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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6437978 | Cooling device, cooling method, and electronic apparatus A cooling device is provided for cooling the inside of a main body of an electronic apparatus. The electronic apparatus includes the main body having a movable bottom surface portion and a display unit openable/closable relative to the main body. The cool... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6414844 | Portable information processing apparatus A portable information processing apparatus is configured to dissipate heat generated in a cabinet mainly from a part which a user hardly touches, and thus the temperature at a palm rest is suppressed. The cabinet includes a heat conducting spacer 16 prov... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6411515 | Amplifier An amplifier for a portable telephone of the like is repaired or replaced without loss of an amplifying function even when the amplifier malfunctions. A plurality of door-shaped amplifier parts are provided on the left and right sides of an amplifier box.... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6411514 | Power inverter with heat dissipating assembly The invention is a power inverter having a heat dissipating assembly. A heat sink plate is supported on the printed circuit board in a spaced configuration so that a space exists between the heat sink plate and the outer housing. The printed circuit board... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6407672 | Adaptive CPU cooling fan speed monitor device A device is provided which allows a personal computer user to monitor the operational parameters of the central processing unit's cooling fan. This device, called the CPU cooling fan speed monitor, characterizes the normal operating speed range of the CPU... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6404636 | Passively operated thermally diodic packaging method for missile avionics A passively operated thermal diode for controlling heat transfer from heat-generating electronic components to an external environment through an airframe is provided. The thermal diode comprises: (a) an electronics package within the airframe; (b) a heat... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6404611 | Single-chip integrated circuit module A single-chip IC module comprises a package including a header (11) made in the form of a flat plate with vias (20) along its periphery within a predetermined coordinate grid, in which vias are fastened pins of output terminal (2), on the header is fixed ... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6404637 | Concentrical slot telecommunications equipment enclosure A telecommunications equipment enclosure (10) that dissipates into the ambient environment heat internally generated by signal repeater cards and other electronic equipment stored therein, thereby prolonging equipment life and preventing premature failure... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6404638 | Small gaps cooling technology The present invention provides a thermal conduction module assembly kit comprising a base being substantially planar in shape and adapted to receive on a top surface a substrate adapted to receive at least one integrated circuit having top and bottom surf... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6404640 | Liquid-cooled electronic apparatus An electronic apparatus including a motherboard, a plurality of multi-chip modules mounted to the motherboard and cooling members for cooling the multi-chip modules. A refrigeration unit is arranged to deliver cooling water to the cooling members. A conne... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6399929 | Induction heater comprising a coil/capacitor bank combination including a translatable coil assembly for movement on and off a continuous strip A coil/capacitor combination useable as an induction furnace includes a reactive capacitor bank directly bolted to the coil and protected from coil fields by shields and heat sink plates. The coil includes a selectively openable switch for placing the coi... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6388882 | Integrated thermal architecture for thermal management of high power electronics The present invention provides a thermal energy management architecture for a functioning system of electronic components and subsystems comprising a hierarchical scheme in which thermal management components are: (i) operatively engaged with individual p... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6381836 | Clip and pin field for IC packaging An electronic assembly that incorporates a heat sink. The subassembly includes an integrated circuit package that is mounted to a substrate. The substrate is mounted to a spacer block which includes a pin field that contains a plurality of pins. The heat ... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6374912 | Deep drawn enclosure with integrated heatsink and fastening details A weather resistant cabinet for housing electrical equipment includes a one-piece, unitary tubular housing. The tubular housing has two open ends and is preferably formed from aluminum using a deep-drawing process. Two covers are attached to the two open ... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6377470 | Card guide including air deflector means and air deflector means for a cooling card guide A card guide which optimizes the flow of forced cooling air, provides for self alignment to a host motherboard and provides for integrated electro-static discharge (ESD) hazard mitigation. includes an elongated body having a groove disposed along a longit... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6366461 | System and method for cooling electronic components A system and method for cooling individual electronic components utilizes individual manifolds to create individual flows of a negatively pressurized cooling fluid. This permits components with significantly different cooling loads to be located immediate... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6366460 | Heat dissipation structure for electronic apparatus component A computer microprocessor has a housing portion with a recess formed in a top side wall thereof, and a die portion inset within the recess. Operating heat from the die is removed by heat dissipation apparatus which automatically adapts to variations in th... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6362959 | Docking station with thermoelectric heat dissipation system for docked portable computer A portable computer docking base has incorporated therein a thermoelectric cooling system used to provide auxiliary operating heat dissipation for a portable notebook computer operatively docked to the base. The cooling system includes a thermoelectric (P... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6363315 | Apparatus and method for protecting engine electronic circuitry from thermal damage A control system and method for protecting engine electronic circuitry from thermal damage including an electronic controller coupled to the engine, and one or more sensors coupled to the controller for inputting at least one signal indicative of a condit... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6356435 | CPU fan assembly An apparatus and method for cooling heat generating components within a compartment are disclosed. A cooling assembly isolates heat produced by a processor in a personal computer ("PC") system and exhausts it from the PC prior to adversely affecting other... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6349385 | Dual power supply fan control--thermistor input or software command from the processor A method and system for controlling the power supply fan in a computer system. The speed of a power supply fan can be made directly proportional to the temperature of the power supply. The fan speed can also be controlled by a processor with software comm... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6339532 | Device and method for damping a digital media drive A hard disk drive is damped in order to reduce tracking errors by isolating the drive from the enclosure it is mounted in using one or more pieces of adhesive viscoelastic material. The hard disk drive is mounted by means of a secondary mounting plate hav... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6330152 | Apparatus facilitating use of cots electronics in harsh environments An apparatus is provided for permitting commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) electronics to be utilized in harsh environments for which the COTS electronics are not designed, including environments having ambient temperature variations, ambient pressure variat... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6324055 | Mobile information processing apparatus and covers for the mobile information processing apparatus and the desktop information processing apparatus A mobile information processing apparatus of the present invention having a main body and a display unit that opens and closes, attempts to improve heat releasing efficiency by allowing a transfer of heat which is released from a heat generating unit of t... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6313992 | Method and apparatus for increasing the power density of integrated circuit boards and their components Apparatus and methods for cooling integrated circuit boards and electronic components by providing internal passageways in the components and circuit boards which connect to a fluid manifold. The internal passageways connect to a plurality of other passag... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6313988 | Server with reduced space requirement A computer for a server or work station which has two air cooling streams one stream leads from outside the chassis across the motherboard and through a vented power supply then directly into the environment and is driven by a fan inside the power supply.... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6301107 | Heat dissipation structure for electronic apparatus component A computer microprocessor has a housing portion with a recess formed in a top side wall thereof, and a die portion inset within the recess. Operating heat from the die is removed by heat dissipation apparatus which automatically adapts to variations in th... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6301108 | Chassis containing electronic components with fire containment trap door A fire containment and air flow control mechanism for a device or chassis housing electronic components. The electronic components generate heat during operation of the device. An aperture in the housing permits warm air generated within the chassis to es... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6297958 | System and method for housing telecommunications equipment A system for housing telecommunications equipment includes a plurality of vertically disposed chassis, each chassis having a top that is substantially closed, two sides, two ends, and a base, wherein the top of each chassis is adapted to receive the base ... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6297950 | Filter assembly for a memory storage device cooler An air filter assembly is useful with an external hard drive, a computer housing and memory storage device housings. The air filter assembly includes a frame, an air filter, and a retainer for slidably holding the air filter in the frame. Air filter defor... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6285548 | Face plate for a chassis for high frequency components An electronic chassis or modular rack has elements and methods for reducing emission of electromagnetic waves or interference (EMI) and at the same time ensuring that the components within the chassis or rack are properly cooled. A face plate which attach... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6282090 | Apparatus for cooling central processing units in personal computers A computer and a cooling unit for cooling a computer having a housing with a first panel including an aperture, a central processing unit coupled to a circuit board, a heat exchanger coupled to the central processing unit, and a power supply positioned ap... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6282089 | Portable computer cooling method and computer holder A method (and structure) for cooling a portable computer includes attaching a portable computer to a holder, transferring heat of a heat-generating component disposed within the portable computer to the holder, and releasing the transferred heat to the at... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6278607 | Smart bi-metallic heat spreader A variable area heat sink has a first heat sink area and a second heat sink area. A bridge is connected to the first heat sink area and includes a bi-metallic portion operable to connect and disconnect with the second heat sink area in response to a tempe... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6275375 | Monitor stand with hub mount A monitor stand, provided with a hub mount suitable for exteriorly mounting a universal serial bus (USB) hub used for connecting various peripheral equipment to a computer, is disclosed. The monitor stand has a USB hub including top and bottom covers with... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6266241 | Notebook computer with ergonomic stand A notebook computer has a base with a keyboard. A display is attached to the base. A stand having a first and second position is mounted to the base such that when the stand is in the first position the display is at a first height and when the stand is i... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6259798 | Passive radiator cooled electronics/heat sink housing for a powered speaker An electronics/heat sink housing used in combination with a loudspeaker or powered speaker having an enclosure, a passive radiator, and an electronics package. The electronics/heat sink housing includes a planar back plate, a top plate, two side plates, a... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6253556 | Electrical system with cooling or heating An electrical system is disclosed which includes a supply voltage and electronic circuitry which requires an operational voltage that is less than the supply voltage. A thermoelectric heat pump is interposed between the supply voltage and the electronic c... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6252771 | Removable remote control amplifier An amplifier having removable remote controls and the ability to easily couple with other amplifiers for easy mounting is disclosed. The amplifier includes removable remote controls and isocoupling systems that connect two or more amplifiers and that elec... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6252161 | EMI shielding ventilation structure A data processing system including but not limited to an enclosure of the data processing system having a waveguide-below-cutoff EMI-attenuating air ventilation structure formed from a dielectric-conductor combination material, the enclosure of the data p... | 06/26/2001 |
