User serviceable active cooling inlet screen

Abstract

An embodiment includes an information handling system. The information handling system includes a chassis comprising an active cooling inlet, the active cooling inlet comprising a plurality of air intake portions admitting airflow into the chassis. The apparatus includes a screen comprising a plurality of perforations allowing airflow through the screen, wherein each perforation in the plurality of perforations has an area smaller than an area of an air intake portion in the plurality of air intake portions. The apparatus includes a hinge coupling the chassis and the screen, the hinge allowing the screen to be moved. between a closed position and an open position, wherein in the closed position the screen allows airflow through the screen and the active cooling inlet.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.