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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.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018

Filed:

Feb. 18, 2015
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

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

Bartley K. Andre, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Jeremy D. Bataillou, San Francisco, CA (US);

Jay S. Nigen, Mountain View, CA (US);

Christiaan A. Ligtenberg, San Carlos, CA (US);

Ron A. Hopkinson, Campbell, CA (US);

Charles A. Schwalbach, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Matthew P. Casebolt, Fremont, CA (US);

Nicholas A. Rundle, San Jose, CA (US);

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

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/20 (2006.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/20145 (2013.01); G06F 1/203 (2013.01); H05K 7/2039 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49002 (2015.01);
Abstract

The disclosed embodiments related to a component for use in a portable electronic device. The component includes a wall of the portable electronic device, containing an intake zone that includes a set of intake vents directed at a first angle toward one or more heat-generating components of the portable electronic device. The wall also includes an exhaust zone containing a set of exhaust vents directed at a second angle out of the portable electronic device.


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