Patent ID: 9723758
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: G11B,H05K,Y10T

Claim:
1. An information handling system (IHS) comprising: a chassis that forms an enclosure having a base wall; one or more stiffeners that are attached laterally across the base wall; a planar member that is substantially horizontally attached on top of the one or more stiffeners; at least one thermal energy generating component provisioned within the enclosure of the chassis towards a rear area of the planar member; one or more compute components that are engaged on top of the planar member and that substantially block air flow above the planar member; and one or more air channels formed through each of the one or more stiffeners and which direct air flow under the planar member toward the at least one thermal energy generating component, the one or more air channels eliminating thermal shadowing caused by the at least one thermal energy generating component that is provisioned in the rear area.