# US 2021/0240237 A1 · Modular removable air mover for dual access > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0240237 A1 - Document ID: US20210240237A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/777,836 - Filed: 2020-01-30 - Published: 2021-08-05 - Earliest claimed: 2020-01-30 - Assignees: Dell Products L.P. - Applicants: Dell Products L.P. - Inventors: Shawn Joel Dube; Robert Warren Johnson - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210240237A1 ## CPC - G06F 1/20: Cooling means - H05K 7/20172: {Fan mounting or fan specifications} - B23P 6/00: Restoring or reconditioning objects (straightening or restoring form of sheet metal, metal rods, metal tubes, metal profiles, or specific articles made therefrom B21D1/00, B21D3/00; repairing defective or damaged objects by casting techniques B22D19/10) - G06F 1/02: Digital function generators - G06F 1/181: {Enclosures (for portable computers G06F1/1613)} - H05K 7/20136: {Forced ventilation, e.g. by fans (H05K7/202 takes precedence)} - H05K 7/20727: {within server blades for removing heat from heat source} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS - B23P: METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; COMBINED OPERATIONS; UNIVERSAL MACHINE TOOLS (arrangements for copying or controlling B23Q) ## Abstract An equipment rack that includes a modular compute chassis, a modular processing unit located in the modular compute chassis and where the modular processing unit is configured to remove from the front of the modular compute chassis in a frontward direction, relative to the front side of the modular compute chassis, and an air mover unit located in the modular processing unit and where the air mover unit is configured to remove from a rear side of the modular processing unit in a rearward direction, relative to the front side of modular compute chassis. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An equipment rack, comprising: a modular compute chassis; a modular processing unit disposed in the modular compute chassis, wherein the modular processing unit is configured to remove from a front side of the modular compute chassis in a frontward direction, relative to the front side of the modular compute chassis; and an air mover unit disposed in the modular processing unit, wherein the air mover unit is configured to remove from a rear side of the modular processing unit in a rearward direction, relative to the front side of modular compute chassis. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The equipment rack of claim 1, wherein a rear side of the equipment rack is disposed near an obstruction, wherein the rear side of the modular processing unit is disposed on the rear side of the equipment rack. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The equipment rack of claim 1, wherein the modular processing unit is operatively connected to a shared resource interface of the modular compute chassis. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The equipment rack of claim 3, wherein the shared resource interface is disposed on an interior of the modular compute chassis. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The equipment rack of claim 4, wherein the shared resource interface is configured to physically contact a rear communication interface of the modular processing unit. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The equipment rack of the claim 1, wherein a second modular processing unit is disposed in the modular compute chassis. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The equipment rack of claim 6, wherein the second modular processing unit is disposed horizontally adjacent to the modular processing unit. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The equipment rack of claim 7, wherein the equipment rack comprises a second modular compute chassis. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The equipment rack of claim 8, wherein the second modular compute chassis is disposed vertically adjacent to the modular compute chassis. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The equipment rack of claim 1, wherein the modular compute chassis comprises a latch, wherein the latch physically engages the modular processing unit. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The equipment rack of claim 1, wherein the modular processing unit comprises a latch, wherein the latch physically engages the air mover unit. ### Claim 12 A method for removing an air mover unit, comprising: gaining access to a rear side of a modular processing unit, wherein the modular processing unit is disposed in a modular compute chassis; disengaging the air mover unit from the modular processing unit; and translating the air mover unit out of the modular processing unit, wherein the air mover unit is configured to remove from the rear side of the modular processing unit in a rearward direction, relative to a front side of modular compute chassis. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein gaining access to the rear side of the modular processing unit comprises: making a determination that the rear side of the modular processing unit is accessible; and proceeding to the rear side of the modular processing unit. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein gaining access to the rear side of the modular processing unit comprises: making a determination that the rear side of the modular processing unit is not accessible; and removing the modular processing unit from the modular compute chassis. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein removing the modular processing unit from the modular compute chassis comprises: disengaging the modular processing unit from the modular compute chassis; and translating the modular processing unit out of the modular compute chassis. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, wherein disengaging the modular processing unit from the modular compute chassis comprises: detaching a latch from the air mover unit. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, wherein the modular processing unit is translated out of the modular compute chassis in a frontward direction, relative to the front side of the modular compute chassis. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, wherein translating the modular processing unit out of the modular compute chassis causes a shared resource interface of the modular compute chassis to physically detach from the modular processing unit. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the method further comprises: removing a second modular processing unit from the modular compute chassis. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The method of claim 19, wherein the second modular processing unit is disposed horizontally adjacent to the modular processing unit.