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US 11,687,130 B1Granted
Heater apparatus-integrated peripheral component interconnect card for a computing device
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsEric Michael Tunks, John Randolph Stuewe, Ayedin Nikazm
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Abstract
A computing device includes a peripheral component interconnect (PCI) card and a heater apparatus. The heater apparatus is located proximate to the PCI card and configured to heat the PCI card.
Claims20
A computing device, comprising:
- a peripheral component interconnect (PCI) card;
- and
- a heater apparatus located proximate to the PCI card and configured to heat the PCI card.
An information handling system, comprising:
- a cabinet housing a plurality of computing devices;
- the plurality of computing devices, wherein each of the computing devices comprises:
- a peripheral component interconnect (PCI) card;
- and
- a heater apparatus located proximate to the PCI card and configured to heat the PCI card.
2 more elements
A method for heating a peripheral component interconnect (PCI) card in a computing device, comprising:
- determining a heating condition of the computing device;
- and
- in response to determination, initiating heating of the PCI card in the computing device using a heater component that is parallel to the PCI card, wherein the heater component is proximate to a first side of the PCI card.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.