Air mover direction keying for dual airflow direction information handling system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11564326-B2
Application number	US-202016984665-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 4, 2020
Priority date	Aug 4, 2020
Publication date	Jan 24, 2023
Grant date	Jan 24, 2023

Abstract

An air mover assembly may include an air mover comprising a body and a cable extending from the body and one or more air mover holders mechanically coupled to the body. The one or more air mover holders may comprise a plurality of cable maintenance features and a keying feature. The plurality of cable maintenance features may include a first cable maintenance feature configured to maintain the cable in a first configuration of the air mover in a first airflow direction and a second cable maintenance feature configured to maintain the cable in a second configuration of the air mover in a second airflow direction. The keying feature may be configured to mechanically interface with an interfering feature of a chassis when an attempt is made to improperly insert the air mover into the chassis in accordance with a proper airflow direction configuration of the chassis, in order to prevent improper insertion of the air mover into the chassis in accordance with the proper airflow direction configuration of the chassis.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An air mover assembly comprising:
an air mover comprising a body and a cable extending from the body; and
one or more air mover holders mechanically coupled to the body and comprising:
a plurality of cable maintenance features, including:
a first cable maintenance feature configured to maintain the cable in a first configuration of the air mover in a first airflow direction; and
a second cable maintenance feature configured to maintain the cable in a second configuration of the air mover in a second airflow direction; and

a keying feature extending from the one or more air mover holders, wherein the keying feature is configured mechanically interface with an interfering feature of a chassis when an attempt is made to improperly insert the air mover into the chassis in accordance with a proper airflow direction configuration of the chassis, in order to prevent improper insertion of the air mover into the chassis in accordance with the proper airflow direction configuration of the chassis.

2. The air mover assembly of claim 1 , wherein the one or more air mover holders include a cable channel for routing the cable from the body to one of the cable maintenance features.

3. An air mover assembly comprising:
an air mover comprising a body and a cable extending from the body; and
one or more air mover holders mechanically coupled to the body and comprising:
a plurality of cable maintenance features, including:
a first cable maintenance feature configured to maintain the cable in a first configuration of the air mover in a first airflow direction; and
a second cable maintenance feature configured to maintain the cable in a second configuration of the air mover in a second airflow direction; and

a keying feature formed by a combination of the one or more air mover holders and a corresponding feature of the chassis, wherein the keying feature is configured to mechanically interface with an interfering feature of a chassis when an attempt is made to improperly insert the air mover into the chassis in accordance with a proper airflow direction configuration of the chassis, in order to prevent improper insertion of the air mover into the chassis in accordance with the proper airflow direction configuration of the chassis.

4. The air mover assembly of claim 3 , wherein the one or more air mover holders include a cable channel for routing the cable from the body to one of the cable maintenance features.

5. An information handling system comprising:
a chassis; and
an air mover assembly comprising:
an air mover comprising a body and a cable extending from the body; and
one or more air mover holders mechanically coupled to the body and comprising:
a plurality of cable maintenance features, including:
a first cable maintenance feature configured to maintain the cable in a first configuration of the air mover in a first airflow direction; and
a second cable maintenance feature configured to maintain the cable in a second configuration of the air mover in a second airflow direction; and

a keying feature extending from the one or more air mover holders, wherein the keying feature is configured to mechanically interface with an interfering feature of the chassis when an attempt is made to improperly insert the air mover into the chassis in accordance with a proper airflow direction configuration of the chassis, in order to prevent improper insertion of the air mover into the chassis in accordance with the proper airflow direction configuration of the chassis.

6. The information handling system of claim 5 , wherein the one or more air mover holders include a cable channel for routing the cable from the body to one of the cable maintenance features.

7. An information handling system comprising:
a chassis; and
an air mover assembly comprising:
an air mover comprising a body and a cable extending from the body; and
one or more air mover holders mechanically coupled to the body and comprising:
a plurality of cable maintenance features, including:
a first cable maintenance feature configured to maintain the cable in a first configuration of the air mover in a first airflow direction; and
a second cable maintenance feature configured to maintain the cable in a second configuration of the air mover in a second airflow direction; and

a keying feature formed by a combination of the one or more air mover holders and a corresponding feature of the chassis, wherein the keying feature is configured to mechanically interface with an interfering feature of the chassis when an attempt is made to improperly insert the air mover into the chassis in accordance with a proper airflow direction configuration of the chassis, in order to prevent improper insertion of the air mover into the chassis in accordance with the proper airflow direction configuration of the chassis.

8. The information handling system of claim 7 , wherein the one or more air mover holders include a cable channel for routing the cable from the body to one of the cable maintenance features.

9. A method comprising:
mechanically coupling an air mover comprising a body and a cable extending from the body to one or more air mover holders, wherein the one or more air mover holders include:
a plurality of cable maintenance features, including:
a first cable maintenance feature configured to maintain the cable in a first configuration of the air mover in a first airflow direction; and
a second cable maintenance feature configured to maintain the cable in a second configuration of the air mover in a second airflow direction; and

a keying feature extending from the one or more air mover holders, wherein the keying feature is configured to mechanically interface with an interfering feature of a chassis when an attempt is made to improperly insert the air mover into the chassis in accordance with a proper airflow direction configuration of the chassis, in order to prevent improper insertion of the air mover into the chassis in accordance with the proper airflow direction configuration of the chassis.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the one or more air mover holders include a cable channel for routing the cable from the body to one of the cable maintenance features.

11. A method comprising:
mechanically coupling an air mover comprising a body and a cable extending from the body to one or more air mover holders, wherein the one or more air mover holders include:
a plurality of cable maintenance features, including:
a first cable maintenance feature configured to maintain the cable in a first configuration of the air mover in a first airflow direction; and
a second cable maintenance feature configured to maintain the cable in a second configuration of the air mover in a second airflow direction; and

a keying feature formed by a combination of the one or more air mover holders and a corresponding feature of the chassis, wherein the keying feature is configured to mechanically interface with an interfering feature of a chassis when an attempt is made to improperly insert the air mover into the chassis in accordance with a proper airflow direction configuration of the chassis, in order to prevent improper insertion of the air mover into the chassis in accordance with the proper airflow direction configuration of the chassis.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the one or more air mover holders include a cable channel for routing the cable from the body to one of the cable maintenance features.

Assignees

• Dell Products Lp

Inventors

• Chen Julian Yu-Hao
• Chien Hung-Pin
• Wang Yu-Hung

Classifications

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