Asustek Computer Inc.

Arima Computer Corporation

Asustek Company Inc.

Ing-Jer Chiou

Hsin-Chen Lin

Cheng-Yu Wang

Hsin Chen Lin

Chia-Ching Niu

Yi-Chi Lai

Sung-Chuan Huang

Kuang-Yu Chang

Chun-Teng Chiu

Shih-Ying Ho

Chen-Te Hsu

Fei Lin Yang

Yu-Jung Lin

A manufacturing method of thermal paste is provided. The manufacturing method includes: providing a base material; heating a metal material to a liquid state, to generate a liquid metal material; sieving the liquid metal material to generate a metal powder material; adding a dispersant to the metal powder material and mixing to generate a mixed powder material; and mixing the mixed powder material and the base material.

Manufacturing method of thermal paste

A foldable electronic device is provided, including a first body and a second body. The first body includes a front surface and a rear surface. The second body is arranged at the rear surface and includes a support portion. A system is arranged in the support portion. The support portion is used for being switched between a folded position and a supporting position. When the support portion is located at the folded position, the support portion abuts against the rear surface. When the support portion is located at the supporting position, an open space is formed between the support portion and the rear surface.

Foldable electronic device

A centrifugal fan provided includes an upper cover, a lower cover, a fan frame, and a fan blade module. The upper cover has an upper air inlet with an upper air inlet radius. The fan blade module includes a hub, a connecting ring, a plurality of inner ring blades, and a plurality of outer ring blades. The connecting ring surrounds the hub and forms an inner ring region and an outer ring region around the hub. The plurality of inner ring blades is connected to the hub and the connecting ring and circularly arranged in the inner ring region. The plurality of outer ring blades is connected to the connecting ring and circularly arranged in the outer ring region. The connecting ring has an inner radius and an outer radius. The outer radius is greater than the upper air inlet radius. Two adjacent outer ring blades are of different shapes.

Centrifugal fan

A heat insulation pad applied to an electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing and a heat source. The housing includes an inner side surface. The heat insulation pad includes a first contact layer, a second contact layer, and a hole layer stack structure. The first contact layer is adapted to attach to the inner side surface. The second contact layer is adapted to contact the heat source. The hole layer stack structure includes a plurality of hole layers stacked in sequence and is located between the first contact layer and the second contact layer. An electronic device with the heat insulation pad is further provided.

Heat insulation pad and electronic device with heat insulation pad

The disclosure provides a centrifugal fan including a housing and a blade module. The housing includes a lower cover, a side wall, and an upper cover. Two ends of the side wall are respectively connected to the lower cover and the upper cover to define an internal space. The lower cover includes a plurality of lower air inlets. The blade module is arranged in the internal space, and includes a hub and a plurality of blades. The hub is rotatably arranged on the lower cover. The blades are arranged around the hub. The lower air inlets are located on the periphery of the hub, and each lower air inlet includes an outer edge relative to a rotational axis of the hub. At least one of two ends of at least one of the lower air inlets includes a protruding portion at a position corresponding to the outer edge.

A fan module includes a hub, a plurality of fan blades, and a ring frame. The hub is configured to rotate about a central axis. The plurality of fan blades surround the hub. Each of the plurality of fan blades includes a first end portion connected to the hub and a second end portion opposite to the first end portion. The ring frame is connected to the second end portion of each of the plurality of fan blades. The ring frame includes a first surface facing the plurality of fan blades and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and the first surface is a curved surface.

Fan module

A centrifugal fan includes upper and lower covers, a fan frame, and a fan blade module. The fan frame is located between the lower and upper covers. The fan frame, and the lower and upper covers form a space. The fan blade module disposed in the space includes a hub, a connecting ring, inner and outer ring blades. The connecting ring surrounding the hub forms an inner ring region and an outer ring region around the hub and has a ring height and a ring width greater than the ring height. The inner ring blades are connected to the hub and the connecting ring, and circularly arranged in the inner ring region. The outer ring blades are connected to the connecting ring, and circularly arranged in the outer ring region. A quantity of the outer ring blades is greater than a quantity of the inner ring blades.

A heat transfer device is provided. The heat transfer device includes a first heat conduction sheet and a second heat conduction sheet. The first heat conduction sheet includes two first rigid parts and a first bendable part connected between the two first rigid parts. The second heat conduction sheet includes two second rigid parts and a second bendable part connected between the two second rigid parts. The two first rigid parts are thermally coupled to the two second rigid parts, respectively. The first bendable portion includes a nonlinear section.

Heat transfer device

The disclosure provides a fan control method, applied to an electronic device. The electronic device includes a fan and a setting unit, the setting unit having a plurality of setting values, and each setting value being corresponding to a sampling number. The fan control method includes: continuously detecting a temperature of a heat source to obtain a plurality of temperature values; selecting one of the plurality of setting values based on variations of the temperature values; acquiring a value set from the temperature values based on the sampling number corresponding to the selected setting value, and generating an updated temperature value based on the value set; and controlling rotation of the fan based on the updated temperature value.

Fan control method for heat dissipation of an electronic device

Provided is a centrifugal fan. The centrifugal fan includes an air inlet, a shaft, and a plurality of blades. The blades are arranged around the shaft. Each of the blades includes an air guiding portion on a side of the blade facing the air inlet. The air guiding portion includes a first curve and a second curve. An air inflow channel is formed between the first curve and the second curve of two adjacent air guiding portions respectively. A width of the air inflow channel is expanded in a direction away from the air inlet according to an expanding ratio.

A fan control system includes a fan, a first temperature sensor, a calculating unit, a logic controller, and a memory unit. The first temperature sensor continuously senses temperatures of a device during a time period, in order to obtain a plurality of sampled temperatures. The calculating unit selects N1 latest sampled temperatures and N2 latest sampled temperatures from the sampled temperatures, and calculates a first average temperature according to the N1 sampled temperatures and a second average temperature according to the N2 sampled temperatures. N1 and N2 are positive integers. The logic controller is configured to select one of the first average temperature and the second average temperature to output as a compensation temperature. The memory unit is configured to store an operating table, and configured to output a rotational speed control signal to the fan corresponding to the operating table according to the compensation temperature.

Fan control system and method thereof

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first body, a second body, and a baffle structure. The first body includes a first edge. The second body includes a second edge. The first edge is pivotally connected to the second edge, and an air outlet is provided on the second edge. An air duct is formed between the first edge and the second edge. The baffle structure is disposed in the air duct and located at a position corresponding to the air outlet. The baffle structure selectively closes the air duct according to a temperature of the air outlet, to avoid a rising temperature inside the electronic device due to hot air backflow.

Electronic device

A centrifugal fan includes a housing and an impeller. The housing includes a sidewall, and the sidewall includes a tongue portion. The impeller includes a fan hub and a plurality of blades. The fan hub is rotatably disposed in the housing, and the tongue portion has an inner contour line on a reference plane. The blades connect to the fan hub. Each one of the blades has an end surface facing the sidewall. The end surface has an outer contour line on the section of the blade. Any two adjacent blades have different outer contour lines. The outer contour line of at least one first blade of the plurality of blades is parallel to the inner contour line. The outer contour line of at least one second blade of the plurality of blades is not parallel to the inner contour line.

A fan module includes a hub, a first body and a second body. The hub is configured to rotate along a central axis. The first body is connected to an outer wall of the hub. The second body is sleeved on the outer wall of the hub. The second body includes a plurality of ribs. The ribs are disposed on an inner wall of the second body and abut against the outer wall of the hub.

This disclosure provides a fan, including a first case, a second case, and a reset mechanism. The first case includes a first side wall, where the first side wall has a first guide portion. The second case includes a second side wall, where the second side wall has a second guide portion. The first guide portion and the second guide portion are slidably joined and are configured to enable the first case and the second case to move toward or away from each other. The reset mechanism is connected to the first case and is configured to push the second case to move away from the first case.

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Ing-Jer Chiou