Electronics assembly
First Claim
1. An electronics assembly which comprises a chassis having a recess therein for housing a plurality of cooling fans that are arranged in series and can be removed from the recess by sliding out of the recess in a direction across the direction of intended airflow, wherein any of the fans can be removed and replaced without interrupting operation of the or any other fan, and the recess and/or the fans have a seal to prevent or reduce bypass leakage of air around the fans, wherein one of the recess and the fans has a ridge that extend around at least a major part of the surface thereof that contacts the other of the recess and the fans, and the other of the recess and the fans has, extending around at least a major part of the corresponding surface thereof, a groove that receives the ridge to form at least part of the seal, and wherein the ridge and the groove extend around three sides of the fans and the recess.
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Abstract
A chassis for an electronic system. The chassis includes a recess therein for housing a plurality of cooling fans that are arranged in series and can be removed from the recess by sliding out of the recess in a direction across the direction of intended airflow. The assembly is arranged such that any of the fans can be removed and replaced without interrupting operation of the or any other fan. The recess and/or the fans have a seal to prevent or reduce bypass leakage of air around the fans.
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15 Claims
- 1. An electronics assembly which comprises a chassis having a recess therein for housing a plurality of cooling fans that are arranged in series and can be removed from the recess by sliding out of the recess in a direction across the direction of intended airflow, wherein any of the fans can be removed and replaced without interrupting operation of the or any other fan, and the recess and/or the fans have a seal to prevent or reduce bypass leakage of air around the fans, wherein one of the recess and the fans has a ridge that extend around at least a major part of the surface thereof that contacts the other of the recess and the fans, and the other of the recess and the fans has, extending around at least a major part of the corresponding surface thereof, a groove that receives the ridge to form at least part of the seal, and wherein the ridge and the groove extend around three sides of the fans and the recess.
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14. A chassis for an electronics assembly, which chassis has a recess therein for housing a plurality of cooling fans that can be inserted into the recess in a direction across the direction of intended airflow and arranged in the recess in series, wherein the chassis allows removal and replacement of any of the fans without interrupting operation of any of the other fans, and the recess has a seal which prevents or reduces bypass leakage of air around the fans, the seal bein in the form of a groove or a ridge that cooperates with a corresponding ridge or groove, respectively, on each of the fans and extends around three sides of the recess.
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15. An electronics assembly which comprises a chassis having a recess therein for housing a plurality of cooling fans that are arranged in series and can be removed from the recess by sliding out of the recess in a direction across the direction of intended airflow, wherein any of the fans can be removed and replaced without interrupting operation of the or any other fan, and the recess and/or the fans have a seal to prevent or reduce bypass leakage of air around the fans, wherein the ridge is located on the fan or fans and the groove is located in the recess, and wherein the ridge is formed by the peripheral edge of a sheet that is attached to one face of the or each fan.
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