US 11,758,306 B2
Cabling-based airflow routing system
Salvador Jimenez, III, Leander, TX (US); Noman Mithani, Fairview, TX (US); and William Andrew Smith, Round Rock, TX (US)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Jul. 23, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/936,751.
Prior Publication US 2022/0030331 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. H04Q 1/14 (2006.01)
CPC H04Q 1/141 (2013.01) [H04Q 1/142 (2013.01); H04Q 2201/10 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cabling-based airflow routing system, comprising:
a chassis that defines a chassis housing;
a first heat producing component that is located in the chassis housing;
a first cabling connector that is located in the chassis housing;
a second cabling connector that is located in the chassis housing; and
a first ribbon cable that extends through the chassis housing between the first cabling connector and the second cabling connector, wherein the first ribbon cable includes a first cabling airflow routing portion that is oriented in the chassis housing in an airflow path and that is configured to redirect a first portion of an airflow provided in the airflow path towards the first heat producing component.