US 2026/0252151 A1 · INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM COOLING FAN WITH TOOLLESS INSTALLATION

Abstract

A portable information handling system housing secures a cover over a main portion with a keystone releasable to access the housing interior. A speaker in the housing interior operates as a keystone that releases internal components by pressing a battery against a motherboard and cooling fan. A dNPU slot accepts a dNPU card with a latch biased to a secured position and having a handle that presses away from the dNPU slot to release the dNPU card. Logic executing on processing resources of the information handling system manage allocation of tasks to artificial intelligence resources for efficient application of the resources to end user goals.

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Dependent claims

An information handling system comprising:

a housing having a main portion rotationally coupled to a lid portion;
a motherboard coupled in the main portion and having a cooling fan slot with alignment features proximate the cooling fan slot;
a processor coupled to the motherboard and operable to execute instructions that process information;
a memory coupled to the motherboard and interfaced with the processor, the memory operable to store the instructions and information;
a display coupled in the lid portion and interfaced with the processor, the display operable to present the information as visual images;
a cooling fan having alignment features on a first side and a latch on a second side;
and
a member extending up from the main portion bottom surface, the member aligned with the cooling fan latch to engage with the cooling fan latch when the motherboard alignment features align with the cooling fan alignment features.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Information handling system cooling fan with toolless installation

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Information handling system cooling fan with toolless installation

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Abstract

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