Patent · US Expired

Cool air-supplying device for a computer system

US6826047B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMay 15, 2003
Grant dateNov 30, 2004
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Expiry dateMay 15, 2023

Classification

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

Abstract

A cool air-supplying device for a computer system. The computer system includes a computer apparatus and the computer apparatus includes a housing. The cool air-supplying device includes a casing connected to the housing of the computer system. The casing has an intake vent for receiving air and an outlet vent for outputting air. The cool air-supplying device further includes a thermoelectric cooler for cooling refrigerantwithin a heat pipe, the heat pipe installed inside the casing for transferring refrigerant cooled by the thermoelectric cooler to the outlet vent. A first fan installed at one end of the heat pipe transfers air cooled by the heat pipe to the housing of the computer system via the outlet vent.

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