Enhanced heat exchange mechanism for wall plate devices
AssigneeKramer Electronics Ltd.
InventorsShlomi EFRATI, Gleb DANILENKO, Rani BEN YELID, Naftali BEN PAZ
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a wall plate device embeddable within a wall or other fixed medium, comprising: a housing comprising a rear cover optionally in the form of a box and a front panel; a suction opening placed at the frontage of said device; an exhaust opening placed at the frontage of said device; at least one PCB placed within said rear cover with input and output connectors; at least one electronic component connected to said PCB; a ventilation device configured to propel an air flow from said suction opening and to said exhaust opening, part of which passes adjacent to said electronic component.
Claims27
A wall plate device embeddable within a wall or other fixed medium, comprising:
- a housing comprising a rear cover optionally in the work of a box and a front panel;
- a suction opening placed at the frontage of said device;
- an exhaust opening placed at the frontage of said device;
- at least one PCB placed within said rear cover with input and output connectors;
- at least one electronic component connected to said PCB;
- a ventilation device configured to propel an air flow from said suction opening and to said exhaust opening, part of which passes adjacent to said electronic component.
A wall plate device embeddable within a wall or other fixed medium, comprising:
- a housing comprising a rear cover optionally in the form of a box and a front panel;
- an upper opening placed at the frontage of said device;
- a bottom opening placed at the frontage of said device;
- a middle opening placed at the frontage of said device and between said upper opening and bottom opening;
- at least one PCB placed within said rear cover with input and output connectors;
- at least one electronic component connected to said PCB;
- a heat sink engaging said electronic component;
- a fan facing the heat sink and configured to blow air directly on said heat sink;
- wherein said fan is configured to propel:
- a. a first air flow via said middle opening into said device, and on to the heat sink
- b. a second air flow from said heat sink to the upper opening;
- c. a third air flow from said heat sink to the bottom opening.
A method for removing heat from a wall plate device, comprising passing an air flow through a duct in said wall plate device comprising:
- passing an air flow through a suction opening at the frontage of said wall plate device to the interior of said wall plate device;
- directing said air flow such that a portion thereof passes near an electronic component;
- directing said air flow through an exhaust opening at the frontage of said wall plate device out of said wall plate device.
A wall plate device embeddable within a wall or other fixed medium, comprising:
- a housing comprising a rear cover, optionally in the form of a box and a front panel;
- a suction opening placed at the frontage of said device;
- an exhaust opening placed at the frontage of said device;
- at least one PCB placed within said rear cover with input and output connectors;
- at least one electronic component connected to said PCB;
- an SSCD placed adjacent to said electronic component;
- wherein said SSCD is configured to propel an air flow from said suction opening via said SSCD and out through said exhaust opening.
A method for removing heat from a wall plate device, comprising passing an air flow through a duct in said wall plate device comprising:
- passing an air flow through a suction opening at the frontage of said wall plate device to the interior of an SSCD;
- directing said air flow from the SSCD interior an exhaust opening at the frontage of said wall plate device out of said wall plate device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.