Apparatus and Method for Sealing Air Movers in an Information Handling System
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsEduardo Escamilla, Richard Mark Eiland, Chris Everett Peterson
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Abstract
An information handling system includes a baseboard management controller (BMC) and a cooling module that receives a control signal from the BMC. The cooling module includes an air mover assembly, and a foam gasket that is disposed in between the air mover assembly and the bulkhead. A cam assembly has a cam lever holder that draws in a compression bracket to provide axial stress to the air mover assembly, a bulkhead, and the foam gasket.
Claims20
An information handling system with an improved air mover vibration control, comprising:
- a baseboard management controller (BMC);
- a bulkhead;
- and
- a cooling module that receives a control signal from the BMC, the cooling module including:
- an air mover assembly;
- a foam gasket that is disposed in between the air mover assembly and the bulkhead;
- and
- a cam assembly including:
- a compression bracket that is in physical communication with the air mover assembly;
- and
- a cam lever holder that draws in the compression bracket to provide axial stress to the air mover assembly, bulkhead, and the foam gasket that are disposed in between the cam lever holder and the compression bracket.
A cooling module, comprising:
- an air mover assembly including a flange;
- a foam gasket that is disposed along an air port of the flange;
- and
- a quick release (QR) cam assembly including:
- a compression bracket that is in physical communication with the flange;
- and
- a cam lever holder that draws in the compression bracket to provide axial stress to the flange and the foam gasket that are disposed in between the cam lever holder and the compression bracket.
An information handling system, comprising:
- a baseboard management controller (BMC);
- a bulkhead having an opening;
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- a cooling module communicating with the BMC, the cooling module comprising an electrically-powered fan controlled by the BMC, the cooling module having:
- an air mover assembly including a flange and an air port that is positioned along a plane of the flange;
- a foam gasket that is disposed between the air mover assembly and the bulkhead, wherein the foam gasket is distributed along an area of the flange that is in physical communication with an outer perimeter of the bulkhead opening;
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- a cam assembly including:
- a rotatable cam lever holder having a cam;
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- a horseshoe-shaped compression bracket having an open end, the horseshoe-shaped compression bracket bolted by bolts through the flange and through the bulkhead to the rotatable cam lever holder;
- wherein the cam assembly has a first position that rotates the cam into contact with the bulkhead and generates a compressive force in the bolts to draw the horseshoe-shaped compression bracket, the flange, and the rotatable cam lever holder to the bulkhead to compress the foam gasket;
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- wherein the cam assembly has a second position that rotates the cam out of the contact with the bulkhead and releases the compressive force in the bolts to expand the horseshoe-shaped compression bracket, the flange, and the rotatable cam lever holder from the bulkhead to permit removal of the air mover assembly through the open end of the horseshoe-shaped compression bracket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.