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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2002
John Geoffrey Gundlach, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Dean Frederick Herring, Youngsville, NC (US);
Paul Andrew Wormsbecher, Apex, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An assembly for dissipating heat generated by electronic components, the assembly designed to include a computer chassis dimensioned to substantially enclose the electronic components. The assembly is further designed so that the chassis includes a panel having a substantially flat portion and a non-flat portion with the non-flat portion including a plurality of vent holes and having a surface area that is greater than the surface area of a flat portion with corresponding outer dimensions so as to permit an increase in the number of vent holes and improvement in the air flow within the computer chassis while at the same time maintaining the structural integrity of the computer chassis and minimizing electromagnetic interference resulting from the percentage of open area to closed area within the venting surface.