Suspended fan modules
AssigneeSeagate Technology LLC
InventorsVivekananda Avvaru, Shankar Gopalakrishna, Saju Cheeran Verghese Francis, Odie Killen
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Abstract
A system includes a drawer and a fan assembly. The drawer includes a mounting structure with a support surface and an aperture. The fan assembly extends through the aperture and includes a fan module and a top cover. The top cover is coupled to the support surface.
Claims22
A system comprising:
- a drawer including a mounting structure, the mounting structure having a support surface and an aperture;
- a fan assembly extending through the aperture and including a fan module and a top cover, the top cover coupled to the support surface, the fan assembly and the drawer being separated by a gap;
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- a circuit board that at least partially extends through the gap between the fan assembly and the drawer.
A fan assembly for being removably coupled to a drawer chassis, the fan assembly comprising:
- a fan module having a first set of mounting openings and a second set of mounting openings;
- a front cover coupled to the fan module via a first set of dampers that extend through respective openings of the first set of mounting openings;
- a back cover coupled to the fan module via a second set of dampers that extend through respective openings of the second set of mounting openings;
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- a top cover including a plurality of recessed portions each with a mounting opening for receiving a fastener, the top cover directly and fixedly coupled to the front cover and to the back cover.
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A method for installing a fan assembly with a fan module into a drawer of a data storage system, the drawer including an interior region and mounting structure having an aperture, an interior surface facing the interior region, an exterior-facing support surface opposite the interior surface, and tapped mounting openings;
- and the fan assembly including a top cover coupled to a back cover and to a front cover such that the top cover is fixed to the top cover and to the back cover, the method comprising:
- inserting the fan assembly into the aperture such that the fan module extends through the aperture into the interior region of the drawer and the top cover rests on the exterior-facing support surface of the mounting structure;
- inserting first and second threaded fasteners through respective openings of the top cover;
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- rotating the first and second threaded fasteners to couple the first and second threaded fasteners to respective tapped mounting openings of the mounting structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.