The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Apr. 01, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2001
Robert J. Lajara, San Jose, CA (US);
Milton C. Lee, Mountain Vw, CA (US);
Alan Lee Minick, San Jose, CA (US);
Kenneth A. Lown, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Wayman Lee, Los Altos, CA (US);
Barry Marshall, San Jose, CA (US);
Anita Patel, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Steve J. Furuta, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Kenneth Kitlas, San Jose, CA (US);
Ronald Barnes, Livermore, CA (US);
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer system housing with a curved bezel that forms one or more sideways gap between a side of the computer housing chassis and the bezel attached to that side. Typically, the curved bezel is attached to the front of the chassis with each sideways gap extending perpendicularly from the front of the chassis to a predetermined width and stretching to predetermined length along the front of the chassis. The sideways gaps facilitate increased air inlet from the sides and allow efficient cooling of various system components that are mounted on the chassis and housed within the housing. One or more cooling fans may be mounted at different locations within the housing to optimize air circulation and, hence, cooling within the housing. The chassis may be partitioned into two separate sub-chassis for proper positioning of the cooling fans as well as to accommodate changes in computer system configurations with minimized retooling of the chassis.