Patent ID: 7729116

Claim:
An electronic device comprising: a fan tray slot; a reversible fan tray mounted in the fan tray slot providing either an airflow inlet or an airflow outlet, wherein the reversible fan tray includes, a frame sized to fit within the fan tray slot, at least two fans, and an arrangement of mounting features fixed relative to the frame, wherein the arrangement of mounting features allows the fan tray to be mounted in the electronic device in more than one orientation at the same location within the electronic device such that the at least two fans can be oriented to either direct air into the electronic device or to pull air from the electronic device; and an arrangement of connectors, wherein the connectors provide an electrical connection between the electronic device and the at least two fans in each of the more than one orientation, wherein a different subset of the arrangement of connectors provides the electrical connection in each of the more than one orientation, wherein reversing the orientation of the fan tray in the fan tray slot reverses a direction of the airflow through the electronic device.