Memory cooling duct
AssigneeLenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
InventorsAlbert Vincent Makley, Timothy Samuel Farrow, William Fred Martin-Otto, Marc Richard Pamley
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Abstract
A memory cooling duct can include: a front end and a back end; a top that includes a fan mount disposed between the front end and the back end; a front end vent; a front edge, a back edge and opposing side edges that define a rectangular bottom opening; and a flexible lever at the front end that includes a locking surface for locking the memory cooling duct over a rectangular array of memory sockets. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
Claims16
A memory cooling duct comprising:
- a front end and a back end that comprises one or more openings;
- a top that comprises a fan mount disposed between the front end and the back end;
- a front end vent;
- a front edge, a back edge and opposing side edges that define a rectangular bottom opening;
- and
- a flexible lever at the front end that comprises a locking surface for locking the memory cooling duct over a rectangular array of memory sockets wherein each of the one or more openings is configured to receive one or more memory connector tabs of the rectangular array of memory sockets and is defined at least in part by a respective surface positioned to seat directly below one or more respective lower surfaces of the one or more received memory connector tabs.
A system comprising:
- a board that comprises one or more processors, and
- memory cards disposed in a rectangular array of memory sockets that comprise memory connector tabs wherein each of the memory connector tabs comprises a lower surface;
- and
- a vented duct and fan assembly that comprises a front end, a back end and at least one end opening,
- a front edge and a back edge disposed at opposing ends of the rectangular array of memory sockets,
- feet in contact with the board, and
- a flexible lever at the front end that comprises a locking surface that locks the vented duct and fan assembly over the rectangular array of memory sockets wherein each of the at least one end opening receives one or more of the memory connector tabs of the rectangular array of memory sockets and is defined at least in part by a respective surface that seats directly below one or more of the lower surfaces of the one or more of the received memory connector tabs.
A memory cooling duct comprising:
- a front end and a back end;
- a top that comprises a fan mount disposed between the front end and the back end;
- a front end vent;
- a front edge, a back edge and opposing side edges that define a rectangular bottom opening;
- and
- a flexible lever at the front end that comprises a locking surface for locking the memory cooling duct over a rectangular array of memory sockets wherein the locking surface of the flexible lever comprises a flat surface for seating beneath a portion of at least one memory connector tab of the rectangular array of memory sockets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.