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US 9,310,860 B2Granted
Thermal chamber partition and fan unit for computer system
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsTony O. Anuez, Peter W. Austin
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Abstract
A method and apparatus are configured to partition a computing system chassis (22, 222) interior into first and second thermal chambers (60, 62, 260, 262), wherein the first thermal chamber (60, 260) includes a processor (24, 224), a memory (30, 230) and a chipset (28, 228) and the second thermal chamber (62, 262) includes an optical disk drive cage (46, 246), a hard disk drive (44, 244) and a power supply (40, 240). A fan unit (110, 410) is configured to be secured within the optical disk drive cage (46, 246).
Claims15
An apparatus comprising:
- a partition configured to be secured in place in a chassis of a computer system so as to divide the chassis into a first thermal chamber having a processor a memory and a chipset and a second thermal chamber having an optical disk drive cage a hard disk drive and a power supply;
- cable clips in the partition, the cable clips to receive cables;
- and
- a fan unit configured to be secured in the optical disk drive cage.
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A method comprising:
- removing an optical disc drive from an optical disk drive cage within a chassis of a computer system;
- securing a fan unit within the optical disk drive cage;
- and
- snapping a partition, in a tool less manner, into opposite walls of the chassis to divide the chassis into a first thermal chamber having a processor, a memory and a chipset and a second thermal chamber having the optical disk drive cage, a hard disk drive and a power supply.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a partition configured to be secured in place in a chassis of a computer system so as to divide the chassis into a first thermal chamber having a processor, a memory and a chipset and a second thermal chamber having an optical disk drive cage, a hard disk drive and a power supply,
- wherein the partition is configured to be mounted in the chassis so as to extend between a fan in the first chamber and the optical disk drive cage in the second chamber on a first end of the chassis and so as to extend between a full height card slot in the first chamber and the power supply in the second chamber on a second end of the chassis opposite to the first end;
- and
- a fan unit configured to be secured in the optical disk drive cage.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.