IP Library Granted Patent US 7,233,493
Granted Patent B2
US 7,233,493 · App. 10/914,871 · Granted Jun 19, 2007

Electronic device having a temperature control system including a ductwork assembly

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Patent No.
US 7,233,493
App. No.
10/914,871
Granted
Jun 19, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

A ductwork assembly can be used with an electronic device wherein the electronic device includes a fan and the ductwork assembly is configured to receive a heat transfer fluid from the fan. A disperser lies within the ductwork assembly and is attached thereto in order to affect at least a portion of a flow of the heat transfer fluid. The ductwork assembly may also include a first channel and the first channel is characterized by a first average fluid velocity that is a highest average fluid velocity of all channels within the ductwork assembly. The ductwork assembly may include a second channel that is characterized by a second average fluid velocity that is a lowest average fluid velocity of all channels within the ductwork assembly. The second averaged fluid velocity may be no less than 90% of the first averaged fluid velocity.

Claims (6)

1. An electronic device comprising:

an array of organic electronic components comprising an organic active layer; and

a ductwork assembly adjacent to the array for receiving a heat transfer fluid from a fan, the ductwork assembly comprising:

a plurality of channel dividers defining channels; and

a disperser having a center aspect to affect at least a portion of a flow of the heat transfer fluid within the ductwork assembly, wherein the disperser is a flow distributor having a plurality of holes therethrough, said holes being aligned with the channels.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the holes are progressively larger as the distance from the center of the flow distributor increases.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 22, 2019
From: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
To: LG CHEM, LTD.
Reel/Frame 050150/0482 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 1, 2005
From: DUPONT DISPLAYS, INC.
To: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
Reel/Frame 015853/0207 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 15, 2004
From: WANG, JIAN; YU, GANG
To: DUPONT DISPLAYS, INC.
Reel/Frame 015455/0785 →