Patents Assigned to Inclose Design, Inc.
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Patent number: 6676505Abstract: A hard disk drive docking adapter includes a rack and a slide with fans, a hinged door, a door-mounted air filter, and a hinged air filter cover. The door locks the slide to the rack and the air filter cover hinges to hold the air filter the door. The hinges of the cover oppose the hinges of the door to prevent the door from opening when the cover is removed for air filter replacement.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2001Date of Patent: January 13, 2004Assignee: Inclose Design, Inc.Inventor: Sunny Behl
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Patent number: 6628518Abstract: A rack for receiving a memory storage device carrier having a periphery to blow air through the opening. The rack has a backplane, a first lateral rail and a second lateral rail for mounting a memory storage device extending perpendicularly from the backplane. At least one rail has a periphery defining an opening with a fan mounted with respect to the opening to blow air through the opening.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2001Date of Patent: September 30, 2003Assignee: InClose Design, Inc.Inventors: Sunny Behl, Chris Erwin
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Patent number: 6565163Abstract: A docking adapter for reliably inserting and removing a memory storage device from a memory storage device bay includes a rack and a removable carrier. The rack has a pair of lateral rails for holding the carrier. The carrier slidably engages the rails to enable the carrier to slide into the rack. The carrier is adapted for holding a hard disk drive. The carrier has a face with cooling fans, a cantilever mounted on the face for engaging the rack and a cover with a cam. The cover is hinged to the face. The cover rotates from a closed position where the cover parallels the face to an open position where the cover opens, pressing the cam against the cantilever against the rack to smoothly extract the carrier from the rack.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2000Date of Patent: May 20, 2003Assignee: Inclose Design, Inc.Inventors: Sunny Behl, Chris Erwin
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Patent number: 6473297Abstract: A docking adapter capable of cooling a memory storage device such as a hard disk drive includes a carrier and a rack. The carrier has a face with a vent, a backplane, a first lateral side and second lateral side extending perpendicularly from the face to the backplane. At least one lateral side of the carrier has a periphery defining an opening. The rack has a first lateral rail and a second lateral rail configured for receiving the carrier. The carrier includes a fan mounted on the lateral rail of the rack to blow air through the opening of the carrier. In an alternate embodiment of the invention, the fan is mounted on the carrier and the rack has a lateral opening. In each case, air is vented directly from the carrier to cool the hard disk drive.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 1999Date of Patent: October 29, 2002Assignee: Inclose Design, Inc.Inventors: Sunny Behl, Chris Erwin
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Patent number: 6319116Abstract: A hard disk drive docking adapter includes a rack and a slide with fans, a hinged door, a door-mounted air filter, and a hinged air filter cover. The door locks the slide to the rack and the air filter cover hinges to hold the air filter the door. The hinges of the cover oppose the hinges of the door to prevent the door from opening when the cover is removed for air filter replacement.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2000Date of Patent: November 20, 2001Assignee: Inclose Design, Inc.Inventor: Sunny Behl
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Patent number: 6297950Abstract: 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 deformation may result in captured dust and particulate matter dropping from the filter. The retainer of the present invention is specially configured for preventing filter deformation and dusty messes.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 1999Date of Patent: October 2, 2001Assignee: InClose Design, Inc.Inventor: Chris Erwin
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Patent number: 6193339Abstract: A docking adapter for reliably inserting and removing a memory storage device from a memory storage device bay includes a rack and a removable carrier. The rack has a pair of lateral rails for holding the carrier. The carrier slidably engages the rails to enable the carrier to slide into the rack. The carrier is adapted for holding a hard disk drive. The carrier has a face with cooling fans, a cantilever mounted on the face for engaging the rack and a cover with a cam. The cover is hinged to the face. The cover rotates from a closed position where the cover parallels the face to an open position where the cover opens, pressing the cam against the cantilever against the rack to smoothly extract the carrier from the rack.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 1999Date of Patent: February 27, 2001Assignee: Inclose Design, Inc.Inventors: Sunny Behl, Chris Erwin
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Patent number: 6185097Abstract: A memory storage device cooler includes a frame, a fan and a electromagnetic interference shield (EMI shield). The fan and the EMI shield attach to the frame. The frame mounts on a memory storage device so that during operation, the fan cools the memory storage device and the EMI shield shields electromagnetic interference. The EMI shield is made from a magnetically conductive material such as metal or a magnetically conductive polymer.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 1997Date of Patent: February 6, 2001Assignee: Inclose Design, Inc.Inventor: Sunny Behl
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Patent number: 6108195Abstract: A thin-profile display in combination with a desktop computer housing includes a computer housing having a top, a bottom and lateral sides. A post removeably attaches to the top. The top includes a corrugated portion to reinforce the top, supporting the post. The corrugated portion preferably, has fingers extending radially outward from the post. The post folds with respect to the top and is adjustable in length. A thin-profile display adjustably attached to the post. The display includes a LCD screen having a profile thickness "t" of less than four inches.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 1998Date of Patent: August 22, 2000Assignee: Inclose Design, Inc.Inventors: Sunny Behl, Chris Erwin
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Patent number: 6104607Abstract: A card has a fan for cooling an electrical device such as a portable computer having a card slot. According to one embodiment, the card has a generally uniform thickness to enable the card to fully insert into the portable computer. According to another embodiment, the card has a fan cover, a filter and a grill which rotatably attaches to the fan cover to removeably hold the filter.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 1997Date of Patent: August 15, 2000Assignee: Inclose Design, Inc.Inventor: Sunny Behl
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Patent number: 5886639Abstract: A memory storage device housing including a memory storage mounting kit with a memory storage device cooler. The housing also has a memory storage device bay. The mounting kit includes a pair of rails, a frame which interconnects the rails and a fan mounted on the frame. The rails mount a memory storage device such as a hard disk drive within the bay. The fan attaches to the frame and draws air through the bay to cool the memory storage device.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 1997Date of Patent: March 23, 1999Assignee: Inclose Design, Inc.Inventors: Sunny Behl, Jack Friedman
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Patent number: 5862037Abstract: A PCMCIA PC card powers a fan for cooling a portable computer. The card having a first end, a second end, and defines an air conduit between the ends. A fan attaches to the first end for blowing air towards the second end and into a portable computer. A PC card connector attaches to the second end for attaching the PC card to the PC slot of the computer and for powering the fan. The card includes a fin in the air conduit for directing air from the fan to past the PC card connector.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 1997Date of Patent: January 19, 1999Assignee: Inclose Design, Inc.Inventor: Sunny Behl