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US 2008/0156004 A1Published application
Central pressuring fan with bottom inlets for notebook cooling
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorMark MacDonald
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Abstract
A cooling system may include a fan which may be placed near the center of the system board. The fan may include bottom inlet and may draw air through an opening in the bottom skin of the computer system and may generate a positive pressure within the computer system. Exhaust vents may be positioned at the periphery.
Claims21
A method, comprising:
- cooling electronic components on a system board included in an enclosure using a fan positioned near center of the system board, wherein the fan is to have a bottom inlet to draw air exclusively from underneath the fan via a bottom vent opening of the enclosure.
A system, comprising:
- a heat exchanger coupled to a processor;
- and
- a bottom inlet fan coupled to the heat exchanger and the processor, wherein the fan is capable of generating two or more air flow paths in different directions and to draw air from the bottom inlet to cool the heat exchanger and the processor, wherein the heat exchanger, the processor and the fan are positioned on a system board included in an enclosure.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a fan with a bottom inlet and two or more outlets;
- and
- a heat exchanger coupled to the fan and to a component capable of generating heat, wherein the fan is to cool the heat exchanger and the component by drawing air into the bottom inlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.