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US 10,485,136 B2Granted
Low profile fan assemblies
AssigneeSeagate Technology LLC
InventorsShankar Gopalakrishna, Kiran Devapalan, Saju Cheeran Verghese Francis, Vivekananda Avvaru, Anil KC
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Abstract
A fan assembly includes a fan module having a plurality of mounting openings, a housing partially surrounding the fan module, and a plurality of dampers that extend through the plurality of mounting openings to couple the fan module to the housing.
Claims13
A data storage system comprising:
- a drawer;
- a plurality of fan assemblies positioned within the drawer, each fan assembly comprising:
- a fan module having a plurality of mounting openings,
- a housing partially surrounding the fan module, and
- a plurality of dampers that extend through the plurality of mounting openings to couple the fan module to the housing;
- a fan cage assembly positioned within the drawer and including fan cages, each of the plurality of fan assemblies removably coupled to a respective fan cage;
- and
- a circuit board positioned within the drawer, each of the fan cages including a plurality of legs extending from a bottom sidewall of the fan cages towards the circuit board to create a space between the bottom sidewall of the fan cage and the circuit board to permit electrical components to pass underneath the fan cage assembly.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a fan module having a plurality of mounting openings and electrically coupled to an electrical connector;
- a housing partially surrounding the fan module, the housing including:
- a first housing member having a first finger guard,
- a second housing member coupled to the first housing member and having a second finger guard and an electrical connector portion, the electrical connector portion extending from the second housing member and including an opening shaped such that the electrical connector can be moved between a secured and a non-secured position within the opening, and
- a plurality of openings, one of which includes a recessed portion;
- a plurality of dampers that extend through the plurality of mounting openings to couple the fan module to the housing and that extend through respective openings of the plurality of the openings of the housing;
- and
- an electrical wire electrically coupled between the electrical connector and the fan module and extending through the recessed portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.