Patent · US Expired

CPU cooling arrangement

US5917697A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 27, 1998
Grant dateJun 29, 1999
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 27, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F1/20
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

CPU cooling arrangement including a hood covered on a fan above a heat sink at the top of a CPU inside a computer mainframe, the hood having at least one air inlet, and at least one air pipe for guiding outside cooling air to the heat sink, each air pipe having one end connected to one air inlet on the hood and an opposite end connected to the outside of the computer mainframe.

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