Cooling module

• US 7,227,748 B2
• Filed: 03/31/2003
• Issued: 06/05/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle America, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sun Microsystems Incorporated (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Garnett, Paul Jeffrey
• Primary Examiner(s): DATSKOVSKIY, MICHAIL V
• Application Number:
  US10/403,670
• Publication Number:
  US 20050259391A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,527 Days
• Field of Search: 361/687, 361694-697, 361724-727, 454/184, 165/122, 622/592, 417/53, 417/423.14, 417/423, 417/523, 417/423.15, 415176-178, 415/213.1, 7101031- 11, 710/302, 710/304, 713/1, 713/2, 713/100, 713/104, 714/25, 714/37, 714/48, 714/2, 714/8, 714/43, 714/57, 714/723, 700/70, 700/299, 700/300
• US Class Current: 361/679.31
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/20 Cooling means
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/20172 Fan mounting or fan specifications

Abstract

A cooling module is provided for an electrically powered apparatus. The cooling module comprises a non-volatile memory arranged to store a module identifier code for the module.

Claims

1. A cooling module for a computer system, the cooling module comprising:

a fan;

a cooling module housing coupled to the fan;

at least one mounting pin coupled to the housing, wherein the at least one mounting pin is operable to couple the cooling module to the computer system and support the cooling module on a computer system housing;

an electrical connector integrated in the mounting pin; and

a rewriteable non-volatile memory inside the cooling module housing and coupled to the electrical connector.

2. The cooling module of claim 1, further comprising a data interface coupled to the electrical connector and to the rewriteable non-volatile memory;

wherein the computer system comprises an integrated circuit coupled to the rewriteable non-volatile memory through the data interface.

3. The cooling module of claim 2, further comprising a data circuit for transmitting information stored on the rewriteable non-volatile memory to the computer system via the data interface.

4. The cooling module of claim 2, wherein the rewriteable non-volatile memory is an Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EEPROM).