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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:
Jul. 01, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2000
Daryl J. Nelson, Beaverton, OR (US);
Steve J. Lofland, Portland, OR (US);
Eric J. Salskov, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for cooling components within a computer system chassis. In one embodiment, a cooling duct unit includes an air moving unit base with an air moving unit to draw and accelerate air from outside a computer system chassis to a high velocity airflow. Connected to the air moving unit base is a duct to converge and change the high velocity airflow from a circular shape to a noncircular shape. The converged and changed high velocity airflow is directed to cool a device within a computer system chassis. As a result, the device within the computer system is chassis cooled more uniformly and efficiently, while reducing acoustic noise and providing a modular cooling duct unit design for ease of attachment and removal.