IP Library Granted Patent US 12,105,568
Granted Patent B2
US 12,105,568 · App. 17/726,877 · Granted Oct 1, 2024

Airflow guide with integrated power conduction

Inventors: Xin Zhi Ma (Shanghai, CN); Shi Bing Tai (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
G06F1/203H05K5/0247H05K7/20145
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Patent No.
US 12,105,568
App. No.
17/726,877
Granted
Oct 1, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information handling system may include a heat-generating information handling resource, an air mover, a power supply unit, and an airflow guide. The airflow guide may include one or more features configured to, either alone or in combination with portions of a chassis of the information handling system, form an air plenum fluidically coupled between the air mover and the heat-generating information handling resource and electrical conduits integrated within the airflow guide configured to deliver electrical current from the power supply unit to the heat-generating information handling resource.

Claims (25)

1. An information handling system comprising:

a heat-generating information handling resource;

an air mover to produce airflow in a desired direction;

a power supply unit; and

an airflow guide comprising:

one or more walls, arranged in parallel with the desired direction of airflow, configured to, either alone or in combination with portions of a chassis of the information handling system, form an air plenum fluidically coupling the air mover and the heat-generating information handling resource;

a layered structure, overlying the one or more walls, wherein the layered structure includes first and second electrically conductive-layers and an insulative layer between the first and second electrically conductive layers, integrated within the airflow guide configured to deliver electrical current from the power supply unit to the heat-generating information handling resource;

integrated electrical conduits; and

one or more connectors for coupling the integrated electrical conduits to a motherboard to which the heat generating information handling resource is mounted.

2. The information handling system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a first connector configured to couple the first and second electrically conductive layers to a first circuit board to which the power supply unit is electrically coupled; and

a second connector configured to couple the first and second electrically conductive layers to a second circuit board to which the heat-generating information handling resource is electrically coupled.

3. The information handling system of claim 1 wherein the layered structure includes a first insulative layer between the first and second conductive layers, a second insulative layer.

4. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more connectors for coupling the integrated electrical conduits to a motherboard comprise a copper plate bus bar.

5. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more connectors for coupling the integrated electrical conduits to a motherboard include a RADSOK connector.

6. An airflow guide comprising:

one or more walls, arranged in parallel with the desired direction of airflow, configured to, either alone or in combination with portions of a chassis of an information handling system, form an air plenum fluidically coupled between an air mover configured to produce airflow in a desired direction and a heat-generating information handling resource; and

a layered structure, overlying the one or more walls, wherein the layered structure includes first and second electrically conductive layers and an insulative layer between the first and second electrically conductive layers, integrated within the airflow guide configured to deliver electrical current from a power supply unit of the information handling system to the heat-generating information handling resource;

integrated electrical conduits; and

one or more connectors for coupling the integrated electrical conduits to a motherboard to which the heat generating information handling resource is mounted.

7. The airflow guide of claim 6 , further comprising:

a first connector configured to couple the first and second electrically conductive layers to a first circuit board to which the power supply unit is electrically coupled; and

a second connector configured to couple the first and second electrically conductive layers to a second circuit board to which the heat-generating information handling resource is electrically coupled.

8. The airflow guide of claim 6 , wherein the one or more connectors for coupling the integrated electrical conduits to a motherboard comprise a copper plate bus bar.

9. The airflow guide of claim 6 , wherein the one or more connectors for coupling the integrated electrical conduits to a motherboard include a RADSOK connector.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 22, 2022
From: MA, XIN ZHI; TAI, SHI BING
To: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
Reel/Frame 059678/0675 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202210362623.8 · Apr 6, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230324966A1 · Oct 12, 2023
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