Modular hard drive receiving chassis member with vibration damping supports

1. A chassis of an Information Handling System (IHS), the chassis comprising:

a base panel having an upper chassis surface;

a modular support member that is positioned on the upper chassis surface of the base panel, the modular support member having at least a first slot defined by peripheral raised primary surfaces that are spaced to underlie corners of an inserted vibration-susceptible compute component, the slot configured for insertion of a vibration-susceptible compute component that includes a thermal-generating section that requires cooling;

at least one resilient component that is coupled to an upper surface of the modular support member;

an upwardly presented adhesive surface on one or more of the at least one resilient component to fixedly engage and to provide vibration damping for the inserted vibration-susceptible compute component, which is inserted on top of the at least one resilient component during provisioning or later modification or repair of the IHS; and

a recess provided within the modular support member that defines an air cooling passage under the vibration-susceptible compute component, the recess provided for forced or convective air cooling of the vibration-susceptible compute component.

2. The chassis of claim 1 , wherein the upwardly presented adhesive surface on the at least one resilient component is one side of a double-sided adhesive mounting tape.

3. The chassis of claim 1 , the modular support member comprising:

a primary surface having the peripheral raised primary surfaces that define the slot for receiving the vibration-susceptible compute component and to which a double-sided mounting tape is attached; and

lateral support features that are peripherally arranged around the peripheral raised primary surfaces to positionally guide the vibration-susceptible compute component into the slot, the lateral support features extending upwardly on all four sides of the slot to horizontally position a location of the vibration-susceptible compute component over the slot.

4. The chassis of claim 3 , wherein the modular support member comprises positional dampeners placed at specific locations on the primary surface and which are in contact with a lower surface of the inserted vibration-susceptible computer component, the positional dampeners limiting lateral movement of the inserted vibration-susceptible computer component from a placed location and absorbing and substantially reducing vibrations of the vibration-susceptible computer component during operation within the chassis.

5. The chassis of claim 1 , wherein the vibration-susceptible compute component is a storage drive having rectangular corners and wherein the peripheral raised primary surfaces of the modular support member are spaced to underlie the rectangular corners of the storage drive.

6. The chassis of claim 5 , wherein the recess defines an air cooling passage under the storage drive.

7. An information handling system (IHS) comprising:

compute components including a storage drive with rectangular corners and a thermal-generating section that requires cooling;

a chassis comprising a base panel having an upper chassis surface;

a modular support member that is positioned on the upper chassis surface of the base panel, the modular support member having at least a first slot defined by peripheral raised primary surfaces that are spaced to underlie the rectangular corners of the storage drive;

at least one resilient component within the first slot that provides an upwardly presented adhesive surface to fixedly engage and to provide vibration damping for the storage drive that is inserted into the first slot on top of the at least one resilient component, the at least one resilient component positioned on an upper surface of the peripheral raised primary surfaces of the modular support member; and

a recess provided within the modular support member that defines an air cooling passage under the inserted storage device, the recess provided for forced or convective air cooling of the inserted storage device.

8. The IHS of claim 7 , wherein at least one of the at least one resilient component and the upwardly presented adhesive surface comprise double-sided adhesive mounting tape.

9. The IHS of claim 7 , wherein the modular support member comprises:

a primary surface having the peripheral raised primary surfaces that define the slot for receiving the storage device and to which the double-sided mounting tape is attached; and

lateral support features that are peripherally arranged around the peripheral raised primary surfaces to horizontally guide the storage drive in the slot, the lateral support features extending upwardly on all four sides of the slot to position the storage drive over the slot.

10. The IHS of claim 7 , wherein the modular support member comprises positional dampeners placed at specific locations on the primary surface and which are in contact with a lower surface of the inserted vibration-susceptible computer component, the positional dampeners limiting lateral movement of the inserted vibration-susceptible computer component from a placed location and absorbing and substantially reducing vibrations of the vibration-susceptible computer component during operation within the chassis.

11. The IHS of claim 7 , wherein the modular support member comprises:

the periphery raised primary surfaces that define the slot for receiving the storage drive and that comprises upwardly presented adhesive surface; and

lateral support features that are peripherally arranged around the peripheral raised primary surface to horizontally guide the storage drive in the slot.