| US 7,595,986 B2 | ||
| Controlling airflow in a computer chassis | ||
| Troy W. Glover, Raleigh, N.C. (US); Michael S. June, Raleigh, N.C. (US); Vinod Kamath, Raleigh, N.C. (US); and Whitcomb R. Scott, III, Chapel Hill, N.C. (US) | ||
| Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 07, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/936,104. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2009/0116190 A1, May 07, 2009 | ||
| Int. Cl. H05K 7/20 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 361—695 [361/694; 454/184] | 13 Claims |
| 1. A computer chassis, the computer chassis comprising:
at least one component board, the component board comprising one or more components mounted on the component board;
a segmented curtain suspended across a region of airflow in the computer chassis above the component board, the segmented
curtain comprising one or more segments; and
at least one component mounted on the component board displacing at least one segment of the segmented curtain creating an
airflow channel under the displaced segment and above the at least one component.
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