Apparatus for flame containment in electronic devices
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsErick J. Tuttle, Samuel Martin Babb, Kristina Lynn Mann
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Abstract
An apparatus for flame containment in electronic devices is provided. One embodiment comprises an apparatus for preventing flames from exiting an electronic device via at least one air vent structure of the electronic device. The apparatus comprises a frame and a plurality of louvers coupled to the frame, the plurality of louvers being oriented so as to prevent flames from exiting the electronic device via the at least one air vent structure when the apparatus is situated adjacent to the at least one air vent structure.
Claims30
An apparatus for preventing flames from exiting an electronic device via at least one air vent structure of said electronic device, said apparatus comprising:
- a frame;
- and
- a plurality of louvers coupled to said frame, said plurality of louvers being oriented so as to prevent said flames from exiting said electronic device via said at least one air vent structure when said apparatus is situated adjacent to said at least one air vent structure.
An electronic device comprising
- an air vent structure;
- and
- a flame containment apparatus situated adjacent to said air vent structure, said flame containment apparatus comprising a plurality of louvers coupled to a frame, said plurality of louvers being oriented so as to prevent flames from exiting said electronic device via said air vent structure.
A power supply for use in an electronic device, said power supply comprising:
- an air vent structure;
- and
- a flame containment apparatus operable to prevent flames from exiting said power supply via said air vent structure, said flame containment apparatus being disposed within said housing adjacent to said air vent structure.
A system for flame containment for an electronic device, said system comprising:
- at least one flame containment apparatus, wherein ones of said at least one flame containment apparatus are situated adjacent to at least one air vent structure of said electronic device;
- wherein each of said at least one flame containment apparatus comprises a plurality of louvers coupled to a frame, said plurality of louvers being oriented so as to prevent flames from exiting said electronic device via ones of said at least one air vent structure adjacent to said flame containment apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.