Removable fan bay

1. A fan bay for an information handling system, comprising:

an enclosure having a plurality of slots, each sized to house a fan and each slot arranged to permit the individual hot swapping of each fan;

latches disposed on opposite sides of the fan bay, wherein each latch is sized to be received and engaged by a receiving bracket in the information handling system, wherein each latch includes a retractable handle, and wherein the lifting of each retractable handle causes each latch to disengage from a receiving bracket of the information handling system;

wherein the removal of the enclosure from the information handling system results in the removal of all fans as a single unit from the information handling system.

2. A fan bay for an information handling system, comprising:

an enclosure having a plurality of slots, each sized to house a fan and each slot arranged to permit the individual hot swapping of each fan;

latches disposed on opposite sides of the fan bay, wherein each latch is sized to be received and engaged by a receiving bracket in the information handling system, wherein each latch includes a pivotable shoulder for engaging a receiving bracket in the information handling systems;

wherein the removal of the enclosure from the information handling system results in the removal of all fans as a single unit from the information handling system.

3. The fan bay of claim 2 , wherein the lifting of the retractable handle of each latch causes the shoulder of each latch to disengage from a receiving bracket of the information handling system.

4. A fan bay for an information handling system, comprising:

an enclosure having a plurality of slots, each sized to house a fan and each slot arranged to permit the individual hot swapping of each fan; and

latches disposed on opposite sides of the fan bay, wherein each latch is sized to be received and engaged by a receiving bracket in the information handling system, wherein each latch includes a retractable handle, wherein each latch includes a pivotable shoulder for engaging a receiving bracket in the information handling system, and wherein the lifting of the retractable handle of each latch causes the shoulder of each latch to disengage from the receiving bracket of the information handling system;

wherein the enclosure includes openings along its length for the passage of air through the fans of the fan bay;

wherein the removal of the enclosure from the information handling system results in the removal of all fans as a single unit from the information handling system.

5. A mechanism for securing a fan bay to a chassis of a computer system, comprising:

a latch coupled to the fan bay;

a receiving bracket coupled to receive and engage the latch;

wherein the latch includes a retractable handle; and

wherein the latch may be disengaged from the receiving bracket when the retractable handle is raised.

6. The mechanism for securing a fan bay to a chassis of a computer system of claim 5 ,

wherein the latch includes a pivotable shoulder; and

wherein the raising of the handle causes the shoulder to pivot to disengage the latch from the receiving bracket.

7. The mechanism for securing a fan bay to a chassis of a computer system of claim 6 , wherein the pivotable shoulder of the latch is sized to engage a slot in the receiving bracket when the latch is engaged by the receiving bracket.

8. The mechanism for securing a fan bay to a chassis of a computer system of claim 7 , wherein the raising of the handle causes the pivotable shoulder to disengage from the slot in the receiving bracket.

9. The mechanism for securing a fan bay to a chassis of a computer system of claim 8 ,

wherein the pivotable shoulder is flanged outward and pivotable inward when the retractable handle is in a down position;

wherein the placement of the latch in receiving bracket causes the pivotable shoulder to pivot inward under pressure from the sides of the receiving bracket; and

wherein the pivotable shoulder of each latch flanges outward when the pivotable shoulder is aligned proximate the slots of the receiving bracket.

10. An information handling system, comprising:

a chassis;

a processor;

memory;

a removable fan bay, wherein the fan bay includes a number of slots sized to receive a fan, and wherein each fan is individually hot swappable;

latches coupled to opposite sides of the fan bay, wherein each latch includes a retractable handle; and

receiving brackets coupled to the interior sides of the chassis, with each receiving bracket sized to receive a corresponding latch;

wherein the lifting of each retractable handle causes each latch to disengage from a receiving bracket;

wherein the removal of the fan bay results in the removal of all fans of the fan bay.

11. An information handling system, comprising:

a chassis;

a processor;

memory;

a removable fan bay, wherein the fan bay includes a number of slots sized to receive a fan, and wherein each fan is individually hot swappable;

latches coupled to opposite sides of the fan bay, wherein each latch includes a retractable handle; and

receiving brackets coupled to the interior sides of the chassis, with each receiving bracket sized to receive a corresponding latch;

wherein each latch includes a pivotable shoulder for engaging a receiving bracket;

wherein the removal of the fan bay results in the removal of all fans of the fan bay.

12. The information handling system of claim 11 , wherein the lifting of the retractable handle of each latch causes the shoulder of each latch to disengage from a receiving bracket.