Patent ID: 8182319

Claim:
A fan module for use with a fan tray having a mounting post and facilitating installation, retention, and removal of a pair of cooling fans, comprising: a first fan support; a second fan support spaced apart from the first fan support; a fan positioned within each of the fan supports; and a bridge positioned between and joining the first and second fan supports, wherein the bridge comprises a body formed of an elastomeric material, the bridge body including a retention groove for receiving the mounting post of the fan tray, wherein the joining is provided by the bridge body attached to a first sidewall on the first fan support and a second sidewall of the second fan support that is spaced apart from the first sidewall, and wherein the bridge body extends from an upper end to a lower end of each of the first and second sidewalls, and wherein the retention groove has first and second walls angled away from each other from a bottom end of the groove to a top end of the groove.