Step-shaped cover for air mover
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorQinghong HE
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Abstract
An information handling system may include a housing, an information handling resource housed within the housing, a first air intake vent formed in the housing, a second air intake vent formed in the housing, a first air mover located proximate to the first air intake vent and configured to draw air into the housing via the first air intake vent, and a second air mover located substantially further away from the first air intake vent than the first air mover, located substantially further away from the second air intake vent than the first air mover is located from the first air intake vent, and configured to draw air into the housing via the second air intake vent.
Claims12
An information handling system comprising:
- a housing;
- an information handling resource housed within the housing;
- a first air intake vent formed in the housing;
- a second air intake vent formed in the housing;
- a first air mover located proximate to the first air intake vent and configured to draw air into the housing via the first air intake vent;
- and
- a second air mover located substantially further away from the first air intake vent than the first air mover, located substantially further away from the second air intake vent than the first air mover is located from the first air intake vent, and configured to draw air into the housing via the second air intake vent.
An air mover comprising:
- an air mover housing;
- and
- an impeller housed substantially within the air mover housing and rotationally coupled to the air mover housing about an axis;
- wherein the air mover housing comprises:
- an outlet formed within the air mover housing for expelling air;
- an inlet formed within the air mover housing for drawing air into the air mover housing;
- and
- a series of one or more step-down features formed between the inlet and a surface of the air mover housing in which the depth of successive step-down features from the surface increases from the surface to the inlet.
A method comprising forming an air mover by:
- rotationally coupling an impeller to an air mover housing about an axis and housing the impeller substantially within the air mover housing;
- forming an outlet within the air mover housing for expelling air;
- forming an inlet within the air mover housing for drawing air into the air mover housing;
- and
- forming a series of one or more step-down features between the inlet and a surface of the air mover housing in which the depth of successive step-down features from the surface increases from the surface to the inlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.