IP Library Granted Patent US 9,098,234
Granted Patent B2
US 9,098,234 · App. 13/770,990 · Granted Aug 4, 2015

Display device and electronic apparatus

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Patent No.
US 9,098,234
App. No.
13/770,990
Granted
Aug 4, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a housing, a cooling fan in the housing including an intake and a discharge hole, and a wind shielding portion between the intake of the cooling fan and the discharge hole of the cooling fan. The wind shielding portion partitions at least partially an inner space of the housing.

Claims (19)

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a housing comprising a first circumferential wall and a second circumferential wall, the first circumferential wall comprising an outlet, the second circumferential wall extending in a direction intersecting the first circumferential wall;

a cooling fan in the housing, the cooling fan comprising an intake and a discharge hole;

a circuit board in the housing, the circuit board comprising a heating element at a position configured to receive a wind from the discharge hole;

a heat sink along the first circumferential wall, the heat sink thermally connected to the heating element and at least partially facing the outlet;

a wind guide partially opposite to the first circumferential wall with respect to the heating element, the wind guide configured to guide the wind from the cooling fan to the heating element;

a first wind shield comprising a portion located between the heating element and the second circumferential wall, the portion inclining toward the heat sink as extending away from the cooling fan, the first wind shield configured to direct the wind flowing between the heating element and the second circumferential wall from the discharge hole toward the heat sink; and

a second wind shield partially opposite to the first wind shield with respect to the heating element, the second wind shield configured to direct the wind flowing on a side of the first circumferential wall from the discharge hole toward the heat sink.

2. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:

the heating element is a quadrilateral substantially parallel to the discharge hole and comprises a first end facing the discharge hole and a second end opposite to the first end; and

the first wind shield partially faces the second end of the heating element from a side opposite to the cooling fan.

3. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:

the wind guide comprises a component along a flow direction of the wind from the cooling fan; and

the first wind shield at least partially extends between the component and the heat sink.

4. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein at least a part of the first wind shield is an electronic component projecting higher from a surface of the circuit board than the heating element.

5. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first wind shield comprises a plurality of components in series.

6. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a third wind shield between the heat sink and an inner surface of the housing.

7. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first wind shield is on the circuit board.

8. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the heating element is in a space partially partitioned from four directions by a wind shield structure comprising the wind guide, the first wind shield and the second wind shield.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 15, 2019
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA CLIENT SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
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