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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.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2002

Filed:

Dec. 21, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:

Willem Bulthuis, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24F 7/00 ; G08B 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F24F 7/00 ; G08B 1/00 ;
Abstract

A method and device for controlling a cooling fan within an electronic device based on the temperature within the electronic device and the audio output level of the electronic device and/or the ambient noise level.


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