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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8144465 | Fan assembly and electronic device incorporating the same An exemplary fan assembly includes a fan and a muffler. The fan includes an air outlet. The muffler is disposed at the air outlet of the fan. The muffler includes a base plate. The base plate defines vents therein and blades thereon corresponding to the air outlet o... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144464 | Side-exhaust cooling system with extensible duct for rack mounted equipment A cooling device for rack mount equipment comprises an extensible side duct, open on its inner and rear-facing sides which redirects warm exhaust air exiting vents in the side of a chassis towards the rear of an enclosure holding the chassis. An apparatus incorporat... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8081444 | Computer system with airflow guiding duct A computer system includes a chassis and an airflow guiding duct. The chassis includes a chassis bottom wall, a chassis front wall and a chassis rear wall. The chassis front wall defines a first ventilation hole, and the chassis rear wall defines a second ventilatio... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8068338 | Network device with baffle for redirecting cooling air and associated methods A network device includes an airflow baffle. The baffle redirects cooling air toward a transceiver cage to increase a rate of heat transfer from electronic devices on the transceiver. The baffle is bi-directional, so that cooling air is redirected regardless of whet... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8059401 | Electronic device with heat dissipation module An electronic device includes a printed circuit board and a heat dissipation module. The printed circuit board has a first heat-generating electronic component and a number of second heat-generating electronic components. The heat dissipation module includes a heat ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8035965 | Network cabinet with thermal airflow management system A network cabinet comprising an electronic component a duct positioned therein. The electronic component has at least one exhaust vent and the duct defines first and second openings. The first opening aligns with the exhaust vent such that the duct receives exhaust ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8009426 | Housing for protecting electronic components having vents Settop box (STB) or other housing for use in protecting electronic components. The housing may include an interior portion for protecting the components. The housing may include feet on a bottom and side to facilitate stabilizing the STB in a vertical and horizontal... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7995339 | Control of vent tiles correlated with a rack In a method of controlling vent tiles, the vent tiles are initially correlated with at least one rack. A vent tile family (VTF) of the at least one rack is determined, where the VTF includes vent tiles that have at least a predefined level of influence over the at l... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7990701 | Computer device with low acoustic noise A computer system includes a chassis with a fan installed therein, a cover plate adapted to be attached to the chassis, and a noise absorber attached to the cover plate. The fan is capable of generating an amount of air flow for cooling at least a component in the c... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7983038 | Equipment rack and associated ventilation system A cable management rack is provided within which or upon which a heat-generating device is mountable, and which encompasses a vertical rectangular frame open in a front and a rear of the frame. The rack includes a first upright and a second upright attached to oppos... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7965503 | Fan and storage device mounting assembly for elecronic device A fan [36] and storage device [37] mounting assembly [1] for an electronic device comprises a base [2] having opposing front [4] and rear [5] walls. The rear wall [5] has a plurality of ventilation openings [11... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7957133 | Method and apparatus for providing thermal management in an electronic device An electronic system includes a chassis, an air flow distribution assembly having a first set of baffles disposed within an intake volume of the chassis and a second set of baffles disposed in proximity to an air outlet of the chassis. The first set of baffles is co... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7948754 | External heat dissipation device An external heat dissipation device includes a housing, a circuit board placed in the housing, a fan electrically connected to the circuit board, and a wire electrically connected to the circuit board to power the fan. The housing includes an installation dock defin... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7855885 | Network cabinet with thermal air flow management system A network cabinet comprising an electronic component a duct positioned therein. The electronic component has at least one exhaust vent and the duct defines first and second openings. The first opening aligns with the exhaust vent such that the duct receives exhaust ... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7839635 | Exhaust air duct with adjustable filler panel assemblies An adjustable filler panel assembly, configured for use in an electronic equipment enclosure, includes a first panel and a second panel, each adapted to block airflow. The first panel has pairs of horizontally aligned adjustment openings formed therein, and the seco... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7817419 | Solar inverter assembly A solar inverter assembly has a first housing part, which is used as a heat sink, and a second housing part for holding electronic components of the solar inverter. The first housing part has a first air inlet opening, a first air outlet opening and a first air chan... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7791874 | Removable module for a console A housing, which may contain a hard disk drive, is configured to removably mount to a recessed surface of a console. The housing includes a lip and a biased latch arm so that the lip can be inserted into a corresponding feature in the recessed surface and the housin... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7764495 | Telecommunication cabinet with airflow ducting A telecommunications cabinet in which active equipment can be mounted. The cabinet including an airflow ducting arrangement located in the interior region of the cabinet. The airflow ducting arrangement accommodating thermal cooling of active equipment having intern... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7755889 | Air Manifold for electronic module enclosure A central air manifold for an electronic module enclosure includes a front section and a rear section. The front section includes openings adapted to communicate with electronic modules and the rear section includes openings adapted to communicate with fans. The ope... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7724515 | Disk array apparatus In a disk array apparatus, by taking note of a first sound of a specific frequency which is a noise element of original sounds generated from a fan, a second sound whose phase is inverted to that of the first sound is generated by a structure of a cooling air flow p... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7667964 | Panel type display device A panel type display device for minimizing temperature increase in the interior of a case and a display panel. The display device includes a case, a display panel mounted in an interior of the case, at least one circuit board for controlling the display panel, a fir... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7663881 | Enclosure for electrical system An enclosure for electrical system includes a side plate and an adjusting piece movably attached to the side plate. The side plate includes a heat dissipating part in which a plurality of heat dissipating holes is defined. The adjusting piece is movable with respect... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7609517 | Air guiding plate In one embodiment, an air guiding plate is attached to an enclosure with a plurality of vents defined therein. The air guiding plate includes a plurality of guiding holes defined therein. Each of the guiding holes is surrounded by a plurality of walls and includes a... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7529087 | Method and apparatus for ventilating a computerized device A chassis panel for a computerized device includes ventilation elements that visually obscure electronic components disposed within an associated chassis and that minimize airflow resistance. Each ventilation element includes a first angled ventilation portion havin... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7480140 | System for cooling interior and external housing surfaces of an electronic apparatus A system for cooling interior and external housing surfaces of an electronic apparatus. The apparatus includes at least one electronic component, a heat transfer mechanism for transferring to an external surface of the apparatus heat generated by the electronic comp... | 01/20/2009 |
| 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 |
| 7440277 | Method and apparatus for venting a chassis A chassis venting apparatus includes a chassis wall base member comprising a first wall. A chassis vent structure is located on the chassis wall base member. A chassis venting passageway is defined between the chassis vent structure and the first wall of the chassis... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7436660 | Heat sinks for electronic enclosures An apparatus for cooling electronics is disclosed. The apparatus generally relates to heat sinks that are operatively connected to electronics enclosures. The heat sinks may be part of the electronics enclosure, or alternately they may be operatively connected to th... | 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 |
| 7423872 | Air shroud installed on a circuit board A air shroud installed on a circuit board is composed of a circuit board which is installed with an outer housing, an inner surface of which is connected with at least more than one fan, and a side of which is provided with an air exit. The fan is provided with an a... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7414839 | Heat dissipation device having a fan holder for attachment of a fan A heat dissipation device comprises a heat sink, a fan, and a fan holder. The heat sink includes a base and a plurality of fins arranged on the base. The fan includes a frame having an engaging flange at each corner thereof. The fan holder configured for attaching t... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7411648 | Liquid crystal display panel with heat radiation plate An auxiliary plate (10) is fixed to a rear plane of a housing for fixedly holding a lamp unit (6) having a plurality of lamps. In the auxiliary plate (10), a convex portion and a concave portion are combined. The convex portion has a space betwe... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7403385 | Efficient airflow management An improved air flow management has an air control device for blocking air from low impedance airflow pathways without high thermal components and directing the air flow initially at specific components with high thermal loading. Other components are cooled by the a... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7403391 | Rack height cooling A data center includes an electronic equipment rack having a front face and a back face and a cooling unit positioned adjacent to the rack, the cooling unit having a front face and a back face, the cooling unit being configured to exhaust cooled air from the front f... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7394654 | Method and apparatus for providing thermal management in an electronic device An electronic system includes a chassis, an air flow distribution assembly having a first set of baffles disposed within an intake volume of the chassis and a second set of baffles disposed in proximity to an air outlet of the chassis. The first set of baffles is co... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7388745 | Portable computer power system A portable computer power system comprises a battery an external battery housing providing an airflow path therethrough into an airflow vent of a portable computer. ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7379298 | Noise proofed ventilated air intake chamber for electronics equipment enclosure A system and method are disclosed for enclosing electronic equipment in a noiseproofed and ventilated enclosure. This includes supplying air to an enclosure and removing air from the enclosure through acoustic chambers attached to the enclosure. The acoustic chamber... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7379299 | Noiseproofed and ventilated enclosure for electronics equipment A system and method are disclosed for enclosing electronic equipment in a noiseproofed and ventilated enclosure. This includes supplying air to an enclosure and removing air from the enclosure through acoustic chambers attached to the enclosure. The acoustic chamber... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7372696 | Cooling device and method for electronic apparatus The present invention relates to a cooling device for an electronic apparatus comprising: a cooling element to be connected to an electronic component for receiving the heat load generated by the electronic component, an inlet port, an outlet port and a fan for brin... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7365992 | Electronic circuit package An electronic circuit package includes a first electronic module, a second electronic module, and an electric shielding layer. The first electronic module and the second electronic module are bonded in such a way that integrated devices are opposite to each other. T... | 04/29/2008 |
