US 12,745,365 B2Granted

Server system fan system

AssigneeDell Products L.P.

InventorsEduardo Escamilla, Richard W. Guzman, Juan M. Gonzalez, Peter Clark

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Abstract

An information handling system fan system. The fan system includes a fan system gantry component. The fan system gantry component includes a bottom wall; a front wall physically attached to the bottom wall, the front wall extending substantially perpendicularly from the bottom wall, the front wall defining a plurality of fan aperture portions; and, a rear wall physically attached to the bottom wall, the rear wall extending substantially perpendicularly from the bottom wall, the rear wall defining a plurality of fan apertures and a plurality of rear wall fan attachment apertures, the plurality of rear wall fan attachment apertures being positioned to enable attachment of a plurality of fans to the rear wall of the fan system gantry component, attachment of the plurality of fans to the fan system gantry component bolstering structural integrity of the fan system gantry component.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A fan system gantry component, comprising:

a bottom wall, the bottom wall defining a plurality of fan connector apertures, each of the plurality of fan connector apertures being positioned to receive a respective fan connection component, each fan system connection component being coupled between a respective fan of a plurality of fans and a fan controller;
a front wall physically attached to the bottom wall, the front wall extending substantially perpendicularly from the bottom wall, the front wall defining a plurality of fan aperture portions;
and,
a rear wall physically attached to the bottom wall, the rear wall extending substantially perpendicularly from the bottom wall, the rear wall defining a plurality of fan apertures and a plurality of rear wall fan attachment apertures, the plurality of rear wall fan attachment apertures being positioned to enable attachment of a plurality of fans to the rear wall of the fan system gantry component, attachment of the plurality of fans to the fan system gantry component bolstering structural integrity of the fan system gantry component;
and wherein
each fan system connection component is held against the bottom wall when the respective fan component is attached to the rear wall of the fan system gantry component.

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A fan system comprising:

a plurality of fans;
and,
a fan system gantry component, the fan system gantry component comprising
a bottom wall, the bottom wall defining a plurality of fan connector apertures, each of the plurality of fan connector apertures being positioned to receive a respective fan connection component, each fan system connection component being coupled between a respective fan of the plurality of fans and a fan controller;
a front wall physically attached to the bottom wall, the front wall extending substantially perpendicularly from the bottom wall, the front wall defining a plurality of fan aperture portions;
and,
a rear wall physically attached to the bottom wall, the rear wall extending substantially perpendicularly from the bottom wall, the rear wall defining a plurality of fan apertures and a plurality of rear wall fan attachment apertures, the plurality of rear wall fan attachment apertures being positioned to enable attachment of the plurality of fans to the rear wall of the fan system gantry component, attachment of the plurality of fans to the fan system gantry component bolstering structural integrity of the fan system gantry component;
and wherein
each fan system connection component is held against the bottom wall when the respective fan component is attached to the rear wall of the fan system gantry component.

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A system comprising:

a processor;
a data bus coupled to the processor;
a fan system comprising
a plurality of fans;
and,
a fan system gantry component, the fan system gantry component comprising
a bottom wall, the bottom wall defining a plurality of fan connector apertures, each of the plurality of fan connector apertures being positioned to receive a respective fan connection component, each fan system connection component being coupled between a respective fan of the plurality of fans and a fan controller;
a front wall physically attached to the bottom wall, the front wall extending substantially perpendicularly from the bottom wall, the front wall defining a plurality of fan aperture portions;
and,
a rear wall physically attached to the bottom wall, the rear wall extending substantially perpendicularly from the bottom wall, the rear wall defining a plurality of fan apertures and a plurality of rear wall fan attachment apertures, the plurality of rear wall fan attachment apertures being positioned to enable attachment of the plurality of fans to the rear wall of the fan system gantry component, attachment of the plurality of fans to the fan system gantry component bolstering structural integrity of the fan system gantry component;
and wherein
each fan system connection component is held against the bottom wall when the respective fan component is attached to the rear wall of the fan system gantry component.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.