Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.P.

Hewlett-packard Company

Mike Devon Giraldo

Christopher Chad Womack

Jeffrey Todd Haselby

Christian Laszlo Belady

Glenn Cochran Simon

Roy M Zeighami

A computer system uses a modular fan design. Multiple fan modules can be used, and identical fan modules can be used for directing air into and out of the computer system enclosure. Each fan module is hot swappable, and can be replaced quickly without the use of tools or fasteners. Optional mounting features on the fan and the computer enclosure prevent misassembly, and an optional color coding scheme aids in assembly. An optional splitting light pipe directs light from a single status-indicating source to both the front and back of the fan module.

Modular fan system

The air moving assembly includes at least one air moving device and a stator, said stator being operable to at least reduce one expansion and/or one contraction for airflow passing through the assembly. The stator is also preferably operable to impart or adjust swirl for airflow passing through the stator. In at least one embodiment, the imparted or adjusted swirl rotates in a direction opposite to that of the rotation of an impeller of the air moving device. As a result, in at least one embodiment, airflow exiting the air assembly has no rotational component. The air moving assembly may include additional air moving devices and/or stators. In at least one embodiment, the air moving assembly includes first and second air moving assemblies coupled to a shared strut assembly.

Enhanced performance air moving assembly

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Mike Devon Giraldo