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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7649738 | Electronic device An electronic device is provided with an enclosure having a side wall in which vent holes are formed, a heat generator stored in the enclosure, a radiator disposed adjacent to the vent holes, a heat receiver thermally connected to the heat generator, a heat transmis... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7551435 | Heat-absorbing member, cooling device, and electronic apparatus Electronic components differing in height (a CPU 2a, a capacitor 2b, and coil elements 2c) are mounted on a printed circuit board 1. A heat-absorbing member 3 is provided above the printed circuit board 1 | 06/23/2009 |
| 7545637 | Supporting frame for notebook computer A supporting frame for a notebook computer comprises a seat having a hollow post for screwing with a screw; the seat having two retainers at a rear side of an upper surfaces thereof; each retainer having a shaft; two retaining recesses being formed at a front end of... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7545638 | Card slot and electronic device provided with card slot A card slot according to the present invention is provided with a slot body, a heat sink, a first support and a second support. The slot body is configured to internally store an IC card. The heat sink is provided with a heat sink body and a first spring. The first ... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7539012 | Data storage medium read/write unit comprising a heat sink A data storage medium read/write unit, designed to be installed in an electronic apparatus, comprising an electronic read/write device or electronic module and a plastic thermal non conducting housing definitively bound to the electronic read/write device. The housi... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7539013 | Automatic air blockage assembly and method for computing environments A method and incorporated automatic air blockage assembly door is provided. The assembly comprises an air blockage door secured to a frame, capable of moving from a first to a second position via a pivot block and a shaft. The movement of the door is enabled by secu... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7535708 | Fan integrated thermal management device A fan integrated thermal management device, such as a heat sink, may include an integrated fan to facilitate air flow through the device. One embodiment of the thermal management device may include a heat-conductive base and a plurality of heat-conductive extensions... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7535707 | Power supply cooling system A power supply for use in a negative pressure computer system is provided, including: an enclosure; an air exhaust port provided on a first side of the enclosure; an air intake port provided on a second side of the enclosure, said second side being adjacent to the f... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7532467 | Thermal management devices, systems, and methods Briefly described, embodiments of this disclosure include thermal management devices, systems, and methods, convection cooling devices, convection cooling systems, convection cooling methods, hybrid convection/desorption cooling devices, hybrid convection/desorption... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7529086 | Data center cooling A system for restricting mixing of air in a data center includes a plurality of racks, each of the racks having a front face and a back face. The system includes an enclosure for collecting air released from the back faces of the plurality of racks, the enclosure co... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7529085 | Thermal docking fansink A fansink arrangement for a laptop computer wherein two distinct patterns of air intake can be employed. Particularly, dual air intakes of the laptop can be managed and controlled depending upon an operating mode of the computer. Thus, when the computer is in a “s... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7525797 | High density computer equipment storage system This relates to the manner in which computers are configured in a given area in order to conserve space and to deal with cooling issues associated with the close housing of a large number of computers. Efficient arrangements for efficiently increasing the density of... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7522413 | Heat dissipating system A heat dissipating system comprises a computer enclosure (1), a motherboard (2), at least one dividing panel (271), at least one heat generating element, and at least one heat dissipating device. The computer enclosure has a bottom panel (11 | 04/21/2009 |
| 7518860 | Combined outflow portal for acoustic and thermal energy An apparatus is provided that provides a common opening for air flow and speaker outflow. The apparatus includes a compartment with an opening. The compartment has a top surface and a bottom surface and includes a fan and a speaker. The fan is positioned to rotate o... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7518861 | Device cooling system A device cooling system comprises a heat pipe disposed in a device, the heat pipe having a condenser portion and at least two divergent evaporator portions, the at least two evaporator portions coupled to at least one heat-generating component of the device. ... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7515410 | Hard disk drive carrier converter apparatus A system is provided and includes a system chassis through which an airflow is defined, including a set of receiving units, a set of 3.5″ HDDs, each being disposed in a receiving unit of a portion of the set, and each having a profile that blocks a first quantity ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7508662 | Handle arrangement with integrated heat pipe Handle arrangements having an integrated heat pipe for use with a portable electronic device are presented including: a heat pipe, the heat pipe configured with a heat receiving portion, a heat conducting portion, and a heat dissipating portion; a handle disposed al... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7502227 | Electronic apparatus A body flow path in a first housing having an MPU element communicates with an inner flow path and outer flow path formed in an inner heat-dissipating board and an outer heat-dissipating board, respectively, and a pump drives a cooling liquid to circulate in these f... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7499273 | Rack-mounted air deflector One or more air deflection assemblies are used to redirect air emitted by computers in a rack-based computer system. These air deflection assemblies may be used to redirect air emerging horizontally out of the back sides of computers into a vertically-oriented exhau... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7492587 | Heat dissipation module and computer having same A heat dissipation module and an electronic device assembly having the heat dissipation module are provided. The electronic device includes an enclosure, a plurality of heat generating components received in the enclosure, an electronic device received in the enclos... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7486511 | Passive rear door for controlled hot air exhaust A server rack system comprises a server rack, a raised floor cooling system, and an exhaust system. The server rack includes a base, a front side, a rear side, and an interior portion including first, second, and third server rows. The raised floor cooling system in... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7483270 | Fan speed control system A fan speed control system (200) for an electronic equipment enclosure comprises means for determining temperature (201, 202, 203, 210, 211) at a plurality of locations within the enclosure, means for determining operating parameters (201, 202, 203,... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7474527 | Desktop personal computer and thermal module thereof A thermal module adapted for a desktop personal computer is provided. The desktop personal computer comprises a housing, a power supply, and a motherboard, the power supply being located inside the housing, and including a fan having an outlet oriented toward an out... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7474526 | Electronic apparatus According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus is provided with a circuit board contained in a case and including a first surface and a second surface formed on the reverse side of the first surface, a first heat generating component mounted on the first surfa... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7466545 | Detachable fan apparatus for quick maintenance A detachable fan apparatus for quick maintenance installable in a computer casing and swappable for maintenance without turning off the fan includes a frame, a stopping plate on the frame, at least one fan at the fan, a gap between the fan and the frame for installi... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7460367 | Method and system for dissipating thermal energy from conduction-cooled circuit card assemblies which employ remote heat sinks and heat pipe technology Method and System for dissipating thermal energy from conduction-cooled circuit card assemblies in which thermal energy is directed into proximate heat sink assemblies and additionally is conveyed by heat pipes to one or more remote heat sink assemblies configured f... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7460366 | Heat disspating apparatus with stationary power supply A heat dissipating apparatus with stationary power supply includes power supplies having a primary power system and a stationary power system, at least one heat dissipating fan and a fan driving unit electrically connected to the stationary power system. The station... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7457112 | Disk array apparatus A disk array apparatus including a rack-shaped basic frame, and a plurality of disk boxes that can be inserted into and pulled out of the basic frame depth-wise. Each disk box has: disk drive connectors for connecting a plurality of disk drives arranged in a matrix ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7457114 | Heat dissipation air duct A heat dissipation air duct is provided. The air duct is fixed inside a computer case, and covers a plurality of high heat-generating elements on a mainboard. The air duct includes a main air duct and an auxiliary air duct. The main air duct isolates a first air duc... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7457113 | Venturi bernoulli heat extraction system for laptop computers A heat extraction system is provided for a laptop computer that comprises a system unit that includes a set of heat sources and a video display unit that is movably attached to the system unit. The laptop computer has air inlets and air outlets that allow air to flo... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7453694 | Heat sink pad for notebook computer A heat sink pad for notebook computer has a supporting unit and a guiding unit attached to the supporting unit. The supporting unit includes a flat plate which has a supporting portion bending downwardly from an end thereof. A plurality of through hole areas is defi... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7453693 | Network device An attachment mechanism for attaching to a wall a network device for assisting a communication device in communicating on a network includes a heat radiation member, engaged with and supporting a housing of the network device, for radiating heat from the network dev... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7450377 | Cooling device having air duct extending to elements to be cooled A cooling device able to blow cooling air in a larger amount than a conventional amount and in addition selectively with respect to a specific cooled element even in a case where an area of an intake port which can be secured in a front surface of a case to be coole... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7443677 | Heat dissipation device A heat dissipation device comprises a first heat sink (10) for thermally contacting with an electronic device, a second heat sink (20) mounted on the first heat sink, heat pipes (40) connecting with both the first and second heat sinks. The heat... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443671 | Axial duct cooling fan A cooling fan comprising a housing that connects to a chassis that is operable to support an electronic component. An axial duct runs through the housing. A blade assembly is rotatably disposed within the duct and comprises a plurality of fan blades that extend radi... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443681 | Heat dissipator for display apparatus and plasma display apparatus including the heat dissipator A heat dissipator of a signal transmission member for a display apparatus can sufficiently dissipate heat from devices of the signal transmission member and protect the devices, and includes a thermal conductive supporter for dissipating heat generated by a signal t... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443660 | Information processing apparatus in which a storage medium is removably mountable An information processing apparatus, which is capable of improving security and operationality in handling of storage media, includes a system bay and a data bay that are provided on the main body of the information processing apparatus and allow respective disks to... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7438638 | Ratio of open area to closed area in panels for electronic equipment enclosures A method of providing an electronic equipment enclosure having a plurality of panels, including identifying at least one panel through which air is intended to flow, determining the design parameters of the identified panel, and providing an electronic equipment enc... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7436664 | Electronic appliance In an electronic appliance, a base is thermally fused by a heat generating component. On the base, a heat dissipating fin group including heat dissipating fins each extending in a Y direction is arranged in spaced relation in an X direction. An exhaust fan and a par... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7436665 | Heat-dissipating assembly of computer housing A heat-dissipating assembly of a computer housing with airways includes a casing. The casing is provided with a first partition and a second partition thereon. The first partition has a recessed space. The first partition is provided thereon with a plurality of pene... | 10/14/2008 |
