IP Library Granted Patent US 8,947,880
Granted Patent B2
US 8,947,880 · App. 13/479,708 · Granted Feb 3, 2015

Hot or cold aisle computer chassis

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Patent No.
US 8,947,880
App. No.
13/479,708
Granted
Feb 3, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A chassis for a plurality of computers for use in a data center, the chassis at least one extensible fin, the fin either extensible perpendicularly from the front of the chassis or extensible parallel with the front of the chassis.

Claims (18)

1. A chassis for a plurality of computers for use in a data center, the chassis comprising:

at least one extensible fin, the fin being extensible perpendicularly from the front of the chassis.

2. The chassis of claim 1 wherein the fin is a collapsible accordion panel.

3. The chassis of claim 1 wherein the fin is a rigid panel with a slidable engagement with the chassis.

4. The chassis of claim 1 wherein the fin is a rigid panel with a hinged engagement with the chassis.

5. The chassis of claim 1 wherein the fin includes a connector to connect the fin to another chassis.

6. The chassis of claim 1 wherein the fin includes a connector to connect the fin to the fin of another chassis.

7. The chassis of claim 1 further comprising two fins extensible from each side of the chassis.

8. The chassis of claim 1 wherein the chassis is a chassis of a blade environment containing a plurality of blade servers.

9. A chassis for a plurality of computers for use in a data center, the chassis comprising:

at least one extensible fin, the fin being extensible parallel with the front of the chassis.

10. The chassis of claim 9 wherein the fin is a collapsible accordion panel.

11. The chassis of claim 9 wherein the fin is a rigid panel with a slidable engagement with the chassis.

12. The chassis of claim 9 wherein the fin is a rigid panel with a hinged engagement with the chassis.

13. The chassis of claim 9 wherein the fin includes a connector to connect the fin to another chassis.

14. The chassis of claim 9 wherein the fin includes a connector to connect the fin to the fin of another chassis.

15. The chassis of claim 9 further comprising two fins extensible from each side of the front of chassis.

16. The chassis of claim 15 including two additional fins on each side of the back of the chassis and extensible parallel to the back of the chassis.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 6, 2019
From: LENOVO ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD.
To: LENOVO INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 050300/0721 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNMENT DOCUMENT CONTAINING TYPO ERRORS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 037101 FRAME: 0969. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Dec 28, 2015
From: LENOVO ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
To: LENOVO INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 037689/0190 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 12, 2015
From: LENOVO ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
To: LENOVO INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 037101/0969 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2014
From: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
To: LENOVO ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 034194/0111 →