1. A fan duct assembly, comprising:
a fan having a top side, a bottom side opposite to the top side, and a pair of opposite and parallel lateral sides connected with the top and bottom sides; and
a fan duct comprising:
a first open portion, comprising a first opening orienting to a front side of the fan, a pair of opposite and parallel lateral flanges located beside the first opening, each lateral flange having latches for being buckled to a corresponding lateral side of the fan, and a guiding rail perpendicularly extending from the each flange into the first opening, the guiding rails being parallel to the lateral sides of the fan and engaging with the lateral sides of the fan, wherein the fan duct is first brought in an inclined manner to have the guiding rails of the fan duct abutting against the lateral sides of the fan around the top side of the fan with the latches buckled with the lateral sides of the fan and then the fan duct is oriented vertically and moved along the fan from the top side to the bottom side of the fan such that the fan duct is mounted on the front side of the fan; and
a second open portion connecting with the first open portion and having a second opening in communication with the first opening, resilient tabs being formed at opposite edges of the second opening.
2. The fan duct assembly of claim 1, wherein the guiding rail forms a bevel to facilitate mounting the fan duct to the fan at one end thereof.
3. The fan duct assembly of claim 1, wherein the second open portion forms a step adjacent to the first opening, the step abuts against the top side of the fan to restrict the fan duct to move downwardly relative to the fan.
4. The fan duct assembly of claim 1, wherein the second open portion comprises a mounting flange connected with the lateral flanges thereof, for abutting against the fan.
5. An electronic system comprising:
an enclosure comprising a panel;
a heat sink assembly mounted in the enclosure, comprising a heat sink and a fan attached to the heat sink; and
a fan duct comprising a first open portion and a second open portion, the first open portion comprising a first opening, a pair of opposite lateral flanges having latches buckled to the fan, a guiding rail perpendicularly extended inwardly from each of the lateral flanges and engaging with the fan, a bevel formed at one end of the guiding rail to facilitate mounting of the fan duct to the fan, the second open portion comprising a second opening in communication with the first opening, resilient tabs formed at opposite edges of the second opening and abutting against the panel to prevent the fan duct from moving upwardly, and a step formed adjacent to the first opening and abutting against a top portion of the fan to restrict the fan duct to move downwardly relative to the fan.
6. The electronic system of claim 5, wherein the first open portion comprises a mounting flange connected with the lateral flanges thereof, for abutting against the fan.
7. The electronic system of claim 6, wherein the heat sink comprises a heat spreader having four ears, a plurality of fins extending upwardly from the heat spreader, and four fasteners extending through the four ears.
8. The electronic system of claim 7, wherein the mounting flange defines a pair of cutouts at an edge thereof, the cutouts are adjacent to the lateral flanges of the first open portion for permitting passage of the fasteners.
9. The electronic system of claim 5, wherein the fan has a front side, the first opening is oriented and close to the front side of the fan for providing an access of the fan to the fan duct.
10. The electronic system of claim 5, wherein the panel defines a plurality of apertures communicating with the second opening.
11. The electronic system of claim 5, wherein the first open portion comprises a mounting flange connected with the lateral flanges thereof the mounting flange abutting against a bottom portion of the fan, the step and the mounting flange being located at two opposite top and bottom sides of the first opening and cooperatively restricting the fan duct to move relative to the fan.
12. An electronic system comprising:
an enclosure comprising a first panel and a second panel defining a plurality of apertures;
a printed circuit board mounted on the first panel;
a heat generating electronic component mounted on the printed circuit board;
a heat sink mounted on the printed circuit board and thermally engaging with the heat generating electronic component;
a fan attached to the heat sink for generating a force airflow flowing through the heat sink, the fan having two lateral longitudinal sides; and
a fan duct comprising a first open portion with a first opening located close to the fan, a pair of lateral flanges located at lateral sides of the first opening, respectively, each lateral flange having a guiding rail extending in a direction toward the first opening and a latch, the guiding rail and the latch respectively engaging faces of a corresponding longitudinal side of the fan, and a second open portion defining a second opening communicating with the plurality of apertures of the second panel of the enclosure;
wherein the first and second openings are oriented to be perpendicular to each other; and
wherein fan duct further comprises at least one resilient tab extending from second open portion beside the second opening and engaging with the second panel.
13. The electronic system of claim 12, wherein the guiding rail of each of the lateral sides of the first open portion has an end remote from the second open portion, the end having a bevel formed thereon.
14. The electronic system of claim 12, wherein the second open portion of the fan duct forms a step adjacent to the first open portion, the step abutting against a top portion of the fan.
15. The electronic system of claim 14, wherein the first open portion comprises a mounting flange connected with the lateral flanges thereof the mounting flange abutting against a bottom portion of the fan, the step and the mounting flange being located at two opposite top and bottom sides of the first opening and cooperatively restricting the fan duct to move relative to the fan.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1-38. (canceled)
39. A method comprising:
before a deployment of a munition to engage a target, performing an integrity check of the munition, the munition comprising a guidance system, performing the integrity check comprising determining if the munition is within an acceptable threshold of engaging the target; and
if the integrity check fails, aborting the deployment of the munition.
40. The method of claim 39, further comprising if the integrity check is successful, deploying the munition.
41. The method of claim 40, further comprising:
performing an additional integrity check of the munition after the deployment of the munition; and
if the additional integrity check fails, aborting the engagement of the target with the munition.
42. The method of claim 39 wherein performing the integrity check of the munition comprises performing the integrity check of a precision guided missile (PGM).
43. The method of claim 39 wherein performing the integrity check of the munition comprises performing the integrity check of a munition having at least one guidance system selected from the group consisting of a laser guidance system, an inertial guidance system, a seeker guidance system and a Global Positioning System (GPS) guidance system.
44. The method of claim 43 wherein said performing the integrity check of the munition comprises performing the integrity check of a munition having a GPS guidance system adapted to receive signals from a guidance integrity system.
45. The method of claim 44 wherein the guidance integrity system comprises a Space Based Augmentation System (SBAS).
46. The method of claim 45 wherein the SBAS comprises a Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS).
47. The method of claim 39 wherein performing the integrity check comprises performing the integrity check a plurality of times before the munition is deployed.
48. (canceled)
49. The method of claim 41 wherein performing the additional integrity check comprises performing the additional integrity check a plurality of times before the munition engages the target.
50. The method of claim 39 wherein aborting the engagement of the target comprises determining if an integrity error is recoverable;
if the integrity error is recoverable, not aborting the engagement of the munition with the target; and
if the integrity error is not recoverable, aborting the engagement of the munition with the target.
51. The method of claim 41 wherein performing the additional integrity check comprises performing the additional integrity check is at a rate selected from the group consisting of continuously, at predetermined intervals, and on an interrupt basis.
52. The method of claim 39, further comprising performing a final integrity check of the munition before the munition reaches a point of no return.
53. The method of claim 39 wherein aborting the deployment of the munition comprises selecting another munition to deploy.