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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:
Aug. 24, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2006
Applicants:
Punan Tang, Houston, TX (US);
Thomas P. Jasso, Houston, TX (US);
Mohammed I. Chowdhury, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Punan Tang, Houston, TX (US);
Thomas P. Jasso, Houston, TX (US);
Mohammed I. Chowdhury, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 1/16 (2006.01); F01N 1/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a computer system. In one embodiment, the computer system comprises a fan and a muffler configured to suppress noise from the fan. The muffler may comprise a plurality of acoustic absorption sheets, wherein the acoustic absorption sheets each have a hole at least generally aligned with a flow area of the fan.