Electronic device with cooling facility
An electronic device includes a housing defining a number of vents. A suction member is mounted in the housing and includes a hollow air guiding tube defining a plurality of air holes for a plurality of air shields to selectively shield or unshield each air hole. Two fans are disposed at opposite ends of the air guiding tube and aligned with the plurality of vents of a side plate. A number of electronic components which require cooling are mounted and located at each side of the suction member and the air shields can be removed or left in place as required to collect heat which is generated.
1. An electronic device comprising: a housing comprising two opposite side plates each defining a plurality of vents; a motherboard mounted in the housing; a plurality of hard disk drives (HDDs) mounted in the housing, and a suction member moveably mounted in the housing, and the suction member comprising a bracket moveably mounted between the two side plates; wherein the plurality of HDDs are located at one side of the suction member, and the motherboard is located at another opposite side of the suction member; wherein the suction member comprises an air guiding tube and two fans, the air guiding tube is hollow and defines a plurality of air holes, the air guiding tube comprises a plurality of air shields, and the plurality of air shields is selectively shielded on the plurality of air holes, the bracket is configured to receive the air guiding tube, and the two fans are disposed at opposite ends of the air guiding tube and aligned with the plurality of vents of the two side plates.
2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the air guiding tube comprises a plurality of walls, the plurality of air holes is defined in any one of the plurality of walls.
3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the bracket comprises opposite side boards, and the air guiding tube is arranged between the two side boards.
4. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the side board near the HDDs defines a plurality of through holes aligned with the plurality of air holes.
5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the bracket further comprises two extension tabs, a slot is defined in each extension tab, and two posts are located on each side plate and are movably received in corresponding two slots.
6. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein each slot is inverted V-shaped.
7. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising a cooling module mounted in the housing and located at a side of the suction member.
8. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the cooling module is disposed under the suction member.
9. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the cooling module comprises a frame mounted in the housing and a plurality of fans mounted in the frame.
10. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the air guiding tube is made of Mylar.
11. An electronic device comprising: a housing comprising a bottom plate, two side plates located on the bottom plate, and a front plate and a rear plate both coupled between the two side plates; wherein the bottom plate, the two side plates, the front plate, and the rear plate define a housing interior, the housing interior comprises a front portion near the front plate, a rear portion near the rear plate, and a coupling portion coupled between the front portion and the rear portion, each side plate defines a plurality of vents communicating with the coupling portion; a motherboard mounted in the front portion; a plurality of hard disk drives (HDDs) mounted in the rear portion; and a suction member mounted in the coupling portion, and the suction member comprising a bracket moveably mounted between the two side plates; wherein the suction member comprises an air guiding tube and two fans, the air guiding tube is hollow and defines a plurality of air holes communicating with the rear portion, the air guiding tube comprises a plurality of air shields, and the plurality of air shields is selectively shielded on the plurality of air holes, the bracket is configured to receive the air guiding tube, the two fans are disposed at opposite ends of the air guiding tube and aligned with the plurality of vents of the two side plates; wherein the motherboard and the plurality of HDDs define a first air passage for a first cool air flowing through, and the plurality of HDDs and the suction member with the plurality of air holes define a second air passage for a second cool air flowing through.
12. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the air guiding tube comprises a plurality of walls, the plurality of air holes is defined in any one of the plurality of walls.
13. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the bracket comprises two extension tabs, a slot is defined in each extension tab, and two posts are located on each side plate and are movably received in corresponding two slots.
14. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein each slot is inverted V-shaped.
15. The electronic device of claim 11 , further comprising a cooling module mounted in the housing and located at a side of the suction member.