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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1998
Steve Sands, Austin, TX (US);
Andrew L McAnally, Georgetown, TX (US);
R Steven Mills, Austin, TX (US);
Dell USA, L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A computer, or electronic device, according to which two fans are mounted on a mounting member which, in turn, is mounted to a wall of the chassis of the computer or component so that the fans establish an air flow in the chassis in a predetermined direction. The fans are mounted to the mounting member, and the mounting member is mounted to the wall, in a manner so that the fans extend at an angle to the wall and so that the space occupied by the fans is less than the space that the fans would occupy when mounted in a side-by-side relation and parallel to the wall. The fans are also positioned so that, if one fails, the other will cool the components normally cooled by the failed fan.