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Patent No.:

US 9239598 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2016

Filed:

Sep. 27, 2012

Thermal architecture

Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Brett W. Degner, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Douglas L. Heirich, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Frank F. Liang, San Jose, CA (US);

Jay Nigen, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:

Downey Brand LLP

Primary Examiner:

Courtney Smith

Assistant Examiner:

Zhengfu Feng

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/20 (2006.01); H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01); F28D 7/02 (2006.01); F16L 3/22 (2006.01); G06F 1/18 (2006.01); F28F 13/00 (2006.01); F28D 15/00 (2006.01); F28F 7/00 (2006.01); F28D 21/00 (2006.01); F28D 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/20 (2013.01); G06F 1/181 (2013.01); G06F 1/203 (2013.01); G06F 1/206 (2013.01); F28D 1/024 (2013.01); F28D 15/00 (2013.01); F28D 2021/0028 (2013.01); F28F 7/00 (2013.01); F28F 13/00 (2013.01); F28F 2250/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

The described embodiment relates generally to the field of thermal management. More specifically an apparatus for cooling a unibody computing device with obscured inlet and outlet vents is disclosed. Inlet vents are arranged on a bottom surface of the unibody computing device and then exhaust air is vented out from a rear surface of the computing device. The rear vents can be obscured by a stand designed to support the weight of the computing device. By venting exhaust air to either side of the support stand exhaust air can be prevented from being drawn back into the inlet vents, thereby avoiding an overheating condition.

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