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Portable computer with heat dissipating device

US6229701A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 2, 1999
Grant dateMay 8, 2001
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Expiry dateAug 2, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F1/203
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A portable computer includes a computer housing and a heat dissipating device. The computer housing has a side wall formed with a ventilation hole. The heat dissipating device includes a plurality of juxtaposed heat dissipating slats mounted pivotally in the ventilation hole and movable between a closed position, where the slats overlap to close the ventilation hole, and an open position, where the slats form clearances thereamong for passage of air through the ventilation hole.

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