H05K 7/20972
Forced ventilation
Official title: {Forced ventilation, e.g. on heat dissipaters coupled to components}
H05K7/20972 (Forced ventilation) appears on 420 US grants and 509 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H05K- Granted patents
- 420
- Published applications
- 509
- Assignees
- 157
- Inventors
- 813
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 3 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 | 4 |
| 2006 | 4 | 14 |
| 2007 | 4 | 17 |
| 2008 | 9 | 12 |
| 2009 | 8 | 24 |
| 2010 | 11 | 16 |
| 2011 | 13 | 28 |
| 2012 | 20 | 17 |
| 2013 | 13 | 15 |
| 2014 | 20 | 16 |
| 2015 | 14 | 17 |
| 2016 | 15 | 15 |
| 2017 | 14 | 13 |
| 2018 | 13 | 23 |
| 2019 | 35 | 27 |
| 2020 | 36 | 40 |
| 2021 | 29 | 39 |
| 2022 | 28 | 33 |
| 2023 | 27 | 34 |
| 2024 | 39 | 37 |
| 2025 | 37 | 41 |
| 2026 | 22 | 20 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Cross flow heat transfer apparatus6 Oct 2026US 12,757,363 B2Kuori Oy
- Display apparatus15 Sep 2026US 12,736,841 B2Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd.
- Display assemblies inducing turbulent flow1 Sep 2026US 12,724,302 B2Manufacturing Resources International, Inc.
- Display assemblies with support structures for electronic display layers25 Aug 2026US 12,717,387 B2Manufacturing Resources International, Inc.
- Biosensing system for a virtual reality (VR) headset with advanced heat dissipation18 Aug 2026US 12,710,647 B1Evolve To You Corporation
- Display assemblies with closed airflow pathways8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310022 A1Manufacturing Resources International, Inc.
- Field customizable airflow system for a communications box1 Oct 2026US 2026/0304719 A1Manufacturing Resources International, Inc.
- Fan unit for providing improved airflow within display assemblies24 Sep 2026US 2026/0293070 A1Manufacturing Resources International, Inc.
- Biosensing system for a virtual reality (vr) headset with advanced heat dissipation10 Sep 2026US 2026/0267138 A1Evolve To You Corporation
- Display device6 Aug 2026US 2026/0231661 A1LG Electronics Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Heat transfer system and method for electronic displays229US 5,991,153 ALacerta Enterprises, Inc. · 1999
- Air cooling for flat panel displays189US 5,869,919 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1999
- Thermal management for a thin environmentally-sealed LCD display enclosure179US 6,493,440 B2Gilbarco Inc. · 2002
- Plasma display device with heat dissipation channels143US 6,198,222 B1Acer Display Technology, Inc. · 2001
- Techniques and apparatus for controlling the temperature of a personal communication structure (PCS)143US 9,622,392 B1Civiq Smartscapes, LLC · 2017