US 12,137,541 B2
Enhanced fan integration in data storage systems
Odie Banks Killen, Jr., Colorado Springs, CO (US); John Albert Bauer, Jr., Colorado Springs, CO (US); Daniel Joseph Gregory, Colorado Springs, CO (US); Charles Christoper Hill, Colorado Springs, CO (US); Xin Wang, Katy, TX (US); and Kenneth Dale Van Antwerp, Jr., Colorado Springs, CO (US)
Assigned to Sanmina Corporation, San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by SANMINA CORPORATION, San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/980,351.
Prior Publication US 2024/0155814 A1, May 9, 2024
Int. Cl. H05K 7/20 (2006.01); G11B 33/14 (2006.01); H05K 7/14 (2006.01); H05K 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 7/20727 (2013.01) [G11B 33/142 (2013.01); H05K 7/1495 (2013.01); H05K 7/20136 (2013.01); H05K 9/0062 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A data storage assembly, comprising:
at least one storage media device;
a carrier comprising a frame coupled to the at least one storage media device, wherein the frame includes an elongated member extending away from the at least one storage media device; and
a fan positioned adjacent to a portion of the elongated member of the frame, wherein a portion of the elongated member extends over a side surface of the fan with an end surface of the elongated member positioned at least substantially coplanar to a front surface of the fan, and wherein the front surface of the fan and the end surface of the elongated member form an electromagnetic interference (EMI) containment surface.