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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Scott N. Hickman, Corvallis, OR (US);
John R. Sterner, Albany, OR (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 1/106 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 1/106 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for reducing noise emitted by an electronic or other device and such devices incorporating the noise reducing apparatus. A mechanism for acoustically filtering undesired noise from an electronic device, particularly noise generated by a cooling mechanism is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, noise is filtered at least in part with an appropriately dimensioned compressible air space. The noise reducing or filtering mechanism may be utilized with portable and non-portable computers, stereos, entertainment equipment and other devices.