Patent ID: 8160754

Claim:
A synthetic air jet cooling system, comprising: an information handling system (IHS) chassis; a first IHS component located in the IHS chassis; a fan in fluid communication with the first IHS component in the IHS chassis; a synthetic air jet located adjacent the first IHS component in the IHS chassis; and a thermal management engine coupled to the first IHS component, the fan, and the synthetic air jet, wherein the thermal management engine is operable to operate the fan and the synthetic air jet in order to cool the first IHS component, and wherein, with the synthetic air jet not operating and the fan operating to provide a substantially constant fan fluid flow rate, the thermal management engine is operable to receive a first IHS component operating condition that is indicative of a transient heat increase and, in response, determine that the fan is operating to provide the constant fan fluid flow rate and, in response, provide a synthetic air jet fluid flow rate from the synthetic air jet, while maintaining the constant fan fluid flow rate from the fan in order to provide cooling for the transient heat increase.