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US 8,009,426 B2Granted
Housing for protecting electronic components having vents
AssigneeComcast Cable Holdings, LLC
InventorsTy O. Ahmad-Taylor, Gregory Edelin
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Abstract
Settop box (STB) or other housing for use in protecting electronic components. The housing may include an interior portion for protecting the components. The housing may include feet on a bottom and side to facilitate stabilizing the STB in a vertical and horizontal position. The housing may include vents to facilitate air flow to the interior. The vents may be associated with blocking aspects to protect against blocking the vents.
Claims18
A device having features to facilitate operations associated with processing signals, the device comprising:
- a housing for protecting the features associated with processing the signals, the housing including an interior portion for receiving the features, the housing having a top and bottom with sides extending therebetween, wherein each of the top, bottom, and at least two of the sides includes vents with block prevention aspects to facilitate venting the interior portion of the housing and to protect against the vents becoming blocked,
- wherein at least a portion of the vents are undulated relative to other portions of the vents to provide a varying elevation to protect against blocking the undulated vents,
- wherein at least one of the sides having at least two feet includes the vents within a central side portion arced above an elevation of an outer rim extending around at least a portion of the central side portion such that the arced elevational difference between the vents and the outer rim protects against the vents becoming blocked, and wherein the at least two feet on the at least one of the sides extend outward of the arced vents to secure the device housing when vertically orientated.
A device comprising:
- a housing including an interior portion defined relative to a top and bottom with sides extending therebetween, wherein at least one of the top, bottom, and sides includes vents to facilitate venting the interior portion;
- feet on the bottom and the at least one of the sides, the feet being sufficient to offset the bottom and side when the feet are placed against surfaces so as to protect against blocking vents;
- and wherein the feet are sufficient to permit the device to operate while being horizontally or vertically orientated,
- wherein at least a portion of the vents are undulated relative to other portions of the vents in order to provide a varying elevation so as to protect against blocking the undulated vents,
- wherein the side having the feet includes the vents within a central side portion arced above an elevation of an outer rim extending around at least a portion of the central side portion such that the arced elevational difference between the vents and the outer rim protects against the vents becoming blocked, and wherein the feet on the side extend outward of the arced vents to secure the device housing when vertically orientated.
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A device housing comprising:
- a top and bottom with sides extending therebetween for defining an interior portion for receiving components associated with operating the device, wherein at least one of the top, bottom, and sides includes vents to facilitate venting the interior portion;
- and feet on the bottom and at least one of the sides, the feet on the bottom being sufficient to secure the device housing when horizontally orientated and the feet on the side being sufficient to secure the device housing when vertically orientated,
- wherein at least a portion of the vents are undulated relative to other portions of the vents in order to provide a varying elevation so as to protect against blocking the undulated vents,
- wherein the side having the feet includes the vents within a central side portion arced above an elevation of an outer rim extending around at least a portion of the central side portion such that the arced elevational difference between the vents and the outer rim protects against the vents becoming blocked, and wherein the feet on the side extend outward of the arced vents to secure the device housing when vertically orientated.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.