Patents by Inventor Jay NIGEN

Jay NIGEN has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Thermal architecture
    Patent number: 9239598
    Abstract: The described embodiment relates generally to the field of thermal management. More specifically an apparatus for cooling a unibody computing device with obscured inlet and outlet vents is disclosed. Inlet vents are arranged on a bottom surface of the unibody computing device and then exhaust air is vented out from a rear surface of the computing device. The rear vents can be obscured by a stand designed to support the weight of the computing device. By venting exhaust air to either side of the support stand exhaust air can be prevented from being drawn back into the inlet vents, thereby avoiding an overheating condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Brett W. Degner, Douglas L. Heirich, Frank F. Liang, Jay Nigen
  • THERMAL ARCHITECTURE
    Publication number: 20130319638
    Abstract: The described embodiment relates generally to the field of thermal management. More specifically an apparatus for cooling a unibody computing device with obscured inlet and outlet vents is disclosed. Inlet vents are arranged on a bottom surface of the unibody computing device and then exhaust air is vented out from a rear surface of the computing device. The rear vents can be obscured by a stand designed to support the weight of the computing device. By venting exhaust air to either side of the support stand exhaust air can be prevented from being drawn back into the inlet vents, thereby avoiding an overheating condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Brett W. DEGNER, Douglas L. HEIRICH, Frank F. LIANG, Jay NIGEN