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US 7,023,697 B2Granted
Actuation membrane for application to a card slot of a system
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsHimanshu Pokharna, Eric DiStefano
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Abstract
An apparatus including an actuation membrane unit to generate air movement in a direction of a heat generating device to reduce an ambient temperature of the device.
Claims15
An apparatus, comprising:
- an actuation membrane unit having a membrane to oscillate in the range of 20–200 Hz to generate air movement in a direction of a card slot within an electronic device having the card slot,
- wherein the membrane is positioned on a perimeter of the card slot of the electronic device.
An apparatus comprising:
- a synthetic jet unit having a membrane to oscillate in the range of 20–200 Hz to generate air movement in a direction of a card slot within an electronic device having the card slot.
A system comprising:
- a card slot;
- an actuation membrane unit having a membrane to oscillate in the range of 20–200 Hz to generate air movement in a direction of the card slot with the system;
- and
- a graphics controller.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.