Patent ID: 6452790
Filing Date: 2002-09-17
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A computer module comprising:a housing comprising a first end coupled to a second end, and a base plate coupled between the first end and the second end, the first end facing the second end, where the base plate is disposed between the first end and the second end; a first region disposed on the base plate at the second end, the first region comprising a connector, the connector protrudes outwardly from the housing from the second end; a second region disposed between the first end and the second end, the second region adjacent to the first end, the second region comprising a hard disk drive; a third region disposed between the first end and the second end, the third region adjacent to the first region and adjacent to the second end, the third region comprising a microprocessing unit; wherein the second region is disposed along the first end of the housing to maximize a distance between the microprocessing unit and the hard disk drive to prevent a possibility of thermal damage of the hard disk drive from thermal energy from the microprocessing unit, the computer module further comprising a horizontal air blower disposed between the first region and the third region to direct air flow across the third region out to the side of the housing.