US 9,883,610 B1Granted

Electronic device filter door

AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.

InventorsChristopher Strickland Beall, Frank Charles Paterra, Darin Lee Frink

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Abstract

An electronic device may include a door filter that is moveable to transition between a first position that enables visibility of a display located behind or underneath the filter and a second position that causes air entering the electronic device to pass through an air filter. In some embodiments, the door filter may be moveable or rotatable relative to a door filter frame that is removably coupled to an electronic device housing and located over an aperture in the electronic device housing. The door filter may include a first portion that couples to a second portion to secure or at least partially enclose the air filter. When the door filter frame is decoupled from the electronic device, a security door may close the aperture by engaging the same coupling points in the electronic device housing as previously engaged by the door filter frame.

Claims20

Dependent claims

An electronic device comprising:

an electronic device housing that includes a frame to couple components of the electronic device, the electronic device housing configured to protect the electronic device during a shipment of the electronic device, the electronic device including an aperture to enable airflow into the electronic device;
a display coupled to the frame and recessed within the aperture of the electronic device housing;
a security door to selectively move between a closed position to cover the aperture when the electronic device is configured for the shipment and a stowed position where the security door is stowed in the electronic device housing enabling airflow into the electronic device and access to the display;
and
a door filter assembly to selectively couple to the electronic device housing when the security door is in the stowed position, the door filter assembly comprising:
a door filter frame configured to couple to the electronic device housing;
and
a door filter casing configured to rotate from a first position to reveal the display to a second position to cover the aperture with an air filter configured to filter air flowing into the electronic device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/280,644Filed 29 Sep 2016
Granted: 30 Jan 2018
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

G06F 1/181
Packaging or power distribution: enclosures
G06F 1/20
Constructional details or arrangements: cooling means
G11B 33/02
Constructional parts, details or accessories not provided for in the other groups of this subclass: cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of…
G11B 33/14
Constructional parts, details or accessories not provided for in the other groups of this subclass: reducing influence of physical parameters,…

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