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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2023
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Eugene A. Whang, San Francisco, CA (US);
Christopher J. Stringer, Woodside, CA (US);
Brett W. Degner, Menlo Park, CA (US);
David H. Narajowski, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Patrick Kessler, San Francisco, CA (US);
Eric R. Prather, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Caitlin Elizabeth Kalinowski, San Francisco, CA (US);
Adam T. Stagnaro, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Daniel L. McBroom, Leonard, TX (US);
Matthew P. Casebolt, Fremont, CA (US);
Michael D. McBroom, Leonard, TX (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A desktop computing system having at least a central core surrounded by housing having a shape that defines a volume in which the central core resides is described. The housing includes a first opening and a second opening axially displaced from the first opening. The first opening having a size and shape in accordance with an amount of airflow used as a heat transfer medium for cooling internal components, the second opening defined by a lip that engages a portion of the airflow in such a way that at least some of the heat transferred to the air flow from the internal components is passed to the housing.