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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:
Jan. 30, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
John E. Gatti, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/20 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/20 ;
Abstract
An electronic component (,) includes an electronic equipment enclosure (,), a plurality of electronic devices (,) inside the enclosure, air movers (,) capable of cooling the electronic devices, and a separate barometric vane dampers (,) adjacent to each of the air movers. The electronic component includes N+1 air movers where N is a minimum number of air movers required to cool the enclosure. Additionally, each of the barometric vanes has at least one stop to limit its movement. Furthermore, the barometric vanes are contoured to direct air flow within the electronic equipment enclosure and are closeable by gravity when the air movers are stationary.