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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7362579 | Portable electronic apparatus having a cooling device A portable apparatus includes an apparatus body including a first main body having therein a plurality of electric parts, and a second main body connected to the first main body to open and close a part of a surface of the first main body; a radiation member mounted... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357708 | Anchor structure for fans An anchor structure for fans mainly to fasten a fan to an installation object without damaging the fan structure includes coupling members for fastening through holes formed on the corners of the fan. Each of the coupling members includes a first fastening element r... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359192 | Cooling device for heat-generating electronic component A cooling device includes a heat sink (10), a fan (30), and a fan duct (50) covering the heat sink and fan therein. The heat sink includes a base (12) defining at least a through hole (18) at each of two opposite sides thereof. The... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359186 | Storage subsystem The storage subsystem is connected to an external device and comprises a storage device arrangement portion, on which a plurality of storage devices is arranged, and a control device that controls communications between the plurality of storage devices arranged on t... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359205 | Bottom exit of exhaust air from a chassis to reduce acoustics emission Embodiments of the present invention recite an electronic device comprising a chassis, a backplane, at least one heat generating component coupled with the backplane, and a fan. In embodiments of the present invention, the chassis comprises at least one air inlet di... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359848 | Tape storage emulator A tape storage emulator has a disk storage, a tape storage, a server interface, a data path control, a virtual tape management and a personality logic. The server interface is in communications with a server so as to receive and transmit tape storage commands and ta... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359198 | System and method for inducing turbulence in fluid for dissipating thermal energy of electronic circuitry A method for cooling a circuit comprises generating movement of fluid along a path through a closed-loop system. The method further comprises inducing turbulence in the fluid by movement of at least a portion of a turbulence-inducing device arranged in the path, and... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359191 | Storage device system and cooling structure for logic circuit board for storage device system In this invention, the CPU of a NAS board, which is liable to become hot, is cooled by concentrating a larger amount of air onto a heat sink. A plurality of logic circuit boards 3 are mounted on a control section 1D of a disc array device 1. The... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359196 | Dual impeller push-pull axial fan heat sink A fan sink that includes a dual impeller push-pull axial fan and a heat sink to cool a hot electronic device is presented. The axial fan has a hub motor, a first impeller that is radially proximate to the hub motor, and a second impeller that is radially distal to t... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355859 | DC power port in a rack A direct current (DC) power port is included in a rack to provide DC power to electrical equipment external to the rack. ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355852 | Modular liquid cooling of electronic assemblies An electronic system includes an array of electronic assemblies at a first location within a system. An array of liquid cooling assemblies is placed at a second location within the system. Hoses or other liquid transport pathways connect the cooling assemblies to th... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353862 | Liquid cooling device A liquid cooling device (10) includes a heat sink (12), a panel (14) distant from the heat sink, a heat transfer member includes a heat exchanger (22) thermally engaging with the heat sink and at least one heat pipe (24), a duct ( | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355847 | 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... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355115 | Computer casing baffle plate device A computer casing baffle plate device is composed of a computer casing which contains a left and right side walls provided with protruded members, shaft holes, and screw holes, with transversal concave parts formed below front ends of upper surfaces. A baffle plate ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355362 | Power supply with performance display A power supply with performance display is disclosed. The computer power supply mainly has a power converter, a control module, and a display. The control module receives and processes the operating signals from the power converter, and then sends those processed si... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355850 | Vented and ducted sub-rack support member A chassis for plug-in modules may be provided with a vented and ducted sub-rack support member. The vented and ducted sub-rack support member may deflect a portion of the air flowing within the chassis through vents in the top surface of the vented and ducted sub-ra... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352147 | Power supply to provide operation power for cooling fans A power supply to provide operation power for cooling fans includes a non-stop power system to provide DC power in normal conditions to a remote switch control circuit to set a computer in an ON or OFF condition. The non-stop power system also outputs the DC power t... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352094 | Equipment fan An improved fan useful for ventilating applications in motor vehicles features a modular structure, which facilitates quick replacement of any components likely to fail. A first module (110) is intended for permanent installation on the part that is to be coo... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352571 | Disk array device A disk array device comprises: a hard disk drive module including a disk for recording information thereon and having one side that has a length substantially equal to the diameter of the disk; a battery module; an operation module; a fan module having at least one ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352576 | Multi-processor system and tubelike computer module thereof A multi-processor system has a tubelike computer module including plural mother boards configured onto plural side walls of a rack body to form a unitary, continuous and non-segment airflow channel. The airflow channel of the tubelike computer module has larger spac... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352578 | Fuel cell system with inverter and phase change material The present invention is a back-up power supply of alternating current and direct current, with the alternating current being generated by an inverter from the direct current, which is produced by a fuel cell. The inverter is at least partially encompassed by a phas... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352582 | Reinforcing structure, display device, and electronic apparatus To provide a display device with high reliability, which is capable of supporting a display panel well even when the display panel is enlarged, and capable of radiating the heat generated in the display panel well. A display device 100 of the present inventio... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352573 | Power supply unit with perforated housing A power supply unit (PSU) has walls which define an internal volume of the PSU. A metal sheet forming left and right side walls and an upper wall is provided with plural perforations on each of those walls. The perforations are circular in shape, and formed in a reg... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352586 | Auxiliary supporting structure of circuit board and assembling method for the same An auxiliary supporting structure of a circuit board is for supporting at least one part of the circuit board. The circuit board has a CPU socket for connected to a CPU, and a through hole through which a heat sink fixing element passes. The auxiliary supporting str... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352581 | Cooling device and electronic apparatus According to one embodiment, a cooling device includes: a heat transfer unit thermally connected to a mounted first heating element and a mounted second heating element whose mounted height is higher than that of the first heating element, the heat transfer unit inc... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352575 | Dynamic air moving system Disclosed is a dynamic air moving system comprising a rail system disposed in an electronic enclosure, at least one fan housing moveably disposed on the rail system, the fan being actuatable along the rail system, a pivotable fan disposed in each of the at least one... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347354 | Metallic solder thermal interface material layer and application of the same A method of bonding a thermal interface layer to a heat dissipating member and the resulting device are described. The method may involve plating a bonding surface of the heat dissipating member, and bonding a metallic solder onto the plating under vacuum or inert c... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349218 | Locking device for a heat sink A locking device is for locking a heat sink to an electronic device. The locking device includes a retaining frame and a guiding member positioned on the retaining frame. The guiding member includes a seat having a base sitting on the retaining frame, a sleeve exten... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349204 | Disk device A disk device has a chassis, disk drives, wiring boards for the disk drives and blowers for cooling the disk drives. The disk drives are arranged in height and depth directions in the chassis. The disk drives are spaced each other with a predetermined distance and a... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7345878 | Plasma display apparatus assembly A plasma display apparatus assembly having high heat-dissipation efficiency is disclosed. In one embodiment, the plasma display apparatus assembly includes: i) a plasma display panel, ii) a chassis base coupled with a rear surface of the plasma display panel and sup... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7345876 | Compact converter The present invention discloses a compact converter including a compact casing having an air inlet defined thereon, a printed circuit board supported within the compact casing at a position between a top and a bottom wall of the compact casing to form an upper air c... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7344439 | System, method, and apparatus for distributing air in a blade server A system, method, and apparatus for distributing air in a blade server are disclosed. Embodiments may include a rotating damper having a damper door, sliding door, and connecting rod. The damper door may be rotatably attached to a blade server having a plurality of ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7342791 | Locking device for heat sink A locking device for securing a heat sink to a heat generating electronic device includes a retaining member attached to the heat sink and a plurality of fasteners positioned to the retaining member. The retaining member includes a frame and a plurality of fastening... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7342783 | Portable computer with docking station A portable computer system having a computer body and a display unit coupled to the computer body includes a docking station to be connectable to and disconnectable from the computer body, a heat discharging member provided on the computer body to cool a heat genera... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7342796 | Captive shoulder nut assembly A captive shoulder nut assembly, to hold a heat sink onto a PC board, has a nut member with a threaded portion and a tubular portion extending therefrom. The nut member mates with an upstanding threaded stud. A biasing compression spring rides over the nut with an e... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7343505 | Method and apparatus for thermal control of electronic components A method and system are provided for thermal management of a CPU. Both hardware and software data are used to periodically calculate a power consumption index. An internal database is provided to convert power consumption data to rotational speed of an associated co... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7339785 | Interposer for blade center A computer system for receiving standard and expanded computer devices includes a chassis, a midplane, and an interposer. The chassis includes bays, each adapted to receive the standard computer device. The midplane includes connectors respectively aligned with the ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7339787 | Heat sink module for dissipating heat from a heat source on a motherboard A heat sink module includes a fan set and a heat sink plate. The fan set is integrated as a whole, reducing manufacture time, and the material of the fan set is plastic, thus reducing the weight as well. Due to the hook design of the fan set and the ear design of th... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7339490 | Modular sensor assembly A modular sensor assembly for sensing conditions at a computer rack, such as environmental conditions. The sensor assembly includes an elongate flexible body, configured to attach to a computer rack, with a plurality of addressable sensors, disposed along the body a... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7334630 | Closed-loop microchannel cooling system Apparatus and methods according to the present invention utilize micropumps that are capable of generating high pressure and flow without moving mechanical parts and the associated generation of unacceptable electrical and acoustic noise, as well as the associated r... | 02/26/2008 |
