Patents by Inventor Trevor EDMONDS

Trevor EDMONDS 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).

  • Electronic device with cooling fan
    Patent number: 10375853
    Abstract: In an exemplary electronic device with a cooling fan, a fan assembly is attached to a keyboard assembly of the electronic device. The fan assembly includes an impeller at least partially inside a fan enclosure. The fan enclosure has, on a surface, an inlet opening and an external protrusion. The electronic device further includes a bottom case. The fan assembly is positioned between the keyboard assembly and the bottom case and oriented such that the inlet opening and the external protrusion face the bottom case. The external protrusion maintains a passage between the fan enclosure and the bottom case that allows air to enter the inlet opening and also resists interference between the rotating impeller and the stationary bottom case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony J. Aiello, Jonathan L. Berk, Karen Cheng, Jesse T. Dybenko, Trevor Edmonds, Kwonil D. Fleischman, Richard A. Herms, Eric A. Knopf, Arash Naghib Lahouti, Brad L. Patton
  • ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH COOLING FAN
    Publication number: 20180070472
    Abstract: In an exemplary electronic device with a cooling fan, a fan assembly is attached to a keyboard assembly of the electronic device. The fan assembly includes an impeller at least partially inside a fan enclosure. The fan enclosure has, on a surface, an inlet opening and an external protrusion. The electronic device further includes a bottom case. The fan assembly is positioned between the keyboard assembly and the bottom case and oriented such that the inlet opening and the external protrusion face the bottom case. The external protrusion maintains a passage between the fan enclosure and the bottom case that allows air to enter the inlet opening and also resists interference between the rotating impeller and the stationary bottom case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Anthony J. AIELLO, Jonathan L. BERK, Karen CHENG, Jesse T. DYBENKO, Trevor EDMONDS, Kwonil D. FLEISCHMAN, Richard A. HERMS, Eric A. KNOPF, Arash NAGHIB LAHOUTI, Brad L. PATTON