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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 01, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
James S Dinh, Spring, TX (US);
George K Korinsky, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Assignee:
Compaq Computer Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H / ; H05K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364557 ; 361-1 ; 361 23 ; 361695 ; 395750 ;
Abstract
A computer system has control circuitry for detecting directly and independently of temperature the malfunctioning of a fan used for cooling the housing of the computer and for controlling the power supply voltage when malfunctions are detected so as to reduce the temperature within the housing of the computer system.