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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:
Oct. 05, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Scott Frankel, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Eric Hardt, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Minebea Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 3/946 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 3/946 ;
Abstract
A cooling fan includes a fan, a motor a motor coupled to the fan to drive the fan and a microcontroller. The microcontroller is connected to the motor and is capable of detecting a speed of the fan in real time and maintaining a constant speed of the fan regardless of changes in input voltage.