Patent ID: 6878874
Filing Date: 2005-04-12
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
1. An electronics assembly which comprises a chassis having a recess therein for housing a plurality of cooling fans that are arranged in series and can be removed from the recess by sliding out of the recess in a direction across the direction of intended airflow, wherein any of the fans can be removed and replaced without interrupting operation of the or any other fan, and the recess and/or the fans have a seal to prevent or reduce bypass leakage of air around the fans, wherein one of the recess and the fans has a ridge that extend around at least a major part of the surface thereof that contacts the other of the recess and the fans, and the other of the recess and the fans has, extending around at least a major part of the corresponding surface thereof, a groove that receives the ridge to form at least part of the seal, and wherein the ridge and the groove extend around three sides of the fans and the recess.