Patent ID: 7580260

Claim:
A fan bay and fan coupling apparatus, comprising: a chassis comprising a plurality of fan bay locating features and a plurality of fan connectors; a fan bay comprising a plurality of chassis locating features and defining a plurality of fan assembly housings, wherein the chassis locating features on the fan bay are engageable with the fan bay locating features on the chassis; a plurality of fan assemblies each comprising a fan, wherein a fan assembly is located in each of the fan assembly housings, whereby the engagement of the chassis locating features on the fan bay with the fan bay locating features provides alignment and coupling of the plurality of fan assemblies with respective fan connectors; and a board including a processor mounted in the chassis, wherein the fan bay locating features and the fan connectors are located on the board, and wherein the fan bay locating features extend from the board, and are only mechanically coupled to the board.