IP Library Granted Patent US 12,309,953
Granted Patent B2
US 12,309,953 · App. 17/554,002 · Granted May 20, 2025

Outdoor electronic apparatus and sunshade thereof

Inventors: Yu-Fu Ku (Hsinchu, TW); Yi-Hsuan Wu (Hsinchu, TW)
Assignee: WISTRON NEWEB CORPORATION
H05K5/03H05K7/20127
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Patent No.
US 12,309,953
App. No.
17/554,002
Granted
May 20, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An outdoor electronic apparatus and a sunshade thereof are provided. The sunshade is assembled to an electronic device, and includes a top shield and a plurality of shielding structures formed on the top shield. The top shield has a plurality of top convection holes at least partially corresponding in position to the shielding structures. An edge of any one of the shielding structures and a hole edge of the corresponding top convection hole jointly define a first interface region having an outflow area. The sunshade and an outer surface of the electronic device jointly define a second interface region that is in spatial communication with the first interface regions of the top shield and that has an inflow area. The inflow area is greater than or equal to at least 20% of a sum of the outflow areas of the top shield.

Claims (25)

1. An outdoor electronic apparatus, comprising:

a sunshade including:

a top shield having a plurality of top convection holes each having a hole area; and

a plurality of shielding structures formed on the top shield, wherein at least part of the top convection holes respectively correspond in position to the shielding structures;

wherein an edge of any one of the shielding structures and a hole edge of the corresponding top convection hole jointly define a first interface region having an outflow area; and

an electronic device assembled to the sunshade, wherein a top portion of the electronic device and the top shield have a heat dissipating space there-between that is in spatial communication with the top convection holes;

wherein the sunshade and an outer surface of the electronic device jointly define a second interface region that is in spatial communication with the heat dissipating space and that has an inflow area, and wherein the inflow area is greater than or equal to at least 20% of a sum of the outflow areas of the top shield,

wherein the sunshade includes a lateral shield connected to a peripheral edge of the top shield, and the top portion of the electronic device is located in a space surrounded by the top shield and the lateral shield,

wherein the lateral shield is C-shaped and surrounds a part of the heat dissipating space, so that the lateral shield and the top portion of the electronic device have a C-shaped space there-between that is in spatial communication with the heat dissipating space and that has a cross section perpendicular to a vertical direction, and wherein the lateral shield does not cover a part of the heat dissipating space along a predetermined direction perpendicular to the vertical direction, and the inflow area is equal to a sum of an area of the cross section of the C-shaped space and an area of a cross section of the heat dissipating space perpendicular to the predetermined direction.

2. The outdoor electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a sum of the hole areas of the top convection holes is greater than or equal to at least 20% of a sum of the outflow areas of the top shield.

3. The outdoor electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a sum of the hole areas of the top convection holes is at least 20% of the inflow area.

4. The outdoor electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein in any one of the shielding structures and the corresponding top convection hole, the hole area is greater than or equal to at least 20% of the outflow area.

5. The outdoor electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the shielding structures is formed on one side of the top shield away from the electronic device.

6. The outdoor electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the shielding structures is located between the electronic device and the top shield.

7. An outdoor electronic apparatus, comprising:

a sunshade including:

a top shield having a plurality of top convection holes each having a hole area; and

a plurality of shielding structures formed on the top shield, wherein at least part of the top convection holes respectively correspond in position to the shielding structures;

wherein an edge of any one of the shielding structures and a hole edge of the corresponding top convection hole jointly define a first interface region having an outflow area, and wherein a sum of the hole areas of the top convection holes is greater than or equal to at least 20% of a sum of the outflow areas of the top shield; and

an electronic device assembled to the sunshade, wherein a top portion of the electronic device and the top shield have a heat dissipating space there-between that is in spatial communication with the top convection holes,

wherein the sunshade includes a lateral shield connected to a peripheral edge of the top shield, and the top portion of the electronic device is located in a space surrounded by the top shield and the lateral shield,

wherein the lateral shield is C-shaped and surrounds a part of the heat dissipating space, so that the lateral shield and the top portion of the electronic device have a C-shaped space there-between that is in spatial communication with the heat dissipating space and that has a cross section perpendicular to a vertical direction, and wherein the lateral shield does not cover a part of the heat dissipating space along a predetermined direction perpendicular to the vertical direction.

8. The outdoor electronic apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein in any one of the shielding structures and the corresponding top convection hole, the hole area is greater than or equal to at least 20% of the outflow area.

9. The outdoor electronic apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the sunshade and an outer surface of the electronic device jointly define a second interface region that is in spatial communication with the heat dissipating space and that has an inflow area.

10. The outdoor electronic apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the inflow area is equal to a sum of an area of the cross section of the C-shaped space and an area of a cross section of the heat dissipating space perpendicular to the predetermined direction.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 29, 2025
From: WISTRON NEWEB CORPORATION
To: WNC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072255/0226 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 17, 2021
From: KU, YU-FU; WU, YI-HSUAN
To: WISTRON NEWEB CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058415/0227 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 110107519 · Mar 3, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220282568A1 · Sep 8, 2022
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