Air blocking apparatus
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorYAO-TING CHANG
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Abstract
An air blocking apparatus is mounted to a server to replace a heat sink. The heat sink includes a base plate, and a fin assembly formed on the base plate. The fin assembly comprises a number of parallel fins. An air passage is defined in every two neighboring fins. The air blocking apparatus includes a bottom plate and a blocking plate perpendicularly extending up from the bottom plate. The blocking plate is rectangular, with a width and a height of the blocking plate respectively equal to a width and a height of the fin assembly of the heat sink. The blocking plate defines a vent. An area of the vent is equal to a sum of cross sectional areas of all of the air passages taken along a direction perpendicular to the board plate.
Claims3
An air blocking apparatus for being installed in a chassis to replace a heat sink removed from the chassis, the heat sink comprising a base board operable to be fixed to the chassis and a fin assembly formed on a top of the base board, the fin assembly comprising a plurality of parallel fins, with a plurality of air passages respectively defined between neighboring fins, the air blocking apparatus comprising:
- a bottom plate to be fixed to the chassis;
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- a blocking plate extending up from the bottom plate, wherein the blocking plate is rectangular, with a width and a height of the blocking plate respectively equal to a width and a height of the fin assembly of the heat sink, the blocking plate defines a vent, an area of the vent is equal to a sum of cross sectional areas of all of the air passages along a direction perpendicular to the board plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.