Patent ID: 7256995

Claim:
An electronics module which comprises: a housing; a plurality of electronic components; a plurality of fans, wherein at least a subset of the plurality of fans is operable to cool at least a subset of the plurality of electronic components; electromagnetic shielding that is at least partially associated with the housing and which provides a Faraday cage for the at least a subset of the plurality of electronic components; wherein the at least a subset of the plurality of fans are located outside of the Faraday cage, and at least part of the Faraday cage is air-permeable to allow air from the at least a subset of the plurality of fans to flow through the module; wherein the shielding is constructed so that a fan of the at least a subset of the plurality of fans can be removed from the module, without removing any of the at least a subset of the plurality of electronic components the at least a subset of the plurality of fans is cooling, while the module is in operation substantially without affecting integrity of the Faraday cage for any of the at least a subset of the plurality of electronic components the at least a subset of the plurality of fans is cooling; wherein the fan of the at least a subset of the plurality of fans is operable to be coupled to the housing through a tab on one of the fan and the housing engaging a slot on the other of the fan and the housing; wherein the fan is further operable to be coupled to the housing through a separate fastener; and wherein the fan is operable to be removed from the housing by releasing the separate fastener and swinging the fan outward to disengage the tab/slot engagement between the fan and the housing.