Adjustable baffle for supporting expansion card in an information handling system
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsChuan Chieh Tseng, Ming-Hui Pan
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Abstract
A riser of an information handling system having an adjustable baffle that blocks air flowing through the riser from by-passing components of an expansion card, such as a PCIe card, installed in the riser. The baffle directs the flowing air across components of the expansion card to lower the operating temperature of the expansion card by convection. In some embodiments, part of the baffle is coupled to an angled slot of the riser body and another part of the baffle is coupled to a card holder so that movement of the card holder automatically adjusts the position of the baffle to direct otherwise by-passing air toward the components of the installed expansion card.
Claims20
An apparatus, comprising:
- a card holder configured to at least partially support a first edge of an expansion card opposite to a second edge corresponding to an I/O port;
- and an adjustable baffle coupled to the card holder with a flexible portion, wherein the adjustable baffle is configured to automatically adjust position through the flexible portion to direct air across components of an expansion card supported by the card holder when the card holder is repositioned to support expansion cards of different sizes.
A method comprising:
- adjusting a card holder to secure a first edge of an expansion card in an information handling system, the first edge is opposite to a second edge corresponding to an I/O port, wherein adjusting the card holder to support expansion cards of different sizes causes an adjustment of an adjustable baffle attached to the card holder through a flexible portion, and wherein the adjusting of the adjustable baffle directs air across components of the expansion card.
An information handling system, comprising:
- a riser body comprising a card holder, an adjustable baffle, and a single slot, wherein:
- the card holder is coupled to the adjustable baffle through a flexible portion and the adjustable baffle is coupled to the slot, the card holder is configured to adjust position within the riser body to at least partially support a first edge of each of expansion cards of different sizes, the first edge is opposite to a second edge corresponding to an I/O port, and the adjustable baffle is configured to automatically adjust position through the flexible portion within the riser body and within the slot along with card holder adjustments to direct air across components of an expansion card supported by the card holder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.