Patent Application
20250142762
The disclosure relates generally to an information handling system, and in particular, a vent cover for the information handling system.
As the value and use of information continues to increase, individuals and businesses seek additional ways to process and store information. One option available to users is information handling systems. An information handling system generally processes, compiles, stores, and/or communicates information or data for business, personal, or other purposes thereby allowing users to take advantage of the value of the information. Because technology and information handling needs and requirements vary between different users or applications, information handling systems may also vary regarding what information is handled, how the information is handled, how much information is processed, stored, or communicated, and how quickly and efficiently the information may be processed, stored, or communicated. The variations in information handling systems allow for information handling systems to be general or configured for a specific user or specific use such as financial transaction processing, airline reservations, enterprise data storage, or global communications. In addition, information handling systems may include a variety of hardware and software components that may be configured to process, store, and communicate information and may include one or more computer systems, data storage systems, and networking systems.
Vent covers for information handling systems can facilitate regulation of a temperature of the information handling system. The vent covers can facilitate airflow while minimizing dust and debris from entering the information handling system.
Innovative aspects of the subject matter described in this specification may be embodied in a vent cover for an information handling system including a body having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; and a plurality of slots positioned within the body and extending between the first and the second surface, the plurality of slots including: first slots having a first length and extending between a first diameter and a second diameter of a first annulus; and second slots having a second length and extending between the second diameter and a third diameter of a second annulus, the first annulus including the second annulus.
Other embodiments of these aspects include corresponding systems and apparatus.
These and other embodiments may each optionally include one or more of the following features. For instance, a plurality of ribs positioned within the body, the plurality of ribs extending between the first diameter and the second diameter of the first annulus. Each of the ribs includes: a first contiguous portion extending between the first diameter and the third diameter of a third annulus, the first annulus including the third annulus; and a second portion extending between the second diameter and the third diameter of the second annulus, the second portion including at least two spaced-apart projecting parts. The two spaced-apart projection parts define a respective second slot of the second slots therebetween. Adjacent ribs of the plurality of ribs define a respective first slot therebetween, wherein the first length greater than the second length. A first width of the first slots and a second width of the second slots are substantially the same. A magnitude of both the first width and the second width is approximately 0.95 millimeters. The ribs are substantially straight. The ribs are curved. The ribs are curved opposite to a rotation direction of a fan of the information handling system, the vent cover in superimposition with the fan. The ribs are curved in alignment with a rotation direction of a fan of the information handling system, the vent cover in superimposition with the fan. An area of the first slots between the first diameter and the third diameter of the third annulus is substantially the same as an area of the first slots and the second slots between the second diameter and the third diameter of the second annulus.
Particular implementations of the subject matter described in this specification can be implemented so as to realize one or more of the following advantages. For example, the vent cover can lower acoustical noise from a fan of the information handling system while having negligible impact on thermal cooling of the information handling system.
The details of one or more embodiments of the subject matter described in this specification are set forth in the accompanying drawings and the description below. Other potential features, aspects, and advantages of the subject matter will become apparent from the description, the drawings, and the claims.
This disclosure discusses a vent cover of an information handling system. In short, a vent cover can facilitate thermal cooling of a fan of the information handling system, while reducing noise generated by the fan. In particular, the specific layout of ribs of the vent cover and the shape of the ribs can reduce noise generated by the fan.
Specifically, this disclosure discusses a vent cover for an information handling system including: a body having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; and a plurality of slots positioned within the body and extending between the first and the second surface, the plurality of slots including: first slots having a first length and extending between a first diameter and a second diameter of a first annulus; and second slots having a second length and extending between the second diameter and a third diameter of a second annulus, the first annulus including the second annulus.
In the following description, details are set forth by way of example to facilitate discussion of the disclosed subject matter. It should be apparent to a person of ordinary skill in the field, however, that the disclosed embodiments are exemplary and not exhaustive of all possible embodiments.
For the purposes of this disclosure, an information handling system may include an instrumentality or aggregate of instrumentalities operable to compute, classify, process, transmit, receive, retrieve, originate, switch, store, display, manifest, detect, record, reproduce, handle, or utilize various forms of information, intelligence, or data for business, scientific, control, entertainment, or other purposes. For example, an information handling system may be a personal computer, a PDA, a consumer electronic device, a network storage device, or another suitable device and may vary in size, shape, performance, functionality, and price. The information handling system may include memory, one or more processing resources such as a central processing unit (CPU) or hardware or software control logic. Additional components of the information handling system may include one or more storage devices, one or more communications ports for communicating with external devices as well as various input and output (I/O) devices, such as a keyboard, a mouse, and a video display. The information handling system may also include one or more buses operable to transmit communication between the various hardware components.
For the purposes of this disclosure, computer-readable media may include an instrumentality or aggregation of instrumentalities that may retain data and/or instructions for a period of time. Computer-readable media may include, without limitation, storage media such as a direct access storage device (e.g., a hard disk drive or floppy disk), a sequential access storage device (e.g., a tape disk drive), compact disk, CD-ROM, DVD, random access memory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), and/or flash memory (SSD); as well as communications media such wires, optical fibers, microwaves, radio waves, and other electromagnetic and/or optical carriers; and/or any combination of the foregoing.
Particular embodiments are best understood by reference to
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In information handling system 100, I/O subsystem 140 may comprise a system, device, or apparatus generally operable to receive and/or transmit data to/from/within information handling system 100. I/O subsystem 140 may represent, for example, a variety of communication interfaces, graphics interfaces, video interfaces, user input interfaces, and/or peripheral interfaces. In various embodiments, I/O subsystem 140 may be used to support various peripheral devices, such as a touch panel, a display adapter, a keyboard, an accelerometer, a touch pad, a gyroscope, an IR sensor, a microphone, a sensor, or a camera, or another type of peripheral device.
The information handling system 100 can further include a fan 190.
Local storage resource 150 may comprise computer-readable media (e.g., hard disk drive, floppy disk drive, CD-ROM, and/or other type of rotating storage media, flash memory, EEPROM, and/or another type of solid state storage media) and may be generally operable to store instructions and/or data. Likewise, the network storage resource may comprise computer-readable media (e.g., hard disk drive, floppy disk drive, CD-ROM, and/or other type of rotating storage media, flash memory, EEPROM, and/or other type of solid state storage media) and may be generally operable to store instructions and/or data.
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In particular embodiments, network 110 may include one or more routers for routing data between client information handling systems 100 and server information handling systems 100. A device (e.g., a client information handling system 100 or a server information handling system 100) on network 110 may be addressed by a corresponding network address including, for example, an Internet protocol (IP) address, an Internet name, a Windows Internet name service (WINS) name, a domain name or other system name. In particular embodiments, network 110 may include one or more logical groupings of network devices such as, for example, one or more sites (e.g. customer sites) or subnets. As an example, a corporate network may include potentially thousands of offices or branches, each with its own subnet (or multiple subnets) having many devices. One or more client information handling systems 100 may communicate with one or more server information handling systems 100 via any suitable connection including, for example, a modem connection, a LAN connection including the Ethernet or a broadband WAN connection including DSL, Cable, Ti, T3, Fiber Optics, Wi-Fi, or a mobile network connection including GSM, GPRS, 3G, or WiMax.
Network 110 may transmit data using a desired storage and/or communication protocol, including, but not limited to, Fibre Channel, Frame Relay, Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM), Internet protocol (IP), other packet-based protocol, small computer system interface (SCSI), Internet SCSI (iSCSI), Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) or another transport that operates with the SCSI protocol, advanced technology attachment (ATA), serial ATA (SATA), advanced technology attachment packet interface (ATAPI), serial storage architecture (SSA), integrated drive electronics (IDE), and/or any combination thereof. Network 110 and its various components may be implemented using hardware, software, or any combination thereof.
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Each of the ribs 406 includes the first contiguous portion 408 that extends between the first diameter 510 and a third diameter 514 of a third annulus 554. The first annulus 550 includes the third annulus 554. The third diameter 514 is between the first diameter 510 and the second diameter 512. Further, each of the ribs 406 includes the second portion 410 extending between the second diameter 512 and the third diameter 514 of a second annulus 552. The first annulus 550 includes the second annulus 552. The second portion 410 includes the spaced-apart projecting parts 412a, 412b. That is, the rib 406 is bifurcated to form the projecting parts 412.
In some examples, each of the adjacent ribs 406 define a slot 532 therebetween. The slots 532 has a first length L1 and a first width W1. The spaced-apart projecting parts 412 define a slot 530 therebetween. The slot 530 has a second length L2 and a second width W2. The slots 530, 532 extend between the first surface 504 and the second surface 506. In some examples, the first length L1 of the slot 532 is greater than the second length L2 of the slot 530. In some examples, the second width W2 of the slot 530 is substantially the same as the first width W1 of the slot 532. In some examples, the second width W2 and the first width W1 is 0.95 millimeters. In some examples, the second width W2 differs from the second width W2.
In short, the vent cover 304 can facilitate thermal cooling of the fan 402, while reducing noise generated by the fan 402. In particular, the specific layout of the ribs 406, the shape of the ribs 406, the slots 530, 532 and the shape of the slots 530, 532 can reduce noise generated by the fan 402.
In some examples, the slots 530 can have a first area between the first diameter 510 and the third diameter 514 of the third annulus 554; and the slots 530 and the slots 532 can have a second area between the third diameter 514 and the second diameter 512 of the second annulus 552. In some examples, the first area of the slots 530 between the first diameter 510 and the third diameter 514 of the third annulus 554 is substantially the same as the second area of the slots 530 and the slots 532 between the third diameter 514 and the second diameter 512 of the second annulus 552. That is, the “open” percentage of the vent cover 304 (via the slots 530 and the slots 532) is substantially the same between the first diameter 510 and the third diameter 514 of the third annulus 554 and between the third diameter 514 and the second diameter 512 of the second annulus 552. Thus, system noise levels and tones can be reduced (e.g., produced by the fan 402).
In some examples, the ribs 406 are substantially straight between the first diameter 510 and the second diameter 512 of the first annulus 550. In some examples, a subset of the ribs 406 are substantially straight between the first diameter 510 and the second diameter 512 of the first annulus 550. In some examples, each of the ribs 406 are substantially straight between the first diameter 510 and the second diameter 512 of the first annulus 550.
In some examples, the ribs 406 are curved between the first diameter 510 and the second diameter 512 of the first annulus 550. In some examples, a subset of the ribs 406 are curved between the first diameter 510 and the second diameter 512 of the first annulus 550. In some examples, each of the ribs 406 are curved between the first diameter 510 and the second diameter 512 of the first annulus 550. In some examples, the ribs 406 are curved opposite to a rotation direction of the fan 402. That is, the vent cover 304 is in superimposition with the fan 402. The fan 402 can rotate in a direction—e.g., clockwise or counter-clockwise. When the fan 402 rotates in a clockwise direction, the ribs 406 can curve in a counter-clockwise direction. When the fan 402 rotates in a counter-clockwise direction, the ribs 406 can curve in a clockwise direction.
In some examples, the vent cover 304 can reduce noise generated by the fan 402 while having negligible impact on thermal cooling of the information handling system 202.
The above disclosed subject matter is to be considered illustrative, and not restrictive, and the appended claims are intended to cover all such modifications, enhancements, and other embodiments which fall within the true spirit and scope of the present disclosure. Thus, to the maximum extent allowed by law, the scope of the present disclosure is to be determined by the broadest permissible interpretation of the following claims and their equivalents, and shall not be restricted or limited by the foregoing detailed description.
Herein, “or” is inclusive and not exclusive, unless expressly indicated otherwise or indicated otherwise by context. Therefore, herein, “A or B” means “A, B, or both,” unless expressly indicated otherwise or indicated otherwise by context. Moreover, “and” is both joint and several, unless expressly indicated otherwise or indicated otherwise by context. Therefore, herein, “A and B” means “A and B, jointly or severally,” unless expressly indicated otherwise or indicated other-wise by context.
The scope of this disclosure encompasses all changes, substitutions, variations, alterations, and modifications to the example embodiments described or illustrated herein that a person having ordinary skill in the art would comprehend. The scope of this disclosure is not limited to the example embodiments described or illustrated herein. Moreover, although this disclosure describes and illustrates respective embodiments herein as including particular components, elements, features, functions, operations, or steps, any of these embodiments may include any combination or permutation of any of the components, elements, features, functions, operations, or steps described or illustrated anywhere herein that a person having ordinary skill in the art would comprehend. Furthermore, reference in the appended claims to an apparatus or system or a component of an apparatus or system being adapted to, arranged to, capable of, configured to, enabled to, operable to, or operative to perform a particular function encompasses that apparatus, system, component, whether or not it or that particular function is activated, turned on, or unlocked, as long as that apparatus, system, or component is so adapted, arranged, capable, configured, enabled, operable, or operative.
