Method and apparatus for acoustic noise reduction in a computer system having a vented door including a pivotable vented base and a pivotable outer door
View Patent ↗A vented door for a computer system includes a vented base and an outer door. The vented base and the outer door are separately pivotable. The vented base is pivotably attached to the computer system's enclosure for movement between a closed configuration where the vented base abuts against a panel of the enclosure and an open configuration where the vented base is swung away from the panel. The outer door is pivotably attached to the vented base to avoid interfering with a neighboring computer system's vented door as the vented base is pivoted to the open configuration. An acoustic noise reduction lining is provided on the outer door and in the air flow apertures of the vented base. The outer door is preferably removable from the vented base so that the combined weight of the vented base and the outer door need not be lifted when removal is necessary.
1. A computer system, comprising:
an electronic component package;
an enclosure for containing the electronic component package, the enclosure including a front panel, a rear panel, a top panel, a bottom panel, and two side panels;
an air moving device for passing air through the enclosure;
a vented base pivotably attached to the enclosure, the vented base being pivotable between a closed configuration where the vented base abuts against a selected one of the panels and an open configuration where the vented base is pivoted away from the selected one of the panels, the vented base having one or more airflow apertures at least of portion of which includes an acoustic noise reduction lining;
an outer door pivotably attached to the vented base and wherein at least a portion of the outer door includes an acoustic noise reduction lining, wherein the outer door is generally T-shaped having two wine-shaped portions extending from a base portion, and wherein the base portion of the outer door is pivotally attached to the vented base by at least one hinge pin.
2. The computer system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the vented base includes two airflow apertures separated by a central acoustic foam block, and wherein one of the two wing-shaped portions of the outer door projects over one of the two airflow apertures and the other of the two wing-shaped portions of the outer door projects over the other of the two airflow apertures.
3. The computer system as recited in claim 1 , wherein when the vented base is in the closed configuration and as an adjacent vented door of a neighboring computer system is pivoted into an open configuration toward the vented base and the outer door, the outer door pivots relative to the vented base so that one of the wing-shaped portions of the outer door moves closer to the vented base and thereby avoids interfering with the adjacent vented door.
4. The computer system as recited in claim 1 , wherein when the vented base is pivoted into the open configuration toward an adjacent vented door of a neighboring computer system, the outer door pivots relative to the vented base so that one of the wing-shaped portions of the outer door moves closer to the vented base and thereby avoids interfering with the adjacent vented door as the vented base is pivoted into the open configuration toward the adjacent vented door.
5. A vented door for a system having an enclosure, the vented door comprising:
a vented base including one or more hinges for pivotable attachment to the system's enclosure, the vented base being pivotable between a closed configuration where the vented base abuts against a panel of the system's enclosure and an open configuration where the vented base is pivoted away from the panel of the system's enclosure, the vented base having one or more airflow apertures at least of portion of which includes an acoustic noise reduction lining;
an outer door pivotably attached to the vented base and wherein at least a portion of the outer door includes an acoustic noise reduction lining, wherein the outer door is generally T-shaped having two wing-shaped portions extending from a base portion, and wherein the base portion of the outer door is pivotally attached to the vented base by at least one hinge pin.
6. The vented as recited in claim 5 , wherein the vented base includes two airflow apertures separated by a central acoustic foam block, and wherein one of the two wing-shaped portions of the outer door projects over one of the two airflow apertures and the other of the two wing-shaped portions of the outer door projects over the other of the two airflow apertures.