Patent ID: 7056204

Claim:
An air mover comprising: a motor; a plurality of fan blades coupled to said motor, wherein said motor is operable to rotate said fan blades about a blade axis in order to generate an airflow through a computer chassis, wherein the computer chassis has a height that is greater than a diameter of said plurality of fan blades; a housing disposed about said fan blades, wherein said housing defines a free area through which the airflow can travel, wherein said housing is disposed within the computer chassis; a first end of said housing proximate to said plurality of fan blades; a second end of said housing, wherein the free area at the second end of said housing is unevenly distributed about the blade axis, wherein the airflow is generally parallel to the blade axis and said motor is disposed outside of said housing; and a shaft connecting said plurality of fan blades to said motor, wherein said shaft extends through a wall of said housing.