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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| RE40630 | Low profile computer case and computer A low profile computer case having two centrifugal blowers mounted in a partition therein. An intake port of a first blower faces a bottom panel of the case and an intake port of the second blower faces a top panel of the case. Standoff dimensions are defined betwee... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7443674 | Rack enclosure cooling system A rack panel, rack enclosure, and system for cooling electronic components which are vertically mounted in a rack enclosure wherein the system has a front panel with two hollow internal ducts separated by an inner screen-like wall for more evenly distributing and de... | 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 |
| 7438124 | Evaporative cooling system for a data-communications cabinet An electronics cabinet for storing a plurality of electronic devices therein is provided and includes a fan and an evaporative cooler. The fan draws a flow of air into the cabinet, circulates the flow of air through the evaporative cooler, and then across the electr... | 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 |
| 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 |
| 7436662 | Hot swappable cooling fan system A computer system includes a housing having a base and a door positioned opposite the base and a cooling system. The cooling system includes a support rack that is connected to the base and a first cooling fan that is removably attached to the support rack with a pl... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7431640 | Self-brushing air moving device An air moving device assembly in a computer system has an air moving device such as a fan or blower within a housing for moving air from an air inlet to an air outlet. A mesh with a plurality of openings covers the air outlet. A back flow damper assembly is position... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7430117 | Airflow system for electronics chassis An electronics chassis is provided that utilizes multiple fan units, each of which may incorporate multiple fans, to improve airflow through an internal enclosure of the chassis. Various combinations of multiple fan units are utilized to increase airflow and provide... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7430118 | Cold row encapsulation for server farm cooling system Apparatuses, methods, and systems directed to efficient cooling of data centers. Some embodiments of the invention allow encapsulation of cold rows through an enclosure and allow server fans to draw cold air from the cold row encapsulation structure to cool servers ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7428149 | Air guide device and computer housing applying the air guide device An air guide device is provided on a side panel of a computer housing, and includes an air guide member and a positioning mechanism. The air guide member includes a first coupling portion and a second coupling portion disposed opposite to the first coupling portion ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426111 | Communication apparatus and rack structure A rack structure which is capable of improving heat-dissipating efficiency thereof within a limited space, and a communication apparatus which is capable of enhancing cooling efficiency by applying the rack structure thereto. In the rack structure of the communicati... | 09/16/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7419534 | Cooler using filter with dehumidifying function A cooling apparatus is disclosed for cooling and dehumidifying the inside of a device such as an electronic device installed outdoors The cooling apparatus of the invention comprises a set of dehumidifying parts, each arranged at an open air intake side and an air e... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7420806 | Airflow distribution through an electronic device Techniques for distributing airflow for cooling an electronic device are described. Vanes positioned immediately after a set of cooling fans direct airflow over a plurality of components within the device. For example, the vanes may be designed to segment the net fa... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7416481 | Blower exhaust backflow damper A system, method, and apparatus for preventing exhaust backflow into a blower are disclosed. Embodiments may include a blower system with an invertible blower chassis having a blower exhaust to direct airflow from the blower chassis at an airflow angle. The system m... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7414841 | Electronic cooling system having a ventilating duct A heat dissipation device in a computer enclosure includes a heat spreader (20) mounted on a CPU (12), a first heat sink (30), a cooling fan (40) coupled to the first heat sink, a second heat sink (50), a heat pipe (80) moun... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7411787 | Storage control device A first section, a second section, and a third section are provided. A plurality of NAS head substrates are mounted in the first section, arranged along the height direction, and each oriented horizontally. A plurality of logical substrates are mounted in the second... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7411788 | Cooling fan device for a computer A cooling fan device for a computer including a fan device having a primary housing and a side housing. A computer casing a side walls having an area with air permeable holes, right positioning slots, and a left positioning slot. Projection parts of the primary hous... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7408774 | Real time adaptive active fluid flow cooling The present invention is generally directed to an apparatus providing real time adaptive active fluid flow cooling, for cooling an electronic system, an electronic system utilizing the same, and a method for providing real time adaptive active fluid flow cooling. Th... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7408773 | Reinforced air shroud An air shroud apparatus includes a base wall. A plurality of support walls extend from the base wall in a spaced apart orientation from each other. A component housing is defined between the support walls and the base wall. A reinforced section is located on the bas... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7404261 | Dry-wet thermal management system A dry-wet thermal management system for providing simultaneous spray cooling and dry cooling for a plurality of cards. The dry-wet thermal management system includes a chassis having a dry chamber and a spray chamber, a first opening within a rear portion of the cha... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7403383 | Directing airflow for an information handling system An information handling system (‘IHS’) cooling apparatus includes a blank base comprising a pair of opposing ends. A connector engagement member extends from each opposing end of the blank base. A notch is defined by the blank base and located on each opposing e... | 07/22/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7403387 | Directing air in a chassis An air directing apparatus includes a first air directing member defining a component access passageway. A second air directing member is moveably coupled to the first air directing member, whereby the second air directing member is moveable relative to the first ai... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7403390 | Ultra dense multipurpose server A server including a cooling fan assembly and an input/output assembly at opposite ends of the server, and a processor assembly located between the cooling fan assembly and input/output assembly. The server also includes a cover plate that covers the processor assem... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7400501 | Method and apparatus for acoustic noise reduction in a computer system having a vented cover A vented cover includes a pair of cross-flow ventilation ducts each including an acoustic noise reduction lining. The ducts are “cross-flow” in that they cross and bypass one another. The cover is affixed to an enclosure containing components of a computer syste... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7397661 | Cooled electronics system and method employing air-to-liquid heat exchange and bifurcated air flow Augmenting air cooling of electronics system using a cooling fluid to cool air entering the system, and to remove the heat dissipated by the electronics. A cooled electronics system includes a frame with drawers containing electronics components to be cooled. The fr... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7397660 | Method and apparatus for regulating airflow in a chassis An airflow regulating apparatus includes a support frame for coupling to a chassis adjacent a heat producing component connector, the support frame defining a regulator channel, and also including an airflow regulator moveably coupled to the support frame and operab... | 07/08/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7394653 | Heat dissipating system of multi-media computer A heat dissipating system of a multi-media computer includes a computer case, a first heat dissipating area, and a second heat dissipating area. The first heat dissipating area is formed on an inner side of the computer case, wherein a hard disk driver, a video grap... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7390976 | Providing airflow to an electronics enclosure while providing protection and shielding against electromagnetic interference Methods and apparatus for shielding an object from relative high electromagnetic radio frequencies while allowing airflow to pass to and from the object are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a shield arrangement that shields a chassis incl... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7391618 | Electronic component unit Airflow is introduced into an enclosure through an air inlet in an electronic component unit. The airflow runs toward a first electronic component. The airflow absorbs heat from the first electronic component. The first electronic component is thus sufficiently cool... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7385814 | Fixing mechanism for a fan frame A fixing mechanism fixes a side of a fan frame having a plurality of cooling fans and two first connecting tabs opposing to each other to a bottom board of a housing. The fixing mechanism includes a first end portion fixed to the bottom board; a second end portion p... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7382616 | Cooling system for computer hardware The present invention represents a significant advancement in the field of cooling systems for computer hardware. In one embodiment, a system for cooling a heat-generating electronic device is provided. The system is mountable to a first side of a circuit board. The... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7382613 | Computer system with external air mover A computer system comprising a chassis supporting a processor, memory, and a power supply. An inlet allows air to flow into the chassis and an outlet allows air to flow out of the chassis. An air mover is operable to generate an airflow through said chassis between ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7382614 | Power supply having an extendable power input port A power supply having an extendable power input port connecting to a connection line to be installed on a side wall of a computer host. The side wall and the power supply form a heat dissipation passage therebetween to improve heated airflow in the computer host and... | 06/03/2008 |
