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US 10,948,953 B2Granted
Optimized vent walls in electronic devices
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsBrett W. Degner, Bartley K. Andre, Jeremy D. Bataillou, Jay S. Nigen, Christiaan A. Ligtenberg, Ron A. Hopkinson, Charles A. Schwalbach, Matthew P. Casebolt, Nicholas A. Rundle, Frank F. Liang
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Abstract
The disclosed embodiments related to a component for use in a portable electronic device. The component includes a wall of the portable electronic device, containing an intake zone that includes a set of intake vents. The wall also includes an exhaust zone containing a set of exhaust vents.
Claims16
A portable electronic device, comprising:
- a fan disposed within the portable electronic device;
- a bottom case extending about the fan, the bottom case having a wall characterized by:
- a first set of vents defined in the wall of the bottom case,
- a second set of vents defined in the wall of the bottom case proximate the fan and adjacent the first set of vents;
- a housing comprising a clutch barrel rotatable with respect to the bottom case and positioned proximate the second set of vents, wherein the clutch barrel defines a flow path from the second set of vents about the clutch barrel;
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- a top case coupled with the bottom case and providing:
- a first positional alignment of the housing with the bottom case in which the housing is in closed contact with the top case, and
- a second positional alignment of the housing with the bottom case in which the housing is separated from the top case, wherein, when in the second positional alignment, the clutch barrel defines a plurality of flow paths.
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A portable electronic device, comprising:
- a top case;
- a bottom case coupled with the top case to define an internal volume;
- a fan disposed in the bottom case, wherein the bottom case includes a wall characterized by:
- a first set of vents defined in the wall of the bottom case,
- two second sets of vents defined in the wall of the bottom case proximate the fan, wherein the first set of vents is located between the two second sets of vents;
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- a housing comprising a clutch barrel rotatable with respect to the bottom case and positioned proximate the second set of vents, wherein the clutch barrel at least partially extends about a hinge rotatably coupling the housing with the bottom case, wherein the hinge provides a first positional alignment of the housing with the bottom case in which the housing is in closed contact with the top case, and wherein, when in the first positional alignment, the clutch barrel defines a single flow path from the two second sets of vents.
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A portable electronic device, comprising:
- a housing comprising a rotatable display and a clutch barrel defining airflow paths from the portable electronic device;
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- a bottom case at least partially defining an internal volume of the portable electronic device in which a fan is disposed, wherein the internal volume houses a heat generating component, and wherein the bottom case includes a wall characterized by:
- a first set of vents defined in the wall of the bottom case, and
- two second set of vents defined in the wall of the bottom case and defined at an angle within the wall of the bottom case, wherein the first set of vents is located between the two second sets of vents, and wherein a first positional alignment of the housing with the bottom case includes the housing in closed contact with a top case, and wherein, when in the first positional alignment, the clutch barrel defines a single flow path from the two second sets of vents.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.