Passive cooling element

- Cisco Technology, Inc.
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Description

FIG. 1 is a top perspective of a first embodiment for a passive cooling element in accord with the present disclosure; in FIG. 1 phantom lines indicating portions not specifically forming part of the claimed embodiment and solid lines indicating surfaces of a heat dissipating member;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view of the passive cooling element of FIG. 1, an opposite bottom view being devoid of ornamentation;

FIG. 3 is a first side perspective view of the passive cooling element of FIG. 1; a second, opposite, view being substantially a mirror image;

FIG. 4 is a top elevational view of the passive cooling element of FIG. 1; and

FIG. 5 is a bottom elevational view of the passive cooling element of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a bottom elevational view of a second embodiment of the passive cooling element of FIG. 1 illustrating a straight outward-edged fin;

FIG. 7 is a bottom elevational view of a third embodiment of the passive cooling element of FIG. 1 illustrating a rectangular fin interruption;.

FIG. 8 is a bottom elevational view of a fourth embodiment of the passive cooling element of FIG. 1 illustrating a straight side-edged fin; and,

FIG. 9 is a bottom elevational view of a fifth embodiment of the passive cooling element of FIG. 1 illustrating additional fin interruptions.

The broken lines defining portions of the passive cooling element are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for a passive cooling element, as shown and described.

Referenced Cited
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Patent History
Patent number: D638376
Type: Grant
Filed: Aug 6, 2010
Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (San Jose, CA)
Inventors: Gregory Lucius Herrmann (Decatur, GA), William George Mahoney (Suwanee, GA)
Primary Examiner: Selina Sikder
Attorney: Merchant & Gould, PC
Application Number: 29/367,422
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Heat Sink (D13/179)