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Granted Patent B2
US 12665002 · App. 18/426,500 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Information handling system drive system having an integrated heating solution

Inventors: Chin-An Huang (Taipei, TW); Eduardo Escamilla (Round Rock, TX); James Utz (Georgetown, TX); Raymond DeWine Heistand, II (Round Rock, TX); Julian Yu-Hao Chen (Austin, TX)
Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
G11B33/144
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Patent No.
US 12665002
App. No.
18/426,500
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A drive system. The drive system includes a disk drive component; a disk drive carrier; and drive system heating system, the drive system heating system comprising: a heater component, the heater component being mounted internally within the drive system; and, a tray component, the tray component being mounted to the disk drive carrier of the drive system, the tray component supporting the heater component, and wherein the heater component and the tray component are contained within a standard sized drive system.

Claims (52)

1 . A drive system, comprising:

a disk drive carrier, the disk drive carrier comprising a front component, a left side component and a right side component, the front component, the left side component and the right side component defining a substantially U-shaped void;

a heater component, the heater component being mounted internally within a drive system, the heater component fitting within the substantially U-shaped void of the disk driver carrier; and,

a tray component, the tray component being mounted to the disk drive carrier of the drive system, the tray component including a base portion, a left wall portion and a right wall portion, the tray component supporting the heater component, the heater component extending in a plane horizontally across the base portion of the tray component so as to fit under a disk drive component of the drive system, the tray component being configured to minimally impact standard dimensions associated with the drive system; and wherein

the heater component and the tray component are contained within the drive system.

2 . The drive system of claim 1 , wherein:

the heater component comprises a thermal pad, the thermal pad thermally coupling the heater component to an underside of the disk drive component of the drive system.

3 . The drive system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a drive connector component, the drive connector component routing heater power, heater control and sensor signals between the heater component and an information handling system in which the drive system is mounted.

4 . The drive system of claim 3 , wherein:

the drive connector component comprises a drive connector system, the drive connector system comprising an industry standard connector system, the drive connector component routing heater power, heater control and sensor signals via unassigned pins of the drive connector system when the drive system communicates with the information handling system via a standards based drive communication protocol.

5 . The drive system of claim 4 , wherein:

the industry standard connector system comprises a Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) type connector system.

6 . The drive system of claim 4 , wherein:

the standards based drive communication protocol includes at least one of a serial advanced technology attachment (SATA) based drive communication protocol and serial attached small computer system interface (SCS) (SAS) based drive communication protocol.

7 . A drive system comprising:

a disk drive component;

a disk drive carrier, the disk drive carrier comprising a front component, a left side component and a right side component, the front component, the left side component and the right side component defining a substantially U-shaped void; and,

a drive system heating system, the drive system heating system comprising:

a heater component, the heater component being mounted internally within the drive system, the heater component fitting within the substantially U-shaped void of the disk driver carrier; and,

a tray component, the tray component being mounted to the disk drive carrier of the drive system, the tray component including a base portion, a left wall portion and a right wall portion, the tray component supporting the heater component, the heater component extending in a plane horizontally across the base portion of the tray component so as to fit under the disk drive component of the drive system, the tray component being configured to minimally impact standard dimensions associated with the drive system; and wherein

the heater component and the tray component are contained within the drive system.

8 . The drive system of claim 7 , wherein:

the heater component comprises a thermal pad, the thermal pad thermally coupling the heater component to the disk drive component of the drive system.

9 . The drive system of claim 7 , wherein the drive system heating system further comprises:

a drive connector component, the drive connector component routing heater power, heater control and sensor signals between the heater component and an information handling system in which the drive system is mounted.

10 . The drive system of claim 9 , wherein:

the drive connector component comprises a drive connector system, the drive connector system comprising an industry standard connector system, the drive connector component routing heater power, heater control and sensor signals via unassigned pins of the drive connector system when the drive system communicates with the information handling system via a standards based drive communication protocol.

11 . The drive system of claim 10 , wherein:

the industry standard connector system comprises a Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) type connector system.

12 . The drive system of claim 10 , wherein:

the standards based drive communication protocol includes at least one of a serial advanced technology attachment (SATA) based drive communication protocol and serial attached small computer system interface (SCS) (SAS) based drive communication protocol.

13 . A system comprising:

a processor;

a data bus coupled to the processor; and,

a drive system comprising:

a disk drive component;

a disk drive carrier, the disk drive carrier comprising a front component, a left side component and a right side component, the front component, the left side component and the right side component defining a substantially U-shaped void; and,

a drive system heating system, the drive system heating system comprising:

a heater component, the heater component being mounted internally within the drive system, the heater component fitting within the substantially U-shaped void of the disk driver carrier; and,

a tray component, the tray component including a base portion, a left wall portion and a right wall portion, the tray component being mounted to the disk drive carrier of the drive system, the tray component supporting the heater component, the heater component extending in a plane horizontally across the base portion of the tray component so as to fit under the disk drive component of the drive system, the tray component being configured to minimally impact standard dimensions associated with the drive system; and wherein

the heater component and the tray component are contained within the drive system.

14 . The system of claim 13 , wherein:

the heater component comprises a thermal pad, the thermal pad thermally coupling the heater component to the disk drive component of the drive system.

15 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the drive system heating system further comprises:

a drive connector component, the drive connector component routing heater power, heater control and sensor signals between the heater component and an information handling system in which the drive system is mounted.

16 . The system of claim 15 , wherein:

the drive connector component comprises a drive connector system, the drive connector system comprising an industry standard connector system, the drive connector component routing heater power, heater control and sensor signals via unassigned pins of the drive connector system when the drive system communicates with the information handling system via a standards based drive communication protocol.

17 . The system of claim 16 , wherein:

the industry standard connector system comprises a Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) type connector system.

18 . The system of claim 16 , wherein:

the standards based drive communication protocol includes at least one of a serial advanced technology attachment (SATA) based drive communication protocol and serial attached small computer system interface (SCS) (SAS) based drive communication protocol.