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US 10,485,135 B2Granted
Storage device cooling utilizing a removable heat pipe
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsQinghong He, Travis North
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AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsQinghong He, Travis North
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A system provides cooling to a storage device, such as solid-state drive, installed within a sealed compartment of an IHS (Information Handling System). The heat pipe extends between the storage device and a fan housing that seals a cooling fan in a physically isolated compartment from the sealed compartment of the IHS. A plurality of clips allow the heat pipe to be removably secured to an outer surface of the fan housing. A cooling plate is used to removably secure the heat pipe to a surface of the storage device. Once installed, the heat pipe transfers heat directly from the surface of the storage device to the outer surface of the sealed fan housing. The heat pipe may be uninstalled by removing screws that secure the cooling plate to the storage device and the heat pipe to the fan housing, allowing the storage device to be removed as needed.
A cooling system for providing cooling to a storage device installed in a sealed compartment of an Information Handling System (IHS), the cooling system comprising:
An Information Handling System (IHS) comprising:
A heat pipe for providing cooling to a storage device installed in a sealed compartment of an Information Handling System (IHS), wherein the heat pipe extends between the storage device at a first end of the heat pipe and a fan housing at a second end of the heat pipe, and wherein the heat pipe comprises:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.