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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2011
Glenn C Simon, Auburn, CA (US);
Teri F Verschoor, Rocklin, CA (US);
Glenn C Simon, Auburn, CA (US);
Teri F Verschoor, Rocklin, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A fan assembly includes a housing; a plurality of fan units mounted in the housing; and a flex printed circuit board (PCB) having a first portion, the first portion of the flex PCB electrically connected to each of the plurality of fan units, the flex PCB having a second portion, the second portion of the flex PCB including a printed circuit assembly (PCA), the PCA having mounted thereon a connector to connect to a PCA disposed within a chassis. Alternatively, an apparatus includes a chassis having a PCA disposed inside the chassis; and a fan assembly, the fan assembly including a housing; a plurality of fan units mounted in the housing; and a flex PCB having a first portion, the first portion of the flex PCB being arranged parallel to a surface of the housing and being electrically connected to each of the plurality of fan units, the flex PCB having a second portion, the second portion of the flex PCB including a PCA, the PCA having mounted thereon a connector connected to the PCA disposed within the chassis.