Modular removable air mover for dual access

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11294436-B2
Application number	US-202016777836-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 30, 2020
Priority date	Jan 30, 2020
Publication date	Apr 5, 2022
Grant date	Apr 5, 2022

Abstract

An equipment rack that includes a modular compute chassis, a modular processing unit located in the modular compute chassis and where the modular processing unit is configured to remove from the front of the modular compute chassis in a frontward direction, relative to the front side of the modular compute chassis, and an air mover unit located in the modular processing unit and where the air mover unit is configured to remove from a rear side of the modular processing unit in a rearward direction, relative to the front side of modular compute chassis.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An equipment rack, comprising:
a modular compute chassis;
a modular processing unit disposed in the modular compute chassis, wherein the modular processing unit is configured to be removed from a front side of the modular compute chassis in a frontward direction, relative to the front side of the modular compute chassis; and
an air mover unit disposed in the modular processing unit, wherein the air mover unit is configured to be removed from a rear side of the modular processing unit in a rearward direction, relative to the front side of modular compute chassis, and the air mover unit can be removed without removing the modular processing unit from the modular compute chassis.

2. The equipment rack of claim 1 , wherein a rear side of the equipment rack is disposed near an obstruction, wherein the rear side of the modular processing unit is disposed on the rear side of the equipment rack.

3. The equipment rack of claim 1 , wherein the modular processing unit is operatively connected to a shared resource interface of the modular compute chassis.

4. The equipment rack of claim 3 , wherein the shared resource interface is disposed on an interior of the modular compute chassis.

5. The equipment rack of claim 4 , wherein the shared resource interface is configured to physically contact a rear communication interface of the modular processing unit.

6. The equipment rack of the claim 1 , wherein a second modular processing unit is disposed in the modular compute chassis.

7. The equipment rack of claim 6 , wherein the second modular processing unit is disposed horizontally adjacent to the modular processing unit.

8. The equipment rack of claim 7 , wherein the equipment rack comprises a second modular compute chassis.

9. The equipment rack of claim 8 , wherein the second modular compute chassis is disposed vertically adjacent to the modular compute chassis.

10. A method for removing an air mover unit, comprising: gaining access to a rear side of a modular processing unit, wherein the modular processing unit is disposed in a modular compute chassis, wherein the modular computer chassis is disposed in an equipment rack; disengaging the air mover unit from the modular processing unit without removing the modular processing unit from the modular compute chassis; and translating the air mover unit out of the modular processing unit, wherein the air mover unit is configured to remove from the rear side of the modular processing unit in a rearward direction, relative to a front side of modular compute chassis.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein gaining access to the rear side of the modular processing unit comprises:
making a determination that the rear side of the modular processing unit is accessible; and
proceeding to the rear side of the modular processing unit.

Assignees

• Dell Products Lp

Inventors

• Dube Shawn Joel
• Johnson Robert Warren

Classifications

• H05K7/20172 Primary

  Fan mounting or fan specifications · CPC title

• H05K7/20727

  within server blades for removing heat from heat source · CPC title

• G06F1/181

  Enclosures (for portable computers G06F1/1613) · CPC title

• G06F1/20 Primary

  Cooling means · CPC title

• H05K7/20136

  Forced ventilation, e.g. by fans (H05K7/202 takes precedence) · CPC title