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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5201879 | Vent for enclosures A vent arrangement is provided for enclosures that prevents the entry of water into the enclosure and that also prevents the penetration of a pry bar or probe wire. The vent arrangement includes a first predetermined pattern of openings of predetermined s... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5193523 | Heated workstation A data processing workstation environment is rendered more comfortable for an operator by adapting the system to permit heated, vented air from the interior of the computer to be directed into a conduit coupling which terminates in a selected area of the ... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5171183 | Disk drive cooling system bracket A mounting bracket for installing an optical disk drive into the 5.25 form factor disk drive slot of a microcomputer enclosure includes a dedicated air filtration system which produces a positive pressure flow of cooling air within the disk drive.... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5163870 | Protective dust cover for computer components A dust cover for protecting a computer component includes an open bottom enclosure which completely covers the computer component and includes a lower edge having a compressible seal member which engages the resting surface on which the component is situa... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5160357 | Container for electronic equipment A container providing environmental protection to electronic equipment includes a four sided frame, a front cover, and a rear cover. An exhaust fan is mounted on the rear cover and an air filter is mounted on said front cover to allow air to flow through ... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5101710 | Control apparatus or system for purged and pressurized enclosures for electrical equipment A control apparatus or system for purged and pressurized electrical equipment provides rapid, controlled exchange of pressurizing or purging gas to an electrical enclosure. The control system or apparatus for NFPA Type Y and Type Z electrical equipment en... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5101321 | Module for muffling a fan and for fixation to an electronic machine chassis A module for fixation and muffling of a fan for the chassis of an electronic machine is characterized in that it includes a suport housing (1) in the form of a cube with cut-off corners, provided with air circulation openings on its upper (15) and lower (... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5056331 | Enclosure for electronic equipment An enclosure for electronic equipment, especially for electronic equipment such as laser printers that must be protected from dirt and dust. The enclosure is a stand along casing having, for instance, a small, self-contained air conditioning unit containe... | 10/15/1991 |
| 5000079 | Noise-attenuating ventilation pedestal for an electronic enclosure A pedestal which is open to the floor with provision for an air gap between the top of the pedestal and the electronic enclosure positioned thereabove. A plurality of air movers are mounted to the base of the enclosure and penetrate the pedestal. Air is d... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4996909 | Housing for remote environmental monitor system An electronic measurement, data storage and readout system utilizing a programmable processor and controller to manipulate data measurements from a transducer is disclosed. Means are provided for electronically safeguarding the stored data. In the preferr... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4942805 | Ventilated panel A modular office panelling system has been improved by providing an air circulation arrangement of selectively cool or remove heat from a particular area defined by the panelling system. Fans are provided in removable panel cover portions which can advant... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4880594 | Ventilated, no-drip, housing for electrical apparatus A housing for an electrical apparatus, which is an integrally formed plastic member having a sloping wall with a number of sloping-trough depressed areas formed therein, the upper extremity of each such depressed area being deepened and having a discontin... | 11/14/1989 |
| 4858517 | Fire damper kit A fire damper kit is set forth wherein a fire damper box is formed with a first framing angle iron fixedly secured thereto with a second angle iron slidable thereon to secure said damper and sandwich a fire wall between said opposed angle iron collars. A ... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4751872 | Ventilation system A ventilation system for cooling the accessory board area of a personal computer is disclosed. The system incorporates two thin fans capable of producing an airflow of 25 cubic feet per minute. The entire system is small enough to mount between the chassi... | 06/21/1988 |
| 4744005 | Fan for cooling computer A ventilating device is provided for ventilating an electronic apparatus such as a computer. The device includes a housing having a top wall with a first ventilating aperture therein, and further includes a floor, a pair of side walls extending between sa... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4724747 | Ventilator housing with a protective screen A ventilator housing with at least one protective screen for covering a ventilator positioned in a housing, whereby through-hole borings for fastening the protective screen with fastening elements are provided in the walls of the housing. The fastening el... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4702154 | Cooling system for personal computer A retrofit power supply/fan unit for IBM PC and XT personal computers achieving lower operating temperatures. The unit is contained in a sub-housing positioned in a rear upper corner of the computer housing. The sub-housing has a rear exhaust opening and ... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4659349 | Filter unit on equipment requiring ventilation free of dust and impurities during operation A filter device on electrical switch cabinets, housings for electronic systems and like equipment to be maintained free of dust and impurities while being ventilated during operation includes a labyrinth filter disposed in a travel path of ventilating air... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4648007 | Cooling module for electronic equipment A module for cooling equipment mounted in a frame. The module includes a plenum positioned between an upper portion and a lower portion of electronic equipment and a panel positioned across the plenum to occlude it. The panel is of multiplanar arcuate con... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4557095 | Vent assembly for electrical enclosure A vent assembly for electrical equipment comprising a panel for covering the equipment in which the panel has at least one elongated slot extending therethrough, a front side, and a rear side. A box member is secured to the rear side of the panel over the... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4517880 | Fan mounting assembly A flexible moulded plastic panel closure is provided with a plurality of latches and retainers to permit the flexible moulded plastic panel to be attached through an aperture in a rigid wall of a chassis of a video display terminal. The flexible moulded p... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4268768 | Office machine with an electric drive motor In an office machine with an electric drive motor which is arranged in a machine well and on the one shaft end of which an axial blower wheel is fastened to blow a stream of cooling air from an opening in the well in the vicinity of the one end of the mot... | 05/19/1981 |
| 4261519 | Air distribution system An improved large capacity air distribution system for cooling electronic components mounted on printed circuit boards. The system has an air plenum chamber of substantially constant rectangular cross section. Openings are formed in the side walls of the ... | 04/14/1981 |
| 4178092 | Electrophotographic copying apparatus with gas evacuating means An electrophotographic copying apparatus which includes a rotatable photoreceptor member having a photoconductive surface for repeated formation of an electrostatic latent image of an original thereon. A casing is disposed around the photoreceptor member ... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4147299 | Air flow system for a disk file An air flow system for a disk file is disclosed in which air is pumped under pressure past the disk surfaces to remove contaminants and past a voice coil actuator to cool the motor and returned to an inlet in the pump. A thermostatically controlled air di... | 04/03/1979 |
| 4050802 | Electrophotographic copying machine In an electrophotographic copying machine of the type which transfers an electrostatic latent image formed on a photosensitive element, usually comprising a conductive base and a photoconductive layer thereon, onto a recording member, an electric dust col... | 09/27/1977 |
| 3973477 | Water spray-resistant, ventilated housing structure To protect electronic components located within a housing structure, or casing, which contains ventilation openings, against corrosion due to intrusion of water, for example being sprayed thereon upon cleaning of the area on which the structure is mounted... | 08/10/1976 |
