Single Inlet, Plural Outlets Patents (Class 165/126)
  • Patent number: 11596278
    Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing a consumable to a user includes a body, a bar movable relative to the body, an air inlet, a flow generator to receive inlet air from the air inlet and to generate an airflow, a consumable dispensing unit to receive a quantity of a consumable, and a nozzle operatively connected to the consumable dispensing unit to receive the consumable from the consumable dispensing unit. The nozzle provided within a flow path of the airflow from the flow generator such that the consumable is drawn from the consumable dispensing unit, mixed with the airflow, and expelled from the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyun sun Yoo, Seung Yup Lee, Sang Yoon Lee, Byung Soo Oh, Hyun-Joo Jeon, So Ra Cheon, Ji sun Yoon
  • Patent number: 11592529
    Abstract: Provided herein is a system and method for cooling of a vehicle. The system comprises an enclosure disposed on the vehicle. The enclosure comprises a fan disposed at a base of the enclosure, one or more sensors within the enclosure, and a cover on an exterior of the enclosure. The cover comprises a hole pattern to selectively permit an airflow to enter the enclosure. The hole pattern comprises a plurality of holes to filter noise from the airflow. A deflector is disposed on the vehicle outside the enclosure and configured to direct an airflow through the hole pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Pony AI Inc.
    Inventors: Peter G. Diehl, Cheng Jin
  • Patent number: 11234785
    Abstract: The disclosure herein provides methods, systems, and devices for a sterile ophthalmic surgical drape system that can provide a sterile operating field for use by a doctor, surgeon, nurse, and the like during ophthalmic medical procedures. The sterile field created by the drape system can allow a doctor, surgeon, nurse and the like to perform a medical procedure, such as ophthalmic surgery, outside of an operating room and in locations such as a doctor's office or a military operating room war setting. The sterile ophthalmic surgical drape system can comprise a drape, a frame apparatus, a hole of sufficient size for a microscope, a fan, a filter, air directors, and slits. The drape system can comprise a collapsible frame apparatus. The drape system may be configured to be used in conjunction with a surgical tray that houses pre-sterilized tools for use in a medical procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Alcon Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph Kerns, Mark Humayun, Matthew T. McCormick
  • Patent number: 11181124
    Abstract: In order to give an especially compact, cost-effective and electromagnetically compatible design to a cooling device with a heat sink and a radial fan arranged in or on the receiving area of the heat sink, the bushing is adhesively bonded onto the heat sink in or on the receiving area, or the bushing is integrally designed with the heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: ELEKTROSIL GMBH
    Inventor: Hendrik Niemann
  • Patent number: 10544656
    Abstract: Apparatus, method, and a containment system for a mud tank The system includes a pan extending from a base of the mud tank and configured to receive fluids leaked therefrom, a fluid sensor coupled with the pan, and a pump in fluid communication with the pan, wherein the pump is configured to remove fluid from the pan when the fluid sensor reads a predetermined threshold fluid level in the pan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Rogers, Jacques Orban
  • Patent number: 10539150
    Abstract: A centrifugal fan with dual outlets in the same direction includes a fan frame, an impeller, and a motor. The fan frame includes an upper cover, a base plate and a first air deflector. The base plate and the upper cover are connected to form an accommodating space and an air outlet plane. The first air deflector is arranged near the air outlet plane and divides the air outlet plane into a first air outlet and a second air outlet. The impeller is disposed in the accommodating space. The impeller and the side wall of the fan frame form a flow channel therebetween. The motor is connected to the impeller and drives it to rotate. The first air deflector extends inward of the flow channel from the air outlet plane and the end of the first air deflector has a first guide portion, which is a slanted surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Wei-I Ling, Shih-Kang Hsiung, Meng-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 10485620
    Abstract: The disclosure herein provides methods, systems, and devices for a sterile ophthalmic surgical drape system that can provide a sterile operating field for use by a doctor, surgeon, nurse, and the like during ophthalmic medical procedures. The sterile field created by the drape system can allow a doctor, surgeon, nurse and the like to perform a medical procedure, such as ophthalmic surgery, outside of an operating room and in locations such as a doctor's office or a military operating room war setting. The sterile ophthalmic surgical drape system can comprise a drape, a frame apparatus, a hole of sufficient size for a microscope, a fan, a filter, air directors, and slits. The drape system can comprise a collapsible frame apparatus. The drape system may be configured to be used in conjunction with a surgical tray that houses pre-sterilized tools for use in a medical procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Alcon Pharmaceuticals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ralph Kerns, Mark Humayun, Matthew T. McCormick
  • Patent number: 10266035
    Abstract: A vehicle air-conditioner has a casing, a first heat exchanger, and a second heat exchanger. The casing forms an air passage through which air flows toward inside of a vehicle cabin. The first heat exchanger is housed in the casing and performs a sensible heat exchange between the air flowing in the air passage and a heating medium. The second heat exchanger is housed in the casing and performs a sensible heat exchange between the heating medium and air that has exchanged sensible heat in the first heat exchanger. The first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger respectively have a plurality of tubes through which the heating medium flows. A longitudinal direction of the plurality of tubes of the first heat exchanger and a longitudinal direction of the plurality of tubes of the second heat exchanger are the same direction as each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiki Katoh, Kazutoshi Kuwayama, Masamichi Makihara, Norihiko Enomoto, Kengo Sugimura
  • Patent number: 10180379
    Abstract: An environmental chamber includes an enclosure having opposed walls each wall having an aperture of size to receive a test specimen support therethrough. The apertures are aligned with each other along on a reference axis. A forced air source is configured to supply forced air in a direction to intersect with the reference axis within the enclosure. A diverter is positioned between the forced air source and the reference axis. The diverter is configured to receive the forced air and control the air flow past different portions of the reference axis. The environmental chamber is used with a load frame having test specimen supports extending into the opposed apertures. A method of directing more force air at the test specimen supports than at at least a portion of the test specimen to maintain a selected temperature gradient in the test specimen is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: MTS Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Byron John Saari, Paul Eric Meybaum
  • Patent number: 9738239
    Abstract: A trim assembly having a trim element and an air vent designed to be supplied with air. The trim element includes a first face designed to be oriented toward a user, a second face opposite the first face, and an edge extending between the first face and the second face. The air vent is positioned to generate a jet of air flowing along the second face toward the edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Faurecia Interieur Industrie
    Inventors: Godefroy Beau, Jean-François Oeuvrard
  • Patent number: 9706677
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a chassis having walls defining an interior cavity within the chassis and a bottom wall defining a backplane on which one or more processors are physically connected. At least one first storage device is connected to the chassis and communicatively coupled to the processor from another location within the chassis. A supplemental storage tray is provided having perimeter plates defining a bay within the supplemental storage tray for receiving a supplemental storage device that is communicatively coupled to the processor and provides additional storage capacity to the information handling system. The supplemental storage tray is physically located above the processor and in a different location from the first storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Zachary A. Cravens, Karl Isaac Hamand
  • Patent number: 9423839
    Abstract: A plugboard heat dissipation system is provided. The system may include a plugboard, an enclosure, and an air supply apparatus that provides an air source for heat dissipation, a length of a first board edge on the plugboard is greater than a length of a second board edge, an output port is disposed on the first board edge, a spatial position of the second board edge is corresponding to that of the first board edge, a connecting part connected to another plugboard orthogonal to the plugboard is disposed, the output port is output out of an enclosure using a first end face of the enclosure, the connecting part is output out of the enclosure using a second end face of the enclosure. In the system, when space in which the plugboard is located is limited, the number of ports on the plugboard can be expanded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mingliang Hao, Yuan Dong, Mingxin Feng
  • Patent number: 9151250
    Abstract: Disclosed is a simplified system of cooling an exhaust from an internal combustion engine by drawing ambient air through a heat exchanger which comprises a venturi in the exhaust circuit to drive said cooling medium therethrough. The disclosed device could also be used in the cooling of other media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Inventor: Donald B. Scoggins
  • Patent number: 9033080
    Abstract: A debris passage for a cooling box of a work vehicle. Airflow is provided into the cooling box from the exterior environment. A plurality of heat exchangers transfer heat into the airflow. The debris passage is defined between opposing heat exchangers to permit debris to pass from the airflow to the exterior of the cooling box. In one embodiment, the debris passage is underneath an air mover and is substantially vertical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: ACO Corporation
    Inventors: Rex Schertz, Stanley R. Clark, Mark D. Walton
  • Patent number: 8905008
    Abstract: The invention relates to a gas supply module (20) for an engine, comprising a heat exchanger (22) capable of cooling gases for the intake thereof in an intake space of a cylinder head of the engine, and a gas supply valve (24) capable of directing said gases toward the intake space of said cylinder head and/or through said heat exchanger (22), said module (20) further comprising an interface element (26) closing said intake space of said cylinder head. According to the invention, said interface element (26) and said valve (24) are shaped such that said valve (24) can be attached to said cylinder head via at least a first attachment means extending through at least the interface element (26). The invention also relates to an assembly of an engine cylinder head and such a module, and to a motor vehicle engine comprising such an assembly. The invention can particularly be used in the field of motor vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Valeo Systems Thermiques
    Inventor: Samuel Leroux
  • Patent number: 8760862
    Abstract: A portable electronic device, which including a casing, a circuit board, a fan and a heat dissipating device, is disclosed. The circuit board is disposed in the casing and includes at least one electronic component thereon. The fan is disposed in the casing. The heat dissipating device is disposed in the casing and near the side of an air outlet of the fan. Gaps formed between the outer surfaces of the heat dissipating device and the inner surfaces of the casing as air flow channels. The portable electronic device isolates heat conducted to the casing of the portable electronic device via the gaps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Asustek Computer Inc.
    Inventor: Cheng-Yu Wang
  • Patent number: 8743537
    Abstract: An airflow adjustment device is disclosed. The airflow adjustment device is used for a blade server provided for plugging in an interface card, and the interface card includes a bracket. The airflow adjustment device is installed in the blade server, and the airflow adjustment device includes a top cover, a plurality of sidewalls, a bracket plate, and at least one deflector. The bracket plate is used for sheltering the bracket, and air enters the blade server through the at least one deflector and at least one gap area formed by the bracket plate and at least one of the plurality of sidewalls whereby the flow resistance of the blade server is not affected by the type of the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Wen-Hsiung Yang, Wei-Chung Hsiao, Shih-Huai Cho, Ming-Chang Wu
  • Patent number: 8717761
    Abstract: A high-voltage apparatus includes a battery device, a high-voltage control device, a housing, and a cooling structure. The cooling structure includes a first cooling channel to cool the battery device, a second cooling channel to cool the high-voltage control device, a connection channel connecting the first cooling channel to the second cooling channel, and a ventilator. The connection channel has a first opening portion connected to the first cooling channel, a second opening portion connected to the second cooling channel, and an inner flow path to communicate the first opening portion to the second opening portion. A sectional area of the first opening portion and a sectional area of the second opening portion are each set to be smaller than a sectional area of the inner flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kengo Aoki, Kanae Ohkuma
  • Patent number: 8590650
    Abstract: A cooling package assembly for a work vehicle. A plurality of heat exchangers cooperate with one another to define an interior of a cooling box. Single pass airflow is pushed across the heat exchangers. In one embodiment, the heat exchangers cooperate with one another to define a v-shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventors: Rex Schertz, Stanley R. Clark, Mark D. Walton
  • Publication number: 20130255915
    Abstract: A heat transferring apparatus may employ a heat exchanger with a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet and be coupled to a power exchange unit, which employs a driving fan fluid inlet, a series of inner fan blades to receive the fluid from the driving fan fluid inlet, and a rotable driving fan unit. The inner fan blades are attached to the rotable driving fan unit along with driving magnets. A rotatable driven fan unit has numerous outer fan blades and a series of imbedded driven magnets. The fluid drives the inner fan blades and flows into the heat exchanger. The outer fan blades force air through the heat exchanger and cools the fluid. A power transfer wall located between the inner magnets and the outer magnets transfers magnetic fields from the inner magnets to the outer magnets to impart rotation in the driven fan unit and outer fan blades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: DENSO International America, Inc.
    Inventor: Patrick Powell
  • Patent number: 8547693
    Abstract: A mounting apparatus includes a first bracket and a second bracket. Two guides are located on the first bracket. A locking block is located on the first bracket between the two guides. The second bracket receives a first fan. Two sliding portions are located on the second bracket and engaged with the two guides. A latch is resiliently deformable and located on the second bracket between the two sliding portions. A plurality of receiving holes is defined in the latch. The second bracket is slidable between the two guides relative to the first bracket. The locking block is can engage in the plurality of receiving holes to secure the first bracket to the second bracket in a plurality of positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yun-Lung Chen, Da-Long Sun, Jun-Pu Li
  • Patent number: 8451606
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a chassis for housing an electronic unit; and a hold member capable of holding to a fan unit blowing air toward the electronic unit and attachable to and detachable from a plurality of positions of the chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Masayoshi Hirano, Eiji Makabe, Takashi Imamoto
  • Patent number: 8427827
    Abstract: A cooling apparatus comprising an impeller, a housing that encloses the impeller, an inlet opening formed between the hosing and impeller and a projection formed on the housing that extends from the housing towards the impeller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Takuroh Kamimura
  • Patent number: 8411431
    Abstract: An exemplary electronic device includes a cover, a motherboard and a driving module both disposed at an inner side of the cover, an electronic component fixed on the motherboard, and a fan duct mounted on the motherboard and covering the electronic component. The driving module has a rotating shaft for supportively driving an optical disk rotating. The fan duct guides hot air therein toward the driving module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji-Feng Qiu, Hong Li, Xiao-Hui Zhou, Hai-Tao Wang
  • Patent number: 8405987
    Abstract: A cooling system includes a fan and an air conducting cover. The air conducting cover includes a first airflow channel and an opposite second airflow channel. The first airflow channel includes a first air inlet and an opposite first air outlet, the second airflow channel includes a second air inlet and an opposite second air outlet. The first air inlet and the second air inlet are both aligned with the fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu-Chia Lai
  • Patent number: 8379388
    Abstract: A server including a rack, at least one chassis, a plurality of electronic modules, and a cable module is provided. The rack has an opening. The chassis is movably disposed in the rack along a first axis, and moves in and out the rack through the opening. The electronic modules are vertically and detachably disposed in the chassis. A plurality of channels parallel to a second axis and each of the channels is disposed between two adjacent electronic modules, and the first axis is perpendicular to the second axis. The cable module is disposed at a side of the chassis. The cable module is connected to at least one of the electronic modules. When the chassis is moved out from the rack, the electronic module connected to the cable module is next to the opening of the rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Inventec Corporation
    Inventors: Yi-Hsuan Chen, Chi-Hua Yeh, De-Yang Wu, Ting-Kai Chen, Chin-Yuan Li, Chih-Han Kuo
  • Patent number: 8363401
    Abstract: An air guiding device is mounted on a main board. The air guiding device and the main board cooperatively form an air passage therebetween for allowing cooling air to pass therethrough. The air passage includes an inlet at a first end of the air guiding device, a first outlet at an opposite second end of the air guiding device, and a second outlet. The air guiding device includes a top wall, two sidewalls, and a shielding assembly. The top wall includes the second outlet therein at an intermediate portion thereof. The second outlet opens toward the second end. The sidewalls extend downwardly from opposite sides of the top wall. The shielding assembly is positioned on the top wall for regulating a size of the second outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu-Chia Lai
  • Patent number: 8363400
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a mechanism, a circuit module and a fixing element. The circuit module is disposed inside the mechanism. The circuit module includes a circuit board and a fan. The circuit board has at least one edge and a fixing hole. The fan has a first lateral side and a second lateral side. The first lateral side has a first hook buckled on the edge. The second lateral side has at least one screwed board, wherein the screwed board has a screwed hole. The fixing element is screwed on the screwed hole and the fixing hole to screw the fan on the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Inventec Corporation
    Inventors: Feng-Ku Wang, Chih-Kai Yang
  • Patent number: 8315052
    Abstract: A server cabinet adapted for receiving servers therein includes a top plate, a bottom plate opposite to the top plate, a left side plate and a right side plate connecting with the top and bottom plates respectively, and a front side plate disposed between the top and bottom plates. The front side plate defines through holes therein. A total area of the through holes in an upper half portion of the front side plate is different from a total area of the through holes in a lower half portion of the front side plate. The front side plate is rotatable in a plane defined by the front side plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hung-Chou Chan, Zhen-Xing Ye, Xian-Guang Tan
  • Patent number: 8233274
    Abstract: A computer chassis cooling sidecar for cooling one or more computers in a chassis of computers in a data center, the sidecar including an air intake chamber and a chassis delivery chamber, the air intake chamber having a first opening at a bottom end for receiving air from beneath the data center through perforated tiles in the floor of the data center located on the side of the computer chassis, the air intake chamber having at the top end a directional vane shaped to direct airflow from the side of the chassis to a chassis delivery chamber; wherein the chassis delivery chamber resides in front or back of the chassis and has an opening to receive air from the air intake chamber and an opening to deliver the received air to the front or back of the computer chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew R. Archibald, Jerrod K. Buterbaugh
  • Patent number: 8091376
    Abstract: A bent coil used in a ducted heating and cooling unit improves heat exchange. The bent coil increases the overall surface area of the coil for a given duct volume. Openings in a separation wall focus an air flow from fans towards the bent coil. Fins direct the air through the bent coil, and a net removes turbulence from the air flow prior to moving through the bent coil. The bent coil discharges air both longitudinally and laterally, eliminating the need for any additional ducting downstream from the bent coil to divert air toward the sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Carlambrogio Bianchi, Massimiliano Tonin, Davide Baio
  • Publication number: 20100218920
    Abstract: A cooling system that has a fan having a plurality of fan blades disposed in a housing, with the fan having an input side and an exhaust side. A flow divider component may be disposed parallel to an axial center of the fan and positioned adjacent to the housing of the fan, and adjacent to one of the input side or the exhaust side. The flow divider may further project away from the fan blades for channeling an air flow created by the fan blades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: EMERSON NETWORK POWER - EMBEDDED COMPUTING, INC.
    Inventors: Pasi Jukka Vaananen, Stephen A. Hauser, George Paul Zemke
  • Patent number: 7752862
    Abstract: An indoor unit of an air conditioner is provided. The indoor unit has an improved airflow structure, for a rapid air conditioning of the room, a user's convenience, and an efficiency of the air conditioner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Jae Buem Bae
  • Patent number: 7684187
    Abstract: A heat dissipation device includes a vapor chamber, a heat dissipating fins assembly, a cover and a fan. The vapor chamber is configured to a bent shape. The heat dissipating fins assembly is adhered to a partial surface of the vapor chamber. The cover is connected to the vapor camber. A flow passage is defined between the vapor chamber and the cover. The heat dissipating fins assembly is positioned in the flow passage. The cover defines an opening communicating to the flow passage. The fan is arranged facing to the opening of the cover and other partial surface of the vapor chamber. Therefore, the heat dissipating efficiency can be greatly improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Celsia Technologies Taiwan, Inc.
    Inventors: George Anthony Meyer, IV, Chien-Hung Sun
  • Patent number: 7623346
    Abstract: 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 cooled. A second electronic component is mounted on a printed wiring board at a position remoter from the air inlet than the position of the first electronic component. An air intake opening is formed in the enclosure. The air intake opening is defined at a section of the enclosure opposed to the printed wiring board at least between the first and second electronic components. Airflow is introduced toward the second electronic component through the air intake opening. The second electronic opening is thus sufficiently cooled. In this manner, the first and second electronic components are cooled equally to the utmost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Fujiya, Hideki Kimura
  • Publication number: 20090114377
    Abstract: A centrifugal blower is arranged in the casing so as to extend its axis of rotation along the depth direction of an air conditioner. A pair of heat exchangers are arranged on the right and left sides of the centrifugal fan so as to superimpose on the centrifugal fan when viewed from the direction perpendicularly intersecting the axis of rotation of the centrifugal fan. In other words, each heat exchanger is arranged symmetrically with respect to a vertical plane including the axis of rotation of the centrifugal fan. Accordingly, the centrifugal fan and the heat exchanger do not overlap in the depth direction of the air conditioner in the casing. Thus, the air conditioner can be made compact in the depth direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2005
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Zhiming Zheng, Hyunyoung Kim, Shun Yoshioka, Hirokazu Fujino
  • Patent number: 7497250
    Abstract: A more efficient heat exchanger with walls of heat exchanger coils oriented at compound angles with respect to its associated heat exchanger fan. The bottom edge of each heat exchanger coil wall is oriented at an angle of between approximately 35 and 85 degrees to the fan, and each heat exchanger coil is tilted inward at an angle of between approximately 35 and 85 degrees relative to a plane connecting the two bottom edges of the heat exchanger coil wall. One or multiple coils can be provided in each heat exchanger coil wall and an optional top heat exchanger coil can be added to the top of the heat exchanger. The front of the heat exchanger, which is normally pointed for forced draft units, is replaced with a triangular shaped plate and a modified trapezoidal shaped base for induced draft units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: Tri-X-Flo, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Randall L. Coy, Joe E. Sumter, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20080295992
    Abstract: An air conditioning apparatus has a blower, a unit case, a cooling heat exchanger and a heating heat exchanger. The heat exchangers are disposed in the unit case such that ends thereof are adjacent to the blower. The unit case has a side opening on its side wall and a tubular part between the end of the heating heat exchanger and a casing of the blower. The tubular part has a communication portion for allowing communication between a hollow space provided therein and a space downstream of the second heat exchanger. The unit case has a passage opening at an end of the tubular part and adjacent to the side opening for allowing the air introduced in the hollow space to flow out from the hollow space. Further, a door is provided in the unit case to open and close the side opening and the communication portion simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomohide Shindoh
  • Patent number: 7443675
    Abstract: A heat pipe includes a heat receiving section, a heat transfer section, and a heat dissipation section. A groove structure is formed inside the heat pipe and extends from the heat receiving section to the heat dissipation section. The groove structure includes at least an axially-extending parallel portion and a non-axially-extending parallel portion. The axially-extending parallel portion includes a plurality of internal groove segments extending parallel in an axial direction of the heat pipe and the non-axially-extending parallel portion includes a plurality of groove segments extending from the axially-extending parallel groove segments in a parallel manner in a direction different from the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Mitac Technology Corp.
    Inventor: Wei Chung Hsiao
  • Patent number: 7403383
    Abstract: 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 end of the blank base. A contacts channel is defined by the blank base and the connector engagement members and extends between the opposing ends of the blank base. The IHS cooling apparatus may be secured in an IHS connector in order to direct airflow over memory devices secured in adjacent IHS connectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Matthew Stanley McGuff, Sabrina D. Cauthern
  • Patent number: 7391618
    Abstract: 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 cooled. A second electronic component is mounted on a printed wiring board at a position remoter from the air inlet than the position of the first electronic component. An air intake opening is formed in the enclosure. The air intake opening is defined at a section of the enclosure opposed to the printed wiring board at least between the first and second electronic components. Airflow is introduced toward the second electronic component through the air intake opening. The second electronic opening is thus sufficiently cooled. In this manner, the first and second electronic components are cooled equally to the utmost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Fujiya, Hideki Kimura
  • Patent number: 7363963
    Abstract: A heat dissipation device for electronic devices on a substrate comprises a base contacting one of the electronic devices for absorbing heat therefrom. A plurality of fins arranged on the base for dissipating heat. A plurality of airflow channels is defined between the fins, and each channel defines an intake and an outlet. A fan is located adjacent to the intakes and provides airflow entering the channels through the intakes and leaving the channels through the outlets. A first guiding member is located adjacent to the outlets. The airflow out of the outlets is guided, by the first guiding member, to be deflected towards the substrate for cooling other electronic devices neighboring the one contacting with the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignees: Fu Zhun Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Wang, Tsung-Lung Lee, Li He
  • Patent number: 7221567
    Abstract: A heat sink fan of the present invention includes a heat sink and an axial flow fan, and the axial flow fan includes a motor, an impeller and a housing. An outer wall surface of a cylindrical portion of the housing is formed with an arm which engages with the heat sink and fixes the housing and the heat sink. The arm is provided with a lead wire retaining hook. A interspace is formed between the lead wire retaining hook and the arm, and the lead wire is detachably held in the interspace. The packing or transportation operation is enhanced, and convenience of mounting operation of the lead wire to electronic equipment is enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: Nidec Corporation
    Inventors: Takaya Otsuki, Masahiro Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 6903930
    Abstract: A system and a method for using parallel heat exchangers to disperse heat from a mobile computing system are disclosed. In one possible embodiment, multiple heat exchangers are thermally coupled to a thermal attach platform. Multiple remote heat exchangers may be thermally coupled to the thermal attach platform using a heat pipe for each remote heat exchanger or a single heat pipe for all the remote heat exchangers. In one embodiment, the thermal attach platform may be a copper block or a heat pipe chamber. An air circulation unit may be coupled adjacent to each remote heat exchanger. Direct attachment heat exchangers may be directly attached to the thermal attach platform. An air circulation unit, such as a fan, may be coupled adjacent to the direct attachment heat exchanger, either vertically or horizontally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Eric DiStefano, Ravi S. Prasher, Himanshu Pokharna
  • Patent number: 6879487
    Abstract: A fan-securing device secures a fan to a heat transfer device that allows for the rapid removal of the fan without disturbing the remainder of the heat transfer device. The fan-securing device includes a base, a fastener for securing the body base to the heat transfer device, and compression tabs for securing the fan to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Glenn C. Simon, Vella Srinivas, Angela Minichiello, Brad Clements, Christopher Paul Lucas
  • Patent number: 6819564
    Abstract: A heat dissipation module. The heat dissipation module comprises a cover, a fan, a base and a plurality of fin assemblies. The fan is disposed on the cover. The base is disposed underneath the fan and has a protruding portion. The protruding portion has two slant surfaces and a top end. The protruding portion gradually tapers toward the fan. The plurality of fin assemblies are disposed on the slant surfaces of the protruding portion of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: Asustek Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Chao-Tsai Chung, Cheng-Chen Cheng, Po-Yao Lin
  • Patent number: 6781833
    Abstract: A heat dissipation connector capable of dissipating heat from electric appliances in relative close proximity, such as a personal computer and possesses one or more USB ports for connecting to other electrical appliances. Specifically, the present invention is provided with at least two USB ports. One USB port is capable of receiving electrical power supplied from a USB port of a connected electric appliance such as a personal computer for driving built-in fans of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Inventor: Wen-Hua Lu
  • Patent number: 6735079
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a venting apparatus for a computer. The apparatus includes a chassis plate and a venting plate. The chassis plate has a first hole and a second hole. The venting plate has a plurality of venting apertures. The venting plate is selectively disposed over the first hole and the second hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventor: I-Huei Huang
  • Patent number: 6654245
    Abstract: A CPU cooler is provided for effectively cooling, for example, a CPU chip mounted in a notebook-sized personal computer. An aluminum die casting is equipped with a right portion for covering a CPU package, and a left portion which is coplanar with the right portion and continuous to the right portion, thus forming a fan disposing space. A flat heat pipe is mounted on a bottom surface of the right and left portions and extends linearly. A copper plate is equipped with a first horizontal plate portion for covering the bottom surface of the right portion and the flat heat pipe, and a second horizontal plate portion which faces a second top surface in a height direction and defines the bottom side of a fan disposing space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Kawashima, Yohichi Matsui, Mitsuo Horiuchi
  • Patent number: 6650541
    Abstract: A fan-securing device secures a fan to a heat transfer device that allows for the rapid removal of the fan without disturbing the remainder of the heat transfer device. The fan-securing device includes a base, a fastener for securing the body base to the heat transfer device, and compression tabs for securing the fan to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Glenn C. Simon, Vella Srinivas, Angela Minichiello, Brad Clements, Christopher Paul Lucas