IP Library Granted Patent US 8,243,448
Granted Patent B2
US 8,243,448 · App. 12/551,887 · Granted Aug 14, 2012

Electronic apparatus

Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
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Patent No.
US 8,243,448
App. No.
12/551,887
Granted
Aug 14, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic apparatus includes a casing that includes a vent, with the vent venting dust inside the casing, a heat radiating fin that is housed in the casing and includes an edge portion, a cooling fan that is housed in the casing and cools the heat radiating fin, with the cooling fan including an edge portion that faces the edge portion of the heat radiating fin. The electronic apparatus has a clearance between the edge portion of the heat radiating fin and the edge portion of the cooling fan becomes narrower the further it is from the vent.

Claims (23)

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a casing that includes a vent, with the vent venting dust inside the casing;

a heat radiating fin that is housed in the casing and includes a fin edge portion; and

a cooling fan that is housed in the casing and cools the heat radiating fin, with the cooling fan including a fan edge portion, the fan edge portion faces the fin edge portion of the heat radiating fin,

wherein a clearance between the fin edge portion of the heat radiating fin and the fan edge portion of the cooling fan becomes narrower the further the clearance is from the vent, and

wherein a projected view of a maximum width of the clearance between the fin edge portion and the fan edge portion is entirely within a width of the vent.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the fan edge portion of the cooling fan follows a vertical direction, and

the fin edge portion of the heat radiating fin slants with respect to the fan edge portion of the cooling fan.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a cover that covers the vent.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the

cover includes guide portions that guide air blown by the cooling fan to the heat radiating fin.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a display casing that is connected to the casing so as to be openable and closable, wherein the casing includes a keyboard.

6. A method of venting an electronic apparatus, comprising:

providing a heat radiating fin that includes a fin edge portion;

housing the heat radiating fin in a casing;

providing a cooling fan with a fan edge portion, the fan edge portion faces the fin edge portion of the heat radiating fin;

housing the cooling fan in the casing;

providing a vent in the casing proximate to the fin edge portion and the fan edge portion;

venting dust from an inside of the casing through the vent;

cooling the heat radiating fin with the cooling fan; and

narrowing a clearance between the fin edge portion of the heat radiating fin and the fan edge portion of the cooling fan in proportion to a distance from the vent,

wherein a projected view of a maximum width of the clearance between the fin edge portion and the fan edge portion is entirely within a width of the vent.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 6, 2009
From: MATLOCK, GEORGE
To: NELLCOR PURITAN BENNETT LLC
Reel/Frame 023331/0167 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 6, 2009
From: NELLCOR PURITAN BENNETT INCORPORATED
To: NELLCOR PURITAN BENNETT LLC
Reel/Frame 023331/0253 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 4, 2009
From: AOKI, SHINJI
To: FUJITSU LIMITED
Reel/Frame 023213/0736 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2008-251437 · Sep 29, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
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