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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8138417 | Underground storage of operational electronic equipment The underground storage of operational electronic equipment utilizes a hermetically sealable container adapted for receiving electronic equipment, such as a computer hard drive. The electronic equipment is placed in the container and electrically connected via a sea... | 03/20/2012 |
| 7482534 | Light switch with light regulator An improved light switch with light regulator is described. It includes a housing, a radiating aluminum plate, a panel frame, a micro-switch, a titling-board for the switch, a light regulator circuit board having mounted thereon a silicon controlled rectifier and an... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7432819 | Apparatus for continuous cooling of electrical powered equipment A fluidic cooling assembly for removing heat from electrical equipment includes operational diversity features in which multiple fluid moving devices are mounted in a single housing. The assembly may include a first fluid baffle and a second fluid baffle disposed wi... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7432441 | Assembly of modularized housing and door cover An assembly of modularized housing and door cover includes a modularized housing; a door cover having a upper part thereof formed with at least one sleeve for putting around the axial pin, and a main body thereof formed with a plurality of ventilation openings; a fi... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7423875 | Liquid-cooling heat dissipating device for dissipating heat by a casing A liquid-cooling heat dissipating device for dissipating heat by a casing includes a casing having a liquid flow channel and a heat dissipating fin, both integrally formed on a wall of the casing. The casing includes a panel having a cold connector and a hot connect... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7351909 | Multilayered housing for electronics enclosures An outdoor pedestal enclosure for housing telecommunications equipment is provided. The outdoor pedestal enclosure includes a base section and a cover engageable with the base section so as to define an interior space. The base section and cover are made of a multil... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7291784 | Fire resistant and/or water resistant enclosure for operable computer digital data storage device A fire and/or water resistant enclosure is provided for housing an operable digital data storage device. The enclosure is a low cost, preferably molded enclosure having various embodiments for providing resistance to fire and/or water. In one embodiment, a fan coope... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7283363 | Computer casing A computer casing has a frame, two fixing panels arranged inside the frame, and two side panels assembled on opposing sides of the frame. The frame, the fixing panels and the side panels are all made of aluminum. The frame includes a top panel, a bottom panel, a fro... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7277282 | Integrated circuit cooling system including heat pipes and external heat sink An apparatus includes an integrated circuit (IC) package and a heat sink having a base and a plurality of fins extending from the base. The apparatus further includes a plurality of heat pipes. Each heat pipe has a first end and a second end. The first ends of the h... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7272003 | Encapsulated switching devices having heat emission elements The invention relates to an improvement to the thermal load capacity of generator switches (20, 21, 22). As is known, radiation plates (5, 50, 51, 52) are used between generator switches (20, 21, 22) for different phases (R, Y, B) for convective... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7268292 | Multi-dimensional compliant thermal cap for an electronic device A cooling structure for an electronic device comprises a plate including a thermally conducting material disposed over the electronic device. The cooling structure includes a first support and a second support. One of the first support and the second support provide... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7255640 | Cable and air management adapter system for enclosures housing electronic equipment The present invention provides a cable-air management adapter system (“CAMAS”) that addresses airflow, heat buildup and cable routing concerns in enclosures that house electronic equipment. The CAMAS allows users to work from a single frame to increase an enclos... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7254020 | Fan assembly for a power supply The present invention discloses a fan assembly for a power supply and improves the traditional installation of a fan onto a power supply that leaves insufficient spaces for designing the connecting holes as required by the existing installation specification, and mo... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7253356 | Waterproof structure of junction box A waterproof housing of a junction box has at least one vent piece penetrating through a wall of the housing for ventilation of the junction box. The vent piece has an inner wall formed with a baffle projection to prevent invasion of a splashing water. The waterproo... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7244889 | Systems and apparatus for flexible thermal management coupling According to some embodiments, systems and apparatus for flexible thermal management coupling are provided. For example, an apparatus or system may includes a conduction component to conduct heat to a thermal management device, a flexible component defining a cavity... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7238881 | Controlled height and flow rework nozzle An improved rework nozzle includes an open housing which when lowered onto the surface of a board forms a closed cavity. The housing includes venting means which expend air that is input to the cavity, thereby using flow through concepts to maintain a uniform temper... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7236352 | Arc resistant switchgear having dedicated vertical plenums An arc resistant switchgear assembly is provided having a front wall, a rear wall, a bottom surface, an upper surface, a first side wall, and a second side wall opposed to the first side wall and spaced a first distance from the first side wall, with each of the fir... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7214874 | Venting device for tamper resistant electronic modules A tamper resistant enclosure for an electronic circuit includes an inner copper case, a tamper sensing mesh wrapped around the inner case, an outer copper case enclosing the inner case and the tamper sensing mesh, and a venting device forming a vent channel from ins... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7206202 | Electronic apparatus with heat-dissipating structure An electronic apparatus with a heat-dissipating structure is disclosed. The electronic apparatus with a heat-dissipating structure comprises a main body having a plurality of apertures, a resilient component having two ends fixed to the main body, and an insulation ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7198094 | Finned device for removing heat from an electronic component A device for removing heat from an electronic component, comprising a heat sink that can be coupled to the electronic component and conduct heat therefrom. A finned appurtenance coupled to the heat sink can transfer the heat into a fluid medium. The fins are oriente... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7189918 | Electronic control unit An Electronic Control Unit which houses electronic circuit for controlling various devices of vehicles in a sealing case is characterized in that the case has a ventilation hole to communicate an interior and an exterior of the case, the ventilation hole comprises a... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7178295 | Shingle assembly A barrier, such as a PV module, is secured to a base by a support to create a shingle assembly with a venting region defined between the barrier and base for temperature regulation. The first edge of one base may be interengageable with the second edge of an adjacen... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7177149 | Heat dissipating fan assembly with an AC-to-DC converter A heat dissipating fan assembly includes a fan housing, a fan unit, a converter, and a connecting unit. The fan unit includes a DC motor mounted within the fan housing, and a plurality of blades extending outwardly from and driven by the motor. The converter include... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7177154 | Computer Provided is a computer with a case and a plurality of parts, including heat generating components that generate heat when operated, installed in the case, wherein the case includes a plurality of plates, and heat generated by at least one of the heat generating comp... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7173183 | Combined fiber optic repeater/power source remote cabinet for distributed antenna systems Three specific problems or needs related to deployment of fiber optic repeater distributed antenna systems are addressed by providing a particularly configured enclosure or cabinet adapted to protect repeaters from vandalism, enclose power components directly below ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7150313 | Heat dissipation device A heat dissipation device is described. The heat dissipation device is suitable for electrical equipment, and particularly for a notebook computer. The heat dissipation device has a cooling fan and a plurality of heat dissipation fins. The heat dissipation fins are ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7140702 | Medium voltage motor control center arc resistant enclosure A medium voltage controller for electrical equipment, such as motors, transformers, reactors, and capacitors, having an arc resistant cabinet, swaged internal electrical connections, a one-piece self-aligning withdrawable finger cluster, a pull-out instrument compar... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7136286 | Industrial computer with aluminum case having fins as radiating device An industrial computer without a fan is provided. The industrial computer comprises an aluminum case including a plurality of top fins projected toward a vertical direction and a plurality of side fins projected toward a horizontal direction; a motherboard including... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7121637 | Detachable and rotatable door cover assembly A detachable and rotatable door cover assembly is disclosed for using a door cover to cover a module (such as a thermal module) inside a product (such as a notebook computer). The door cover assembly comprises a rotation base and a clipping groove located on the pro... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7117928 | Heat sinks for a cooler A heat sink includes a base having a first side in contact with a heat-generating electronic element and a second side opposed to the first side. Fins are formed on the second side of the base. A non-rectilinear air channel is formed between two adjacent fins, with ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7116238 | Electronic apparatus and fan module replacing method An electronic apparatus capable of replacing a fan module during operation, includes a unit for instructing a replacement of a fan module, and a unit for controlling a fan drive voltage not to be supplied to a fan module to be replaced when the replacement is instru... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7109413 | Inlet with heat-isolation element An inlet with a heat-isolation element to be disposed in an opening of an electronic apparatus is disclosed. The inlet comprises a conductive terminal disposed on one surface thereof and a connecting element having one end connecting to the conductive terminal and t... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7054143 | Electrical installation comprising a decompression channel The invention relates to an electrical installation, especially a medium-voltage switchgear, comprising at least one encapsulated function module (FM), a decompression channel (DK) which is connected to said function module, and at least one inflow opening (EO . . .... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7041900 | Inlet with heat-insulation function An AC inlet with heat-insulation function disposed in an opening of an electronic apparatus is disclosed. The inlet comprises a main body having an indentation portion disposed on a first side thereof, and the indentation portion having at least a conducting termina... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7038126 | Cable/wire and electronic device storage container Storage containers and storage container kits for storing electronic devices and cables/wires are disclosed. The storage container comprises a first rigid divider that is attached to said storage container and is substantially parallel to two sides of said substanti... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7033206 | Heat-dissipating module The heat-dissipating module includes at least one heat-dissipating device and a terminal mounted and fixed on one side of the heat-dissipating device and electrically connected with the heat-dissipating device. As the heat-dissipating module is inserted into a frame... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7029519 | System and method for gas recycling incorporating gas-insulated electric device A gas recycling system which has a carbon dioxide collecting device for collecting gas containing carbon dioxide from a carbon dioxide source. In the system, at least part of the gas containing sulfur hexafluoride used as an electric insulation medium in a gas-insul... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7009841 | Removable fan module A removable fan module is disclosed for integrating a fixing device of a fan unit with a handle of the fan module. The removable fan module is featured in installing an elastic plate having a protrusion body on the inner surface of the handle of the fan module, wher... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7000660 | Dust cover for a computer keyboard A dust cover for a computer keyboard has a rectangular plastic body and two cords. The dust cover can fit any computer keyboard and provide a convenient and reliable way to press keys on the keyboard while simultaneously protecting the keyboard from pathogens and ot... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6979772 | Integrated heat dissipating enclosure for electronic product An integrated heat dissipating enclosure to provide heat dissipation for computer, power supply or other electronic products such as an integrated circuit on a motherboard, a central processing unit, or a chip on a video adapter. The enclosure has a frame and a cool... | 12/27/2005 |
