged at intervals along the second direction, the plurality of closed units, the first supporting bodies and the second supporting bodies are connected to form an airflow channel extending along the second direction, and the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction;

after the plurality of closed units are rotated and unfolded, the two adjacent closed units are stopped by the rotation stopping piece;

each closing unit is provided with a first sliding part extending along the second direction, the rotation stopping piece is provided with a second sliding part in sliding fit with the first sliding parts, the first sliding parts are matched with the second sliding parts through concave-convex structures, and the first sliding parts of two adjacent closing units are connected along the second direction;

2. The airflow path folding assembly according to claim 1, wherein each of the closing units is provided with the first sliding portion on both sides in a third direction perpendicular to the second direction.

3. The airflow path folding assembly according to claim 1, wherein each of the closing units has two first connecting portions arranged at intervals along the second direction, two second connecting portions arranged at intervals along the first direction, a closing portion located between the first connecting portions and the second connecting portions, adjacent first connecting portions of adjacent two of the closing units are rotatably connected, and the first connecting portions and the second connecting portions are detachably mounted on the peripheral sides of the closing portions.

4. The airflow path folding assembly according to claim 3, wherein the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion are made of aluminum alloy materials, and the closing portion is made of plastic materials.

5. The airflow path folding assembly of claim 1 wherein the first closing unit is rotatably connected to the first support by a planar hinge and the second closing unit is rotatably connected to the second support by the planar hinge.

6. The airflow path folding assembly according to claim 1, wherein adjacent two of the closing units are rotatably connected by a planar hinge, and the rotation directions of the adjacent two planar hinges are opposite.

7. The airflow path folding assembly according to claim 1, wherein the first direction is an up-down direction, the second direction is a front-back direction, a plurality of closing units are connected to left and right sides of the first support body and the second support body, each closing unit located on at least one side of the first support body and the second support body is at least partially fitted over a cabinet, and a plurality of cabinets are arranged along the front-back direction;

8. The airflow path folding assembly according to claim 7, wherein the number of the closed cells on the left and right sides of the first support body and the second support body is smaller than the number of the closed cells on the other side.

9. The airflow path folding assembly according to claim 1, wherein the first direction is a left-right direction, the second direction is a front-rear direction, a plurality of the closing units are connected to upper sides of the first support body and the second support body, each of the closing units is at least partially fitted over a cabinet, and the plurality of cabinets are arranged along the front-rear direction;

After the plurality of closed units are rotated and unfolded, the plurality of closed units, the first supporting body, the second supporting body and the plurality of cabinets form the air flow channel for inflow of cold air.

10. A data center system comprising the airflow path folding assembly of any of claims 1-9, a first support, a second support, and a cabinet coupled between the first support and the second support in a second direction, the cabinet mated with the folding assembly and forming an airflow path with the first support and the second support.

11. The data center system of claim 10, wherein the first support and the second support are each mounted with a movement wheel for movement along the ground.

12. The data center system of claim 11, wherein the first support and the second support are each mounted with at least two fixed feet disposed along a space, the bottoms of the fixed feet are provided with an abutment surface for abutting against a ground surface, an adjustment mechanism for adjusting a distance from the abutment surface to the ground surface, and the mobile wheel is located between the two fixed feet.

13. The data center system of any of claims 10-12, further comprising a height adapter, the second direction being a front-to-back direction, the height adapter closing a mating gap provided between the folding assembly and the cabinet in an up-to-down direction;

14. The data center system of claim 13, wherein the first adapter and each of the second adapters are provided with a first engagement portion on a side of the cabinet and a second engagement portion on a side of each of the second adapters adjacent the enclosure;

15. The data center system of claim 13, wherein the first adapter includes a first connector post, a second connector post, and a first baffle, the first connector post and the second connector post each being coupled to the closed cell, the first connector post and the second connector post being spaced apart along the second direction, the first connector post and/or the second connector post each being removably coupled to the first baffle.

16. The data center system of any of claims 10-12, further comprising a height adapter, the second direction being a front-to-back direction, the height adapter being disposed in a mating gap between the folding assembly and the cabinet in an up-to-down direction;

17. The data center system of claim 16, wherein the first sliding structure is concavely provided with a T-shaped groove, the second sliding structure has a convex threaded portion and a clamping member threadedly coupled to the threaded portion, the clamping member is slidably coupled to the T-shaped groove and the clamping member is restrained by the T-shaped groove in the up-down direction.

18. A method of installing an airflow channel folding assembly as set forth in any one of claims 1 to 9, the method comprising:

connecting the first closing unit with the first support;

connecting the second closing unit with the second support body;