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US 12,750,963 B2Granted
Multi slot add-in card with first and second cooling air movers and extended heat sink fins
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsJyotiba Suryawanshi, John Mathew, Anudeep Gali, Jain Raj Vettuvazhy Puthenpurayil, Ali Kalantarian
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Abstract
An apparatus is described. The apparatus includes a multi-slot add-in card having a second air mover stacked with a first air mover. The add-in card has a heat sink. The heat sink has fins. The fins extend into a first path of a first air flow and a second path of a second air flow. The first air mover is to generate the first air flow and the second air mover is to generate the second air flow.
Claims14
An apparatus, comprising:
- a multi-slot add-in card comprising a second air mover stacked with a first air mover, the multi-slot add-in card comprising a heat sink, the heat sink comprising fins, the fins extending into a first path of a first air flow and a second path of a second air flow, the first air mover to generate the first air flow and the second air mover to generate the second air flow;
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- a cover wherein the cover comprises a first air intake opening in a first side of the cover and a second air intake opening in a second side of the cover, wherein the first side of the cover is perpendicular to a direction of stacking of the first air mover and the second air mover, wherein the second side of the cover is perpendicular to the first side of the cover, and wherein the second air intake opening is located at least partially between the first air mover and the second air mover.
An electronic system, comprising:
- a circuit board comprising first and second add-in card slots;
- an add-in card plugged into the circuit board, the add-in card consuming space allocated for the first and second add-in card slots, the add-in card comprising a second fan that is stacked with a first fan, the add-in card comprising a heat sink, the heat sink comprising fins, the fins extending into a first path of a first air flow and a second path of a second air flow, the first fan to generate the first air flow and the second fan to generate the second air flow;
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- a cover on the add-in card wherein the cover comprises a first air intake opening in a first side of the cover and a second air intake opening in a second side of the cover, wherein the first side of the cover is perpendicular to a direction of stacking of the first fan and the second fan, and wherein the second side of the cover is perpendicular to the first side of the cover, and wherein the second air intake opening is located at least partially between the first fan and the second fan.
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